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3 out of 5
Noordin Street House
71 & 73 Lebuh Noordin, Georgetown, George Town, Penang

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 38 out of 92 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 41 out of 92 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 92 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 92 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 92 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with partner
Great location. The property needs some maintenance to keep Up the charm depicted in promotional photos. The pool was refreshing however needs a good scrub. Breakfast was very average with limited selection. Overall the stay was enjoyable.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

ZAIMY, Rembau, my

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
what a beutiful place surely will come again!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

4/10 Poor

Thi Hong Mai

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mosquito And Dust
My sister got bitten all over by mosquitoes in the room. Dust is everywhere, tables, chairs, tea cups. Kettle has dust outside, tea stain inside. Breakfast is poor. Cutlery are dirty and dusty. More than twice, I had to asked for clean cutlery. They have 1 guy only who is the cleaner, also the cook. Scramble egg and omelette are the same, only in different shape. Most of the pancakes are not either brown or fluffy. Veggie is 3 slices of grilled tomato only, nothing else. The pool machine is very noisy. The surrounding area is stinky. Sewage system along the road widely open. The design of the hotel is very nice, has a boutique and rustic feel but the service needs to be improved.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely weekend
Great service from very welcoming staff. Lovely room & breakfast.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

2/10 Terrible

sarah, KL

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rundown hotel
The hotel is very shoddy and rundown. definitely not worth the price. i checked in and left immediately for another hotel. The staff was very nice and accomodating but nothing can make up for the state of the hotel itself. sorry i wouldnt recomment this to anyone.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

sharhanin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

m, uk

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Alright but poor facilities
We came here based on reviews but the wireless was poor and not many t.v. channels. The location was pretty good with food and shops around but we would probably have preferred to be closer to the historical part. Breakfast was poor, my small kids eat cereal and none was available. We also had a family room which was a big mistake as we had a toddler always trting to go up and down the stairs and actually fell on the cement floor twice. It was not a child friendly room. The garden and pool was quaint. Unfortunately we did not get any sleep in the nights as there were road works from 10pm to 5am and you can hear everything in the room. We would not stay there again. Probably better for couples or adult travellers.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful hotel with fantastic staff
As soon as we arrived we received a warm welcome from the staff who were both extremely kind and knowledgeable about Georgetown. The room and hotel were fantastic, with the architectural charm of the city, and a short walk from the middle of the colonial area. We really enjoyed our stay and couldn't recommend it enough!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Ahmad, Perlis, Malaysia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice with everything
Nice comfort, the children will love it and will cime again..
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

John

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Susan, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We loved the location
On arrival at the airport, we called a Grab car costing RM20. We stayed 2 nights in the upstairs room called Batik. It was at the back of the house, beside the garden, the skyline was 1st Avenue shopping mall. Very quiet room, no traffic noise. This is an old house converted to a hotel. 10 rooms. Not the usual western chain of hotel you may be used to. But it is charming, well kept, and a good experience if you are looking for a new taste. Less than 5 mins walk to the shopping mall where we had great shopping. Again less than 5 mins to the local coffee shops at Lebuh Presgrave where we had dinner one night. Enjoyed the food. Up the road at 179 Lebuh Noordin in another heritage house is the Little Kitchen Nyonya where we had Penang Peranakan food on our first night. Yet another experience. Overall, we enjoyed our stay at Noordin Street House. The 2 staff bent backwards to provide good service. Very affordable rate. Very good stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Michael, Tasmania Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff could not do enough for us. Had an excellent stay. Right in the middle of the old town near bus stop. Great eatery nearby and food hawker around the corner with the best satay and cindel (dessert). garden/reading area/pool/ outdoor lounge-- has everything. nice quite relaxing accommodation.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

Joanne , Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent boutique hotel
Stayed here for 2 nightts. . Different styles of rooms to chose from, we selected the Silk room which was perfect for my family of 2 teenagers and their mother. Pool area was great to cool off after a big day sightseeing in Georgetown. Location was good for us - close to the Komtar bus terminal. Sandra on reception was friendly and efficient- checkin and checkout were simple.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018

8/10 Good

Eric

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
You won't regret this choice...
Noordin Street House was a great place to stay... good staff, great attitude towards service and very unique and comfortable accommodation. The area is easy to get around in on foot and though there are few restaurants in the immediate area there are many within 10-15 min walk away.

8/10 Good

ekaterina

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Friendly hotel on the great central location
Very friendly staff in classical old-school hotel. The rooms are very big with high ceiling. Very good price to quality ratio. I felt very good.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Character with comfort and friendly staff
Handy to Heritage area and local eateries and Komtar bus station. Sandra and Nicholas were very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2018

10/10 Excellent

SquirrelNYC, New York

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A beautiful quiet place
A beautiful place on a quiet street, great pool and roof sitting areas. Helpful and friendly staff. Loved it.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Betty

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The service desk stuffs extremely helpful and friendly. Don’t expect to climb up the stairs to get to the room. Locational is great very close to Georgetown.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

Eric

Liked: Staff & service
Friendly, super helpful staff. Very kindly prepared an early breakfast for us on the morning we departed.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Patrick, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quaint Old Fashion Hotel in Colonial Style
All in all I enjoyed my stay here, I would recommend it if you are looking to stay in characterful surroundings. The bed was comfortable with an elaborate mosquito net fitted to the frame of the bed. Shower certainly was hot, although the plumbing was a little noisy. Staff very nice and accommodating.. I ended up not wanting to use the swimming pool, although it really only needed good filtering. The breakfast was adequate, but a little too American - never got used to having pancakes with syrup and French toast, bread for toaster was tasteless. Would have like it to have been a little more English, marmalade and HP sauce would have been nice!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Kim Beng

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Quaint little place
Noordin Street House is a house converted into a hotel. There's only a small number of staff, but they are earnest and eager to help. The décor is pretty interesting, although I wish it was better maintained. Wi-Fi is a little slow, and TV only had a handful of cable channels (no news channels) Still, the hotel is in the middle of George Town and pretty near most tourist attractions.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Graham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Oasis in Georgetown
What a great place. Theres air-con, a cooling pool, great staff and comfortable rooms. And it's close to Georgetown and plenty of the Hawker Stalls, so although you'll be in the centre of things, you will also be in an old-style town-house with friendly staff.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Jeffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic staff
Great value, centrally located place to stay in Penang. Good WiFi, a/c, and the most amazing staff. Highly recommended!
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

ROSLIZA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing stay
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel well located, lovely staff
We loved our stay here for four nights. The hotel is beautiful with a number of different inside and outside seating areas including lovely roof top area. Beautifully decorated. Our room was really big, with four poster bed and furniture and decor matching rest of hotel. Got some great tips from staff on arrival on where to hire a scooter, the free CAT bus and what to eat at the local hawker markets in the next street. Breakfast was included and we ate there on the first morning. Were nice choices (Western) including non-egg options which was great for me. Other mornings we either left too early or didn't want to fill up on Western food so we could eat our way around Georgetown streets! Location was fantastic for us. Would definitely stay again. Loved it.

4/10 Poor

Thomas, San Francisco

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Room with no windows
My room named, Velvet, had no windows. It was very dark and depressing. The coolest feature about the room, the shower, which was an enclosed room with stone floors and a wooden door, had no hot water. Wifi was extremely weak and there were literally 6 routers and 6 different passwords, none of them provided and decent connection. Wifi is extremely essential for a foreign traveler. There were lots of tacky advertisements in a bowl near the tv. On the upside the staff was extremely friendly and helpful, they deserve recognition. Breakfast was included in the morning which was nice, however, my order which was confirmed twice showed up incorrect. I did not send it back as it took a long time to receive it.

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly hotel with lots of character
We were made to feel very welcome by all the staff who would attend to anything we needed. If you are staying here then a car would help as most attractions are are drive away. Parking outside is easy. Breakfast is very good.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Room comfort
Nice boutique hotel but service going down hill
Very different from my previous stay - had a feeling that is under a different management now. The room and hotel are well decorated. Upon check in, we felt a bit lost in communication with the front desk staff. Housekeeping staff left their cleaning stuff in the room, coffee/tea were not replenished, towels are old and dirty and if you do need anything for the room, you will have a great time trying to tell them what you want. I noticed that staff is always on their mobile phones. Loved the place but wont be back!

6/10 Okay

Adek, Kuala Lumpur

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Some deterioration from previous stay
I had stayed at Noordin Street House in February 2014 (I actually booked Noordin Mews but when I got there, I was informed that the room I booked had a leak and the owner had no choice but to put me at Noordin Street House a few doors away) and was impressed with it then. However, I could not say the same for this trip. I had a warm welcome when I arrived and given a cool drink after checking in. I was offered an option of either the Batik or Pelikat room and after reviewing both, I decided on Pelikat Room which faces Noordin Street. Well, the air-condition didn’t work despite me lowering the temperature to 20C and turning on the fan. I thought it might be because the room faced the sun and it was just too hot during the day so I decided to just stick to the room - but the room stayed warm throughout my stay. Then I discovered that some water leaked from the fridge (don’t ask). And when I turned on the TV, there were only seven channels offered and nothing caught my fancy at all. I didn't stay here to be in my room but it would be nice to return to a cool room after a hot day out and have the choice of TV channels should I choose to watch the idiot box. The decoration didn't change after > 2.5 years which I found disappointing.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very friendly and helpful staff

8/10 Good

Yan Xizhen

Convenient located hotel
Stay is great. Service is reasonable as they open door for one to enter. However if you happen to be bigger size do take note cause the door is a bit small. Fast check in quite fast check out although I had to signed on credit card bill again when I had already made payment when I booked. No invoice provided. Breakfast spread ok but abit little for our consumption. Cab to airport is charged by meter while hotel told us charge by fixed rate of RM 45 but We paid RM 50.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Decent place to stay
This hotel is in a traditional Penang house. Very easy access to the main area of George Town shops, restaurants, and tourist attractions (including street art). If you stay here, DO NOT stay in the Satin room though. We were in there and the connection to hotel wifi was not good.

6/10 Okay

Stars

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Heritage style stay
Very nice staff and good breakfast. Great indoor pool for dipping after a hot day. Too bad there were mosquitoes in the room and noisy neighbours. The room walls are thin.

10/10 Excellent

Paul, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Noordin Street House
A superb place to stay. a much superior experience to stay in a restored shop house versus a multi storied hotel.

8/10 Good

Éva, Budapest

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Small treasure box:-)
This hotel is a treasure box. At first the shower/toilet position and the so called "windowlessness" was a little bit weird, but the warm welcoming, the kindness, the beautiful garden and the cleanness compensated everything. Ideal choice for two or three nights.Close to the downtown and the bus station.

10/10 Excellent

Kanhaka, Charleston SC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Charming stay and wonderful staff.
Very charming hotel. Great for the price. We loved the design and loved how quiet it was. The staff were so upbeat and friendly. The beds are hard for western standards but it wasn't too hard here as we have slept on rocks in other hotels in Asia. The food in the cafe is very good and not at touristy where they change the taste for tourist. It was authentic. I would definitely stay again. I actually miss it.

6/10 Okay

Esme, Aus

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Great pool and nice staff but terrible location.
The staff are lovely and it's nice to cool off in the pool. Apart from that the location is terrible...there is nothing around. The rooms are flimsy with poor sound and light barriers. Overpriced.

8/10 Good

Marc, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pet friendly vintage stay in Noordin St House
The vintage romantic atmosphere coupled with the oldies songs were a perfect welcome for us. However this hotel does not have any car park and you are expected to park at public carpack which you have to buy the parking tickets from the front desk. Hence there was no free carpack as mentioned. Room was spacious, clean and bathroom was generous in space compared to other heritage stays. The garden verandah is peaceful and a great place to hang out and sip a cup of tea in the evening. The breakfast was delicious and the dogs enjoyed themselves so much at Noordin St House. We will be back again next time.

10/10 Excellent

Cougar, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent Service
Liked this unique boutique hotel. I have to check out in early morning 6.30am, and the stall knows that i could miss the breakfast which start at 7.00am, prepared 2 sets of sandwich for me to take away. How considerate make me feel warm and touch. Definately will come back next time. <3

10/10 Excellent

z, new zealand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Was a wonderful stay. Would highly recommend
Such a lovely place to stay! Friendly staff, amazing service. It was above and beyond. We actually miss it! Would recommend to couples, convenient to everything and a brilliant vibe... Like a home away from home

10/10 Excellent

julie, blue mountains Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful heritage house away from the bustle
Our family of four stayed here for four nights. The hotel staff couldn't be nicer. They look after your every need. Food in the restaurant is good and well priced. The gardens are beautiful and well maintained great for watching the nightly thunderstorms. Couldn't fault this place so much more personality than the big chain hotels. Perfect. Thankyou

10/10 Excellent

Chin Tou, Macau

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A right choice
Nice and helful staff, clean hotel and room, near the old town center and big shopping mall. Yummy breakfast and complimentary tea set.

8/10 Good

Pamela, Queensland, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Old world charm close to shops & public transport
Experience was very enjoyable with such friendly and helpful staff. Numerous quiet corners present within common areas where you could enjoy a book, partake in free afternoon tea or just relax. Just one block away from modern busy shopping centres and buses but once you enter the front door you are transported back to serenity and old world charm.

10/10 Excellent

Keithea, Caloundra, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best boutique hotel in Penang!
If you are going to Penang then do yourself a favour and stay at Noordin House. It is fantastic! I have never stayed at a friendlier hotel and have never haaad a wonderful afternoon tea included in the price! Close to everything and the staff are amazing!!

10/10 Excellent

roslyn, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An oasis in Georgetown
We have never felt more welcome from staff who were attentive and determined to make our stay welcome. They provided us with cool drinks, afternoon tea, information and restaurant reservations. The hotel is charming and my only reservation is it can be noisy if kids are allowed to shout and scream while in the pool. The restaurant is excellent and open all day A very welcome oasis in Georgetown.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best hotel stay in penang, excellent staff hospitality and an excellent chef too, make sure you try the chicken dynamite

10/10 Excellent

Xingxuan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort