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Areca Hotel Penang

3.0 star property

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Children’s area
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Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

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No. 5, Jalan Khoo Sian Ewe, George Town, 10050
  • KOMTAR
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Penang Times Square
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Gurney Drive
    ‪2 min drive‬
  • Penang (PEN-Penang Intl.)
    ‪19 min drive‬

Room options

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Garden Room

Garden Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(23 reviews)
  • 18 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Family Suite

Family Suite

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(6 reviews)
  • 48 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Heritage Loft

Heritage Loft

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(2 reviews)
  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Large Twin Beds

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Heritage Room (Ground Floor)

Heritage Room (Ground Floor)

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
(11 reviews)
  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

Areca Hotel Penang

Hotel with a restaurant, a short walk to KOMTAR
A restaurant, a complimentary children's club, and a business center are available at this smoke-free hotel. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a meeting room, concierge services, and a 24-hour front desk.
Areca Hotel Penang offers 50 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and coffee/tea makers. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, slippers, bidets, and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and hair dryers. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Our customers tell us they can't get enough of the helpful staff at Areca Hotel Penang. During your stay, you're just a quick walk from KOMTAR. You'll find features like free WiFi in public areas, plus a restaurant and a business center.
  • Free WiFi
  • Enjoy a bite to eat at the restaurant
  • Cooked-to-order breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Services include a free kid's club, a concierge, and tour or ticket assistance
  • Guests have great things to say about the clean accommodations and the helpful staff
  • 6 minutes by foot from KOMTAR and a 2-minute drive from Gurney Drive
There's a restaurant on site. A computer station is on site and WiFi is free in public spaces. Business amenities include a business center, a meeting room, and limo/town car service. A library, a complimentary children's club, and multilingual staff are also featured at the business-friendly Areca Hotel Penang.

This 3-star George Town hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy cooked-to-order breakfast daily from 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM.
Areca Hotel Penang has a restaurant on site.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Limo/town car service
  • Limited on-site parking

Food and drink

  • Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 7:30 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee: MYR 30 for adults and MYR 30 for children
  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Free children's club
  • Library
  • Shopping centre

Family friendly

  • Free children's club
  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Computer station
  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • No lift

More

  • 3 floors
  • Built in 2017
  • Reception hall
  • Smoke-free property
  • Traditional architecture

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Slippers
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Ceiling fan
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available for MYR 55.0 per day.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • Deposit: MYR 200.0 per accommodation, per stay
  • A tax is imposed by the city: MYR 2.00 per accommodation, per night

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately MYR 30 for adults and MYR 30 for children
  • Rollaway bed fee: MYR 55.0 per day

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

We should mention

  • Registered guests are the only ones allowed to be in guestrooms.

Property is also known as

Areca Hotel Penang George Town
Areca Penang George Town
Areca Penang
Areca Hotel Penang Hotel
Areca Hotel Penang George Town
Areca Hotel Penang Hotel George Town

Reviews

Areca Hotel Penang Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 279 out of 393 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 99 out of 393 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 14 out of 393 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 393 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 393 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Chiow Min

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A nice centrally located hotel with helpful staff.

All staff was helpful. Location was central. Room was decently clean and size is generous for their smallest room. Walking distance to many popular food stalls. We didnt request for room cleaning during our stay (ie. More than 1 week) , but when we asked for toilet paper, towel, bottled drinking water, coffee, etc, the staff was quick to provide. However, they dont have any shaver. Make sure you bring some yourselves. The hotel doesn't have a laundry facility, but you can walk to a 24-hour, self service laundry shop about 10 minutes away. Due to its central location in the city, near a main junction and a banquet hall, it can be very noisy, especially on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The hotel does acknowledges this and provide free ear plugs upon requested. Our room was on the 2nd floor and away from the banquet hall (but you can still hear the traffic if you have the window opened), so we didnt have any trouble sleeping. They provide free afternoon tea.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

Latoya

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful clean hotel - lovely design and furniture throughout. Very large rooms, ok breakfast. Liked that bottled water was provided and water plentiful around the hotel. Afternoon tea was a nice treat in the afternoons. Great location - easy to walk everywhere. Only complaints would be the room always smelt musky - like it needed fresh air. And the hotel is next to an event space so it can be loud in the evenings from the event music and from event staff packing up after the event. During our stay there were 2 events on. Overall, I would recommend.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bridget

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful hotel with great helpful staff. Room was clean and lovely. Got afternoon tea, Barnstaple coffee and some laundry for free because of long stay. Close to everything but not in most touristy areas so close to local and tourist areas, markets, restaurants, shopping malls, etc.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2025

8/10 Good

****

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Overall excellent location. Except for hiccup with air con leakage which was fixed.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chiow Min

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The location of this hotel is very central to many, many local popular food stalls. They're walking distant away. This saved us a lot of stress. Even though there's no laundry facility in this hotel, there's a laundry shop nearby. It's within 10 minutes walking distance. So you can visit the city with a small luggage. Checkin was fast and the stuff was helpful. We were offered welcome drinks while waiting. It is located in the heart of the city, and the fact that they want to maintain the heritage theme of the hotel, sound proofing may not something they can control. To workaround this, they provide free earplugs upon requests. I dont think they have ventilation fan in the bathroom. We cracked the bathroom window open, turned on the ceiling and AC to create an airflow, which ventilated the bathroom. Free Wi-Fi is provided. Signal was strong and steady. The lighting in the rooms was a little bit dim. It feels romantic and cozy. This is to keep in line with the heritage theme of the hotel, i was told by the front desk. However, this can be a little bit challenging when you shave or put on your makeup. There's no gym in the hotel, so make sure you walk a lot to burn off the calories of your food intake. There's a restaurant in the hotel. If your room is close to it, it can be somewhat noisy from the clanking of dining wares and utensils (from 6am). All and all, I think it's a pretty good 4-star hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chiow Min

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Yukiko

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Yaling

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very beautiful, traditional, clean hotel. You can really enjoy the local culture here.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Taressa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff were very kind and knowledgeable. The room was tidy. There is ambient noise from the fans in the common area and the hall that was a bit disruptive. Also, Netflix was difficult to use on the TV. Overall, pretty central location and good value.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Teresa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovey decor. Complimentary afternoon tea a nice touch. Steet food stall literally round corner. Very accessible for other locations to visit.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Thy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good staff, good service, nice and quiet hotel A lot of food around hotel. Super market cross street behind hotel. Highly recommend stay this hotel
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Teresa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really lovely hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Keong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent area! Convenient to everything. Responsive staff.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Noranah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly, helpful staff. Beautiful common area. Good choices and very generous breakfast. Afternoon tea was a nice bonus.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Jaan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The location of the hotel and the room were very nice. Breakfast was not good.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Len, Croydon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice colonial building that has been renovated with big rooms. Friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautifully updated colonial style property with the friendliest staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Shuk

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good maintenance heritage hotel. The room has ceiling fan and aircon installed, both running well in the hot hours. Offered the free afternoon tea was a bonus although we couldn’t get back to hotel to enjoy it everyday. Will definitely suggest it for travellers wanting a relaxing day stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Yimeng

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Close to everywhere!
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Leonie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rose

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved our stay here. Friendly and helpful staff. Great room and location.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Leonie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Poh See, Singapore

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Unique hotel. Love the peranakan style.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Ka Menu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Unique heritage accommodation with lift access for elderly, luggage etc TV wasn't working for our room and they change our room immediately 👍
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025