Suria Sabah Shopping Mall Trip On November 2020 - In this post we will talk about visiting Suria Sabah shopping mall. We've spent several hours doing walking tours trip to Suria Sabah shopping mall on middle of November 2020 to see how this popular shopping mall has been doing during past weeks. Here's what we found out so far.

Suria Sabah has been closed during early November due to Covid-19 pandemic and because one of sales promoter working there has beed detected positive for Covid-19 virus. 



McDonald's restaurant in Suria Sabah shopping mall open for business as usual. Except that McDonald's Suria Sabah only open until 10:00 PM only every day. This popular food outlet used to be a 24-hours fast food restaurant.

It is quite popular among tourists and travelers staying in Gaya Center Hotel, in Grandis Hotel and Hyatt Regency Kinabalu during their holiday in Kota Kinabalu city center. But not since there is no tourists and travelers around Kota Kinabalu city center, this food outlet only serving it's daily menu to city crowds who come for work.

At the time we walk into McDonald's Suria Sabah, the counter is empty and there is only 1 table with dine-in customer. Previously only take away food is available but not they also serve dine-in customers but in limited numbers of people, according to Standary Operation Procedure by Malaysian Health Ministry.



Entrace to Suria Sabah shopping mall is allowed but you have to follow safety procedure - you must wear face mask and you must allow the scanner to scan temperature of your body. 

Only after that the security officer will allow you to enter Suria Sabah shopping mall via McDonald's entrance. If you want to go to Upperstar Suria Sabah restaurant for a dine-in, you will need to follow same procedure.



After we got in, most shops in Suria Sabah shopping mall's ground floor are open for business. Here at the ground floor you will find luxurious brands such as Coach and Kate Spade New York, also Habib Jewels and other famous brands from outside Malaysia. 



From what we saw, there are not so many visitor in Suria Sabah on middle of November 2020. We went there on public holiday, on 13th November 2020 which is public holiday in Malaysia, celebrating Deepavali holiday. Eventhough it is holiday and Friday, there is not so many people visiting Suria Sabah shopping mall.

After visiting ground floor in Suria Sabah shopping mall, we also went to Daiso shop in basement floor and walk in basement area for several minutes. 

All shops and lifetsyle outlet in basement floor are open for business until 10:00 AM everyday, for now, during Malaysian Conditional Movement Control Order. Several small food counters has been closed. Maybe because lack of incoming customers.

After that we went up to 1st floor, then 2nd floor, then 3rd floor to Suria Sabah food court. Surprisingly all food counters in 3rd floor are open for business. Except that not so many people around as usual. 



Dine in guests in Suria Sabah food court is allowed with condition they must fill in their name, scanning body temperature then writing down phone number. We took a seat near sea view table to enjoy our evening coffee. 

We were quite surprised after we saw there is an active construction work near Suria Sabah handled by Chinese construction company.





Looks like there will be more new buildings next to Suria Sabah in the space between Suria Sabah shopping mall and Jesselton Residence apartments, which is the most luxurious (and most expensive) sea view apartment in Kota Kinabalu city center.



We dont know what they are building there. Looks like they are bringing in heavy equipments and big steel ship. Just wait and see what's coming soon. Here's some pictures of Suria Sabah food court which has beatuful sea view dine-in area..



Suria Sabah shopping mall is the only shopping mall in Kota Kinabalu that has sea facing view dine-ine area for it's visitors. Other shopping malls in Kota Kinabalu such as Imago or 1Borneo Hypermall does not have an open air sea view dining area like this.

After that we went down to the ground floor and finally went out near Grandis Hotel to take a closer look at the active construction. 

Our view blocked by the blue plastic wall to cover the construction area. We only manage to snap a photo of the construction entrance point.



This construction area used to be an old port for Royal Malaysian Police. Now it has been changed into something new. Hopefully we can see the outcome on next year, 2021.




After visiting Suria Sabah shopping mall for an evening walk and several cup of coffee at the sea view food court, we take a walk around the waterfront area next to Suria Sabah shopping mall building.

Kota Kinabalu city center is popular among South Korean tourists for it's beautiful sunset and beautiful sea view. We just wanna enjoy the sunset. Here's some photos we took around waterfront area near Suria Sabah shopping mall..





Wisma Sabah building you see in the photo above is not a shopping mall but an office building. Wisma Sabah houses many tour operators, dive centers and popular travel agents. 

Wisma Sabah has been known as tourism hub in Kota Kinabalu city center because this building has so many travel agents and tour operators opening their office right there for tourists and travelers to get tour packages, scuba diving courses and to book next flight using Air Asia. 



Now from what we saw Wisma Sabah building is closed for public until Malaysian Movement Control Order which will be ended up on 31st December 2020. But some tourism companies and local tour operators still open for business.



















As you can see from these photos, not so many people walk around Suria Sabah shopping mall area. Everybody choose to stay at home for their own safety.

Kota Kinabalu city in Sabah Malaysian Borneo is facing 3rd wave of Corona virus pandemic and this is the strongest among previous Covid-19 waves since March 2020. 

Now several restrictions has been lifted. Shops and oher outlets has been opened as usual until 10:00 PM but several other businesses such as night market and seafood stall market still not allowed to be opened for public.

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