Sabah Oriental

Malaysia , Kota Kinabalu and Sabah
KOTA KINABALU, SABAH, Lorong Kemajuan
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2/10

Poor

05 Oct 2024

Booked 4 nights and check out after 30 minutes. No Refund

Partner

4/10

Poor

23 Aug 2023

Khin Choy

Basically the hotel rooms are totally not maintained and dirty. The worse was the bathroom..... totally not maintained.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

31 May 2023

HYGINUS

The room was spacious but the furniture was old. The ironing board in the room was broken. There were no bath towel and floor mat. I had to ask twice. The 2 pieces of bath towels were old and worn out as well. Overall, I had a decent stay.

8/10

Excellent

03 Jan 2023

Haris Shariman

Family vacation at Sabah Oriental Hotel

Very good hoteal to stay with family.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Sep 2022

Stefan

I think this was one of the nice hotels i Kota Kinabalu. Not too new and some better maintenance is possible, but for the prices offered, it's definitely OK. My observations from that hotel and from the next, in Sandakan, show that probably in all Malaysia (or at least in Borneo) there is something to be improved in housekeeping. It took some effort to receive towels, there were some chambermaid's hairs on the floor... things like that are definitely not the best, even though I won't remember the place with that. Rooms were very spacious, internet worked, even though wasn't too great, but the best thing in this hotel was the breakfast, included in the room rates.

Self

8/10

Excellent

23 Aug 2022

Kok Hao

Compliments to the housekeeping team for always making my room tidy and clean whenever I requested for it. Two staff in particular deserves a huge shout out for making my trip in Sabah pleasant. Nur Liza from the reception has been extremely helpful and has went out her way to make my stay comfortable. She assisted and handled my problems well. She is approachable and easy to communicate to in the hotel. Ronald from the Cafe was professional and recommended me the right dessert to eat in the hotel. The food from the cafe and breakfast buffet was decent if I need a quick meal or I am unsure of what to get. Despite the great team behind the hotel, the hotel is a little rundown from the rooms, gym, swimming pool showers and carpark. If there is a renovation to these key areas, Sabah Oriental Hotel would be a definite easy recommendation from me and will have a great potential as it is extremely near to the city centre and key tourist attractions as well. Until there is a significant improvement to the hotel conditions, this hotel will remain as a good budget hotel for travellers especially for solo guests. Will be happy to return back to the hotel when I visit Sabah soon again. Thank you for taking good care of me.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

12 Jun 2022

mohd zaki

Overall ok. If property can provide proper access to the lobby from LG parking (i.e. lift) it's much better.

Business_and_leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

29 Mar 2022

Hossin

Boring stay..TV no service

TV not functioning...huhuhu

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

12 Jan 2022

Chayati

Cerek masak air bau, nak masak air utk buat susu anak pun rasa tidak selesa, sory.. Yg lain semua ok

Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

11 Dec 2021

Siti rukiah

Selesa

Business Friends

10/10

Exceptional

31 Oct 2021

Siti rukiah

I like

Business_and_leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

23 Nov 2020

Muhammad

Very good

Good

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

31 Aug 2020

N.G

firstly I would say the room isn't properly maintained. The breakfast was served individually which was considered okay during this pandemic. i have to call twice to ask for towels which sent after 2 hrs waiting? towel for bathroom isn't stocked up properly. as for the check-in procedure, i wont comment much as it's on weekend and everyone on holidays. good thing that they serve us welcome drinks while waiting for our room key. room service? luckily its good, oh, food is so so, but the service is def great, kudos to that. check out procedure alright.
but oh well, it's def worth the price value.

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

21 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

Just ok for short stay. It provide good breakfast and variety.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

20 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

I like breakfast buffet

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jan 2020

Suriati

It was great n cheaper

Partner

8/10

Excellent

26 Dec 2019

Aslinah

KK Vacation with elderly parents

Location was quite near to airport and other places of interest in KK. Booked 2 rooms for 5 nights with the hotel. Connecting rooms given on the 11th floor were spacious. Comfortable bed and wi-fi in the rooms good enough to stay connected with loved ones back home. Furnishing could be improved cos quite outdated. Safe boxes provided but locked and could not use. Chipped surface on the bath tub and stained WC for both toilets. Needed to request for towels, floor mat, room slippers and water stoppers cos not provided during check in. Staff were polite and accomodating. Breakfast good. Swimming pool functional but quite small. Overall, enjoyed our stay in the hotel. Thanks

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

07 Dec 2019

Aslie

Not far from town (shopping mall and view point walkable)
Improve room service (BUY MORE TOWELS!!!)

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

06 Dec 2019

Regina

The hotel is located close to airport and major shopping centers.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Nov 2019

Hani

NICE AND COMFORTABLE PLACE TO STAY

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

31 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

The staff and Breakfast were the best in my opinion.
No internet except in lobby (next to the reception, in the restaurant and the fountain).
The room seems really worn out: the curtains had holes and there was a hole in the ceiling in the bathroom.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

29 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

No towel and toiletries in my room.

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

12 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Flooring no very clean and no slipper at all.
Bathroom need upgrade.
House keeping respond very sloe.

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

11 Sep 2019

AZURY

simple but plenty of room for improvement.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

05 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

budget, comfortable

Pro: room is superb spacious & design is resort-feel, price is economical, welcomed with lemongrass scent at entrance hall, breakfast is sumptuous and good but second day serve almost the same (mostly local cuisines), strategically located, carpark is free, oh i must say the mattress is medium firm & comfy! Good enough for back support.

Cons: kettle/bath towels, floor mat, face towel weren’t given, and had to call housekeeping 4 times to be delivered. Iron is provided without ironboard, room curtains is not completely dark, light sleeper might be awaken by morning sunlight. I had mountain climbs the next 2 day of my trip, a good well rested sleep before is needed but i was disturbed by the light shaded curtains, 90% of the gym equipments are not able to use and faulty.

Partner

2/10

Poor

03 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

The location is strategic and food is multi choice.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

19 Aug 2019

Boon

No effort to rectify nor offer any explanation why WiFi was down from 14-17Aug.
Poor building maintenance

Business Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Nice n clean

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

The best service n the polite staff

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

08 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

nice place to stay.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

16 Jun 2019

Mohd

I like because have fitness centre and didnt like aircond at room hot

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

18 May 2019

Verified traveler

the staffs are very helpful and the services were so good, thankyou so much sabah oriental hotel

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 May 2019

Verified traveler

good statisfied easy friendly breakfast

Friends_and_family Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

13 May 2019

Verified traveler

No Wi-Fi at room only at ground floor have. But the staff OK very kind and helpful only the room a little bit old.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

20 Feb 2019

Hilary

A make-over needed

The front desk informed that the card reader was off line and I had to go down to the bank to withdraw cash for payment. Room had basic accessories and food at the restaurant was edible at best. Swimming pool has been \"out of order\" for the past 2 years since I have stayed there on and off. Bed sheets were yellowish and torn. It's high time the management did a make over for their entire operations from the service to their food in order to retain their regular customers and attract new ones.

4/10

Poor

17 Feb 2019

Lillian

All Staffs are polite

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

10 Jan 2019

Elton

Great room, nice view BUT

Room were great, nice view. Only were let down by a poor condition toilet. Issue with air conditioning as well. The breakfast included was fantastic.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

22 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Execellent

8/10

Excellent

18 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

Bilik kemas tapi masih ada bau rokok. Ayah saya bukan seorang perokok jadi harap tingkatkan lagi kebersihan bilik.

2/10

Poor

13 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

The room is so old and rundown. The water heater also not working properly.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Nov 2018

Verified traveler

Nice room , nice decoration

10/10

Exceptional

27 Aug 2018

Keremjeet

The best hotel because of the staff named sharvine she did a perfect and excellent job.

4/10

Poor

12 Aug 2018

Bella

Checked in was fast by Mr Norman although there’s trainee. But my door ledges was broken. My television was broken. My aircond was warm, and basically there’s no aircond on the check out date. Luckily we had the fan. I can’t use my safety box. The toilet bawl was disgusting, it feels like nobody has used it for a long time. We should have inform to change the room but we’re just too tired. The staffs at breakfast are so busy with stuff and we have to wait for cutlery but my cousin took it from the table that have it placed nicely. Check out was disappointing. Luckily I only stay for 1 night. But it is still not worth the price. Gotta do alot of maintanence please. It really dissapointing.

6/10

Pleasant

01 Aug 2018

Herman

Wrong representation of the product or service

The swimming pool has been out of service for over a year and no plans to repair it. Hey should remove it from their website. In addition, the I. House spa has been closed and some hotel staff when asked did not even know it.

Friends

2/10

Poor

15 Jul 2018

giroud

pool not in service

should remove pool facilities if out of service..just check in here because of pool..

6/10

Pleasant

14 Jul 2018

Verified traveler

Good but not great.

Include nice food for breakfast with surau available. But swimming poor were not available to be use.

8/10

Excellent

03 Jul 2018

Old Colonial Hotel

Lovely old-school hotel with beautiful wood mouldings and furniture. Worn at the edges, but large generous rooms and a lovely atmosphere.

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jun 2018

Bernard

A quiet place to relax.

Nice and clean Hotel with helpful and courteous staff. Will book again for my next trip. TQ.

6/10

Pleasant

23 May 2018

Jane

CLEANLINESS TOILET & ROOM & MENU

This is my priority choice if i want to stay a holiday at Kota Kinabalu. Sabah Orieantal Hotel i have stay more than 4 times..but this time very lousy in cleanliness of toilet & room even though room already ask for service daily. Too of dusty at ceiling fan, table lamp, floor is dusty till i need wear my own slipper in room! Toilet need renovation too old n dirty, hair dryer trouble! Start i stay for 3 nights feel disappointed room 729. Lastly is the morning breakfast 3 days same menu never change....

Family

8/10

Excellent

22 May 2018

Brandon

nice hotel

nice room, value for money. got real good price from expedia and got almost 5o% discount with breakfast included. definitely will try again

8/10

Excellent

18 May 2018

Sim

Nice hotel but a little bit far from town

Wide range of sumptuous buffet breakfast comes with the package room deal.

8/10

Excellent

03 May 2018

Verified traveler

Don’t aspect too much

Just nice with the view, breakfast just good

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 May 2018

Verified traveler

Good place if you want to relax. Many choices in a cafe oriental when you breakfast

6/10

Pleasant

29 Apr 2018

Zul

Very disappointed

The hotel is beginning to look more run-down as compared to last September. I was on the 10th Floor, there were ants in the room. The clothes line and hair dryer in the bathroom was off the wall. The electricity did not switch off when you remove your electronic key. They allowed smoking in the main bar and as it's election time in Kota Kinabalu, the bar area was used as a meeting place for many a politician. They smoked a lot. The carpet and the curtains in the bar areas, had not been hoovered or cleaned for years. There was no internet service in the rooms. It made my working-online very uncomfortable. I can use the broadband in public areas. The hotel employed many students in the dining room, which made breakfast very interesting.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

22 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

Disappointed with Condition of Room

Old room with dirty toilet and very poor air conditioning.
But good buffet breakfast and staff

8/10

Excellent

09 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

Air conditioner not function well

It was okay but air conditioner need to fix. I will suggest this hotel to my friend

6/10

Pleasant

29 Mar 2018

Roslen

Nice place

Enjoy to stay at this hotel n the room is biggest.

6/10

Pleasant

19 Mar 2018

rose

Hotel with hotel facility a bit out dated

There was no water hose in the toilet. You need to be in the bath tub totake a shower. At first i though there was no hot water but there was but you need to know how to turn the handler. Quite far from water front. Need to take grab

10/10

Exceptional

10 Mar 2018

Verified traveler

It is one of the hotel gave me a feeling of very safe! The food they provided is good and delicious and fresh furthermore the staff there had gave me a hand when I found I can't open the door that I rented tq

8/10

Excellent

11 Feb 2018

Verified traveler

simple and easy to access.

good to be come back. suitable for any occasion. this hotel need to do some refurbishment.

8/10

Excellent

09 Feb 2018

richard

Service,smiles,service

The hotel is on a great rebound. The property is well located and in walking distance to all of KK. There are some conditions that are run-down BUT management is taking care of it. I had some initial complaints with wifi and room condition -Anita Thomas ,front desk manager, corrected all and took excellent care and follow up for me. This kind of service is what makes this place 5*. Breakfast was more than generous and excellent with myriad choices. The hotel is in transition back to its glory days and I eagerly look forward to returning.

8/10

Excellent

25 Jan 2018

susan

Clean comfortable room. Good location. Pool closed during visit.

6/10

Pleasant

19 Jan 2018

Erik

There is no pool and almost no WiFi

Two big drawbacks: WiFi is only available in a small part of the lobby usually occupied by sleeping PRC-citizens waiting for something.

The other issue is: There is no pool!!!
The pool is \"temporarily\" out of order. According to staff permanent.

Partner

4/10

Poor

30 Dec 2017

Verified traveler

Not Recommended

The Hotel room was too small, dusty n some toilet no water heater, bath tub very dirty n broken!

The HOTEL SHOULD INFO NO SWIMMING POOL UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE its NOT UNDER MAINTENANCE!!

Family

8/10

Excellent

24 Dec 2017

nur

Nice hotel with nice view.

It was a nice stay in this hotel. I got a room with nice view of river in the middle of the city. Room smells nice and clean. During my stay, i asked for extra bed. Unfortunately, the bed was sent later, almost 11pm. Maybe due to festive season, many tourist stay here.

6/10

Pleasant

22 Dec 2017

Not worth the money

Staff made excuses for dangerous electric problems in our room which caused my wife's hair dryer to explode and become hot!!

6/10

Pleasant

25 Nov 2017

Syarifah Alfiza

Nice hotel

I'm stay for 3day&2night. Firstly they give us the room deluxe twin (singlebeds) then I ask them to change bcoz in my booking im request for queen deluxe. The staff very nice & easy to communicate. The breakfast buffet ok but it the same menu.hope their improve the breakfast menu. Will come again. TQ

6/10

Pleasant

15 Nov 2017

Constantine

Cleanliness of the room was not so great. Have to get your own coffee during breakfast.

6/10

Pleasant

12 Nov 2017

Verified traveler

close with the city

i went there and i was late check in ,

and i was not expected that no water heater cattle/flask, no phone extension,no hair dryer , no \"Sejadah\" all the things that i need to used not provided inside the room. all the basic things not in the place.

6/10

Pleasant

27 Sep 2017

martin

enjoyable stay

stayed here many times in the past. always enjoyed my stay. quiet surrounding. love the breakfast. one thing i didnt enjoy was that the in room safe was not operational. was informed that management had stop offering in room safe altogether but they still advertise in room safe is available. miss leading.

8/10

Excellent

07 Jun 2017

Linchen

good location

will come again

8/10

Excellent

28 Apr 2017

ktw

Good hotel in Kota Kinabalu..

Good spread of breakfast and excellent front office staff especially Ms Farah. Very helpful....

4/10

Poor

17 Mar 2017

Eng Khiang

No wifi inside the room

10/10

Exceptional

14 Mar 2017

carol dragon

My Favourite Hotel Since 2004

So friendly, so helpfull, so accommodating and go out of their way to make you feel well catered for. Excellent staff

4/10

Poor

21 Feb 2017

hans

expensive but not at that par.

old school hotel with disappointing amenities. noted many tourist esp PRC smoke at inter room corridor although clearly stated that the hotel is non smoking area. Breakfast not much variety.

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jan 2017

Muhammed muneer

Excellent to stay

Very nice and calm , staffs all are very good and helpful

Partner

4/10

Poor

05 Jan 2017

Verified traveler

Old hotel. Need renovation

I spent 5 days and 4 nights at the hotel and ferl that it is a strategic place to stay at the city. I found its rather different look from the picture. At first i thought its a good clean hotel. Its not worth paying that amount for the size. Their staff are not very friendly.

8/10

Excellent

01 Jan 2017

Verified traveler

nice hotel

happy stay

4/10

Poor

29 Dec 2016

Verified traveler

Room need to be clean thoroughly

Our stay was reasonably satisfying. Room was good enough plus have ceiling fan. Friendly staffs. Ample car park and safe at ground floor and basement, but no lift from car park to lobby; need to carry or drag your luggage(s).

Room was crowded with ants walking on the sink table and on the coffee / glass compartment table. Build up dust can be seen on the table lamp. Every corner of room and floor edges is dirty. Wi-fi was not woking; inconvenient for us to make comm with our relatives at homeland.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

14 Dec 2016

jin ah

Just nice

hurmmm , just nice . Staff are friendly . Scary creepy parking .

8/10

Excellent

14 Dec 2016

Zee

Nice hotel but too many offices surrounding it.

Everything is great. Staff is very helpful and friendly. Wide variety of breakfast to chose from. The place do get traffic jam as it is being surrounded with offices when they finished working.

8/10

Excellent

05 Dec 2016

don

This is the 2nd times I stay here. So far, the staffs are excellent, the room ok and large. Just 1st day I check in, no towels, no kettle, no doormat (for the bathroom). I assumed they forgot to provide so I request from housekeeping and the service was good and fast. The water at the bathtub was dark color and have to wait for a moment before the water get clear and that only happen at day 1. I stay here for 3 nights and I'm happy with it. Definitely will stay here again. And the best things about this hotel was, my room have a balcony at 8th floor so I can enjoy the fresh air in the morning and midnight air during the night.

6/10

Pleasant

11 Nov 2016

Verified traveler

Clean room, good breakfast, near to town. Will repeat the stay in future if get there.

10/10

Exceptional

05 Nov 2016

GERARD

Good location, food not bad.. overall good!!

Overall ... GOOD!! Great location, hotel food is good too. My last stayed there was during the old Beverly Hotel... It was good and now it is even better

4/10

Poor

04 Nov 2016

mr nice guy

Hurmmm

Stay for 3days 2nights.
1. Reception staff not friendly.no smile at all.wonder what happen to all the ladies there.
2. TV sucks
3. Breakfast food sucks

4/10

Poor

30 Oct 2016

Mary

Excellent breakfast

The room that I stay has no air-cond and no heater. The curtain in the bathroom is dirty. The shower is leaking and cause noisy sound....was very disappointed with the bathroom condition. However, the staffs are friendly and helpful. The breakfast is the best, and the environment is fantastic.

4/10

Poor

09 Oct 2016

han

Poor service

It was too poor service

8/10

Excellent

07 Oct 2016

Verified traveler

2nd stayed here

avoid connecting rooms. cannot sleep bcoz nextdoor guests make too much noise & keep trying to open the connecting door.
breakfast,staff,room & service was good..

2/10

Poor

28 Sep 2016

Brandon

totally no management on this hotel

my stay was suck , that night i stay was fire case happen in midnight and the alarm sistem was did not functioning and receptionist was nobody standby answer call and alert guest run out from the incident happen

6/10

Pleasant

12 Sep 2016

Iskandar

Great stay

Great stay but slow check in, the room is okey, breakfast menu just okey

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

09 Sep 2016

Verified traveler

Basic hotel

Room was okay however bathroom was filthy & rundown, the hot water was barely warm, the toilet didn't flush. To top it off, the rooms were not very sound proof. The location was handy.

6/10

Pleasant

05 Sep 2016

Tae Sim

Satisfied

Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Sep 2016

Hock Lye

Hospitality Good

Helpful reception

8/10

Excellent

05 Aug 2016

DrKay

Cosy and well-maintained hotel

Though looks old, the hotel is nice on average. However no lift access to parking space.

2/10

Poor

04 Aug 2016

Verified traveler

Blackout & no gen set at rooms

Request for non smoking room but they gave smoking room & we get caught by the smoke & smells. 2nd day of stay all rooms were blackout until the next day. No compensation made by the management.

6/10

Pleasant

30 Jul 2016

philip

Poor Staff management!

Poor staff management ! Bell boy dint help for my luggage , house keeping knock on my door on 11pm to give us towel! It's not funny , same thing happen for the next day ,house keeping on my door , open the door himself and asking me wether what time I check out . Very disappointed hotel service . It's like 1 star service hotel. Terrible way to end my holiday trip. Bathroom shower was leaking water .

6/10

Pleasant

20 Jul 2016

Hilary

Good Room Rates

The entrance to the hotel was good as it was spacious.However, the room that I had was facing the afternoon sun and it was hot. The aircon was on full blast but it was still hot during the evening. Fortunatly, there was a fan in the room. The was also full with ants but with the rates that I paid I can't complain much.

6/10

Pleasant

19 Jul 2016

David

SOH stay in KK

Stayed twice. Once for 6 nights, shortly after another time for just one night.
Rooms are adequate and spacious. Free WiFi weak in the rooms. The first time, the room was near the router so I was able to get a signal. The second time could not receive any WiFi.
The A/C, mini-fridge, hot water, TV, safe all worked fine. Some electrical outlets were broken which made recharging more work. The gym is good and open until 11PM. The pool is fine, on the small side. The free buffet breakfast is fantastic! There is parking on-site. There is also a free, one-way shuttle into the central part of town that operates on a fixed schedule. There are a couple of large shopping centres about 500 meters away with good food courts.

Partner

4/10

Poor

16 Jul 2016

Robbyn

Disapointed

The room size was good the pluming needed some work, the sink would not drain so the man from hotel took the sink plug complety out, my partner was a little worries about loosing his false tooth down the large hole, the toilet did not flush properly. The cleaner needed to clean a bit more . The hotel was a little away from town needs to take taxi breakfast was good & the meal was also nice . Robbyn & Noel. Australia

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jul 2016

Chong

Always Sabah Hotel

Visiting family, always chose to stay here.

Family