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    Harbourside Backpackers

    134 Reviews
    #9 of 29 Specialty Lodging in Sandakan
    Lot 43 4 1st Floor, Block Hs | Harbour Square, Sandakan 90000, Malaysia
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    1 room
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      2 adults
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        0 children
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          US$17
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          Overview
          4.5
          134 reviews
          • Excellent66%
          • Very good27%
          • Average5%
          • Poor1%
          • Terrible1%
          Travellers talk about
          “common room” (9 reviews)
          “great location” (16 reviews)
          “stayed here” (16 reviews)
          Free Wifi
          Breakfast included
          Family Rooms
          Kitchenette
          Free Parking
          Pool
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          2.0 Star Hotel
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          1 - 5 of 134 reviews

          Reviewed 3 weeks ago via mobile
          Clean, modern with a nice, calm atmos

          We stayed for one night to get our bearings after the 6 hour bus from KK. We didn't book, just turned up and got a room including a simple breakfast for 70 ringgit. The room was fine for us, with air con but no window....More

          Thank Rebecca A
          Reviewed 4 weeks ago via mobile
          Spotless

          Private room (no window)with shared bathroom (70rm) with 20rm key deposit. Room is clean high ceilings so it's not claustrophobic. Room to put your bags down and hooks. Great air con and clean showers. Comfortable bed. Entire place is spotless staff are friendly. Wifi is...More

          Thank Dan S
          Reviewed 4 weeks ago
          Pretty great hostel for Sandakan stay

          The staff is here is helpful and welcoming, and I love how the kitchen never closes. The free breakfast is nice, with eggs they provide for you to cook yourself, oatmeal, milk, toast and butter and jam. The wifi went in and out occasionally, and...More

          Thank Brittany S
          Reviewed 21 May 2017
          the staff ask where you are going and offer advice

          They were the first hostel on Borneo that me asked each day what you were doing, and offered good advice. I stayed 3 nights instead of two. They are in the process of renovations, which is good. Hope the sofa in the common room is...More

          Thank thisiscrazy12
          Reviewed 5 May 2017
          Nice, central place

          We stayed here one night before heading back to Kuala Lumpur. The hotel is nice. You need to take off your shoes (which is in general okay), but they are not really cleaning the floors. So your feet look black in the evening. They've got...More

          Thank MGO99
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          Amenities
          • Top amenities
          • Breakfast included
          • Free High Speed Internet ( WiFi )
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          • Breakfast included
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          • Price range
          • US$13 - US$17 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
          • Hotel class
          • Room types
          • Family Rooms ,
          • Kitchenette
          • Number of rooms
          • 11
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          • Sabah >
          • Sandakan Division >
          • Sandakan
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          • Harbourside Backpackers Sandakan, Sabah
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          Room Tips
          "breakfast included, cheap, good location, nice staff"
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          "Level four is quiet"
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          "Try to get a room on the first floor -- that way you will have wifi in the room. The wifi doesn't reach..."
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          "I stayed in two separate en suite rooms, 11 and 4 and both were perfectly acceptable"
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