Eastern & Oriental Hotel

The hotel is very nice, just by the sea, with all rooms good sea view. The breakfast is nice, with many fresh made options for local food, like prata, prawn noodle.

E&O is our favourite hotel in Penang. Being a local Penangite, we frequently ate at Sarkies and even had our wedding in this hotel 10 years ago. We're back in this hotel for our anniversary, however we were a little disappointed with our stay. The bathtub in our corner suite is extremely dirty and stained. We asked the housekeepers to clean it as we wanted to use it. Worse of all, when we filled the tub with water, to our horror, the water was brown in colour!! Not sure if there is proper maintenance done to ensure the water supply is not tainted. The housekeepers also did not refill the complimentary mini bar items despite stating that our suite includes replenishment of the mini bar items on a daily basis. The surface area and tables were not wiped properly as well when they came to clean the room. We hope the management would seriously look into this matter, especially on the water source and overall cleanliness of the suite / bathroom.

Forgot to take pics of the room haha. Second stay in E&O and again the service and room is excellent. The view from the room is great as well :)

I have low expectactions, am easy going but this hotel was filthy. I got the old wing suite and the bathroom was just a mess. I spoke to front desk, one girl smiled . I had paid 400 dollars a night and she smiled like it was a joke. Service is so so bad. I waited 1 hour for a room change.

food was great.  service was not excellent maybe since they were fully booked.  i asked for utensils and plates from the butler for my suite which never came.

It was a great place to stay! Once you enter the room, you will see the scenery outside as if a piece of painting! The hotel itself can be an attraction with history. Highly recommended