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Reviews of Woodpecker Lodge Kuching

2.5 out of 5
Woodpecker Lodge Kuching
No 264, 2nd & 3rd Floor, Jalan Chan Chin Ann, Kuching, Sarawak

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 5 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 12 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 33 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 33 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall its okay. nice environment. The place surrounded with good food. And nice spot to see the river from rooftop at night
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

ABDUL, Kuantan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Harga murah dan berpatutan. Lokasi dekat dengan banyak kemudahan seperti kedai makan.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Cheryl

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room is clean. The staff are friendly. The hotel is located near to the restaurants and cafes.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Michael

Liked: Staff & service
Good Location/ very small room
I stayed here for 3 nights, a Very small room single bed, room 8' x 10' including the bathroom/shower. No amenities just some soap. No air just a stand-up fan, a small window, no view but another window. Good location close to many restaurants, malls, waterfront, ok WIFI, the staff very helpful, and cats. Seems all places have cats Kuching mean cat. Rules are all about the cat many don'ts, #1 rule don't let the cats out. They stand by the door waiting for someone to come in and they dart out the door lucky she went upstairs so easy to catch to bring her back in. The kitchen and the front desk is downstairs where the dorms are.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Naddie, Malaysia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Free and easy hotel. Would be better if the toilet partition is fully sealed to the top as it was freezing due to the aircon.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Siti Maryam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room was dusty and too humid. The windows could not open.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Small n cinvenient
Simple room and comfort.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Iris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Backpacker-friendly; Great value for your money
I had a good stay overall at Woodpecker Lodge for 4 nights. The staff here is super friendly & helpful. It is an absolutely backpacker-friendly place, and a great place to stay in Kuching for such an excellent price. They also offer tours & airport transfers here. I didn’t book any tours with them as I decided to do everything independently but they were very helpful in letting me know where to catch the bus to the places I wanted to visit. Woodpecker Lodge is in a very good location as it’s close to restaurants (you can even just go downstairs & find a restaurant next door), 7-11 convenience stores, banks/ATMS (right at the corner), city sights & the riverwalk, and bus stop to Bako Nat’l Park (1 block away). The room I stayed in was definitely a budget room for a solo traveler - with a twin bed, separated by a see-through glass divider & door to the toilet / bathroom. There is a hot water shower, but the water pressure kept changing and so did the temperature, so that was very annoying. My room had no A/C, just a fan, but that was fine for me. WiFi worked pretty well in the room.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Complete in room facility just without aircond. Fan a bit dusty.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
It was hard to find anyone to help you after checkin. The desk was seldom maned. Dogs were barking all night on one of my nights and there was loud noise coming from across the river until 1 am and starting again at 5 am

8/10 Good

Stephanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly place close to the river
The staff here are great! They had mixed up our arrival date, and we'd had a 1am pick-up scheduled at the airport. They did not come, but I called and they were there within 15 minutes and did not charge us for the shuttle since they had messed up. They have a small kitchen and private bathrooms (no hot water). The Wi-Fi works well. It is close to the riverfront, and several restaurants and shops. Kuching is a very easy city to get around. Oliver also gave us great tips for our visit to Bako National Park!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pro- near city, easy to find food, many shopping mall Cont- noise at night, room smelly,partition between bathroom n room are uncomfortable...

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Great owner but little sleep!
The positives for this place are: really comfy bed and decent pillow, the owner is a wealth of information and can give you some great tips and advice for your time in Sarawak. The negatives are: the owner is rarely around so you need to have a phone if you want to contact him and sometimes when you just need a question answered or letting into reception it can be frustrating. The shower pressure was very hit and miss, could be a dribble or a power hose. However the main drawback of this place is the Kareoke bar below. It was unbearably loud from about 10pm to often 5am. Obviously it depends on your sleeping abilities but I have stayed above bars before and this was the worst. I could still here the thudding music through ear plugs and it would sometimes wake me up if I had managed to doze off. Make your own decision on the noise but I would say it could be worth staying a night to get the useful info from the owner.

10/10 Excellent

LT2015, AUS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good holiday locale
Arrived late and was greeted nicely. Room was good with recently renovated bathroom. The owner are amazing. Very helpful and super friendly. They really made my visit special. Close to supermarkets, bus, tour companies (although the owner has great recommendations) and right on the river to walk not far to the main strip (not even 5 minutes away)
Response from Oliver & Lynn on 10 Oct 2015
Hello LT2015, We are glad to have you onboard Woodpecker Lodge. This is a new project and we strive to give the best to our customers. Since its take-over business, we are improving our customer experience. Renovations and upgrading are done continuously. Tq for your sincere comments. Cheers

6/10 Okay

TETSUKA

エアコン、シャワーのお湯、wifiが問題なく利用できた。
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2022

4/10 Poor

Li-Fen, TAIWAN

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
雙人房不到10平方米，床頭頂著廁所玻璃牆，睡起來噁
不是酒店，是青年旅館，真不適合夫妻情侶，網上資訊錯誤，雙人房不是20平方米，也沒有面河川景，誤訂了三晚，真的太小了，床好睡，乾淨，樓下也沒有pub吵人(搬走了)但住了非常不舒服
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Li-Fen, TAIWAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
雙人房沒有20平方米也沒有面河川景
不是酒店，而是背包客棧，廚房很小，有各種茶葉可泡，鍋碗瓢盆都有，服務很好，但雙人房真的太小了，20吋行李都打不開，住的很不舒服
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Li-Fen, TAIWAN

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
雙人房加衛浴不到10平方米，也沒有面河川景
Hotel's.com房間資訊錯很大，雙人房加衛浴不到10平方米，也沒有面河川景，是我目前住過最小的雙人房，比日本的小型雙人房還小，還好打掃的很乾淨，wifi很強，可看影片，房間和廁所上面沒隔開，旅伴上大號，整個房間好臭
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
muy bueno para este tipo de hotel
Para el pecio no hay mejor. La cama comoda y el habitacion limpio y bastante ampia para una persona.

8/10 Good

Jan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tak si představuji hotel pro backpackery
Vchod do hotelu nevypadá přívětivě, ale vnitřek vše vynahradí

8/10 Good

K, Nishinomiya Japan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
親切なスタッフ
ツインルームに滞在。部屋は広くは無いが清潔で問題なし。スタッフが親切でデポジットはなし。近くに24hのランドリーがあり。川沿いで商店も飲食店も多数ありで立地は良い。

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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

4/10 Poor

Anton, Lund

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mögellukt i hela rummet.
Mögel på rummet. Fanns AC men ingen ventilation så duschade man var det fuktigt resten av vistelsen. Personalen var trevlig och hjälpsam på alla vis.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Kejiranan yang bising
Terlalu dekat dengan pusat hiburan yang bising.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Smelly Smelly Noisy
I booked via online. But no-one standby at front office. Staff went for dinner and ask me to wait him for 45 minutes. Luckily a lady staff reach after 15 minutes wait. Since, payment been made, No choice unless stay for a night. Mole and uncanny smell at main door. Disrespect pub (nobody in pub) playing loud music as your complimentary to stay that night. Don't trust their pictures, it's photoshop.