The 80's Guesthouse - Hostel

30 Apr'24

01 May'24

1 room, 2 guests

The 80's Guesthouse - Hostel

Penang | Tue, 30 Apr - Wed, 01 May | 1 Room, 2 Adults

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The 80's Guesthouse - Hostel

2-star Hotel · Penang

4.5/5

(266 reviews)

Amenities

Smoke-free property

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Terrace

Property rules

Check-in: After 03:00 PM, Check-out: 12:00 PM

About property

Location: With a stay at The 80's Guesthouse - Hostel in George Town (Downtown George Town), you'll be within a 5-minute drive of KOMTAR and Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal. This hostel is 5.4 mi (8.7 km) from Penang Hill and 1.9 mi (3 km) from Gurney Drive.Rooms: Make yourself at home in one of the 10 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms feature showers, complimentary toiletries, and bidets. Housekeeping is provided on a limited basis, and irons/ironing boards can be requested.Attractions: Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer.

Camera Museum - 0.2 km / 0.1 mi
Penang State Museum - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
Goddess of Mercy Temple - 0.3 km / 0.2 mi
St. George's Church - 0.4 km / 0.2 mi
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion - 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
Queen Street - 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
Georgetown UNESCO Historic Site - 0.5 km / 0.3 mi
Penang Islamic Museum - 0.6 km / 0.3 mi
Kapitan Keling Mosque - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
Armenian Street - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
Padang Kota Lama - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
SENTRAL College Penang - 0.6 km / 0.4 mi
Pinang Peranakan Mansion - 0.7 km / 0.4 mi
Pinang Gallery - 0.7 km / 0.4 mi
Hock Teik Cheng Sin Temple - 0.7 km / 0.4 mi

The nearest major airport is Penang Intl. Airport (PEN) - 19 km / 11.8 mi

Amenities: Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and a television in a common area.Business Amenities: Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, luggage storage, and laundry facilities.

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Penang, Penang, 10200

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4.5/5

(266 reviews)

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I hope the owner reads this

1/5

Jordan M on Apr 18, 2024

Your staff stole money from me and you didn't care enough to do anything about it. I made it my mission to have you closed down and was eventually able to speak to the tourism authority of Malaysia, and told them all about how you steal from tourists and get away with it. They were not happy. I hope that you are shut down because of me. Thanks for doing business!

1/5

Olivia G on May 19, 2023

We had a significant amount of money stolen from our private room while it was locked. Upon reading other reviews it’s obvious this is something that happens here often. I suspect it was something with access to the room keys. Nothing was done about it and we were told going to the police was no use since the hostel only has CCTV at the main entrance and not the second floor, where our room was. Beyond this it should be noted that the hostel is made of a paper thin walls and a poor room design where there are windows to the hallway (?) which means ultimately you might be woken up in the night to someone switching on the hall lights to walk to the toilet. Do not stay here. The front doors are left unattended and open for anyone off the street to walk in.

1/5

Jordan M on May 19, 2023

Apart from this place being gross and noisy we came back to our locked room to find all of our cash stolen from our wallet in our room, all of our currencys stolen from us. Now I see other reviews saying the same thing so I say to you do not stay here. Do not give this place your business.

1/5

boonlin on Mar 25, 2023

Don’t believe the rating of Agoda.com,this guesthouse is totally rundown,very noisy day and night and the worst part is it’s really smelly..my family had a bad time here,we keep wake up from dreams and decided to check out one day advance..

1/5

ritam771 on Mar 17, 2023

Be careful with your belongings inside the hostel. I stayed here 3 nights in a private twin bedroom with my boyfriend. During our last day we visited the Kek Lok temple and came back to the hostel around 5pm to do the laundry in a place nearby. When we arrived to get our stuff, we started packing our things because we were leaving next day in the morning and we confirmed that we had all our money in a folder with other documents. We locked the room and went to the laundry. Unfortunately we did not confirm the money when we got back from the laundry and dinner but I'm 100% sure that the door was locked. The staff was completely aware that we went to the laundry because they saw us leaving and coming back to the hostel. We did the check out in the morning and we took a bus to another place but when we arrived we noticed that some money was stolen from our stuff (around 300$). During the trip to our next destination we did not leave our bags for a single moment so it is impossible for someone to open our bags, open our money folder and take what we had inside. When we realized that we did not have the money we tried to contact the hostel but their number is always unavailable. We were able to get other number via Instagram and talked with someone from the staff. The staff said that they do not have any CCTV available on the upper floor or any spare keys to open the room ... (which is pretty odd). To confirm this info we were able to reach out to a guest that was still in the hostel after we left to confirm that they have a camera upstairs, and by the right next to our room (room nr 2)!!!!!!!!! Regarding the hostel facilities and environment everything is pretty shady. The staff is only there for a couple hours and you can see some random people entering the hostel and using the facilities. Another red flag is their check in. They do not asked for passport, contacts, nothing!!! They just requested the payment and thats it!!!!! Therefore they do not have any clue about who is staying or not inside. To finish this this review, I just want to say that I obviously DO NOT RECOMMEND this hostel to anyone! Also it seems that a similar issue to mine happened on 2018 (you can check on Tripadvisor reviews if you filter for the lowest scores). At this point we can't do nothing besides writing this review to warn you! DO NOT STAY HERE!