The staff were friendly and helpful. The room was mostly clean and quiet. The toilet was well maintained too though I would prefer the handwash soap to be nearer to the sink area.

There were a few bedbugs. I knew immediately when I got bitten so I checked through the lower bunk's entire bed and comforter. Thankfully, it was just a few. Otherwise, I would have called reception. I think the side bed lamp wasn't working so it was kind of dim in that area. I'm not sure if it was mentioned or not that this room is without windows. Please provide the info in your description if it isn't there yet.

It is a good, proper hotel. Very good price/value balance. Rooms are big and clean, a/c and shower heater work perfectly, really good shower gel provided.

Unfortunately I got this time a room with windows to the street, which was really noisy. Sometimes it was like the motorbikes are going through the room. In addition i woke up twice when the bell for the neighbour room was used. From a former stay I know they have also more quite rooms, if you are noise sensitive then better ask for that.

The staff were great, really helpful. Room is big with a nice bathroom. Close to the old town.

It’s on the corner of two really busy roads. The traffic noise is a problem until very late and starts again very early. You may be ok with a room at the back but ours was noisy.

The staffs, they are all nice and willing gave us information about the town with smile. Location is good, we could walk to every corner of the hotel and found something nice, restaurants, cafe, temple, food court, market, street food, department store etc. Very near to Komtar and Shawrastar Market. The room was big, comfy bed, nice amenities. I love their 2in1 soap and shampoo, it showed their willing to give the best for their guest. Another thing that surprised me was water, yes, they offer water tank and a glass bottle in the room for filling water which I've never seen in any other hotels of all my 8 days trip. That was so generous because of the weather, we need more water and it's cold too! We didn't know about the water so we bought 6 bottle of 1.5L for 3 days and felt sorry for the mother earth. even this is small hotel but keep good concept of save the earth and try their best for serve the guest. Thank you, we would recommend this hotel to anyone who are going to Penang.

the staff told me that the wifi was no need to log in just connect but I was not work and it needed user name and password but my mobile had enough internet so I didn't use the wifi

Clean and neat rooms. Very good location near to Komtar and Jalan Penang. Very helpful receptionist who gave us very good advice and suggestions.

Could not provide us with rooms close to each other for our group.

I like how the air-conditioning work well and the water heater working so good, some hotel rarely work, so thank you

My husband smoke so it's so difficult for him to go down from the room to the lobby and outside just for a 5 minute smoke, I know can't smoke inside the room but maybe you should do a smoking place inside the hotel, so that the guess doesn't have to go smoke outside hotel near the road

The bathroon shower is very good as it gives one the choice. Airconditioning very good with eco the air freshness is there

Cleaning the room was not done inspite of makeup card was placed outside the room. I stayed for 3 nights and 4 days and this was not done. Astro programmes missing. Local tv stations do not give much entertainmdnt. The hotel needs a coffee house very badly. On raining days have one would be very handy and late evening meals like supper woukd be good

The hotel is located within the town area. Which is very convenient for tourist to walk to most attractions within George Town. Easy to walk towards the Chow Rasta Market, Komtar, and a kilometer away to the Esplanade walking distance. In terms of the hotel outlook, I would say it's good not the best. Room cleanliness is just great. The transparent elevator is just bonkers.

Parking is quite limited, but you can definitely park in front of Areca hotel if you need surety of safety. Because the hotel is in front of the main road, it could be noisy but that doesn't deter you from having a good night sleep.

the staff was so helpful in which when we wanted to hop around to find foods before check in and after check out , we still can places our baggage and belongings in their bag storage for a while . The location was strategic to attraction places , easy to catch a Grab . The rooms was neat and spacious for two people.

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i was a bit insecure because of many negative reviews of the place after the pandemic, but I was surprised positively! it was a nice and comfy room, which had everything I needed. I appreciated a lot that they have free water from dispensers (filtered water) on every floor. the reception staff was nice. free Coffee and tea in the room which was also refilled the next day.

only critic regarding the room is that it seems like they didnt clean properly after not having guests for a longer time, which means: on the phone, water kettle and tea cup there was a dust layer. I wish the housekeeping would have payed attention to that. also after the first night my towels were replaced with new ones, contrary to the signs in the bath room asking to hang up towels if you don’t want them changed to save water (and I did). so that was kind of unnecessary. also I wish the reception staff would provide some basic information for tourists like that there is a bus station of the free city bus right next to the hotel, which I found out just at the end of my last day.