Malioboro Garden Hotel

The location is excellent. But the hotel is not really up to Canadian standards. Poor water pressure and no hot water, not very clean. Stay if you aren’t picky and just need a place to sleep for a night. The staff was friendly. They provided toothbrushes, slippers, and water.

This motel is located near Malioboro St., this is the only advantage of the hotel. The following situations while I stayed in this motel were a nightmare: - Bed cover contains stains/spots/botch. Once I checked in, I immediately reguested to replace it. They staff said, eventhough they changed, the other bed cover will also have stains. They cannot clean it from the bedcover when they wash. - Bathroom was so dirty, yellowish on the wall and floor, and smell very bad. They only put camphor ball to penetrate the smell, they did not clean it regularly. Toilet was also not clean. -Mosquitos in the room! I ended bought mosquito repellent and mosquito spray from convenience store nearby. -Room does not have any amenities (coffee maker, etc). I supplied myself to make hot water. I was very disappointed of this motel. WIll not come back. I got tricked because the location is closed to Malioboro Street however everything else is worst! I just want to say to the prospective customers, please stay away from this motel.

Looks like the reception staf didn't get information about customer's request or just ignlre it? They was offering the ground floor close to entrance while we asked for other than ground floor/too close to entrance/public area with the excuse that they have no more room (as we booked more than 4 months before) till the wnd, the girl confirmed for the room in the 2nd floor if we can wait about 3 hours (after check out time) and when we comeback the other person again offering the ground floor with the same excuse.. Until we're get tense and hard complain, they give the room in the 2nd floor as we requested since beginning.. Looks so ridiculous for the type of hotel which is quite pricey compare to their facilities and unprofessional staf. we can hear all the voices from other guests in the other rooms also kinda poor cleanliness. Sorry to say, not recommended (unless you are kind if guests which not bothered with services and the prices you paid for)

Staff indifferent to downright rude, bathroom is just a wet room only hot water, well tepid at best, was the shower. Garden Hotel, must have been an estate agent who came up with that discription. Whoever gave it a * rating must have had a severe knock on the head to see any !!

The hotel was in a reasonable location, close to Malioboro but overall I would say I wish I had stayed somewhere else during my stay at Yogyakarta. Firstly the hotel was located in a small dingy alley, but I was hoping on entering the hotel it would be a gem in the rough. Unfortunately even inside the hotel, it was kind of not very clean surroundings (it wasn't particularly dirty just run down). Thankfully one of the staff helped me with the suitcase to bring above. The room itself was very small too, as was the bathroom. There was no seperation between toilet and shower. One of the positives was I was able to get a scooter for the day from front desk itself (who did take my passport). There aren't many tourism facilities nearby to book travels/ rent like Bali, so this is the best bet. I guess for the price, I shouldn't be expecting much better but I paid here more than resorts in Bali in amazing locations. On the whole, I would even inch towards recommending to skip the city of Yogyakarta altogether as Borobudur is closed to go up.