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Iconic Hotel, Bukit Mertajam - Penang

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Iconic Hotel is located at Icon City Bukit Mertajam. There's many dessert shops and restaurants within walking distance from the hotel. There are three types of design themes rooms at Iconic Hotel Penang - Modern, Urban and Contemporary. We stayed in a superior modern room that comes with a king size bed, self controlled air conditioning, wall mounted TV with limited channels (Astro channel looks fuzzy), iron, ironing board, bathrobe, electronic weighing scale, hair dryer, in-room safe, mini fridge (comes with 2 complimentary can drinks), disposable slippers, 2 complimentary bottles of drinking water, face mask, coffee or tea making facilities, coffee machine and toiletries.  Room looks modern, clean and spacious but there's stains on the bedsheets. Bathroom looks dark and there's some old stains under the toilet bowl rim. Water pressure is normal and I like their shower head spray pattern. Their mist spray setting is really nice as it creates a gentle, soft mist spray expe...

Jen Penang Georgetown by Shangri-La - Penang

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Jen Penang Georgetown is located in the prime shopping areas of Georgetown. It's just 1 minute (120m) walking distance to 1st Avenue Mall and 4 minutes (350m) walking distance to Prangin Mall. We checked in at 5pm and hotel staff at the reception area wasn't very friendly. Apart from that, there's no lift access if you park your car at the ground floor. Basically, you have to take a short staircase to access to the hotel lift. If you are carrying big luggage, it's either you park your car at upper level or drop your luggage at the hotel entrance before you proceed to the parking lot. Not to mention there's limited car park available. (Parking is free for hotel guests) We stayed in a deluxe room that comes with a king size bed, single sofa, wall mounted TV with selected TV channels (Netflix is available provided you have an account), writing desk, c offee or tea making facilities, complimentary mineral water, face mask, face mask holder, alcohol wet wipes, hand sanit...