KL conumdrum

I’m in Kuala Lumpur right now, relaxing and trying to regroup. This is what I’m trying to figure out right now.
There are two hotels in the KL Sentral, a Hilton and a Le Meridian. The Hilton has a boring lobby and restaurants but awesome rooms with an open bathroom and wood floors. I stayed here last year and blogged it. The Le Meridian has boring smaller rooms, but the lobby and bar is pretty nice, they have a cigar lounge and for US$40, you can purchase access to a lounge that includes free Wi-Fi, free beer, food and beverages and a nice view. The interesting thing is that the Hilton is more expensive for just a room, but if you get a room at the Le Meridian and you purchase lounge access, it’s the same price as the Hilton, sans the benefit of the club floor.
Since the two hotels share the same building, they both share the pool and access to KL Sentral, what’s the verdict? Here it is: If you’re with someone and plan to spend a lot of time in the room, stay at the Hilton. The rooms are bigger and much nicer with flat screen TV, open bathrooms and big wide beds. If you’re looking for a nice place to crash and you’re not going to spend that much time in the room, stay at the Le Meridian. If you don’t buy club level access, it’s cheaper and if you do, you can make up the price of the club level add on by drinking lots of beer, having brekkie and happy hour there and drinking lots of coffee. Those things can add up if you purchase them elsewhere and the view can’t be beat!
Actually, I’m in the lounge right now, having a lunch of Guinness Foreign Extra and nuts. I’m sure FA would approve…