Meritin Hotel

Malaysia , Kuching and Sarawak
KUCHING, Lot 315 Jalan Padungan Kuching Sarawak Malaysia
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75 reviews shown

10/10

Exceptional

16 Feb 2026

Simon

Fantastic hotel, great location. Plenty of towels, hot shower, cold A/C. Convenient for pick up/drop off via Grab. Walking distance to many eateries and landmarks. Was in town for a wedding with the reception at the Sheraton and opted to stay here based on location and price and I believe we got better value. The on-site breakfast was convenient for one of our busier days but otherwise not great value (quality v cost v available street options). Had a great chat with a gentleman in the elevator who turned out to be the owner - just super friendly and wanted to know how we were enjoying our time in town. Would stay here again next we are in town.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Feb 2026

Chris

Nuce and driendly

6/10

Pleasant

20 Dec 2025

Sheila

The 4 persons room with shower head not working. Only hand held shower head with hose provided not very pleasant.
Informed the front receptionist and ignored clients request. We want to pay cash at the receptionist said no. When we come back the 2nd stay, the receptionist wants us to pay cash. Not consistent.
The hotel could have done better truthfully.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 Nov 2025

Yue

Great location, staff were helpful and had good customer service. Soundproofing was a not very good though with music coming from the opposite side pub. Overall, still good

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Oct 2025

Brendan

The room was immaculate a great size. The staff were very friendly and greeted me every time I came in.

The location was fantastic, close to the riverfront and near to countless restaurants.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

31 Aug 2025

Melinda Ann

Wonderful Hotel with great staff and amenities. Clean room. Ms Yvonne and her team did a fantastic job

Business_and_leisure

2/10

Poor

25 Aug 2025

nicole

Did not stay there and refused refund.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2025

AIK SIAH

have already stay for quite a few time on each visit to kuching.

6/10

Pleasant

01 Jun 2025

Tan

The property is fine. It is just very noisy at night especially the pub next door. The noise can last till 2 am almost 3 am. Barely any sleep.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 May 2025

Karen

Good value hotel reasonably close to things.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Apr 2025

Stevo

Central, walking distance to river front, restaurants. Quaint hotel, staff friendly and helpful

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Mar 2025

Paul

We have no complaints and would not hesitate to stay there again!

10/10

Exceptional

09 Mar 2025

Raymond

Meritin hotel is in Kuching Chinatown area with lots of local eateries and pastry traditional shops nearby. The free 103 tourist bus is just 1 min walk from the hotel. A supermarket Everise just opposite the hotel. Room is clean and functional. Recommended.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

28 Feb 2025

Irenne

It was ok , located within walking distance to places for food but the room is somewhat small.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

15 Feb 2025

emmet

Small modern hotel in interesting part of city. Walking distance to many attractions, shops, restaurants. Helpful friendly staff at reception and breakfast especially. Breakfast here was good. Good shower, good wifi, comfortable room.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 Nov 2024

Mr Stephen Bruce

3 nights - very good - great staff

Business

10/10

Exceptional

16 Nov 2024

Michael

Very friendly staff

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

14 Nov 2024

Kerryn

Perfect location, comfortable rooms and very helpful and friendly service. Would definitely recommend.

8/10

Excellent

31 Oct 2024

Thomas

It seemed like a newer hotel. The room was comfortable and fairly quiet. Staff were average, and despite my request for an early check-in due to completing 24 hours of traveling, they didn't have my room ready any earlier than 3pm.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

26 Aug 2024

Marwan

good service overall.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

09 Aug 2024

vincent

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2024

Aidalina

Clean and pleasant

6/10

Pleasant

29 Jun 2024

BOON HWI

Overall acceptable for budget travel.

8/10

Excellent

15 Jun 2024

Tung

Excellent location. Many restaurants, supermarket and money exchange available.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jun 2024

Verified traveler

An excellent hotel to stay

The location is good. It's a 10-min walk to the water front. There are a lot of restaurants around the hotel. The staff in the hotel is amazing and makes you feel that you are welcomed. The room is pretty spacious and clean. I will definitely stay here again if I visit Kuching in future. Highly recommended.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jun 2024

Mr Chung Wen

An excellent hotel to stay with a reasonable price

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2024

Otto

The cleaning by women followed a very good standard. The man can learn from the woman.
The room are very good. I liked it.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 May 2024

Lawrence

My Yearly Trips to Kuching

This is not my first stay at Meritin, I am very happy with the rooms, cleaniness is excellent, air-condition is super cool, beds and pillows were very verycomfortable. Staff at the reception are very helpful and friendly.
The location is also convenient as it is situated along chinatown and food is abundant along both sides of the street.
I will definitely come back here to stay for my yearly trips to Kuching.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

22 May 2024

Shu Qing

Near food centre and convenience store

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

13 May 2024

Susan

Staff were very friendly and helpful.
My room was very comfortable, particularly liked the bathroom with the walk in shower, unlike some hotels that have the shower in the bath. Being an older person a walk in shower is much safer.
As well, breakfast was included in the room price which is very helpful when travelling.
Thank you Meritin Hotel for a pleasant comfortable stay.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2024

Yick

Room was clean and service was good.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

07 May 2024

Hwee Kiang

location ok

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Mar 2024

James

Excellent breakfast buffet of Asian and Western selections and all tasty. No English speaking channel on TV in my room is only negative.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

25 Feb 2024

Verified traveler

Nice stay

Room was clean. Staff was friendly. Breakfast is simple and good; the breakfast spread changes daily. The bar below could be a little noisy for light sleepers.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

19 Feb 2024

Excellent location, walking distance to diners, grocery stores and seafood joint. It's in a local neighborhood, amazing vibe, you can walk around and explore. Staff are very friendly and helpful, always smiling. However the hotel facility is fairly old. Rooms are very humid (towels never dry, even quilt are kinda wet). Not sound proof, we woke up by either club music or people talking in the hallway..) But it's cheaper so I guess this is what we paid for, the price also tells you about Malaysia's inflation if you haven't been there in a few years.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jan 2024

Leung

The hotel is very conveniently located to find different kinds of foods and visit local attractions. There could be noisy during the first part of the night.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

13 Dec 2023

Kok Wah Joseph

Gd location, plenty of food outlets nearby, though staying at 3rd floor by the main road - no traffic noise was heard - probably due ti the sound proofed windows ? Staff speak excellent englush

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

25 Nov 2023

AIK SIAH

only suggestion are to cater more TV selections, no Chinese drama channel.

8/10

Excellent

13 Oct 2023

Shwen

No frills. Value for money. Good location.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

11 Sep 2023

May

My 2nd time staying at this hotel. Good location. Hotel is well maintained.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

23 Aug 2023

GK Liew

Great

10/10

Exceptional

22 Aug 2023

Yew Chung

Good location if you like walking around old shops area, there are quite many food options around the area. Hotel staffs are friendly and helpful. Good housekeeping, was surprised and impressed to receive a hand-written thank you note from housekeeping staff Ela for thanking our long stay there and checking out that we were satisfied with the service. Would love to stay again in this hotel if were to visit Kuching again.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jul 2023

patrick

No Sambal Belchan on the Buffet, asked a service staff for this chili, and received asap

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jul 2023

William

Very nice hotel but Expedia did not honour their free cancellation/changes promise.

8/10

Excellent

08 Jul 2023

Verified traveler

Location great. Housekeeping bad.

Great location. Good eateries nearby, and opposite a supermarket. Easy walking distance to the waterfront. Good shower and AC. Very comfortable bed. Patchy wifi.
Fridge not working. Very poor housekeeping. No cleaning took place all week, just emptied the bins and changed the towels (greying, frayed and bad smelling). Would have stayed longer but due to the housekeeping issues we moved down the road to another hotel.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jun 2023

Easy check-in. Helpful and friendly staff. Good price with enough facilities.
Very good location with plenty of coffeeshops eateries, cafes, restaurant, many rated 4.2 and above in Google reviews. Walkable to Water front, Museum, etc.
There is a free bus 103 less than 1min walk from hotel which can be good for city tour. But the bus came once every two hours, do check the time on the bus stop.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jun 2023

Mian Sze

The hotel is fairly new, having opened in 2017. The lobby is bright and well-decorated, which made us very comfortable upon entry. The location is fantastic, being in the city centre with many good local food within walking distance. The rooms were clean and the staff amazing. Special mention goes to Akmal who was always courteous and attentive, and that had made my family’s 4-night stay in the hotel very pleasant and memorable. We will certainly be back!

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

23 Apr 2023

Yu Iun

There is room for improvement on inter-floor and inter-room noise. Power sockets are faulty. Lighting in the bathroom should be made brighter. Otherwise, it is quite a great hotel and value for money. I would consider to stay in this hotel again in my next visit to Kuching.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

18 Apr 2023

Sharon

Clean and easy going. Housekeeping was excellent. Everything was good however many mosquito in my room though the Housekeeping had done the spray.
Could consider pests control.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

25 Mar 2023

iria

The hotel was in a great location, they were incredibly helpful!
My only reservation would be that the breakfast was a little expensive for what was on offer (at least for a vegetarian), so we mostly ate outside.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

13 Mar 2023

Yong Heng

Room was clean and a few eateries outside the hotel. Location quite centralized to travel around. Except that the room do not top up your shampoos and shower gel unless you requested for it, likewise for slippers. Overall not bad to stay for a few nights.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

26 Feb 2023

kweekhim

Meritin hotel

Location is convenient, both to Chinatown as well as waterfront. Hotel room is tidy and clean. Service of staff is good and prompt.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

10 Feb 2023

Harry

Very friendly staff, excellent location, large room and all the hot water you want for showers.
Definitely a lack of tv English or English news channels.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

04 Feb 2023

Chong

Toilet door not friendly require better improvement. When using the toilet bowl always hit the toilet door. Toilet bowl area, the floor require better wash. Got urine smell.

Overall is comfortable stay hotel & clean.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Dec 2022

Suhaileen

Clean and peaceful surrounding. Goid walking distance to waterfront and great price too.

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

31 Oct 2022

Syafiq

Very friendly and welcoming staff. The ambience were pretty good and most importantly quiet despite it's location in the middle of the city. I love their breakfast buffet with lots of good food and kinda yummy for the bnb price offered. Well known places for visiting are walkable and easy to get grab which i find also quite cheap fare around Kuching. And I am certainly will return to this hotel again in the future. Recommended

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

16 Sep 2022

Hui Hwong

Staff are all happy and extremely helpful
Great location, with shops; eateries and laundry within steps of hotel

Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 Sep 2022

Verified traveler

Nice & Cozy hotel

Nice hotel , everything is so convenient. Will come back and stay again.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jun 2022

SYED NASIRIN BIN SYED ZAINOL ABIDIN

Lovely new hotel with so easy access to anywhere around the city centre. Definitely will book this hotel when in Kuching the next time.

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

23 Dec 2021

Benjamin

Overall was good. Check-in was 3.30pm.....had to wait 30min. No parking.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2020

Luphenie Lucil

Recommended place to stay

It was amazing,easy to find food outside the hotel,very close to waterfront. Hoping we can select our own menu instead of the hotel's decision for breakfast. Overall,it was a great stay! Keep up the good work!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

This hotel is look clean and nice location front desk people are friendly too

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

13 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Near to 7eleven and plenty eateries nearby.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

09 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

property location is good and I stayed for 5 night and 6 days

Staff ( Joy Goh)was horrible who was impolite and even rude. She is the receptionist. I asked for vacuuming my room as they never cleaned the room but her response was totally ignoring me and her attitude was humiliating which was never reflected my request. They did only change the towels and take away the garbage. Bed sheets were stained all over.
Over all, Staff should be trained well, this is a hotel and services are incredibly crucial for foreign travelers.
I was very disappointed choosing this hotel based on reviews.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jan 2020

VenuS

Friendly & courteous staffs. Not much facilities. Central location

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

29 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Good location on main Street close to shops and food outlets

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

11 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Hotel is in a Central location. Front reception ladies are not welcoming, smiling and not very personal. They need to be trained. The coffee cup has a lipstick stain. The sink is dirty and the bathroom are not properly cleaned.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

17 Dec 2019

Lee Tshin

It could be better

Good location if you like to experience the local food and know the Sarawak's history. Unlike KL or other Malaysian cities; it is not a place for shopping.

The queen size bed is smaller than normal queen.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

13 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

nice location unique and quiet

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Very impressive & well done 👍

I’m impress with the hotel.
Front desk staff are very friendly, welcoming and helpful regardless of requests.
All staff contributed by providing and made us felt very very cozy, comfortable and secure during our entire stay!
Excellent dedicated smoker zone that made it another +!
Overall very impressive and definitely will go back again!
Do keep up the great job & standard! Especially a big bravo and thank you to front desk “Saufi”

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

29 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

The hotel was really good but the beds were very hard and it was painful sleeping all night on them

10/10

Exceptional

01 Oct 2019

Brenda

Wonderful!!

Amazing stay!! Staff were helpful and friendly. Location was central and waterfront was an easy walk away.