Sandakan Hotels with Bars

First time to Sandakan, arrived late at night so chose a hotel which should be easy ti find and bigger scale at avoid any surprise of late check-in. Location is 20 mins Grab from airport. Nice entrance and staff is friendly. It is quite an old old but I think they refurbished. Look good but the facilities kind of dated. First night hoping for a nice hot shower but the shower head fell down. Luckily could put it back as dont want to change room late at night. My bath tub stopper chain broken so after a bath the water stayed. We booked junior suite as I didn’t want carpet room. Smaller than on the photo but overall clean. Balcony is not really for sitting out though. However the hotel carpet outside the room smells a bit I guessed ventilation was the issue. Breakfast was good. I booked via trip.com to include a child but somehow that we not counted and they supposed to charge me a fee. Finally they offered for courtesy. Best part was the swimming pool with slide, fun for kids. If to explore the Samdakan, this could be a good location as walking distance to Agnes Keith House, then taking the 100 steps to go to the town.

One of the cleanest rooms with basic facilities in Sandakan. Easy access to major areas and facilities. No breakfast or meals, but there are restaurants and plenty of watering holes just right next to the hotel. The neighboring spa and massage centre is another major plus... and extremely affordable and so relaxing after a hot and physical day trekking outside. I even rented a car for the day, pick up and return right at the lobby.

Highly recommend staying here! The staff was very friendly and helpful. They have free transportation to the RDC, Sepilok Orangutan Centre, and the Sun Bear Centre. The staff was also able to help me get signed up to do two night tours at the RDC and provided transportation to and from. They can help with other tour reservations as well though I did not have time to take advantage of them. The retreat itself is beautiful with amazing views! You really get the experience of being immersed in nature while you are here. They provided breakfast for free and then have a simple menu that you can purchase from for lunch and dinner. The vegetarian curry and vegetarian fried noodles were delicious and the rest of the food looked good as well. The prices for everything were also reasonable and was well worth it!