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"Newly open hotel in Sandakan. However our shower drainage was clogged, but the staff quickly tried ask their maintenance team to fix it up. It's near to food centre area. You might need to consider to have your meal outside as their breakfast is beyond my expectation. Very basic breakfast and if you late for a bit like 7.30am, less food already. Above all, I would love to stay here again and making antoher review in the future. "

"Nested in the new township of Sandakan make it accessible to most eatery areas, especially during night time as compare to the old township which was overrated. Despite the size of the room which may not fit a family, it is sufficient for business traveler who just need a comfy bed to rest. Highly recommended "

"Out of all the hotels with pools in Sandakan, this one would be the best one for a whole group of family with small children. The slides at the pool are great. Also the jacuzzi. The single beds in our room are big, able to fit 2 adults comfortably. The room is spacious. Mini bar is there for you to keep food in (as of this review, non of the hotels with pools have a mini bar in the room). Didn’t really try the food, but breakfast is normal enough. The gym is good enough. Even though the hotel has been around for a few decades, still one of the best hotels in Sandakan, especially when you manage to get promo rates for the rooms!"

"We went to Sepilok Jungle Resort for a 3 night stay (after reading both good and bad reviews online). As a family (1 adult with 3 kids) we had a great time and I would recommend this place to my friends!! We had 2 connecting rooms, comfy beds, clean bedding, kettle for a cuppa, and hot shower. Towels were changed daily and beds made up promptly. Breakfast was included, and it was substantial - eggs/toast/fruit/drinks (one minor critique was that juice could have been included as a choice for the children rather than tea/coffee). The location of the hotel was brilliant for us to walk to the Orang Utan Sanctuary and the Rainforest Discovery Centre, both of which we enjoyed immensely. We also got a taxi to Sandakan one day for a bit of shopping, and it was easy to find a taxi back to the resort. We took two of the tours that were offered by the hotel. The first was very good (Proboscis Monkey Centre) but it was WAY overpriced in my opinion! One of the hotel staff led us to believe that it was 45 mins drive away, but in fact it was under 20 mins and could quite easily have been accomplished independently by taxi. I wasn't very impressed with this. The 2nd trip made up for my disappointment. We took a one-day river trip, which included a 2.5 hr bus ride to the river(comfortable) with a Guide (knowledgeable and very helpful). We then had afternoon tea and took the river boat for around 2 hours. The time flew by - we saw a croc, many monkeys and many birds. Our Guide was knowledgeable about conservation, animals and birds and made the river trip all the more interesting. He even had a bird field guide with him, so we could read up on the birds we had seen. Highly recommended trip. "

"this charming little hotel on the sea in sandakan is just a jewel...yes the rooms are small, but efficent. but the service and great restaurant with killer food makes up for the room..heck you aren't in the room that much anyway. also they have books to borrow (my kindle ran out of books?!). we originally had plan to ferry over to zamboanga, philippines, then ferry back to sandakan. well...that didn't go so well. we left luggage in sandakan, because we were coming back. the long ferry ride (24hrs), extremely uncomfortable trip made me refuse to go back that way. there is no air service, unless you go to manila, fly to kk, then to sandakan an expensive alternitave. so it was up to the swiss inn people to get our left luggage to us. not an easy or pretty task, but they were up to it and when we left singapore on the 11th of march, after a month in se asia, we had our luggage. i can't say enough about the swiss inn and miss nur! in a few years we plan to go back to sandakan and see them again. not the biggest hotel in sandakan or fanciest, but definitely the best placed on the water for roaming around."

"we travel using our own car. so there will be no problem for us to travel around sandakan. Near the hotel also have many shop especially for young adults at night~ got place for singing and beer. At the morning also have restaurant to enjoy nice seafood!!! overall is good. hotel is very neat and comfy with a big room as we travel with 5 adults and 3 children. we booked a room with triplet and a double room. <3"

"Impression of this hotel from the agoda website was not really good. But when i arrived at the location, i was truly impressed by the great service and strategic location of this hotel. There are just so many restaurants and cafes around the area (walking distance) and it is really near the airport (RM8 to Sandakan airport by Grab). You will never get hungry there, food is just around you. The room is really clean as well. Definitely come back again when im in Sandakan"

"After reading other’s reviews, I was skeptical at first, but I was there several years ago so gave it a try. I used to stay in an expensive hotel in Sandakan, yet, I now preferred this hotel! There were complains about the air in the room was musty, so I opened the window for a while. The smell was gone! Water drainage?, I turned down the water. No problems. Flushing problems? I held the flushing button and no problems. With these tiny irritations, (no hotels, budget or otherwise, are spared) the prices, cleanliness, size of the rooms etc is well worth it! The management should, however, air the corridors and rooms for a few minutes everyday to get rid of the musty smell. This alone will bring back more customers. I will definitely be back!"

"I have a great feeling staying there. Near my business area. Fast service and good workers, example I ask for iron my shirt. Even this hotel don't have this service, but because of I don't know iron a shirt, one of the staff helping me iron my shirt. I will stay in this hotel again when I come to Sandakan. Hope this Hotel can give more discount to a regular customer."