Royal Denai View — Hotel in Bukittinggi

Stayed for 3 nights in January 2017 with my family.||Book the hotel through a local agent there.||||Do take note that they have 3 hotels; Royal Denai Hotel, Royal Denai View Hotel & Grand Royal Denai Hotel, which are close to each other. When check-in, there was a bit confusion about the actual hotel that we are staying due to the almost similar name. So just make sure that you be really specific to your driver.||||So we got 2 rooms; Room 105 & 107.||105 is a bit bigger and have a better view than 107.||||Breakfast was fine even though they almost have the same variety throughout my 4 days there. Not complaining though.||They have room service. Also they provide laundry and clothes ironing services with a small charge.||||The good part is they actually make up our rooms every day without our request so it feels good to be back from a long day outside to a clean tidy room.||||Lastly, the staff is quite helpful and friendly. Always smiling. :)||||This is a 2-stars hotel. Based on my experience; the service, amenities and location, it definitely deserve the 2-stars. Hope it will push itself to get a 3...

Pros; Private bathroom. Air conditioned. Fresh and clean room and bedsheets. Breakfast provided. Quite surrounding. Nice landscape garden. Free soap, shampoo, toothbrush and even toothpaste too. Al quran and sajadah provided inside room. Qiblah direction on ceiling. Walking distance to Masjid, restaurants and Pasar Atas.

Cons; Very weak WiFi signal coverage in room. Old Box TV. Old furniture but clean. Old bathroom. Best WiFi signal only at lobby area. Not much choice of dish of breakfast.

Summary; bukittinggi is cool wether place, never sweating even walking around for 15 minutes. If you are first timer here, don't buy any cloth or textile at any shops except at Pasar Atas, the price more cheaper here compare to other places and much choices too. You can try horse riding rickshaw only takes IDR 40000 (price per rickshaw) from Pasar Atas to this hotel. Near Pasar Atas also there are supermarket and KFC. You don't need to buy telco sim card for data while you're in Bukittinggi and Padang, since very bad signal reception here, I just use hotel WiFi...

I stayed for one night in Royal Denai View. The hotel located beside the newer property of the management's, Grand Royal Denai. I used Traveloka to book a room in this hotel, check-in and check-out were very smooth. I got a room in the first floor. The room looked a bit worn out but clean. I hate the carpet flooring of the bed part of the room. It just gave more worn out look to the room. The bathroom was clean. The hot water supply was good, but the shower got leak. The leak made the water pressure not strong enough. The breakfast provided was really horrible. The choices of main dishes only fried rice, fried noodle, or bread. They got some traditional snacks and a plate of sliced watermelon. Coffee and tea available sweetened. The seats in the dining room were so dirty and need serious cleaning. Overall was an okay experience for...