Sarawak
This simple riverside cabin has three rooms and a spacious wooden verandah that's an excellent place to relax after jungle trekking. Packages include a…
Must-see hotels in Malaysia
Mt Kinabalu & Kinabalu National Park
Set on the side of Mt Kinabalu, opposite a vegetable farm, this dark-wood building, popular with Malaysian tourists, has a Swiss-chalet flavour to it. Its…
Cameron Highlands
At this faux-Tudor hotel, 'heritage' means vintage carpets, furnishings in need of TLC and doors that require a rattle to access your room. The most…
George Town
If, after having explored George Town, you have fantasies of living in a restored Chinese shophouse, then consider a stay here. This house (available only…
Penang
If you need a midrange hotel and are not fussed by zero character and with not staying right on the beach, this is your place. Rooms are equipped with air…
Pulau Perhentian
Flora Bay has a variety of options facing the beach or set back in the forest. There are fan-cooled huts with a hill view and ‘deluxe’ air-con beach…
Sarawak
The four simple rooms sharing a kitchenette and bathroom are on the 2nd floor, opening off a large open verandah decorated with a traditional Kayan mural…
Semporna
With its walls peppered with underwater shots of marine life, clean bathrooms and a variety of air-con rooms to choose from, this is a reasonable option…
Melaka City
Step through cornflower-blue doors into this basic hostel within a restored blacksmith's shop. Private rooms and 10-bed dorms are spread around a tranquil…
Melaka
If Melaka's urban environment is getting you down, surround yourself with nature at this campsite in the Botanical Garden. If you have your own tent, you…
Kuala Lumpur
The lush foliage sprouting around and tumbling off the tiered balconies of this guesthouse is eye-catching and apt given its name. Inside, rustic red…
Kuala Lumpur
Handy for the dining and nightlife on Jln Doraisamy and exploring nearby Kampung Baru, teal-painted Reeds has boutique stylings and a wide range of rooms…
Semporna
Palatial in proportions, this white monolith at the far end of the 'Semporna Seafront' neighbourhood is reasonably good value if there are two of you,…
Malaysia
This large resort has a quiet stretch of white-sand beach to itself, and classic, wood-floored rooms encircling a large central pool. Ilham has a low…
Kuching
A spotless, family-friendly guesthouse in a great Old Chinatown location (surrounded by other options should they be full). The 10 rooms are spaced over…
Tawau Hills Park Accommodation
Sabah
Right near the park entrance, there's a single chalet for up to six people, as well as basic hostel accommodation consisting of 10 private rooms with…
Pulau Tioman
This family-run place by a pleasant length of beach in Tekek offers longhouse-style rooms with fans and a selection of newer rooms and chalets with air…
Semporna
Arriving at Dragon Inn, built on stilts and connected by a long boardwalk over bottle-green water, the first thing you see is a taxidermied giant grouper…
Sabah
Select from a choice of grotty old rooms and dorm, faded chalets and newer chalets with oxblood walls, which are built right out to sea. The food doesn't…
Johor
On isolated Pulau Sibu Tengah, this middling resort has all the mod cons and decent snorkelling. There’s a full spa, a dive centre, tennis courts and a…
Kota Kinabalu
Like its big sister in KL, this friendly hostel consists of pea-green rooms (four doubles and two dorms) and has the ecofriendly policy of no air-con…
Mt Kinabalu & Kinabalu National Park
The place where most hikers stay at Laban Rata before making a predawn assault on the peak of Mt Kinabalu consists of simple, unheated dorms and three…
Pulau Langkawi
Set 300m back from Pantai Cenang, this cheerfully painted place has nonbunk dorm beds with partitions and curtains, allowing better repose than the…
George Town
The White House would be a more apt name for this all-white painted former mansion, with smallish rooms also decked out in virginal white with, of course,…
George Town
The 312 rooms at this buzzy hotel facing the sea are studies in minimalist, cubist cool. Collections of geometric forms set off by swatches of blocky…
Malaysia
Connected to the airport terminal via a covered walkway and with flight-info screens in the lobby, this is a decent option if you have an early flight…
Kota Kinabalu
A smoke-free hotel with attentive staff, carpeted halls and cool, tiled, neutral-toned rooms. Drinking water is provided in reuseable containers and there…
Sarawak
It may not be the most stylish hotel in Sarawak, but Lundu's only hostelry – whose rooms sport blue-tile floors and big windows – provides more than…
Melaka City
Located at ground zero for weekend night-market mayhem, this otherwise pleasant hotel is ideal if you want to step straight into a street-food buffet,…
Sabah
Shipwrecked amid the stilted weave-world of the Malay village, Chang's is all banana-yellow basic rattan-walled rooms in small chalets, a lively…
Pulau Tioman
Sun Beach has plenty of oceanfront chalets ranging from simple rooms to deluxe family suites (featuring minibar, jacuzzi and pantry) and a decent…
Melaka City
The Equatorial has a refined air, elegantly decorated rooms, quality on-site restaurants and a decent-sized swimming pool. Service is well mannered and…
Kota Kinabalu
Lucy's welcomes with brightly muralled walls, a book exchange, laundry and a plant-filled balcony to flop on. There are a few rules to follow (including a…
Semporna
This 24-room, fully air-conditioned hotel has spotless accommodation featuring a bright colour scheme, fresh bathrooms, TVs and some rooms with balcony…
Melaka City
This plain guesthouse lacks charisma, but with private rooms in the heart of Chinatown, Chong Hoe is hard to beat on value and location. The lack of…
Malaysia
Overlooking the golf course, Shahzan Inn has 92 well-sized rooms, simply attired in white and beige. Like everywhere in Bukit Fraser, it isn't gleaming…
Pulau Langkawi
The bulk of the rooms here are in a rather ugly multistorey block. But these are supplemented by relatively modern brick bungalows and the undisputed king…
Pulau Perhentian
Aina Mohsin’s bungalows are set on a steep hill on the southern end of the beach (to get here, take the path behind World Cafe and you’ll arrive within a…
Kuala Terengganu
A rabbit warren of narrow corridors leads to compact and simple rooms, many of which are windowless and cell-like. They're clean, however, and the…
Malaysia
In a village setting ideal for firefly watchers, this midrange resort has plainly decorated, comfortable four-person chalets perched on stilts over the…
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