Smokehouse Hotel

About the Property

Built in 1937 by a retired British army officer as a slice of the English countryside transplanted to the Malayan highlands, the Smokehouse is a time capsule of colonial eccentricity. Its mock-Tudor beams, stone fireplaces, four-poster beds, and English cottage gardens — complete with hollyhocks and roses at 1,500 meters elevation — recall an era when British planters took afternoon tea overlooking their tea estates. The original cream tea service, served on a garden terrace with scones and clotted cream, has continued uninterrupted since the 1930s.