The Gig Hotel is the best place I’ve stayed at for comfort and accessibility to everything in 14 years travelling through Asia.
The staff are extremely polite and helpful and the amenities are awesome. The rooms are a great sized 36 sq metres with big bathroom, cold aircon, fridge, hanging space, electronic safe, gigantic bed and balcony with outdoor furniture. On the rooftop there’s a Huge Crystal clear swimming pool with 360 degree views, decking area, sauna, Pool Bar, Gym, all open early-until late and 2 Very fast elevators. The location is fantastic with the beach less than 10 minutes walk. 5 minutes walk to the Big C supermarket, Jungceylon and Central Malls and 3 minutes walk to Banzaan Food night market and 2 mins to Bangla Walking Street. Surrounded by multiple vendors, restaurants, cafes, pop up markets and convenience stores. Rent a motorcycle outside the building and park in underground security parking. Very quite despite the close proximity to everything with only a little rising road noise which is common. The building is designed with a Atrium void running through the centre from the ground floor foyer to the rooftop which cools down all the open corridors like they were air conditioned. We originally stayed for 7 nights in a seaview room and then extended for another 6 nights and moved to a same sized mountain view corner room with a fantastic rap-around balcony.
Definitely 10/10 for the Gig, absolutely loved it and counting the days until our next trip.