One Avenue Hotel — Attraction in Borneo

Ok first things first; in any other place this would be called a ‘motel’ instead of a hotel. There is a serious lack of facilities to consider this as a hotel. Let’s go to the redeeming qualities first. The bed, the towels, the showers are all clean and they seem serious about cleaning. The surrounding of this place is very good: nice food, nice places to hang out, laundromats available and 24 hour mini-marts. The obvious lacks: there is almost no elevated surface (table) to put your stuff. The hangers are located on top of the kettle/ water area. So if you put your jacket there it will be ‘dipping’ into your water/ tea. The table under the TV is so small can only fit a laptop and some other stuff. No place to put clothes. The room is spacious, so they could afford to put a table/ cabinet. There is no breakfast but you can buy this at the surrounding resto. There is no lift to the second floor - so if you have a heavy luggage - good luck. The Aircon is noisy, I woke up to this low buzzing sound. The curtains are torn. I would recommend this motel if you are not going to spend a lot of time in the room and OK with putting your stuff...

First impression, not bad. Entered the room, kinda moody cause it's always dimmed (only warm light lol). For some people who's on business trip, you probably won't like it. For me personally, I find it acceptable but it's not the best. Should've made non-warm light also available especially near the table area. Writing notes or diary is kinda funny with warm light that's 3 or 4ft above you. I know it's a 2 star hotel but man, I've been in 3 star that charged less and still provide the basic need. Improvement is not a bad thing after all. Keep it up! Oh also, some coffee mug but no coffee or tea 🤣 for you to make so go buy them at 7E if you're keen to drinking it early morning. Hair dryer and an electric water heater is...

Booked king bed - standard room. Lower floor. Comments: For me the size of the room is good. The room overall is clean and I'm satisfied with that. They also provide basic amenities such as hair dryer, electric kettle, hot/cold shower. For toiletries, there's shampoo and a soap bar. As for the tv channels, just the basic local channels but I'm quite impressed by how strong the tv reception was & the tv pictures were very clear too. Throughout the stay, I didn't hear noise from the room next door. But sometimes I can hear guests passing by. Last but not least, the hotel itself is located near to many restaurants, shops and it's just 5-6 minutes away from Bataras...