My wife and I stayed here 4 days before going down the road to the Marriott to try them both out.
This was a full service hotel with all the amenities that you’d expect. They even had a sauna and steam room.
The pool was closed for maintenance but one could take their free shuttle 1 kilometer away to use the Marriotts pool.

The food at breakfast was not quite up to speed for a vegetarian like me. (no fried food and no meat or fish) Still, finding enough good food was easy as there is so much to choose from.

Overall though, the value is very good for the money.
The staff is absolutely A+ in every category.
So many of the Marriotts (and Hiltons) in Asia are
competing that all have absolutely great service with a smile.
The staff in the Executive lounge were all fantastic. They really make you feel like you’re home!!

Howard S.

As part of our Borneo trip stayed at Le Meridien Kota Kinabalu. Check in was straightforward and we were given a nice room with a view on a high floor. Lovely welcome gift and then additional cake came later for my birthday. The only issue is the windows really need cleaned! It is central enough to walk to things and grab is cheap but the road in front could get clogged up. The pool doesn't get much sun but lovely views from the lounge. The staff are really friendly but it can get chaotic with a lot of families and things run out. We also had issues with eggs at breakfast but they were very apologetic and sent some lovely sweets. We also had a boxed breakfast on the day we went to Sipiloc and it was nice.

We intended to stay four nights because of reviews and website photos ….. and moved out after a single almost sleepless night.

This is an older hotel which has undergone some renovations but it has a split personality between new and funky (without quality control) and old and dirty - a few example photos posted.

Rooms are modern but with massive waste of room (looks like space for a second bed) and near zero storage.

Noise - our number one complaint - position by the market means that a sea facing room is noisy as hell due to the lack of sound seasoning from glass - we moved from revving engines and shouting to street racing. Location should be amazing but truly isn’t.

Room AC - impossible to set - thermostat target reads 22.5 but it was 17 by morning.

Club lounge - poor choice of food and curled up sandwiches and inattentive staff.

The only pleasure I got from the stay was booking a different stay in an app while I couldn’t sleep.

Hallways - dirty and wallpaper falling off walls

General smell of damp in hallways.

When we left to a good hotel we couldn’t believe the difference in everything …. For less money !

When I said we needed to checkout and move hotels the receptionist didn’t even ask why

Reviews of this place carefully and look for reviewers with more than one review to their name would be my advice ?

Rob