Bayview Hotel

6/10

Pleasant

12 Mar 2026

Phong

Rooms are old.

10/10

Exceptional

08 Mar 2026

Peter

Short walk to shops and markets. Staff very helpful

Self

8/10

Excellent

21 Feb 2026

Rishi

The hotel has a great location, it’s close to all the key landmarks in Georgetown, around bars, restaurants, etc. However, the rooms are definitely not in good condition with issues like the shower head being broken among others. Staff are nice and it’s a decent place to stay for a short trip.

Family

2/10

Poor

17 Feb 2026

nalini

No not the staff, the staff was friendly but the rooms in this hotel out dated. The room carpet was flirty and musty. The bathroom ceiling has mould. Room not clean and the
seats were very flightly. The room was unpleasant the picture on your site is not a true reflection. Also the room is poorly venetialat

10/10

Exceptional

16 Feb 2026

Gerry

Room, location, staff, breakfast

10/10

Exceptional

11 Feb 2026

Shahhid

Clean great location

Business

8/10

Excellent

05 Feb 2026

Clement

The room was cleaned daily, beds well made but only bath towels were given and had to asked for hand towels daily, would be nice that hand towels were given daily. TV programs isn't that superb and the picture resolution was grainy and unclear. Would I want to come back to stay again...maybe, unless the rectifications were done.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

01 Feb 2026

Margaret

Manager Shah great service

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Jan 2026

Mahomad

Great location and great staff! Mary was very helpful in organising the tour to Kilim Geoforest Park with our amazing guide Vijay!

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

09 Jan 2026

Anusha

Hotel is posh in the reception area, but really old and outdated rooms. Very misleading photos. We booked a room, but when we got there, the room was tiny, and so old, it felt like someone died in it.
We asked to be moved to another room. They charged extra to be moved to a room they considered better but was only slightly bigger. It has the same dated, stale smell and energy.
The room was booked and paid through an online platform, and we were quoted an extra $5 that needed to be paid at the property for tax as part of the listing. But when we got there, it was almost $50 more. They had a sign on the counter explaining the tax act, which was fine, but was not advertised as part of the listing, so quite abit additional to be paid with lack of transparency. The listing could have been more transparent with the taxes and per night additional charges or include as part of room rate. Don't mislead the price, as people using booking apps are usually looking for a good deal.
I wouldn't recommend the hotel.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2026

DR ASHIMA

Super

2/10

Poor

18 Dec 2025

Rebecca

Staff are unfriendly.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Dec 2025

John

Clean room & comfortable. Thin walls, could hear neighbours constantly. The bathroom seemed dated, but not really an issue. Staff were fabulous!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

04 Dec 2025

PRAKASH

Good

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Nov 2025

MUHAMMAD ALI

Yes

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Nov 2025

Bharti

Good location. Very spacious room. Great view. Staff helpful and courteous.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

11 Nov 2025

JOHAN

Good, convenient but run down hotel. Spacious and clean but needs an update.

4/10

Poor

05 Nov 2025

Yoke Kieen Serene

Room is old and drastically needs maintenance and upgrade. Paint is fading.
Otherwise, staff are okay and courteous.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

05 Nov 2025

Charles

The room was old, dirty and had some odour. The towel was old and had a bit of smell. Also the chair was dirty and old. I felt filthy to sleep and stay in the room.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

31 Oct 2025

Barbara

Dirty hotel with mould on walls and ceiling not at all as images suggest on website checked out after 1st night as beds were unclean and uncomfortable

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

20 Oct 2025

JOHAN

Great hotel as a base to explore Georgetown. Although dated, it’s still comfortable and clean. Free parking is a real plus.

Leisure

2/10

Poor

19 Oct 2025

George

Room very run down. Bathroom worse, shower curtain has holes, bathtub

10/10

Exceptional

12 Oct 2025

Sara

Amazing staff, with fantastic service.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

08 Oct 2025

OOMMEN

Check in was quick. Staff very helpful.
Dated facilities but okay. Maintenance rather poor. Mould on ceilings in bathroom definitely a no no.
Housekeeping needs a lot more training. Cleaning of bathroom and replacement of soap etc. definitely not up to standard. Coffee sachets expired 5 months ago.

4/10

Poor

09 Sep 2025

Angela

The building is old. The small bath towels were all well washed, well used, well worn. Thin, dull colour and kind of musty.
The bed was extremely hard and gave me neck aches. I asked front desk if I could talk to the manager. She said she will give me a mattress topper. Of course it did not help. With the invisible manager and only 1 more night to go. Let it be. I will warn my friends not to go there.
Anyway, the food was good.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

08 Sep 2025

Mario P

We stayed here for only 3 nights. Originally 4 nites but due to Independence weekends celebration there were no buses or train available from KL to Penang. So, we missed our first night stay. Staff Service is so.. so not so impressive - I’ve requested for two fresh Towel and they delivered two towels but the 2nd one looks really outdated for Floor usage not for the body. I Will not recommend this hotel.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Aug 2025

peter

Power outages are frustrating

Business_and_leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

10 Aug 2025

Sam

We arrived at 3.45pm, 45 mins after the check-in time. But was informed only 2 rooms of the 5 rooms we have booked was ready. The other 3 rooms were only ready at around 4.15 pm. Already thought the official checked in time was rather late as the standard checked in time for most hotel is 2.00 pm.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

08 Aug 2025

Afiqah

Good for the money. The only downside for me is the pillow. Perhaps hotel can invest on this to promote better sleep quality for the guests.

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

07 Aug 2025

Michael

A very good hotel for what it is and cost.

Great lication, large rooms, fantastic Roof Bar and Revolving Restaurant.

Could use a Hard Renovation in parts, or a Soft Renovation all over. However still well worth the stay and cost value.

Need to work out more reasonable Happy Hours!

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2025

Heok ee

Bayview did upgrade me 2 rooms . Friendly front guest n room service are excellent

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

24 Jul 2025

Geoff

Mold on ceilings.

Good location. Pool ok. Mold all over the bathroom walls, ceiling no extractor fans so ok hotel ruined by awful bathroom. No options to change room.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jul 2025

Hock Bein

4star of yesteryear but not in today's standard

4 star of the 90's but definitely not in today's standards.. huge room but old furnishings.. mouldy toilet ceiling is unhealthy and eyesore.

Partner

4/10

Poor

17 Jun 2025

May

Classify and priced as a 4 star hotel, quality as a 2 star only

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

15 Jun 2025

Margaret

Convient location manager is very helpful

Partner

8/10

Excellent

04 Jun 2025

Verified traveler

The staff were friendly and helpful and the hotel room had a great view of the bay. The bed was quite hard but the shower warmed up quickly and was easy to use. The walls were quite thin, we could hear the people's conversation next door to us. But the hotel room was nice and spacious which was good.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Jun 2025

Afiqah

Value for money! Room is spacious with bath tub, our kids love it. The hotel also located near the good eateries in Georgetown, very convenient.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

27 May 2025

Margaret

The manager Shah and reception Suha are caring and reponsive, well done

Partner

8/10

Excellent

27 May 2025

sai

Value for money
Very central area and close to everything

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

19 May 2025

wong

Pls upgrade the blanket

Not so good condition for my friends room. 1233 Water pressure a bit slow n the bathe tub water cnt flow properly. The bathroom door for 1433 hv some sound means Ned to be improved. The room service Ned to be upgraded. Forgot wash the cup & forgot put the floor map since day 2-3 . We stay 4 nights there . Hope when we coming back end of June 26-29th we can upgrade a better one . The blanket for me was too thin . Hope can improve. Overall we hv a nice stay , front counter are friendly.

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

16 May 2025

Kian

The tower is very dirty and very smelly.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 May 2025

Raymond

None

10/10

Exceptional

08 May 2025

Allen

Close to everything , safe and good price

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

08 May 2025

Robert

The Bayview is a good hotel, well located with decent dining options and friendly staff. The rooms are big and have everything you would need inside them. The hotel is just a little dated however and needs a bit of TLC. Overall would happily stay here again.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

28 Apr 2025

Vivienne

Nice hotel with a great location . The rooms are nice spacicious . The room we had a very noisey family above us . The reception area is good and all you need . Great linkntonthe local buses . The CAT bus is free and takes you on a loop of the city .

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

10 Apr 2025

Cheng Kai

Don't trust the pictures they posted. Good location with service, but the hotel needs a lot of major updates. Moldy ceiling & peeling wall paint. AC starts leaking 4 am in the morning on the last night during the stay. I don't think I will stay here again unless there are major improvements.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

14 Mar 2025

Swee Seng

Cleanliness can be improve. Hotel is abit old but spacious

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Mar 2025

Mason

The service and every staff member I interacted with were amazing, but unfortunately by room just hadn't had a good clean in a very long time. Mildew in the bathroom and crumbs under the bed, just not in a great condition.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Mar 2025

Patrick

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6/10

Pleasant

04 Mar 2025

Lisa

Average

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

25 Feb 2025

Amit

Great stay as always

Business

10/10

Exceptional

21 Feb 2025

Mozhgan

The hotel is very nice, but it is dated. It is good value for money. The swimming pool is very big and there is a nice gym. It is walking distance to most attractions.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

19 Feb 2025

Michael

Was Hacked and Had Crdit Card Charged!

Place is in rundown condition. But, for the price it is fair. My problem, and I should say my big problem, was that I was hacked when using their QR code to order room service. They have a third party app that stole my credit card info. I spent a day in the police department and making expensive calls to my credit card company etc.. AND THE WORST PART - no attention or apology from manager. No compensation and no care at all. IT came to the room and they said they would remove the QR codes from the hotel. They did not. Unacceptable.
I received charges from some company!

Self

6/10

Pleasant

17 Feb 2025

Verified traveler

Honest Bayview Hotel Penang Review

Bayview Hotel

Experience for check in is ok. But went into the room, amenities are not provided fully.

1) Toothbrushes and toothpaste (booked two rooms, one room have it, the another don't have it
2) Both rooms only provided with bath towels. Hand towels are not provided.
3) Carpets are dirty, don't appear vacuumed for a super long while.
4) TV has no proper channel. I have decided to manual re-tune all the channels via the settings and it finally got some proper channels, but not according to the channel list shown.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

10 Feb 2025

eric

The hotel is a bit old.
The location is a bit off the center of George Town but still walkable if you don't mind.
The swimming pool is on the small side.
The rooftop restaurant is great. You can see the whole Geroge Town almost.
There is a big night food court right next to the hotel where you can get all kinds of food for dinner.

10/10

Exceptional

04 Feb 2025

Dr. Alexander

I liked the staff and their hospitality. The hotel is good value for the money. The room service is excellent. the sea-view from the room is breath-taking.

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jan 2025

gayle

The staff was helpful. We were able to borrow unbrellas which was useful. Conveniently located to a hawkers stand delicious. Had maps so street art was found. Need a map for the walking tour which was fun but could only find it on our phone. Need to post ideas so people could see more actuvities in this wonderful city.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2025

Fernandez

NIL

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

26 Nov 2024

WAN

the bed blankets are just individual 2 white sheets sandwiching a thicker blanket. The sheets will separate during sleeping . kettle is dirty with black stains, door is creeking when opening. no place to hang any clothes after washing as the wash line in the bathroom is broken.

Business_and_leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

25 Nov 2024

NAVANEETHA KRISHNAN

Stay was nice but certainly it could use some facelift. Lift lobby reeks of cigarettes and the TV uses AV connection that don't really have options and the options that worked had very poor reception. Not much of accessible power sockets close to bed and worst of all there was no lighting options if you want to have some light to work on something. I have seen some moody pubs have better lighting.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

07 Nov 2024

Masop

Big plus point is walkable distance to the World Heritage Site of old Georgetown

8/10

Excellent

07 Nov 2024

Nanta

Overall good

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Oct 2024

Michael

Overall this was a big surprise, as I had read mixed reviews that were posted, yes it is an older hotel but it has great charm and larger rooms only minutes from the centre of George Town, and the best thing of all the staff were amazing , and the food was excellent

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Oct 2024

William

Nice

10/10

Exceptional

15 Oct 2024

Boon Bin

The location is good, hotel room is clean.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

26 Sep 2024

Boon

Old Hotel

is old, if dont mind still can stay, nearby ok to walk around for North East of Georgetown.

water chute due to slow flow, cleaner should inform maintenance

Business

8/10

Excellent

10 Sep 2024

Vincent Andrew

The Staff were excellent and extremely attentive. unfortunately, the rooms in the hotel are in great need of renovation with some mould on the bathroom ceiling and the room having a Musty smell.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

01 Sep 2024

Chun Wai

Clean and good service, but a bit old the facilities and furniture, parking not easy

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

31 Aug 2024

Helen

We liked: the location - close to transport, restaurants, street food, historic places, staff

We didnt like: the absence of satellite TV channels (at least in our room), fresh milk for tea. Also breakfast offered no gluten-free bread for toast, no fresh machine coffee (despite it grown in Malaysia).

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Aug 2024

Adnan

Highly recommended.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

09 Aug 2024

Adnan

Great property with great amenities.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

03 Aug 2024

Beng-Soon

Hotel us bit old but all good .

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jul 2024

Janice

The property is close to town and good location with huge rooms. It is an older style hotel but compensated with a big room and good size beds.
The staff are the most amazing. Very accommodating. They also went out of the way to find my baby top that went missing in the laundry and they found it!
Would recommend and stay again definately!

Leisure Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

19 Jul 2024

G

hotel staff not friendly place looks run down mattresses left at corridor. EVEN ONE EXTRA BOTTLE OF WATER NOT ENTERTAINED. RIDUCULOUS. I STAYED THIS HOTEL BEFORE POBABLY 6 YEARS BACK NEVER WAS LIKE THIS EXPERIENCE.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

17 Jul 2024

Pei

Not recommend this property

Business_and_leisure

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jul 2024

James

Old style room, which was fine. The thing with this hotel is that there is a night club on the roof that plays thunderingly loud car alarm techno. It rumbles and disturbs on through the night. Guests beware.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

14 Jul 2024

Hilary Ayikwele

When I was first checked in, I was put into a horrible room, there was mould on the ceilings in the bathroom and main room, the carpets and curtains were stained. the shower/bath was cracked and rusty, the mirror partially broken. I immediately went down to report this to reception who told me I couldn't' move until the next day because the hotel was full.

I had to stay in the room that nights, the next morning i brought my stuff down. Check in to the new room wasn't till 3 so i did go out for the day as i had limited time. When I did return, I was informed the room was ready and it was upgraded. The second room was in a much better condition.

Breakfast was nice

Ultimately it worked out okay, but the first room left a poor impression of this hotel!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jul 2024

Adam

Very nice room and very kind staff.

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

10 Jul 2024

Nom

Overall it was a nice reasonable property and easily walkable to restaurants and attractions in the area. Nice rooftop view and bar at the property.
The rooms are of adequate size, but \"looking tired\". Replacement of some furniture are needed.

Business_and_leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

08 Jul 2024

Verified traveler

Hotel well located within amenities

The room was pretty large for the price.

music of the roof-top bar (situated one level above the 16th floor) could be disturbing to those staying on floors closer to the 16th floor.

The pool with a depth of up to 3.5 metre was a pleasant surprise. A separate suntanning area adjacent to the pool was rather thoughtful.

Location of the hotel was near to many food courts, eateries, a large supermarket (Mydin) and wet markets.

Business

8/10

Excellent

04 Jul 2024

anbha

Good

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jul 2024

Adnan

Great Location with restaurants within the property. The Mantra Restaurant is amazing!

Business_and_leisure Self

4/10

Poor

29 Jun 2024

Barbara

Past its glory days

This hotel is conveniently located and could be wonderful, but it is in need of refurbishment. Everything is run down, and the staff is not pleasant.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Jun 2024

Verified traveler

Loved the views from the high floor!

Self

4/10

Poor

20 Jun 2024

Mas-Hermawati

Leaking shower head.Inform reception but nothing was done.Dining chairs in coffee house dirty

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jun 2024

Sam

Old school hotel

6/10

Pleasant

13 Jun 2024

Agata

hotel was old with visible mould in the bathroom.
Towels had holes

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

07 Jun 2024

Margaret

A caring receptionist from the hotel

The reception Sarks Duo are very helpful for my requests since I have late check in issue thanks you so much for understanding!

Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 May 2024

Chua Thiam

Reasonable hotel

2nd time staying in this hotel. Reasonable hotel. Nearby to many food places so it's convenient. Only set-back for me is only bathtub for shower. Maybe not so suitable for older people as concern of falling as no non-slip floormat inside bathtub provided.

Business

8/10

Excellent

23 May 2024

Wei Min

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Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

16 May 2024

SHIH KUN

Room was too dark to read or write at night time. Shower was not easy to control temperature. Same was air condition outlet. No pencil,paper and slippers.

Business Friends

8/10

Excellent

06 May 2024

Parm

Highly recommend

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

04 May 2024

Hock Kee

It's a quite an old hotel and not sound proof at all.The water pressure is very low when taking a shower.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 May 2024

Hee Poh

Value for money hotel.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 May 2024

Susan

Nothing to add. All good.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2024

Parm

Highly recommended

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2024

William

Goood

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

09 Apr 2024

PEILI

It is not bad. But the celling of bathroom is mouldy.
The sound insulation is not good.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

08 Apr 2024

Chua Thiam

Room is not bright enough

There are only a few warm lights inside room & not bright enough. Also, limited electrical sockets to charge your devices and is positioned too low (under the tables) so needs a longer cable for your USB charger or power adapter for laptop.

Business

8/10

Excellent

31 Mar 2024

Tanya

Great location, pity about the condition.

This hotel location is perfect for walking to Old Town, Chinatown, Jetty's and a covered street food hall. The staff are brilliant particularly the doirman/bellhop. The only things that let it down is that it needs a refurbishment, the furniture is worn and tired and the bath in our room was very badly chipped and cracked.

Partner