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Review of Mandarin Hotel
5.0 of 5 bubblesReviewed 13 Jan 2019
I booked online and I was very happy I did.
Very friendly staff, which help you out in every way (my Grab-app did not work, so they used there to order me a ride). I could also store my luggage with them on my last day there.

Room is very nice, airconditioning, nice hot shower, very soft bed, fast wifi.

Only thing I can point out that is not common for a nice hotel, is that there is no breakfast in the hotel. But when you go around the corner, there are loads or places to eat and small supermarkets to buy food.
Date of stay: January 2019
Trip type: Travelled solo
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Reviewed 19 December 2018

Staff are very friendly and attentive. We appreciate how responsive the staff are to our queries, whether via Agoda messenging, or during our stay, from our phone call to reception.
Hotel provides free transport to Airport at the end of our stay. The location of the hotel at one end of Gaya St makes it so convenient to enjoy the Api Api night Food market on Fri and Sat nights and the huge Sunday morning market.
Our only complaint is that the walls are a bit thin and we could hear noises from the street and nearby live band. May we suggest noise-cancelling curtains?

Date of stay: December 2018
  • Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Reviewed 26 October 2018 via mobile

Highly recommend this hotel. Stayed here on and Off while touring Borneo for 14 days. Location in KK central, close to coffee and food shops, wifi better than anywhere else I stayed, and rooms immaculately clean. Above all the friendly and helpful staff far exceeded expectations making this feel like a home away from home.
Thanks Mandarin for an enjoyable stay.

Date of stay: October 2018
Trip type: Travelled solo
1  Thank TaniaG866
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Reviewed 6 October 2018 via mobile

Strategically located in the centre of the town. Nearby to all the attractions in Kota Kinabalu. Comfortable room. Friendly and helpful management staffs.My friend dropped some amount of money in the hotel lobby, the staffs were so kind to contact us to return it. We had a great stay here.

Date of stay: October 2018
Trip type: Travelled with friends
Thank deepakrish1212
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Reviewed 3 October 2018 via mobile

This is one of the most affordable place we ever stayed. They always keep the room clean and provide complete set of toiletries. Staff are also friendly and approachable. We recommend this place to future travelers.😉

Date of stay: January 2018
Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Thank Jenischelle C
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Reviewed 2 October 2018

Close to Gaya street makes the hotel extremely convenient for customers, but also noisy. If you have some sleeping issue, don't come!
The housekeeper cleaned our rooms several times a day, which is good. Staffs were nice. They also had free drop off service to the airport.
In all the hotel was good, but soundproofing equipment was horrible. Oh, and broken window lock could be seen.

旅店靠近加雅街,非常方便,但隔音的部份簡直悲劇。如果你很容易睡不好,千萬不要來!
房務員一天整理我們的房間好幾次,感覺還不錯; 員工也很親切。旅店有免費送機服務,只要在送機前一天跟他們預約即可。
簡而言之旅店是還不錯,但隔音設備真的是十分差勁,且窗戶的鎖很爛也很好破壞,沒安全感的人可能不能接受。

Date of stay: September 2018
  • Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Thank Alex H
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