Budget Hotel to Stay Around JB Sentral: Hanya Satu Hotel

Based on the feedback I read from Female Daily JB Forum whereas most members recommend Citrus Hotel, I sent email to Citrus Hotel asking if we could add an extra bed to their triple room. The email was responded promptly but too bad that they couldn't provide the extra bed, due to the hotel policy.

Actually we had booked via booking.com a quadruple room at Eight Days Hotel with a decent review in tripadvisor. But during the planning, we decided to stay close to JB Sentral, for the sake of getting close with the bus terminal at JB Sentral.

I searched via google map, the closest hotel with Citrus Hotel providing a quadruple room, from the map that I saw was "Hanya Satu Hotel". I checked through Agoda, on our first night the quadruple room was available for IDR 600,000 nett per night. But on the second night the hotel was full.

As my SOP in choosing a hotel, I look for a review from tripadvisor members, but that time there wasn't any reviews of this hotel at Tripadvisor (P.S. now you can read my review of Hanya Satu Hotel at tripadvisor in this link). We booked the hotel anyway, because it was the only hotel offering a quadruple room.

Hanya Satu Hotel is only 5 minutes away from City Square Mall, and a 3 minutes walking from Citrus Hotel. This is the exterior look of the hotel, it is stated at the sign "Rumah Tumpangan".

It is located in a really live area of Johor Bahru, many shops, restaurant and even massage on the street! And after a long day, we tried the massage and it was nice.

seven eleven is near the hotel

a muslim restaurant at the corner of the street

a good area for Durian lovers

foot reflexology for RM 25 per 45 minutes..and yes on the street!

The lobby of the hotel was ok, each of us got a towel upon check-in, and we had to pay a refundable deposit of RM 20 for the four of us. There's internet area which is hourly rented at the lobby. But as the guests we got a free wifi throughout the hotel.

the hallway to our room

Our quadruple room was quiet spacious, with two queen beds. The wifi was fast at our room, the aircon was really cold and we could watch TV3 from the television:p There is a window at the room, but the window is covered by the sign of the hotel.

The bathroom was basic with only shower and the toilet. The cleanliness of the bathroom need to be improved, and also the water heater, as it was not working when we were there.

For a one night stay, I might say this hotel is ok, especially when you shared with four person, each would only pay USD 15 per night for the room. And being located really central in Johor Bahru, this is a very good bargain.

the view when you step out from the hotels' lobby

Now if you ask me will I stay with kiddos here? I would answer that I prefer a hotel with a pool when we visit Johor Bahru someday. And I will choose a hotel with a pool close to JB Sentral, one of the option would be the Grand Bluewave Hotel. Actually there's a great hotel called Renaissance Hotel, but we will need to rent a car to explore JB if we stay at Renaissance Hotel.

written on October 9, 2013 by @tesyasblog

Tag: Liburan ke Johor Bahru, Hotel Murah di Johor Bahru, Hotel dekat dengan JB Sentral

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