Kota Kinabalu
This award-winning hotel has an international feel in its 100 rooms, with glossy floors, evocative B&W photos of Kota Kinabalu and Sabah on the walls,…
Must-see hotels in Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu
This brightly painted flashpackers raises the bar for hostel digs in KK. Rooms are clean and practical, but the cheapest lack windows. From the cool 'opis…
Kota Kinabalu
KK's first post-WWII hotel is plush and charming with its pink marble lobby, Persian carpets and baby grand piano. A colonial theme runs through to the…
Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa
Kota Kinabalu
Located in the Tanjung Aru area, about 3km south of the city centre, this is one of the finest hotels in Sabah. There are beautifully stylish rooms with…
Kota Kinabalu
Attached to the Suriah Sabah Shopping Mall, this four-star hotel is unfailingly clean and stylish. Standard rooms are huge, while family suites are large…
Kota Kinabalu
Smart and sleek, the Hilton has many modern touches. Rooms are straightforward international style with sumptuous beds, big TV and neutral colour scheme…
Kota Kinabalu
Built in 1967, the Hyatt looks decidedly dated from the outside, but inside it's a marble oasis of soaring ceilings, dark-wood chic and an inviting open…
Kota Kinabalu
Four-star comfort with a glass-and-wood-accented lobby and soothing lighting seguing blue to pink. Rooms are less inventive with international, somewhat…
Kota Kinabalu
This compact, friendly hotel has plenty of boutique flair, with stylish rooms decked in chocolate drapes, glass-topped desks, contemporary bedsteads and…
Kota Kinabalu
Turquoise and chic with Hoi An lanterns, art, wood floors and the excellent licensed Biru Biru cafe downstairs, this is one of KK's better backpacker…
Kota Kinabalu
This superclean backpackers has four eight-bed dorms featuring pod-like bunks. There are three mixed dorms and one dorm is female only. The former have…
Kota Kinabalu
Fat Rhino is bright and breezy with an in-house cafe and bar, indoor and rooftop lounges, and decent rooms and dorms (some with windows into the corridor)…
Kota Kinabalu
Occupying a fine stretch of peach-hued dunes about 45 minutes' drive north of KK's airport, this beautiful resort has its own 18-hole golf course, several…
Kota Kinabalu
Jolly hostel with a welcoming common area, plant-filled space with water feature and bold, crimson-and-lime-green rooms. Some have natural light, while…
Kota Kinabalu
Head up the steep stairs in the cosy little bar and you find yourself in a vast space with 33 bunks connected by metal walkways and scaffolding. Each…
Kota Kinabalu
Friendly staff preside over snug, well-appointed, spotless rooms that are within handy walking distance of most central attractions. The windowless…
Kota Kinabalu
This friendly hostel has large double rooms, uncramped dorms, a decent kitchen and a chill lounge with TV. Staff can help you book trips around Sabah. The…
Kota Kinabalu
Wide corridors lead to rooms boasting rain showers, tangerine-hued feature walls, large beds and modern furnishings. Most rooms feature comfy work chair,…
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…
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…
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…
Kota Kinabalu
This friendly hostel pipes air-con through its entirety – phew! With a cosy communal lounge, the place is quiet and clean and largely featureless. Note…
Kota Kinabalu
Located in the swinging centre of the Beach St complex, D'Beach Street Lodge is all of a stairward stumble from some of KK's best nightlife. Rooms are…
Kota Kinabalu
This central hostel is clean, icy-cool and, despite lacking atmosphere, is quite OK to kip for the night. Note that dorm beds don't come with a blanket …
