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Grand Lexis Port Dickson's Merdeka Fish Head Feast: RM58 Nett, Curry or Asam Pedas, Until 20 September

Most Merdeka F&B campaigns are a discount bolted onto an existing menu. This one is a dish: a whole fish head, cooked curry or asam pedas, at RM58 nett — and the resort's own brochure confirms that price already carries steamed rice, ulam, salted egg and a Sago Gula Melaka, with SST inside. It runs at Roselle Coffee House in Port Dickson from 17 August to 20 September 2026. The Merdeka long weekend it was built around has been and gone; what we re-verified on 6 September is the fortnight that remains, which holds two weekends, one public holiday — Malaysia Day on Wednesday 16 September — and a closing day that falls on a Sunday. We read Grand Lexis Port Dickson's own offer page and its downloadable brochure to price the add-ons, work out what it costs per head at three different table sizes, and flag the one line on the menu that repeats itself.

Sarah Lim20 August 20269 min readUpdated 6 Sept 2026

> Quick view: Grand Lexis Port Dickson is running The Grand Merdeka Fish Head Feast at Roselle Coffee House from 17 August to 20 September 2026, daily 12pm to 10pm. One fish head, curry or asam pedas, is RM58 nett — and that price already carries steamed rice, ulam, salted egg and a Sago Gula Melaka. Five add-ons run RM10 to RM25. Every figure on the resort's own brochure is nett, with SST already inside.

A dish, not a discount

Merdeka month produces a great deal of promotional noise, and most of it is arithmetic: a percentage off something that was already on the menu, or a number rigged to read as 1957. Grand Lexis Port Dickson has done something quieter and, for anyone actually planning a meal, more useful. It has put one dish on the table and priced it.

The Grand Merdeka Fish Head Feast is a single fish head, cooked in your choice of curry or asam pedas, at RM58 nett. The resort's own campaign brochure — a downloadable poster linked straight from the offer page on grandlexispd.com — describes it as "a tribute to our culinary pride, served with flavours of tradition, the national spirit of sharing, and the best of Malaysian hospitality". That framing is doing real work: fish head curry is one of the few dishes in Malaysia that genuinely belongs to everyone, and it is a sharing dish by construction. You do not order a fish head for one.

What RM58 nett actually buys

The brochure sets this out in a single boxed panel, and it is more generous than the headline suggests. Fish Head Special, choice of Curry or Asam Pedas, RM58 nett, and in brackets underneath: served with steamed rice, ulam, salted egg and Sago Gula Melaka.

So the RM58 is not the claypot alone. It carries:

the fish head, in curry or asam pedas
steamed rice
ulam — the raw herb and vegetable salad that traditionally comes with sambal
salted egg
Sago Gula Melaka, the palm-sugar sago dessert

That is a starter-to-dessert shape rather than a single plate, and it matters when you compare the number to a standalone fish head elsewhere. It is also the reason the per-head maths below moves so sharply with table size.

One more line at the foot of the brochure settles the usual argument before it starts: "All prices are quoted in Malaysia Ringgit (MYR) and are nett, inclusive of prevailing Sales & Service Tax." RM58 is what you pay. There is no service charge or SST waiting at the till to turn a tidy figure into an untidy one — which, at a five-star resort, is not something to assume.

The add-ons, and the one line that repeats

Beside the main panel the brochure lists five extras under the heading "Add-ons for extra shiok!", all nett:

Sambal Udang Petai — RM25 nett
Baby Kailan Masak Ikan Masin — RM18 nett
Sago Gula Melaka — RM15 nett
Kangkung Masak Belacan — RM10 nett
Telur Dadar — RM10 nett

Read that list against the main panel and one entry stands out. Sago Gula Melaka appears in both — once as part of the RM58 set, and again on the add-on list at RM15. The sensible reading is that the set includes a serving and the RM15 buys further portions for a bigger table, but the brochure does not spell that out. If you are ordering for six and assuming everyone gets dessert with the fish head, ask how many servings the RM58 covers before you add anything.

The rest of the list is a well-judged spread rather than an upsell: a prawn-and-petai sambal at the top end, a salted-fish baby kailan, a belacan kangkung and an omelette at RM10 each. Two RM10 vegetables turn one claypot into a table.

The window, and what is left of it

The offer runs 17 August to 20 September 2026, 12pm to 10pm daily — a 35-day run, which is long by Merdeka-campaign standards. That length is now the point: the weekend the campaign was named for is behind us, and the promotion is not.

The Merdeka long weekend is over. Merdeka Day fell on Monday 31 August 2026, so Saturday 29 to Monday 31 August was the three-day weekend everybody drove down for. If you are reading this in September, that pressure has lifted — Port Dickson is the Klang Valley's nearest coastline and it empties out again once the holiday traffic clears.

Fifteen days remain, and one of them is a public holiday. Checking the Prime Minister's Department's gazetted 2026 schedule, Malaysia Day, Wednesday 16 September 2026 is the only public holiday left inside the window — Maulidur Rasul was Tuesday 25 August, before the offer's second half even began. So the calendar for the rest of the run is simple:

Two full weekends: Saturday 12 to Sunday 13 September, and Saturday 19 to Sunday 20 September. The second one is the last chance — Sunday 20 September is the final day of the promotion, and it falls on a Sunday, which is the easiest day of the week to drive down and back.
Malaysia Day, Wednesday 16 September, sits midweek. Awkward for a full getaway, ideal for the meal itself: a public holiday with none of the long-weekend crowd, because there is no weekend attached to it.
Every other day is an ordinary weekday, which is when a 140-seat coffee house is at its quietest.

Note that the 12pm start is narrower than the restaurant's own hours. Roselle Coffee House, the resort's all-day dining outlet, runs 7am to 11pm daily with 140 seats on the Main Building's Ground Floor, air-conditioned indoors with outdoor tables catching the sea breeze. Breakfast and the last hour of service both sit outside the promotion window.

Worked examples: what it costs per head

The brochure does not state how many people one fish head serves, so treat the following as arithmetic on table size rather than a promise about portions. Confirm the serving size when you book.

Two people, base set only. RM58 nett, nothing added — RM29 each, dessert included. At a resort restaurant that is a reasonable number, though a fish head split two ways is a lot of fish.

Four people, base set plus two vegetables. RM58 + Kangkung Masak Belacan RM10 + Baby Kailan Masak Ikan Masin RM18 = RM86 nett, or RM21.50 a head. This is the sweet spot: enough greens to balance the claypot, and the per-head figure drops below the two-person version.

Six people, base set plus all four savoury add-ons. RM58 + RM25 + RM18 + RM10 + RM10 = RM121 nett, or roughly RM20.17 each. Adding the second Sago Gula Melaka at RM15 takes the table to RM136 nett, about RM22.67 a head.

The pattern is clear: the RM58 is a fixed cost carrying a fixed set of extras, so every additional diner pulls the average down until the fish head itself runs out. That is the number to establish on the phone.

We have not quoted a "usual price" or a savings percentage anywhere above, and that is deliberate — Grand Lexis Port Dickson does not publish a Roselle a-la-carte price list online, so there is no verified baseline to discount against. Judge this on the RM58 itself.

Still on, and what else is running alongside it

We re-read Grand Lexis Port Dickson's own offers index, the feast's own offer page and the campaign brochure again on 6 September 2026. The Grand Merdeka Fish Head Feast is still listed, still RM58 nett, still 17 August to 20 September 2026 and still 12pm to 10pm, and all five add-ons are still priced exactly as below — nothing has moved in three weeks. Three other F&B promotions are running at the same property in the same period, and they change what a table at Roselle is actually competing against:

Scrummy Chicken Combo — same restaurant, cheaper, far narrower window. A bucket of boneless fried chicken in a black pepper or garlic flour coating with a large bottle of soft drink: RM42 nett for Combo A, RM78 nett for Combo B. It is served in the same Roselle Coffee House, but only 11am to 1pm, so it overlaps the fish head feast by a single hour. Room service runs much longer — 11am to 1am — for a RM5 nett add-on. Bookings on 06-653 2000 ext. 3350.
Sizzling Teppanyaki at UMI — and the Monday rule now cuts the other way. UMI Japanese Restaurant on Level 2 runs an a-la-carte teppanyaki promotion with a RM10 set upgrade, 6:30pm to 10pm daily — but closed on Mondays. That knocked it out on Merdeka Day, which fell on Monday 31 August. It does not knock it out on Malaysia Day, Wednesday 16 September, so on the one public holiday left in this window both restaurants are open and the fish head feast has competition inside its own building. The Monday closure still matters for 7 and 14 September if you were planning a two-restaurant evening.
Weekend Live Performance at Lanun — the reason to take a Friday or Saturday table. Lanun Restaurant & Bar has Shera Amir performing every Friday and Saturday, 9pm to 11:45pm, across ballads, jazz, pop, R&B and acoustic sets in Malay, English, Mandarin, Hindi and Indonesian. The fish head feast serves until 10pm, so a late dinner on either night runs into the first set without leaving the building.

None of these is bundled with the fish head feast and none of them discounts it. They are worth knowing because the resort publishes them on the same offers index and none of them appears anywhere on the campaign brochure.

Who this is for, and who should skip it

Worth the drive if you are a group of four to six coming down from the Klang Valley or Seremban for Malaysia Day or one of the two weekends left in the window; if you are already staying at the resort and want one substantial shared dinner without getting back in the car; or if you want a proper fish head curry somewhere with air-conditioning, sea air and parking, rather than a queue.

Skip it if you are eating alone or as a couple who would rather not face a whole fish head; if you were expecting a Merdeka buffet, because this is an a-la-carte special and nothing else; if you were hoping the Merdeka framing meant a Merdeka-weekend atmosphere, because that weekend is now past and only the dish remains; or if you are price-hunting against Port Dickson's kopitiam and fishing-village seafood options, where the same money goes further even if the setting does not.

Fine print that trips people up

The serving size is not published. The brochure prices one fish head and never says for how many. It is the first question to ask on the phone.
Sago Gula Melaka is listed twice — inside the RM58 set and as a RM15 add-on. Clarify how many servings the set covers.
12pm to 10pm, not the restaurant's full hours. Roselle opens at 7am and closes at 11pm; the promotion does not cover either end.
Nett means nett. All prices include prevailing SST, per the brochure footer — a genuine plus, but it also means there is no further discount to negotiate.
Images are illustration only, stated on the brochure. The photograph shows the two claypots plus every add-on; that is not what RM58 puts on the table.
"Terms and conditions apply" is the full extent of the published terms. Nothing more detailed is online.
Book ahead for the dates that are left. The brochure directs bookings to asstmanager1@grandlexispd.com or 06-653 2000 ext. 3351; the resort's main line is +606 653 2000. Published terms do not mention a stay requirement, but confirm walk-in availability when you call, especially for Malaysia Day on Wednesday 16 September and the closing weekend of 19 to 20 September.

Getting there

Grand Lexis Port Dickson sits at Batu 2, Jalan Seremban, 71000 Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan — the stretch of coast that has been the Klang Valley's default beach escape for decades. The resort itself is the private-pool one: all 13 accommodation categories come with their own pool, from a 667 sq ft Deluxe Pool Villa up to the two-bedroom Sky Pool Grand Villa at 1,861 sq ft, alongside LexSpa, a game room and beach access. If the meal turns into a night, that is the context you are booking into.

One cost to know before you do. Every room booking at Grand Lexis Port Dickson carries a Fi Lestari (Sustainable Fee) of RM4.00 nett per room per night, which the resort's own package terms describe as mandated by the Negeri Sembilan State Government, collected at check-in and not included in the quoted room rate — we read the same line on its Family Package, Half Board Package and Minimum Stay offer pages. It is a district-wide levy rather than a Grand Lexis charge; other Port Dickson properties collect the identical RM4. It does not touch the RM58, which is a restaurant bill, not a room.

For a sense of what a room here actually costs, the group ran Lexis Golden Deals at MATTA Fair from 4 to 6 September 2026 (Booth 1Q25, Level 1, MITEC Kuala Lumpur). That selling window has now closed, but the published voucher table is a useful floor: at Grand Lexis Port Dickson a Deluxe Suite and a Sky Pool Villa were both RM480 nett room-only for two, and a Premium Pool Villa was RM580 nett, with breakfast sold separately at RM50 nett per person. Vouchers bought at the fair stay valid for one year from purchase with no peak-season or weekend surcharge, so anyone who bought one can still use it against a stay inside the feast's window. If you did not, treat those figures as the benchmark to judge any rate you are quoted directly.

Every date left in the Fish Head Feast window, read 6 September 2026

Date	What it is	Why it matters for this meal
Mon 7 and Mon 14 Sep	Ordinary Mondays	Feast runs as normal; UMI teppanyaki is closed, so no two-restaurant evening
Sat 12 – Sun 13 Sep	First of the two weekends left	Lanun live music Fri and Sat 9pm–11:45pm picks up as the 10pm feast service ends
Wed 16 Sep	Malaysia Day — the only public holiday left	Midweek with no weekend attached, so a holiday without long-weekend crowds; UMI open
Sat 19 – Sun 20 Sep	Closing weekend	Last chance; Sunday 20 Sep is the final day the feast is served
All other days	Ordinary weekdays	Quietest tables in a 140-seat coffee house; best odds on a walk-in
Sat 29 – Mon 31 Aug	Merdeka long weekend — over	The weekend the campaign is named for has passed; the RM58 price has not changed since

Frequently Asked Questions

How many people does the RM58 fish head serve?

Grand Lexis Port Dickson does not publish that figure. Its campaign brochure prices one Fish Head Special at RM58 nett — choice of curry or asam pedas, served with steamed rice, ulam, salted egg and Sago Gula Melaka — but never states a pax count, and the offer page only frames it as a feast to gather your makan kaki around. Because the RM58 is a fixed cost, the per-head figure falls as the table grows: RM29 each for two, RM21.50 each for four once you add the RM10 kangkung and RM18 baby kailan, and about RM20.17 each for six with all four savoury add-ons. Call Roselle Coffee House on 06-653 2000 ext. 3351 and ask about the serving size before you commit to a table size.

Is SST or a service charge added on top of the RM58?

No. The footer of Grand Lexis Port Dickson's own brochure states that all prices are quoted in Malaysian Ringgit and are nett, inclusive of prevailing Sales & Service Tax. That applies to the RM58 fish head and to all five add-ons — Sambal Udang Petai RM25, Baby Kailan Masak Ikan Masin RM18, Sago Gula Melaka RM15, Kangkung Masak Belacan RM10 and Telur Dadar RM10. At a five-star resort this is worth noting, because nett pricing is not the default; it also means the printed figure is final and there is no further discount to negotiate.

When exactly can I order it, and do I need to stay at the resort?

The Grand Merdeka Fish Head Feast runs from 17 August to 20 September 2026, from 12pm to 10pm daily, at Roselle Coffee House on the Ground Floor of the Main Building. That window is narrower than the restaurant's own 7am to 11pm hours, so breakfast and the final hour of service are not covered. The published terms do not mention any stay requirement, and the brochure directs bookings to asstmanager1@grandlexispd.com or 06-653 2000 ext. 3351 — but confirm walk-in availability when you call. The Merdeka long weekend of 29 to 31 August has passed; the busy dates left in the window are Malaysia Day, Wednesday 16 September 2026, and the closing weekend of Saturday 19 to Sunday 20 September, which is the last chance to order it at all.

Is the Merdeka Fish Head Feast still running?

Yes. We re-read Grand Lexis Port Dickson's own offers index at grandlexispd.com/offers, the feast's own offer page and the campaign brochure on 6 September 2026, and The Grand Merdeka Fish Head Feast is still listed, unchanged: RM58 nett for a fish head in curry or asam pedas with steamed rice, ulam, salted egg and Sago Gula Melaka, at Roselle Coffee House, 12pm to 10pm daily, running to 20 September 2026. All five add-ons are still at RM25, RM18, RM15, RM10 and RM10 nett. Nothing about the price, the dates, the hours or the inclusions has moved since the campaign brochure went up, even though the Merdeka weekend the campaign is named for is over. Hotel promotions can still be pulled without notice, so call 06-653 2000 ext. 3351 before you drive down.

What else is Grand Lexis Port Dickson running while the feast is on?

Three other F&B promotions, all on the same offers index. The Scrummy Chicken Combo is at the same Roselle Coffee House — a bucket of boneless fried chicken in black pepper or garlic coating with a large soft drink, RM42 nett for Combo A or RM78 nett for Combo B — but it is served only 11am to 1pm, so it overlaps the fish head feast by one hour; room service runs 11am to 1am for a RM5 nett add-on, on ext. 3350. The Sizzling Teppanyaki promotion at UMI Japanese Restaurant on Level 2 runs 6:30pm to 10pm daily with a RM10 set upgrade, but is closed on Mondays. That ruled it out on Merdeka Day, which fell on Monday 31 August, but it does not rule it out on Malaysia Day, Wednesday 16 September, so on the last public holiday in this window both restaurants are open. The Mondays still closed inside the window are 7 and 14 September. And Lanun Restaurant & Bar has live music from Shera Amir every Friday and Saturday, 9pm to 11:45pm, which overlaps the last hour of the fish head service.

The Merdeka weekend is over — is it too late, and when should I go now?

It is not too late. The campaign is named for Merdeka but it runs to 20 September 2026, and as re-checked on 6 September the price, hours and inclusions are all unchanged. Three dates are worth aiming at. Malaysia Day, Wednesday 16 September 2026, is the only public holiday left inside the window — Maulidur Rasul was 25 August — and because it is midweek with no weekend attached, it is a holiday without long-weekend traffic. Saturday 19 to Sunday 20 September is the closing weekend, and Sunday 20 September is the final day the feast is served at all. Anything else is an ordinary weekday, which is when Roselle Coffee House and its 140 seats are quietest and a walk-in is most likely to work. If you want teppanyaki at UMI in the same evening, avoid Mondays 7 and 14 September, when it is closed.

Current Promos

Ends 20 Sept

RM58 nett

Roselle Coffee House, Grand Lexis Port Dickson

Fish head in curry or asam pedas, RM58 nett with steamed rice, ulam, salted egg and Sago Gula Melaka. Optional add-ons from RM10 nett. Daily 12pm to 10pm, all prices SST-inclusive.

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