New management has breathed fresh life into what was already a popular, quiet and verdant oasis in KL’s shopping precinct. Lustrous wood panelling, textured white paint and an eclectic smattering of crafts (everything from petite Chinese maiden statues to oversized cuckoo clocks) give the Rainforest Bed & Breakfast its appeal. The dark wood of the rooms is both classy and cooling (helped by air-con), and even the two windowless rooms feel deceptively spacious thanks to wall-to-ceiling wardrobe mirrors.

The communal bathroom in Rainforest Bed & Breakfast is like a portal to a five-star ensuite (all marble and muted lighting). The streetside communal area is set back into the shady greenery, and it’s where you’ll find the Internet access. The third-level seating area has wide-open, greenery-fringed windows to let any breeze though; the perfect place to enjoy the complementary breakfast.

Tip: : Rainforest Bed & Breakfast did not seem to be well known by taxi drivers. Ask the driver to drop you off at the Istana Hotel and then walk a few blocks from there.

Email: rainforestkl@yahoo.com
Location: 27 Jalan Mesui , Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 21451466

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The service is impeccable for a mid-range / budget hotel, every guest will naturally feel like part of an extended family the staffs, and never once, is your privacy, or comfortability compromised.

However light sleepers beware, there have been several complains of loud noise across the street.

Case 1: You can hear every footstep, people talking and doors slamming. However worse still it also happens to be right on a busy one way system and opposite a 24/7 eatery which also shows premier football matches on a wide screen tv from most European Countries – think of the time difference!! This really is not good if you have a room at the front which we did and resulted in us getting no sleep at all!

Case 2: But the noise at night from the street and an outdoor chinese cinema across the street made my stay here a bit of a nightmare. No sleep.

Ask for a room at the back away from the front street noise, or get your ear plugs prepared just in case.

Website: http://www.numbereight.com.my/
( Number 8 Hotel has a very cool website, check the site for their room rates. Ask for promotional rates! As well as rooms at the back. )

Location: 8-10 Jl Tengkat Tong Shin
Tel: 2144 2050

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Backpackers Travellers Lodge
The cheapest rooms at this popular establishment are windowless doubles; doubles with shower are large, but pricey for what you get. There’s TV lounge and internet access (not cheap).
Location: 1st Flr, 158 Jl Tun HS Lee
Tel: 2031 0889

Backpackers Travellers Inn
This is a relatively clean, popular and well-run place, albeit cramped with windowless rooms. It has an excellent location, a great rooftop bar, nightly movies, TV and cooking facilities.
Location: 60 Jl Sultan
Tel: 2078 2473

Le Mun Guest House
Right in the heart of Chinatown, this no-frills hotel is fun, cheap, place although the cardboard partition walls compromise privacy. Clean and communal toilet. The entrance is on Jl Sultan.
Location: 5th Flr, 109 Jl Petaling
Tel: 2078 0639

YWCA
Very quiet establishment tucked away east of Chinatown, with plain but acceptable rooms (fan and bathroom) for women or married couples.
Location: 12 Jl Hang Jebat
Tel: 2078 3225

Chinatown Guest House
Simple but amiable establishment.
Location: Wisma BWT, 103 Jl Petaling
Tel: 2072 0417

Anuja Backpackers Inn
Convenient location opposite Puduraya bus station with fine rooftop beer garden and evening movies.
Location: 28 Jl Pudu
Tel: 2026 6479
Email: anuja@sgsmc.com

Hotel Excel Inn
Clean, neat, all rooms (windowless) with aircon, shower room, TV and phones, upper rooms away from noise outside.
Location: 89 Jl Petaling
Tel: 2031 8621

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YMCA is located south of KL sentral (Brickfields), is ideal for those arriving in KL, albeit out of the way for sightseeing. There’s a good range of facilities, including a gym. The rooms are comfortable; aircon rooms come with bathroom.

• 57 air conditioned rooms with bathroom attached, TV and IDD telephone
• hot and cold showers

It is located opposite KL Sentral which is the centre of modern transportation and within walking distance to banks and food outlets. Only 10-15 minutes away by Putra LRT and Monorail to KLCC, Central Market, Berjaya Times Square, Bukit Bintang Walk and other major Shopping Centres and also 28 minutes away from KLIA via KLIA Express.

Check-in time : 2.00 p.m. (HOLD until 6.00pm only)
Check out time: 12.00 noon (LATEST by 2.00pm upon request)
Terms of Payment : Full payment by Visa/Master Card or Cash in Ringgit Malaysian upon check-in.

• All rates quoted in Malaysian Ringgit
• Long term, group and convention rates available upon request.
• All reservations are held until 6pm on the day of arrival
• Any extension of stay up to 6.00pm will be charge 50% of the published rates. Full payment will be charge after 6.00pm.
• Please inform the Reception before 11.00am should you need to extend your stay.

All room rates are inclusive of Set Breakfast.

Check-in time: After 2.00pm
Check-out time: 12.00 noon

Location: 95 Jl Padang Belia
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Located at Golden Triangle, Pondok Lodge is a spacious, beautifully decorated and popular retreat (one of the best in KL) with airy common lounges and rooftop sitting area. Bright Western – or Malay-style rooms provide for a pleasant stay and the four / six room dorms come with either fan or aircon.

All the rates are per room per night and include a set breakfast of toast, butter, jam, coffee/tea, fruit and a piece of cake, as follows :
Single RM 50 – RM 60
Double RM 55 – RM 65
Dormitory RM 25
* For rooms, 3rd occupant additional RM15/- Per person

Location: 3rd flr, 20 Jl Changkat Bukit Bintang
Tel: 2142 8449
Email: pondoklodge_kl@yahoo.com

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Clean, secure budget accomdation
Spacious, brick- partioned rooms with windows
Semi private toilet and showers ( one bathroom and toilets for every 2 rooms)
Bustling Chow Kit night Market, food stalls The mall and internet services are just around the corner

From KLIA take express train to KL sentral station. there are coupon taxi or directly take “Monorail PRT line” to Chow KIT. the hotel is 5 minutes walking distance. OR Aiport Bus (7 am to 930 pm) from KLIA to Chan Sow Lin LRT station. From there take train to PWTC station, the hotel is 4 minutes walking distance.

Location: 61B Jl Tiong Nam
Tel: 2691 8096 or Ben soo mobile phone 012-6756110
Email: bensoohome@yahoo.com

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Established in 1921, Coliseum Cafe & Hotel is one of the oldest in Malaysia. The old furniture & decoration, preserved from when it was first opened, when that time is the finest cafe & hotel in Malaysia.

With its famous old planters café and bar downstairs, the Coliseum has a potent sense of colonial history. Rooms are huge and quiet, albeit without bathrooms (some rooms have sinks), and come with ancient switches, tables and chairs, high ceilings and wardrobes. This atmospheric hotel is a KL institution; it’s often full.

Some of the staff in this hotel, worked here their whole lives. I can tell you this place is full of culture. The Coliseum a rare case in Kuala Lumpur, where a beautiful and beloved iconic building is still being maintained and used as it always was.

Single room with fan RM 28
Double room with fan RM 33
Single room with air-con RM 38
Double room with air-con RM 45

Location: 100 Jl Tar
Tel: 2692 6270

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Available here are dormitory style rooms (RM25 per bed), single (RM40 per room), double (RM60 per room) and triples (RM80 per room). With breakfast. Shared bathrooms, 2 per floor.

Location: 38, Jln Berangan (off Jln Nagasari)
Tel: 21417093

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Location: 99A Jl Tun HS Lee
Tel: 2026 6737
Email: hasnuljamil@hotmail.com

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Located near Chinatown, the Pudu Hostel has it all – a fine location opposite Puduraya bus station; well equipped lobby and lounge are featuring cold beer, pool table, ESPN football, satellite TV, VCD library; clean dorm rooms with lockers and hygienic shower rooms. The notice board is full of travel tips and advice, and the whole enterprise is geared towards independent travelers (with daily shuttle bus to Taman Negara National Park). There’s also an internet café on the first floor with cable connection (relatively cheap prices); on the second floor there’s a billiard hall, and breakfast is included.

All rooms require a RM 10 deposit.
Dorm: RM 12
Twin Sharing: RM 40
Single: RM 30
Double: RM 40
Triple: RM 50

Baggage Room: RM 2 per day

Location: 3rd flr, Wisma Lai Choon, 10 Jl Pudu
Tel: 2078 9600
Email:puduhostel@hotmail.com

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