Name: The Frame Guesthouse
Address: 168, Lebuh Chulia, Penang, 10200, MY

2/10

Poor

26 Oct 2025

Matthew

Echoing other reviews, noise is a significant problem here

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jan 2025

Maricarmen

Great value for the cost

10/10

Exceptional

22 Dec 2024

Chiung yin

I had great stay, the facility is really clean. They mop the floor daily. The area is convenient for going to places or finding things to eat.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

21 Dec 2024

Chiung yin

It feels really cozy here. The facility is clean but the building is old. Its a little bit noisy sometimes.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2024

Mei

Miss Yang at the front desk is very kind and helpful. The location is within easy access to everything, there are a great variety of food options around.

Self

8/10

Excellent

12 Jul 2024

Lee Choon

budget

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

12 Jul 2024

Lee Choon

cost saver

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

11 Mar 2024

Grace

Good location and easy check in and check out. The third floor doesnt have a bathroom so you have to go down to the lower levels anytime you need to do something. Facilites are fine but a lot of moisquitoes

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

09 Mar 2024

Verified traveler

Noisy but overall pretty good

Hostel was pretty comfortable, but no provacy curtains. Really loud as opposite the mosque amd a major road, the ear plugs provided help very little, even though i realise that is not their fault. Just be aware of a 5am wake up call every morning. Showers and toilets separated and just like the pictures. Not social at all though. Overall good but depends on how heavy a sleeper you are

Self

8/10

Excellent

02 Mar 2024

Alex

Helpful happy staff. Great spot with heaps of charm in a central location. It's an older building but well updated and kept. Good aircon and wifi. Ask for a room away from Chulia st though, its really loud.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jan 2024

Laura

The property is located right at the heart of the city and in front of Kapitan Keling Mosque, one of the many landmarks and touristic attractions of Georgetown.
The staff was very polite and helpful, and the property is very nice and has this very nice style.
Our room was spacious, very comfortable and we had a very nice view from the mosque (only issue was being awakened by it at 5 AM every morning, but they had earplugs at the reception to help with that).

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 Jul 2023

SAMKI

Could be better

The room smelled musty so I couldn’t sleep all night long. I was on the top bunk and it was dark so I fell when I tried to come down. The other occupants took the aircon remote control so it got really hot and humid at night. There were many bugs in the room and the washroom area.

Self

8/10

Excellent

27 Feb 2020

Nipu

Nice place

The first night I was in an 8 bed mixed dorm and it was very noisy. There is a mosque nearby and I was woken up at 5:30am and 6:30am from it. I was also able it hear noise form people walking outside of the room. The next two nights, I was in a 4 bed female dorm and it was so much better. It was very quite.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

21 Dec 2019

Verified traveler

Love it 😍
I do strongly recommend it for all 👍👍

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

18 Sep 2019

Ian

Good in George!

Great location. Heart of Georgetown. Easy to walk around or less than 2 mins to a bus stop in either direction. Street art, food, bars are all right there.

Friendly staff and enough space to get some quiet time in one of several common areas. Has a TV area but I never watched anything so can’t say much on that.

Was there for 7 nights and slept great every night. The prayers can be loud, but I don’t know if anywhere in the area is quiet, so buy some earplugs if you are a light sleeper.

Self

8/10

Excellent

18 Dec 2018

Kyungmin

okay with short stay

First of all, the staffs are superb nice. Thank you so much. I stayed in dorm and there was no curtain. There is a window in the room but it cannot be opened, and the light came from the hallway through the window was bothering me when I sleep.

8/10

Excellent

30 Oct 2018

Nurul

Everthing is good except for the towel. Not so clean, eventhough i have requested for a second towel. Just remember to bring your own towel. Other than that, I have a pleasant stay

8/10

Excellent

04 Jun 2018

Spencer

Hotel staff was very nice and helpful the whole time we were there. We decided to book an extra night and they were accommodating with letting us check in early to the other room so we could leave our stuff there. The beds weren’t too comfortable but the biggest issue was that the walls and floors are super thin so you can hear everything. Rooms and bathrooms were fine and clean

10/10

Exceptional

14 May 2018

Jeyson

Great Location in the heart of George Town, easy to go to the Bus Terminal and explore all about George Town. Just walk out and then your adventure start.
Lovely condition and cleanliness is great. Simplest but can't ask for more.
All guest here should be pleased with the bathroom and toilet, very clean.
The price is reasonable for all traveler, especially the backpacker :)

8/10

Excellent

18 May 2017

Verified traveler

Penang home base

Look, it's not a high-end hotel, and you get what you pay for. But it's a fine place from which to explore Penang, and the staff is very friendly and helpful. Breakfast is a simple affair (fresh fruit, strong coffee, tea, bread for toast, kaya, fruit jam, and butter). Wash up your dishes when you're done. It's fine, but instead of filling up on this, consider checking out the tasty and cheap street food, nearby.

My double room with ensuite bath smelled a bit musty and had only a window facing the inside common bathroom area, which was quite noisy (hearing people showering and brushing their teeth), but the A/C and wifi worked.

The ensuite bath consisted of an in-room sink, and then the toilet and shower were in a small separate room with sliding door - the type common in Asia where the toilet gets wet when you shower. But the hot water was reliable and consistent.

Two things bothered me:
1) The \"private\" bath had recently been used, prior to my evening check-in. The toilet was wet, and there were wet footprints on the bath mat. Not what I had expected to find upon arrival.
2) There was some type of plumbing issue, causing the toilet to gurgle/back up when others were showering or flushed elsewhere in the building. I found it stressful, but the toilet did NOT actually ever overflow during my stay.

Earplugs are a must.