trip advisor Certificate of Excellence, top 10 with 872 reveiws. swiss garden is not even anywhere close...
.... hotel is a carefully restored Peranakan house which once belonged to the decendants of an eminent philanthropist and rubber plantation owner, Tan Kim Seng. The hotel have the Baba Nyoya theme... there is even a mini gallery of the many Peranakan items there....
For me personally, location is very important. Going to malacca is to enjoy the culture and embrace the street food. Staying near the jonker street means you get to enjoy all that within a few min walking distance.
I don't see any point staying near the shopping mall.. if I want to stay at a luxury 5 star hotel near a mall, i might as well go to jb.