Name: Berjaya Waterfront Hotel Johor Bahru
Address: Jalan Ibrahim Sultan, 88, Johor Bahru, 80300, MY

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jul 2026

RICHARD

Excellent 👍😉👌👏

Self

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jun 2026

Tung Swee Thor

I feel sad the TV was very bad watch the image was like ghost and double picture and sound was terrible and they change to high level it was worse and remain the same level by watch with the Hp show also the shower was terrible to bath the water running near to the tap and ball touch to the tap.

Self

2/10

Poor

06 Mar 2026

George

Hotel condition, room condition really needs to improve

Self

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jan 2026

Samsiah

Room was nice and very clean.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

30 Dec 2025

humphrey

Dumbest check in staff in the world. Local acquaintance made res for us. Clerk Kept insisting in PRINTING ENTIRE CREDIT. CARD# IN HARD COPY after using Applepay (the entire point is to preserve CC#) so I prepaid room through hotel’s.com to avoid the stupidity. Location is near bridge to SG, but it is actually at the ferry Terminal to Indonesia lots of night clubs and activities. Hotel is basic but 1980s dated. Centralized light switches that don’t work temp control fails to adjust dated bathrooms. I would not recommend unless waiting for the ferry or interested in the very active night life.

Business

6/10

Pleasant

01 Dec 2025

Hwee chik

Bath room bathtub water pipe leaked to the whole bathroom, bathroom was flooded with water

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Nov 2025

Gowri

Staffs and services are exceptionally wonderful.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

15 Nov 2025

Hwee chik

Staff ok, room is fine

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Nov 2025

AMIR

Ok

Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Sep 2025

Golda Ming Xin

Beautiful view of the harbour with sunrise view. Wish the window was bigger. Convenient walk to nearby eateries. Nice swimming pool, though the water could still be more clear. Picturesque view of the sunrise at the swimming pool. Room has new paint smell. Cot had gaps but they exchanged it for a better cot that was nice and baby slept well. Delicious spacious food. Convenient access to lift. Nice lobby, friendly staff. Water bottles only limited to two a day. Few people staying there and some areas quite empty. Breakfast area spacious and delicious

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Sep 2025

SOON SAN

High floor, spacious room with nice sea view, breakfast is good with many choices, value for money.

Leisure Friends

2/10

Poor

20 Mar 2025

Harish

Horrible experience

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

11 Feb 2025

Shahul Hameed

Location is good but conditions can be better

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

26 Dec 2024

Kuo Siang

Poorly maintained

Leisure

4/10

Poor

22 Dec 2024

Eng Huey

Stuck in the 80's Time Wrap.

Perhaps 20 to 30 years ago, this was a magnificent hotel. But the lack of maintenance and upgrading leaves this big property hotel in a run down state. No floor towel. So be careful when stepping out of the shower. It's a slip/fall hazard. The tv signal reception are bad and gives grainy tv show viewing. The shower gel smells fishy, I kid you not. The Berjaya Group offer us this kind of hotel to stay?? The room has no safe. Saw ants on the tray with the instant coffee and sugar sachets. The bathroom door is eroded. The tv is not internet tv/digital tv. So cannot do screen mirroring. I only stayed there just to fulfill my requirements by Hotels.com to extend my other free nights accumulated to carry over to next year. Not worth to spend SGD100 (MRY310) for 1 night's stay.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Dec 2024

Santie

Just want to say thank you for allowing us to Check out late

4/10

Poor

23 Nov 2024

Verified traveler

The Bates motel of Johor

Hotel was outdated, very bad smell from aircond. Loud countinous noise from clubs till later night. Shower making lound noises. Will not stay again.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Sep 2024

sinnamma

This is my first time stayed very satisfy,clean,good customer service

8/10

Excellent

02 Aug 2024

khairil

To many club here...

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jul 2024

Boon Seng

Booming music through the night keeps you awake

The toilet bowl and the basin tap were leaking making the bathroom wet.
It was a very noisy room with non-stop booming music through the night every night!

Self

4/10

Poor

04 May 2024

Foo

car park very in convient have walk one made to reach lobby lift bath room bath tub is leaking poorly maintained

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Mar 2024

Ramli

Need more menu.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

12 Feb 2024

Muhammad Shahir

Hotel was old.
Room smelled like an old wet rag.
Toilet leaked from the top.
My rooms phone was not working at all.
Wall switches were falling off.
Missing face towels.
Hotel Parking was extremely far from lobby and rooms.
Driving out of the hotel, has to go through checkpoint to get checked even though we're not from the ferry terminal.
No direct walkway to nearby food stalls

Leisure Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

14 Jan 2024

Mary

Like the position but was unhealty musty smell
Will not stay here.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

30 Dec 2023

Sharum

Poor ,hope there try hard to be better.

Front office a lady did not know how to handle as she never give back my change,as i book 2 transaction, ias i told he to calculate together but she refused to,end up cockup the transaction, Hotel is abit dirty,alot or mold n fungus in the room, towel cant be changed for the 4days stay, as the staff says out of towel, room service are too late ,they came in to change around 4pm , wifi are limited access, keep logging out n cant log in. Breakfast are ok,

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

17 Dec 2023

Jia Leong

The moment I stepped into the hotel room, I could smell cigarettes. Went to the toilet and when I turned the faucet/tap, the water was black at first then turned yellow and it took awhile before it turned to normal water colour. Hotel room flooring/carpet extremely dirty and the bed was kinda itchy so I suspect bed bugs or something. The hotel room itself is massive but very run down and poorly maintained. Would not consider staying in this hotel ever again unless it has been fully renovated or something.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Dec 2023

Roy

Property is a little dated but overall staff service was great.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

04 Dec 2023

Eswaran

Good

8/10

Excellent

01 Dec 2023

Stephen

Room service didn’t even have French fries even though it was on the menu

6/10

Pleasant

14 Nov 2023

Shavon

Service staffs are okay. There is complimentary carpark but at the adjoined mall carpark, not the out front open space carpark. Have to pay different price for different lots…

What’s not okay about the hotel:

- daily exit have to go through custom check as the hotel is within the DFS area.
- Hot water in shower does NOT work, only hot water in bathtub works. Not even the basin tap.
- cards to access hotel rooms are faulty, have to go to the counter to “renew” the access which is the 1st time ever to encounter such thing…
^ both hot water & door access issue was checked by technicians but unable to solve.
- 4 lifts, 16 levels, waited over 3 mins for 1 lift that stops every other level on the way down.
- Common corridor is not well lit enough and not safe for any kids beyond waist height to be near and the railings are low, serious safety hazard.
- No utensils / pot / pan provided in suite room, not sure what the kitchenette is for.

Stayed in many hotels in JB, this is just 1 of the other one would not recommend.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Oct 2023

Didier

Very disappointed on room. Requested near lift during booking and check in but was given very far from lift. Reason was hotel was full which is NOT TRUE. The hotel was literally empty !!!!!!

Business

8/10

Excellent

09 Oct 2023

Matthew

Cheap and nice area however cleanliness can be worked on.

6/10

Pleasant

27 Sep 2023

choo

For a night stay is OK.

Partner

2/10

Poor

03 Sep 2023

Kevin

Never return to this hotel again. Tried to check in three times, 1st time 9pm, 2nd 12pm, 3rd time 3am. Found many excuses To let me wait. 3am check in I requested refund for 1st date and they don’t agree. Terrible experience!!!

Business_and_leisure

10/10

Exceptional

16 Aug 2023

Stephen Mark

The staff and the level of service was excellent but the property clearly needs some further investment to match the quality of the service the staff give. All were polite, courteous, friendly and helpful

This is a massive hotel with amazing facilities that just requires a little more strategic planning for maintenance and support from the group to the management.

The location and opportunities that will arise from further investment, particularly the closeness of international borders, should be re-visited by the group owners following the pandemic. This would be with the forthcoming Singapore MRT expanding into Malaysia in the next couple of years.

S Tytherleigh

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

10 Jul 2023

Suresh

Not a good experience

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jun 2023

Melissa

The rooms in need to revamp.Toilet bath sink, doors might need some repair as one of our room had a bit difficulty in opening. We had our stay with low pressure of water n the other room no heater...water was discoloured as well n we're not sure if it's even clean for shower however we just make do with. We love the breakfast, we love the interior of the palm lounge and we love every interior of the hotel, the beautiful view of the ocean and best of all that we enjoyed during our stay was all of Berjaya hotel Staffs!!!! Thats what bring us wanting to keep staying from now onwards besides the beautiful views y'all had but beautiful people who dedicate themselves for the hotel as well. Overall it was never a bad stay for me n my family n all my 5 kids! Truly one accommodating accomodation we had for our family trip! Thank u much Berjaya Waterfront Hotel and The entire Zon!

Leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

12 Jun 2023

Verified traveler

Nightmare stay

Check in at 1030pm and takes 2hours to get my room. Reception said no booking shown on their system which I saw a similar review for this hotel. When manager finally approved to let me have a room first, it was already 12.30midnight. Changed room 3 times for a 2 night stay, first room shower head spoil, bed sheet and pillow case had tons of brown stains. Numerous visit to the reception and numerous phone calls yet no actions. Frustrating that after 3hours finally get to change a room for my shower and head out to visit the city. 2nd room given was downgraded, smaller room and aircon was very weak, whole room is warm and humid and wash basin tap water is weak. 3rd room aircon wind is strong but it’s not cold only wind. Shower water strength weak and toilet tub is shaky. Overall it’s a nightmare stay. First and last time visit to this hotel, strongly not recommended.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jun 2023

ASOKAN

Good

4/10

Poor

04 Jun 2023

BIN SALIM

Front desk receptionist staff said that there aren't any records found to my reservation. She also said that currently there aren't rooms available. After many conversations, she told me that she managed to get a last room for me. Upon checking, there are no towels in the room. Had to go down to the reception counter 2 times just to get the towels to be send over. Nearly an hour to get the towels send. And the time is reaching to midnight. Very frustrated with the service.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 May 2023

Parameswaran

Mr Saiful Hafify is Great

The staff are friendly and really helpful especially Mr Saiful Hafify bellman from front office..

Overall the room is also comfy

Swimming pool hour should be imprived from 9am-7pm to 9am-9pm at least

Business

10/10

Exceptional

06 Mar 2023

Mark

Duty Free port hotel

This hotel overlooks Singapore and a ferry port. Handy for a quick trip to Indonesia. Staff were very courteous and helpful. At night there is a club scene nearby. They have pretty girls who will try to upsell beer. No funny business from what I saw. This is NOT connected to the hotel directly. The included buffet breakfast sets you up for the day. A mile from town. Use Grab, usually 12 RM (2023) to JB city centre

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

24 Nov 2022

Didier

Would be nice if front desk informed guest that there are no towels supplied at the pool. No floor mat and hand towels in the room

Business

10/10

Exceptional

16 Oct 2022

Low Kim

Great place to relax.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Oct 2022

Ahkay

- Improve on their WIFI reception. I was given more than 5 passwords but unable to connect till my end stay.
- Upgrade TV Channels. The TV channels doesn't have any clear transmissions.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Oct 2022

Low Kim

Quiet surrounding and plenty of local restaurants nearby. Transportation to nearby areas convenient.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

28 Aug 2022

Omar

Nice place to stay

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

28 Aug 2022

Ka Sen

Terrible, The room facilities look old expecially bathrooms, connecting room door's can't close properly
Rooms rate is not worth it, very disappointed

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

20 Aug 2022

Chris

Definitely not heading back

Leisure Friends

2/10

Poor

27 Jun 2022

Verified traveler

Very bad experience

Room was smelly, air conditioning not cold, room dirty. Very disappointed.

Partner

4/10

Poor

22 Jun 2022

Prebhu

Hotel needs a make-over.
1. Water pressure was bad.
2. No phone in room.
3. Card system for door was not reliable.
4. Front desk service was not responsive.

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

22 Jun 2022

Shi Min Shereen

Not well maintained

I have stayed in this hotel for many years. Room was huge because I booked a suite however, aircon wasn’t cold at all, feels suffocated in the room like as though no room. Long bath doesn’t even have a stopper, hence can’t be used. Bedsheet looks clean but feels dirty. The ventilation vent was so dusty that it looks scary.

Partner

4/10

Poor

29 May 2022

Mia

Not worth staying

Room condition was old. They had 2 yrs to refurbish but nothing was done. Mall shops are 98% closed for biz. Used to enjoy staying here for weekends but now the hotel seemed money crazy. Everything is chargable like extra towel and sugar, tea bags and no longer offer free extended late check out.

Partner

2/10

Poor

02 May 2022

Han Sheng

Faulty door, smelly room, leaking sewage, smelly pillow and sofa. Faulty door which cannot be opened by the room access card, not only on the 1st day, but it happened on the 2nd day itself. Personally I think that this is not even worth 1 star. It’s the worst hotel I have stayed so far. This hotel definitely will leave a bad impression and spoiled the tourism industry to Malaysia.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 May 2022

Audy

quiet and clean

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

17 Apr 2022

Soon

Bang for the buck. Don’t expect much though.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

07 Dec 2021

susan

Trip was cancelled not by us due to covid ..no refund or vouchers offered.. wont use this place again

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Nov 2021

SAMUEL YESUIAH

The hot water at the bath not hot enough. Would have been better if the water was hot.
TV channels were good, watched Singapore channels throughout my stay.
Room was big and nice.
Quite deserted and given a corner on the top floor. Lifts were ok, no problem.
The hotel had no umbrellas for hotel guests. it was raining the two nights I spent at the hotel.
Reached hotel at 12 pm. Was only allowed to check in at 2 pm, though the hotel was empty, it was a weak day.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

16 Dec 2020

Robert

Great location but poor quality (2.5* at best)

The hotel is very old but very well located. Because of COVID, there was almost no staff present and there was only 1 waiter for the whole restaurant for breakfast and we had to wait 20+ minutes to be served even if we ordered the previous night and confirmed when we would be there. People were friendly but disorganized. Hotel needs renovating urgently.

Located in Duty-free zone with two good restaurants nearby. about 10 bars right next to the hotel

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

18 Jun 2020

Norm

Major upgrade required as most of the equipment is quite old and almost broken.

Friends_and_family Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

25 Mar 2020

loo

very good

good hotels are good place shops coffee i like this hotel

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

03 Mar 2020

Eugene

Basically the most disappointing stay ever. Bedsheet is stained and smelly. Pillow had the worst smell ever. My room wasn’t given towel, when I ask from the cart the attendant told me need to be charge and ask me to call front desk to get. Toilet was so dirty, no different than public toilet. Carpet was wet and with wet socks smell. Staffs are seem to be ignorance. The most clean area is the ceiling, probably they just renovated the ceiling.old is fine, but at least to be clean is the outmost important.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

28 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Short Break

Didn't get off to a good starrt

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

Luxury hotel Value for money

It was a lovely and comfortable hotel, excellent facilities including wifi, staff were friendly, shops and restaurants nearby but it was limited what we can see and do interesting places nearby within walking distance. Easy reach from Singapore via train, bus or taxi.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Feb 2020

Verified traveler

The toilet wall had some algae

Everything so far good

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

09 Jan 2020

Ng

There was only one person handling checkin！had to line up waiting for quiet a long time! There were no sleepers in room

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

27 Dec 2019

Ng

I requested for room near lift and received room quite far from lift! I requested for wine glasses to be placed in room but was not done! The room rate fluctuate to too high!

Partner

2/10

Poor

02 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

#1203 - Interconnected Room.

1. There was poo on the toilet floor left uncleaned when we entered
2. The windows were ajar and open; we were on level 12. It was extremely dangerous, especially if you have kids travelling with you.
3. Our rooms were left open and unattended to after we left; our rooms were facing the lifts so it was a breach of security. This happened 2 days in a row.
4. Rooms were dusty and not clean.

Won't recommend staying here.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Brilliant position. Brilliant amenities. Brilliant staff. Would not hesitate to recommend this hotel. Thank you. Flank Australia

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

17 Nov 2019

Ishah

I like to stay here for the next time. I like the facility such as pool and the gym. Thanks.

Leisure Friends

2/10

Poor

26 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Staff was unfriendly. There were bedbugs everywhere and we had to change room at 2am. And the new room was dirty too. We had no choice to sleep as we are too tired.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

18 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Peace and quite and I love the view from my room.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

14 Oct 2019

LARRY

Value for money

Check in slow & Air con not working...Overall value for the price I paid.

Friends

4/10

Poor

14 Oct 2019

Verified traveler

Business trip

Convenient a I had a business meeting there

8/10

Excellent

12 Oct 2019

Lim

Good

Ok

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

12 Oct 2019

Ong

No so clean as well

Business

8/10

Excellent

19 Sep 2019

Le thi be

I like it

Good hotel

Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Sep 2019

Ying

The lay out of the hotel was great, nice and great soothing enviroment .
Cleaniess still need to improve , there was a sticky black substance on the robe i left it on the bed but they not change. Attentiveness wasnt great. Carpet was still dirty after room cleaning but it was still acceptable.

Amenties start to wear and tear. Slight touch up should be able to improve overall condition.

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

10 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

The hotel is old n run down. The room and the toilet is poor and not clean.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

07 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

Colonial deck except the tiolet flush needs many push to top have a full flush

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

07 Sep 2019

wong

lift gotproblem,scare

theliftgot.problem

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Sep 2019

Lee

No free transport assess..

For shopping..quite way out and no.free shuttle bus for hotel guests to the nearest shopping mall.
The taxi some charge more when u hopped in..
Meter also no accurate in the taxi.
Not well control.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

03 Sep 2019

Amy

Just a request for the cleanliness.. Especially the pillow.. Have i buy my own scented candle to make the room smells nice

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

16 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Idah

I am not sure as to blame poor service or the customer service are not trained to be in their situation on 10Aug. They also need to learn how to handle the receiving and registered guests as at that time, it was total messed. I was so angry but part of me feel sympathize with customer service. Therefore, I really do not know what to say. However, I am so lucky to find GM who attend and went up ensure the room was ready for me. Thank you, GM. much appreciated your help.

Family

4/10

Poor

13 Aug 2019

Kian Seng

Outdated

The hotel is outdated and rundown, definitely not worth it to stay. As smoking is allowed inside the hotel, it makes the whole environment very smelly. If ure only looking for a place to stay then it’s fine. But if you want to really relax and spend time in the hotel, this hotel is not recommended. The swimming pool doesn’t look good, not sure if it is algae or the water is just green. The gym was so so, a bit smelly. Customer service was fine.

Friends

2/10

Poor

12 Aug 2019

Belinda

Only 1 star worthy.

I arrived at the hotel at midnight hoping that check in will be a breeze because I wanted an early rest. But had to wait for more than 30 minutes because there was only 2 staffs available and they were doing things SO SLOWLY. Their attitude wasn’t pleasant at all. Was given a room that was NOT HOUSEKEPT. Walked into the bathroom to see someone’s underwear hanging there. It was room 807. Went back to concierge to request for a clean room and was given another room, 806. Everything in the room was old so do not expect 4 stars. I DID NOT know that the hotel is located next to a lot of bars so do expected loud music going on till very late at night and seeing men bringing their ladies up to the room to do funny business. TOTALLY NOT 4 STARS STANDARD. DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE BEAUTIFULLY TAKEN ROOM PICTURES AS SHOWN TOO.

Friends

4/10

Poor

06 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Attitude of restaurant assistant manager needs to be scrutinised.
No Neckties and arrogant attitude with English language usage.

Business Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Aug 2019

Syamsani

Very nice hotel with swimming pool on the roof.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

29 Jul 2019

koh

hotel getting run down ,access from carpark is far

place is ok if you have own transport. the place is getting run down.. hotel lift.. 4..only 1 working.
room tv channel need to be updated.. when exit need to go thru custom for car check. if the rate is below $50 , then acceptable

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

24 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Staff attentive

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

20 Jul 2019

Mohd Azidi

The shower gives hot water only

6/10

Pleasant

08 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

The service given to me was below expectation.
No Tower provider , have to wait for more than half an hour .
One access card not working

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

I didn't like the reception at level 5, it's suppose to be located at the main loby

Business_and_leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

02 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Toilets were old school. No AIr conditioning in the main area. Carpets were not clean. This place could take a good cleaning. Two Stars.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Nothing good and need to upgrade hotel facilities
Water pressure very low and hot water heater not working

Business Friends

2/10

Poor

18 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

It is one of the worst hotels in johor. Once it was great. And even a year ago it was old but the staff tried. But now the staff don't care. Check in was a nightmare with them refusing to accept my PR status.the room having No water for two nights in a row and it taking repeated complaints to fix. The lifts broke down two days in a row and having to walk down 16 floors. The whole place deserves to be demolished.

Business Family

4/10

Poor

10 Jun 2019

Norm

Room condition need to be maintained & upgrade. Most of the room facility either damage or broken.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

06 Jun 2019

Malaysian

The location is good and the shopping mall has varieties and duty free items.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

30 May 2019

Kim Soon

4 Stars to 1 Star

Berjaya Waterfront needs to train it's staff better. Room not cleaned by 6pm. Seems like they have adopted the standards of some third world countries 1 star hotels where rooms don't get cleaned if you stay multiple days. Good job Berjaya!!

2/10

Poor

27 May 2019

XIAO HAN

Horrible terrible hotel stay

Stayed in room 1141. Revisit this hotel after many years because of its location and great hotel. However, is a true disappointment.

1) pillow/bed comes with a stale smell. Hair found on pillow upon check in. Wonder if the pillow case /bedsheet was changed from previous occupant.
2) shower spoilt. We got to use the Bidet spray to shower in cold water. My 4yo have to shower in cold water.
3) room airconditional is terrible. Used the inbuilt remote to control to highest fan and lowest degree but is still warm.
4) room telephone spoilt.

Family