Penarak Bamboo Beach Motel

Malaysia , Kedah / Langkawi
LANGKAWI, Lot 85 Kampung Penarak
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10/10

Exceptional

31 Dec 2025

Tommy

We left it late to book a hotel in Langkawi and we couldn't get in to any of usual hotels but managed to get a room at the Penarak Bamboo beach resort.
When we went in the room it was spacious and very clean but when we opened the back door the view was spectacular.
It's a very laid back place, the staff are friendly I ended up booking for another week.
It's such a relaxing place, I would definitely go back

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Apr 2025

TJUN KIAT

Great facilities. Excellent Staff

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

08 Dec 2022

Verified traveler

Just okay, could be much better with some efforts

Location and view is amazing, but the rooms and the property in general really needs to be renovated and beautified; it has so much potential due to the location and view, it’s disappointing when you get there and you see the state of the motel and the rooms
In addition I don’t think it’s fair to offer an “upgrade” to get the room that I have already paid for instead of a bad one

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

01 Jun 2022

Eric

Good price, but not as advertised. In particular, no restaurant on site or even nearby.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Mar 2022

Verified traveler

Happy trip

Great vacation with perfect view.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

02 Jan 2020

HASMUSYADI

Great village resort.

Great sea view room, no breakfast..but there are number of eating places nearby if driving.dont expect 5 star service though!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

The staff that dreams are made of

What made this place special was the front office staff: they genuinely cared about my welfare. I was sick, and they brought me food to help me get better. I was glad to be able to extend my stay.

Self

8/10

Excellent

25 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

The sea view is nice but i didn't get it although i have booked earlier.

The food is cheap.

There is no staff and the office still not open yet when check out at 8.30 am.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

07 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

Nicer recommended resort

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

26 May 2019

Verified traveler

Everything is on average. Except the slow connection wifi.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

17 Mar 2019

Sahran

I like the place,so peaceful

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

06 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

nice hotel. room clean. good facilities. comfort room for my family.

2/10

Poor

25 Dec 2018

susan

very bad experience in that hotel.i wont come again to this hotel anymore.

8/10

Excellent

18 Dec 2018

Boon Hing

Good location, convenient and inexpensive.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

16 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

Moderate overall.

The hotel location is great with the seaview but room condition lack of proper facilities such like cold air-cond, fan, chairs and table.

4/10

Poor

28 Dec 2017

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4/10

Poor

23 Dec 2017

jamal

The rooms floors and toilets are clean but the bed sheets and blankets must be changed because its smelly, rough and itchy..The price is reasonable with its facilities.

6/10

Pleasant

22 Dec 2017

Wan

Close to beach but cannot swim...

Hotel is clean and quiet . .but the beach is just for fisherman ...

6/10

Pleasant

06 Dec 2017

Umar

Good place but need improvement.

Stayed in standard room for 4D3N in Nov 2017.

1. The terrace room was quite new and spacious for its price. (RM79/night).
2. The free in-room wifi didn't work most of the time.
3. Bath water heater didn't work well. Only slightly lukewarm water at max setting. Water pressure was good.
4. No room cleaning service during the whole 4D3N stay.
5. This place is sea-fronted but no "beach".
6. Swimming pool is small size but clean.
7. This place is quite spacious. Not crammed like places at Cenang Beach. I am able to park my car near my room. Plenty of parking space.

6/10

Pleasant

29 Oct 2017

Verified traveler

Convenience for my purposes

I needed a room with good bed and it certainly met that.

4/10

Poor

12 May 2017

Verified traveler

Worst place to stay

I stayed @ the third floor and there's ghost.
The room blanket so poor, there's insect inside the room, the tv is like 60's.. The receptionist taking 35 minutes to do check in. I am not going back to penarak.tq

10/10

Exceptional

02 May 2017

Verified traveler

Comfort room

Room was big and clean..

Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 May 2017

Verified traveler

Nice hotel and view.

It feels so hot at nights since the air condition didnt work in my room. But still, it was one of my greatest experience. Worth my money (80/night) for 3 nights.

8/10

Excellent

02 Apr 2017

Ciek Wan

Strategic Place

You got swimming pool, good staff and near beach and price also affordable. Its awesome!

8/10

Excellent

05 Jan 2017

shang

Good location hotel and nice to stay.

I booked the hotel with 2 king size bed but only get 1 king & 1 queen size bed, checked with them they said all the room sold out already.
Hotel did not inform that I can get the drinking water near the housekeeping area, I only realized on the last night stay. I had spend a lot of time and some $ to buy the drinking water.
Room service request need to follow up. One think need to highlight is the cupboard in the room is very light, easy to move.
It was fall downed when my daughter opened the whole drawer at the bottom part. Is a bit dangerous for small kid.

6/10

Pleasant

14 Dec 2016

Verified traveler

Just a budget hotel.

Not very good but not very bad either. A bit far from kuah town centre.

Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Dec 2016

Verified traveler

nice stay

nice and quiet environment. staffs are friendly and helpful

8/10

Excellent

07 Dec 2016

Ajiem

Good place to stay and have a beautiful sea view. But the room was a little bit dirty.

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jun 2016

SYED TAHA BIN

good hotel

Hotel staff is very cooperative and a good hotel with a nice pool

Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jan 2016

khairul

happy

nice place...i like it

8/10

Excellent

17 Dec 2015

Azral

Comfortable & cleanliness room...good for family trip

Family

8/10

Excellent

15 Nov 2015

AHMAD SYAZWAN

Nice motel with 3 star hotel facilities

We stayed at Penarak Bamboo Beach Motel and we were very happy after being offered extra 2 sofabed at additional RM20. Room is big and tomyam at Bamboo also very delicious.Staffs also very helpful as we requested for additional pillow, they gave 2 extra pillows at no charge.Will consider to come again in the near future.

Family

8/10

Excellent

16 Mar 2015

John

Only one minute walk from the ferry, easy to find.

The hotel let us rent their car for the day for a good price. This was great as It enabled us to visit this beautiful island.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

20 Feb 2015

Jaroslav

Good

Good for couple of nights, quiet place, nice restaurant nearby.

8/10

Excellent

06 Jan 2015

Malar

Nice motel by the sea

The hotel is just on the sea next to the beautiful Fish Farm Restaurant. Rooms are comfortable and not expensive. It is a bit far from the shops and restaurants but suits if you are looking for a peaceful place. The hotel has no restaurant but the Fish Farm is right next and there is a local restaurant about 200 meters away if you are looking for inexpensive food. The reception opens only after 9 AM and that is a problem if you have to book a tour the same morning or leave before 9.

Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Aug 2024

Jeffrey

Clean and good value

Clean rooms, rent scooters for RM 45 per day. Clean room upon request. Officr only open 9am-6pm. Very far away from tourist areas. Car or scooter will be required.

Partner

4/10

Poor

31 Mar 2019

Verified traveler

ロケーションとしては、ビーチサイドで、とても良かったです。
駐車場も広く確保されていますし、レストランも施設にあり、充実しています。
しかしながら、部屋は老朽化が進んでおり、それなりです。
また、エアコンが故障していたりと管理がされていない面も見受けられました。

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

20 Oct 2018

Mohamad Mustaqim

Penginapan yang bagus.
Suasana yang tenang diikut bunyi ombak laut.
Ada kolam..
Syok.

Family

8/10

Excellent

19 Feb 2018

Jean-Jacques

Séjour mitigé dans cet hôtel de gamme moyenne

The staff is very friendly and helpful. The room has a large bed with a quality mattress, abundant hot water with a high flow, coffee offered every day with two glasses of water. There is a nice view of the lagoon with a small perch village in the middle of the sea and some boats anchored next door.

The bad points of this hotel: I stayed 7 days in this one near the pool in the overwater part. A very strong smell of tidal enough disgusting impregnated my room at low tide. The air condition broke down every day and I stayed two days in this one. I had only 6 hours of wifi on 7 days which forced me to check my computer at the reception of the hotel. Sometimes very noisy children bathed while dressed in the pool which is not very hygienic for customers who bathe in a swimsuit. Lots of cigarette butts around the pool near the tables and chairs. No TV channel was working properly.

The city is about 3/4 kilometers from the hotel. It is therefore better to motorize to get to the restaurant. Despite all these inconvients I like this hotel and this city very nice and clean.

4/10

Poor

03 Feb 2018

Hanne Trap

En seng at sove i og ikke meget andet.

Helt ok værelse med AC og køleskab. Pool ok, men lå på en parkeringsplads og var uden liggestole eller nogen form for skygge, så var i realiteten ikke brugbar. Der var heller ingen brugbar strand. Værst af alt var at man ikke kunne få mad på stedet eller i miles afstand. Man skal derfor leje bil, hvis man vil bo der.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

06 Jan 2018

Naoki

海の上のコテージ

僕が泊まった部屋は、海の上の部屋でした。バルコニーからは、海が真下に見え、波の音が聞こえる、見える。
場所は、クアのはじっこなので、バイクか、車を着いたら、ホテルに頼んだほうがいいです！
僕的には、快適に過ごせるホテルでした！
日本語も、少し話せるスタッフいます！

6/10

Pleasant

05 Feb 2017

HIROKI

網戸が欲しかったです（笑）

1/30〜2/5まで妻と5歳の子供と宿泊しました。スタッフの感じもよく、レンタカーの手配や、最終日のタクシーの手配も迅速に行われ快適、ただ部屋の窓に暗いフィルムが貼られてるため、ドアを開けるか、窓を開けるかしなければ南の島のお日様が部屋にはいってきません。しかし網戸がないのでドアや窓を開けると蚊がはいってくるので、ちょっとストレスですね。我が家は東南アジアトリップに慣れてるため、ワンプッシュ蚊取りスプレーを持参しドアを開ける前や寝る前にワンプッシュしてました。そのお陰か蚊には刺されずです。あと5:30にはナシードが聴こえて異国情緒たっぷりの宿だと思います。
お湯もちゃんとでます（笑）

8/10

Excellent

19 Jan 2017

Felicia

Helt okej för det priset

Vi bodde här två nätter och poolen är helt okej för en förmiddag men annars är läget ganska dåligt, långt ifrån restauranger och centrum. Man behöver ha bil eller moped för att ta sig runt. 30 min till Cenang beach 35RM enkel väg. Vi hyrde moped en dag för 35RM och körde norrut till Tanjung Rhu Beach som va väldigt fin och ödslig. Fiskrestaurangen brevis hotellet var toppen!

Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Dec 2016

Verified traveler

lo consiglio come base di partenza per le visite varie.

6/10

Pleasant

14 Dec 2016

Verified traveler

Berpatutan dalam kelasnya

Merupakan kali kedua menginap di sini namun penghawa dingin bilik kali ini kurang memuaskan kerana kedudukannya yang kurang sesuai. Keseluruhan adalah okay.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

02 Jan 2016

Maria

Bamboo

Friendly Staf and pool.
Shabby bit clean.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

27 Sep 2015

MAHADZIR

Berbaloi

Lokasi tak jauh dari jeti dan bandar,4 hari 3 malam menginap disini,keadaan bilik bersih dan teratur,layanan staf yang baik,kemudahan hotel memuaskan cuma beberapa perkara boleh dipertingkatkan seperti sistem wifi,kualiti siaran tv, bilik yang saya menginap adalah bangunan baru dibina atas laut(tebusguna),selain dari pemandangan laut dan kehijauan bukit serta berhampiran perkampungan nelayan,suasana mendamaikan,selain ada kolam renang boleh parking kereta depan pintu bilik.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jul 2015

Familie de

Toplocatie voor wie rust wil !

Zo knus en gezellig en zeer vriendelijke mensen ! Heerlijk uit je kamer het privestrand oplopen en relaxen in de hangmatten of ligbedden.

6/10

Pleasant

05 Jan 2015

Verified traveler

No value for money

This motel is located quite far from everything, about 1,5 km to the nearest stores and restaurants so you'll need to take a taxi or rent a motorcycle to get around. This motel is actually also really far away from beach despite of the name. The WiFi didn't work in our room at all. There was no safety box although it said so in hotels.com. Our room was quite dirty and the towels and linen in our room didn't feel or look clean. The motel staff didn't speak very good English and were not welcoming. It said in the motel window that the reception is open 8.00-24.00 but one morning there wasn't anybody until 9.05 and the second morning when we were supposed to check out at 8.30 there was three guys sleeping in the reception. We had to knock pretty loud to get them stand up and open the door. Altogether the service was a bit rude. I wouldn't recommend this motel because of the location, rude staff and lack of promised facilities (WiFi, safetybox). Good things about the motel: they do have a nice swimming pool (although it was in the middle if construction site when we visited) and they rent motorcycles with quite affordable price.

Family

4/10

Poor

09 Feb 2014

A-M

Luksuskalaravintolan naapurissa

Ihanassa rantamaisemassa sijaitseva motelli. parvekkeelta näkymä merelle ja kalaravintolaan, kiinalaisen uuden vuodenjuhlinnan äänet kuuluivat alkuiltaan, myöhäisillasta parveke ihana istuinpaikka. Huone siisti- parvekehuoneessa ei ollut jääkaappia, ilmastoinnin avulla hyvä nukkumislämpötila. Ei päällyslakanaa, vain kuvissa näkyvä kukallinen peite, jonka he vakuuttivat pesevänsä jokaisen asiakkaan jälkeen. Ei safea huoneessa, ovessa tavallinen lukko ja pieni salpa. Ongelmana aina märkä kylpyhuoneen lattia: lattiakaivo tosin veti, mutta koska lattia oli tasainen ja kuivauslastaa ei ollut....seurauksena kosteusvaurioita kylpyhuonnen ja huoneen välisessä seinässä. Asukkaina perhekuntia, jotka huutelivat käytävällä puoleen yöhön.. Ihanalle rannalle rakenteilla ravintola, joka valmistunee loppukesällä.