Sipadan Inn 2 Semporna — Hotel in Borneo

Semporna is a town and not a city. Semporna is famous and known in the global tourist map due to the popularity of Sipadan Island for diving which is one if the top 10 diving sites in the world. Tourists coming from overseas have to pass through Semporna Jetty to go to the islands.||||Finding a good hotel in Semporna is difficult as most hotels are below 3-Star categories but a heaven for back packers and budget travellers. There is no international class hotels of 4&5-Star category. However, there are numerous hotels of other categories and home stays and hotels are nirmally fully booked.||||Sipadan Inn 2 is one of those new hotels located near the floating restaurant. It is located right in the centre of many restaurants. The room is small about 15 sqm in size, reminds me of hotels in Tokyo and Paris. The room is very compact and difficult to open a large size luggage but everythingekse is quite complete. The view to Semporna City and the floating restaurant is indeed breathtaking with small corridor to view.||||The hotel does not serve breakfast but has arrangement with a restaurant nearby to serve the guests with pre-selected menus. The room is comfortable, shower & toilet worked well but cannot avoid feeling a bit cramped. There is TV, Air-cond., place to hang your clothes. There is also an elevator. The lobby is small but there are seats and just outside the door there are plenty if seats from cafe operators.||||Highly recommended for short stay or transit passengers and fir budget travellers it could be a place made from heaven. Hotels are basically cheap in Semporna and if you use USD it is dirt cheap and almost anyone from US could afford to stay in Semporna. As a trend, 80% of the tourists in Semporna are Chinese as there are 80 direct flights from China.||||As a whole Sipadan Inn 2 is quite a good and comfortable hotel to stay and as a rating I would give 7.5 out of 10 but assessment is a subjective matter. ||||Saha and Yam||Stayed November...

Other than the fact that it's located strategically near the jetty and many seafood restaurant, there is nothing else to praise about this inn.

Room is overall dirty. There were ants on my bed. Towels have stains and smell awful. Even the toilet bidet looks rusty.

Service is not any better. We wanted to check out early for our dive and to store our baggage. The receptionist is sleeping at the reception counter, on the floor. That one also nevermind, yet not even the slightest response no matter how many times we called him. To the point we need to knock on the table and shout. Alas, when we managed to wake Mr Snorlax up, we were greeted by his grumpy face.

Before we booked this hotel, we specifically requested to use their bathroom to shower and change our clothes after our dive. We were given green light. After booking and after our dive, we were told there is NO bathroom for us to shower. There is only a toilet to do our business, not for showering. Mind you, it was pouring the entire day that day. In the end we had to go to other hotel to pay to use their bathroom.

Hell of a disappointment. Not worth the money despite it's a budget hotel. Would have given zero...

I went to resort hopping at semporna.I'm very particular with the stay. This hotel provided me with good service and fulfilled my requirements. The receptionist was very nice. On time check in time. Second time staying here. Walking distance to restaurant, ATM, market , pasar pagi , jetty, 7E, guardian n Watson. 1st trip was with my friend.2nd trip with my family .After getting off from jetty, the hotel is just opposite to jetty , behind the block. No need to book grab, to bring bags far away. Walking distance only.We just walk down the hotel, few steps to the restaurant for dinner. Bit noisy because the side of the road but still okay. Will come and book here again in the next visit for sure. The price is cheap. Room is spacious for 4 person in a family. Toilet is clean. Very recommended for those bringing family.Btw , the food at the seaview was mama Mia , the price is reasonable. 2 lobsters : 500g ( rm 170)Prawn ( small portion ) : RM 30+Squid ( small portion) : 20+ Beverage : 3 types Total : rm200+ Definitely will come and repeat the same thing later on.Will recommend this hotel to the other if they are staying at semporna. Thank you for the...