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7.6
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The car parking and the Wi-Fi are always free, so you can stay in touch and come and go as you please. Conveniently situated in the Georgetown part of Penang, this property puts you close to attractions and interesting dining options. Don't leave before paying a visit to the famous Pinang Peranakan Mansion. As an added bonus, restaurant is provided on-site to conveniently serve your needs.
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17 travelers have booked today.
Value for money | 7.5 |
Location rating | 7.6 |
Nearest airport | Penang International Airport (PEN) |
Distance to airport | 14.5 km |
What time is check-in and check-out at Grand Inn Macalister?
Check-in is from 02:00 PM, and check-out is until 12:00 PM. You may request early check-in or late check-out during booking, subject to availability. Guests checking in or out before or after the designated periods may be charged an additional fee. The hotel offers luggage storage to guests for before check-in and after check-out.
How do I get to Grand Inn Macalister?
For those who wish to drive their own cars, Grand Inn Macalister has a car park right on site for maximum convenience. Parking is free for guests. If you're looking for an easy way to get around Penang with private transportation, the hotel can arrange taxi service.
What is the closest train, metro, or bus station to Grand Inn Macalister?
Komtar Bus Terminal is the closest train, metro, or bus station, about 1.4 km away from Grand Inn Macalister.
What restaurants are nearby Grand Inn Macalister?
Grand Inn Macalister is located in Georgetown, famous for good restaurants such as Yun Shui Ge Teahouse, Tea Home Cafe and Restaurant Blanc.
What popular shopping places are close to Grand Inn Macalister?
Grand Inn Macalister is located in Georgetown area which features shopping places such as Prangin Mall, 1st Avenue Mall and Ghee Hiang.
What are popular attractions near Grand Inn Macalister?
Grand Inn Macalister is located in Georgetown area, which is famous for attractions such as Pinang Peranakan Mansion, Cheong Fatt Tze - The Blue Mansion and Khoo Kongsi.
What popular natural sightseeing spots are close to Grand Inn Macalister?
Grand Inn Macalister is located in the Georgetown area, which is famous for natural sightseeing destinations such as Depoh Kerajaan Pulau Pinang and Bukit Olivia.
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"Value for money and comfortable to stay"
NORAINI
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June 12, 2022
9.6
"Clean and smell god."
Hafizah
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June 10, 2022
7.2
"Good location"
MOHD
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May 24, 2022
Grand Inn Macalister
Take a good wander and unveil the wonder of Penang with a stay at Grand Inn Macalister. Explore the genuine Penang that most travelers never see, with a stay at Grand Inn Macalister -- located only 2.5 km from Pinang Peranakan Mansion.
Every effort is made to make guests feel comfortable by providing the best in services and amenities. Keep up with all your communications easily with the hotel's free Wi-Fi. Taxi services provided by Grand Inn Macalister makes it easy to plan your day trips, sightseeing, and more around Penang. Guests can enjoy free parking right at the hotel.
Front desk service is provided at the hotel including luggage storage. Getting tickets for the city's best entertainment is easy through the hotel's ticket service and tours. Feeling lazy? In-room conveniences like room service and daily housekeeping let you get the most out of your room time.
Designed for comfort, all guestrooms offer a range of amenities to ensure a restful night. For your comfort, some rooms at the hotel are equipped with linen service and air conditioning. In-room entertainment amenities including the cable TV is provided in some rooms. Grand Inn Macalister also provides toiletries and towels in bathrooms for select rooms.
Dining and things to do
A variety of convenient and tasty dining options are waiting for you at the hotel, for whenever you get hungry.
Around the property
Experience Penang like a true local. Multiple day trip options await you and your travel group close to Grand Inn Macalister, starting with visits to Chew's Jetty located just 2.5 km away. Cheong Fatt Tze - The Blue Mansion is located 1.8 km away, and is one of the most famous tourist spots to visit and photograph.
Reasons to stay here
Find some of the city's best deals here with rooms 97% cheaper than other options.
Find some excellent dining options here, where past guests have rated onsite or nearby dining better than 90% of the city's other accommodations.
Guests who stayed here really appreciated the room comfort, scoring it higher than 90% of accommodations in the city.
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All children are welcome.
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Guest rating | Very good 1429 reviews 7.1Location 7.6 | Excellent 1823 reviews 8.2Location 9 | Very good 1141 reviews 7.2Location 7.8 | Excellent 2705 reviews 8.1Location 8.3 |
Neighborhood | Georgetown | Georgetown | Georgetown | Georgetown |
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"Great location, because i am going to hospital with my Mom , and have a great restaurant beside the hotel"
IRENCEVA | July 4, 2017
Value For Money”
We went to Penang for eye operation for both my parents at Loh Guan Lai Hospital. The proximity of Grand Inn to LGL Hospital makes it our top priority since there will be an issue of transport after the operation, and also during pre and subsequent post review. The hotel also offer a 4 person-room, with double queen size. That makes 3 of us comfortably rested. The pricing is affordable too. Close proximity to the many eateries is an added bonus.
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Basic and clean hotel with afforadable price”
We stayed for a night at Grand Inn Hotel on 28th March 2013 together with my parents in-law. We booked a quad room. But the room is smaller than what the picture has shown. However, with the price that we have paid for, it is still acceptable as it is clean, and the location is at the heart of the Penang town which make it convenient for us to travel around. The hotel service is good. My parents in-law extended for another night to a Deluxe Room, the hotel staff manage to allow us to check in at 10.30am and arrange the Deluxe room at the same level that we stayed on the first night. It save us hassle for moving all the stuffs to another room. It is a good choice if you are looking for a budget hotel with excellent location.
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Very close to Loh Guan Lye Hospital”
If you need to be close to Loh Guan Lye Hospital, this is it. Literally across the road from the hospital, it will take you 2 minutes to walk there. The hotel itself is typical 2-3 star, but we found the staff very friendly and helpful, and there is off-street parking for guests - a real help in Penang! There were several food outlets close by, especially an excellent Indian restaurant 2 doors up from the hospital. Also 7/11 and other small shops nearby. Several good food courts were 10 minutes walk away. MacAlister Rd is a major road, with buses along it frequently, and it is just a 20 minute walk to Komtar, straight down MacAlister Rd.
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Nice and affordable budget hotel close to hospital”
It was a pleasant experience to stay at the Grand Inn. I'd recommended the inn to anyone especially in need to get close to one of the best hospital in Penang. You'll be surprise on what this inn could offer you at their low rate
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Suitable for patient of Loh Guan Lye hospital”
If you want to go to Loh Guan Lye Hospital, I think Grand Inn hotel is nice to stay. The price is fair. Just cross the road to get there (hospital). if you want to search any kind of food, you can go on foot may about 500 m
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Lovely budget hotel with friendly staff”
The standard room though small but is comfotable enough for a couple or two adults to stay in. I have stayed in much smaller room in a budget hotel in Japan long ago. Here you have enough space to move around and the bathroom is quite spacious. The room comes with flat TV screen,open cabinet and drawers for your clothes, hot and cold shower and fully carpeted. They also provide you hot flask, towels, bath gel and shampoo. A pharmacy is also located conviniently beside the hotel. For the price I'm paying I am truly satisfied except I think the hotel could do a little bit more to soundproof the room as you can hear noises from inside the room if you walk on the corridor. From inside it's ok, you don't hear what's going on outside.
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Value for money”
Grand Inn suitable for my family to go to the hospital close to this hotel.
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Nice & Calm Hotel”
My stay in Grand inn was good, the receptionist was really helpfull and kind. consider it is a new hotel then everything should be new. Dont think about breakfast, because you can find local food in the morning close to your hotel.
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Standard, nice & friendly staff”
Standard Experience, suggest Grand Inn for people who will check up on Penang, just in front of Loh Guan Lye & have bus station in front make you easier go to everywhere even go to Airport. Minus for food hawker, breakfast have kwetiao between Jl Macalistar & Jl Perak, beside Grand Inn 1 mini restaurant, need to walk +/- 20minutes for various food
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Nice Hotel”
Clean & nice, if i going to penang again, the prioty choice is Grand Inn Hotel
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clean. comfy room”
It was pleasant stay in Grand Inn hotel, budget stay definitely worth the price for 4ppl.
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Standard, nice & friendly staff”
Standard Experience, suggest Grand Inn for people who will check up on Penang, just in front of Loh Guan Lye & have bus station in front make you easier go to everywhere even go to Airport. Minus for food hawker, breakfast have kwetiao between Jl Macalistar & Jl Perak, beside Grand Inn 1 mini restaurant, need to walk +/- 20minutes for various food
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CLEAN and TIDY room”
Room is clean and tidy. Parking space is limited but the hotel staff is very friendly and will always ready to find another parking place for the hotel guest. Can hear people talking outside the corridor/ next door :(
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Convenient location to get food n transport.”
We feel comfortable by staying in Grand Inn Hotel only the parking lot not easy to park due to the limit space in front of the hotel.
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have a good time”
room is great, nice and clean. i'm staying at standard quad room. opposite the hotel has a bus stop which is a plus, can take the bus to komtar area. staff is very friendly. room wifi is poor. located at the beginning of the macalister road, so need to walk a lot to the center of the road for food at night.
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ver poor hotel”
enjoy a panoramic view of georgetown with major shopping centres and government offices from the hotel's swimming pool, which is the tallest amongst other hotels in penang. a town famous for it culinary fanfare and idyllic beaches, hotel grand continental penang sets the pace for business travellers and holiday makers alike.
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Good location”
Reasonable facility and hotel service for this price. This hotel is located near various tourist hot spots provided that you are driving. The staff are friendly too. My main issue with is hotel is the room AC dint work at all, they apologized (friendly) and sent a maintenance worker to troubleshot the issue. But all he did was clean the ac filter which was clean at the first place. I requested to change room but they told me the hotel was fully booked that day. So... i have to sleep in a quad room for 1 night without ac. When i requested to change room the next day, they told us we have to return the keycard first before issuing a new one therefore causing the trouble of taking all luggage with us while they process for a new room. Well, your millage may vary since i dun think all ac in this hotel are faulty *I hope.
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Dear Soon, Thank you for your review and we appreciate your feedback and detailed comment. Kindly be advised that on particular day our technician were on leave and we were left with a trainee technician. As such, he was not really equipped to handle this problem. We apologized that this events has unfolded during your stay and we will make sure that this thing would not happened again. Usually we will provide a room cooler for the guest if the air-conditioned problem were unable to be solved. It is true that this is a rare ocassion and we will ensure that air-conditioned unit will be fully service upon receiving your complaint. Regards. Anhar / Front Office
Little Getaway”
Overall, my stay at Grand Inn was okay. However, in the morning, we were woken up by children who ran the hall way screaming their lungs out. It was literally 7-8.30AM. That was pretty irritating and since the hotel walls were pretty thin, it overall was quite noisy. So if you're looking forward to a quiet and calm place to stay, this isn't it.
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Nice room but limited carpark”
Is worth to be staying at Grand Inn hotel , the rooms look new and comfort. But with limited carpark
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Generally clean & value for money!”
The hotel seems the cleanest so far at this kind of low rate as compared to so many in Penang! Though we felt some bed bugs but items provided inside the room are pretty complete. Staff is pretty flexible, we only asked once for late check-out at 1pm & immediately granted. Good attempt!
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