Tropicana 218 Macalister

3.0 star property
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Exterior
Outdoor pool
Signature Suite, 3 Bedrooms, City View | Exterior
Classic Studio, City View
Deluxe Studio Suite | View from room

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Gym
    Gym
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
218, Jalan Macalister, George Town, Penang, 10440
  • Loh guan Lye Specialist Centre
    5 min walk
  • Penang Times Square
    10 min walk
  • KOMTAR
    12 min walk
  • Penang (PEN-Penang Intl.)
    28 min drive

Room options

Studio Suite A-29-10

  • 37 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Deluxe Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, Sea View

  • 65 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 5
  • 2 King Beds and 1 Twin Bed

Luxury 3 Bedroom Suite A-27-3

  • 93 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Queen Beds

Luxury 2 Bedroom Suite A-31-1

  • 79 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

Superior Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, City View

  • 65 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 King Bed

Premium Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, Sea View

  • 65 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 King Bed

Luxury 2 Bedroom Suite B-20-3

  • 79 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 2 Twin Beds

Luxury 3 Bedroom Suite B-20-08

  • 93 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Queen Beds

Luxury 3 Bedroom Suite B-25-08

  • 93 sq m
  • Beach view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Queen Beds

Traditional Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, Sea View

  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Deluxe Apartment, 3 Bedrooms, City View

  • City view
  • Sleeps 8
  • 1 King Bed and 3 Queen Beds

City Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, City View

  • 79 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 2 Twin Beds

Comfort Studio Suite, Sea View

  • 35 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Grand Studio Suite, Sea View

  • 37 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Grand Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, Sea View

  • 65 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 5
  • 2 King Beds and 1 Twin Bed

Grand Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, Sea View

  • 65 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 King Bed, 2 Twin Beds and 1 Queen Bed

Deluxe Studio Suite

  • 37 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Family Suite, 3 Bedrooms, City View

  • 93 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 King Bed, 1 Queen Bed and 2 Twin Beds

Exclusive Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, City View

  • 65 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 7
  • 1 King Bed, 1 Twin Bed and 2 Queen Beds

Exclusive Suite, 3 Bedrooms, City View

  • 92.6 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Queen Beds

Standard Studio Suite, Sea View

  • 37.2 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Family Suite, 2 Bedrooms, City View

  • 56 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 2 Twin Beds

Superior Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, City View

  • 56 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 8
  • 4 Queen Beds

Romantic Studio Suite, Sea View

  • 35 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Classic Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, City View

  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 King Beds

Classic Studio, Partial Ocean View

  • Partial ocean view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Romantic Studio Suite, City View

  • 28 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Signature Studio, City View

  • 37 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Signature Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, City View

  • 79 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 7
  • 3 Queen Beds and 1 Twin Bed

Family Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, City View

  • 79 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 8
  • 4 Queen Beds

Comfort Studio, Sea View

  • 28 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Exclusive Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, City View

  • 74 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 5
  • 2 King Beds and 1 Twin Bed

Comfort Studio Suite, City View

  • 37 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Superior Studio Suite, Sea View

  • 28 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Comfort Studio, City View

  • 28 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Luxury Studio Suite, Sea View

  • 28 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Premium Studio, City View

  • 28 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Exclusive Studio Suite, Sea View

  • 33 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Classic Studio, City View

  • 33 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Deluxe Studio, City View

  • 33 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Family Studio, Sea View

  • 33 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Superior Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, Sea View

  • 65 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 7
  • 3 Queen Beds and 1 Twin Bed

Classic Apartment, 2 Bedrooms, City View

  • 65 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 King Beds

Family Apartment, 3 Bedrooms, Ocean View

  • Ocean view
  • Sleeps 7
  • 3 Queen Beds and 1 Twin Bed

Deluxe Studio Suite, City View

  • 28 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

City Studio, City View

  • 28 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Studio Suite A-23A-8

  • 37 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Luxury Suite, 2 Bedrooms, City View

  • 79 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 2 Twin Beds

Family Apartment, 3 Bedrooms, Sea View

  • 93 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds and 2 Twin Beds

Premium Studio Suite, Sea View

  • 33 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Classic Studio Suite, Sea View

  • 28 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Studio Suite A-26-12

  • 37.2 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About the area

George Town

With a stay at Tropicana 218 Macalister, you'll be centrally located in George Town, within a 5-minute drive of Gurney Drive and KOMTAR. .This hotel is 2.2 mi (3.6 km) from Gurney Plaza and 2.5 mi (4.1 km) from Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal.

What's nearby

  • Penang Times Square - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • KOMTAR - 12 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Gurney Drive - 2 min drive - 1.8 km
  • Gurney Plaza - 4 min drive - 3.7 km
  • Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal - 6 min drive - 4.1 km

Getting around

  • Penang Sentral - 29 min drive
  • Penang Intl. Airport (PEN) - 28 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Penang Kitchen, Courtyard by Marriot - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Ghee Hiang - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Instea - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Xin He Kopitiam - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Padang Brown Yong Tau Fu - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Tropicana 218 Macalister

Hotel with a fitness center, near Gurney Drive
Tropicana 218 Macalister offers 45 air-conditioned accommodations with hair dryers and irons/ironing boards. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. This George Town hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, and bidets. Additionally, rooms include ceiling fans and blackout drapes/curtains.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
Make yourself at home in one of the 45 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms feature showers with rainfall showerheads and bidets. Conveniences include electric kettles and ceiling fans.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities including an outdoor pool and a fitness center. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access and a vending machine.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's coffee shop/cafe, or stop in at the grocery/convenience store.
Featured amenities include express check-out, an elevator, and coffee/tea in a common area.

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin), English, Malay

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Food and drink

  • 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Things to do

  • Fitness centre
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Corner/local shop
  • Outdoor pool
  • Fridge
  • Separate living room

Conveniences

  • Lift
  • Corner/local shop
  • Vending machine

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Ceiling fan

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Hairdryer
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Fridge

More

  • Individually decorated
  • Individually furnished
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Contactless check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions and lockbox information; access will be through a private entrance
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 48 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
At check-in, guests must provide a record of full COVID-19 vaccination
Guests providing vaccine records must have received complete COVID-19 vaccination at least 14 days prior to check-in

Access methods

Lockbox, private entrance

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • A tax is imposed by the city: MYR 2.00 per accommodation, per night
  • A damage deposit of MYR 200 will be collected before check-in.
  • Deposit is payable by bank transfer and is due within 24 hours of booking the reservation.

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
Cashless transactions are available

We should mention

Pool access available from 8:00 AM to 9:00 PM
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Tropicana 218 Macalister Apartment George Town
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Tropicana 218 Macalister Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 22 out of 51 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 12 out of 51 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 51 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 51 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 51 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Zafira

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful stay! Very safe
Pros Hosts were very efficient and welcoming!! Very attentive over WhatsApp Overall adored my stay here, in a great location and Grab service available everywhere Clean room and bathroom Felt very safe as a young, female, solo traveller Cons WiFi a little slow but it was fine as I had an eSIM for data The overall building doesn’t have aircon and sometimes with slow lifts, can get a little hot No fridge
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Natalie

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Chen

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Alexander, Rio Vista

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Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Aleksandra

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Apartment was clean and new, amazing view. The pool could use some cleaning, it smells like unwashed aquarium.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Owen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Well equipped. Easy check I. Good gym
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Ricky

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cud be best
13A-7 was our unit. Positive: Centrally located to street food & 10 mins by car to some attractions. Quick, friendly responsive security & booking provider Rain shower, cold aircon, firm bed Microwave, Cold & good size fridge, washing machine, detergents, cookery & cutlery, water filter, kettle & electric stove Clean Things to improve: Dust on top of cook exhaust Loose floorings in one room Bigger dustbins for kitchen Shower curtain so as won’t have water splashing out Shoe rack No private tv channels Better body towers Small but noticeable black dots on bedsheet Better cushion for living room chairs Building improvements 10 floor door doesn’t close well No direction to unit upon exiting 10floor No direction to enter which entrance block to lifts after parking Extra main door licks from the inside
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Pak-Leng

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Boon Yen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fast response from host but towels provided were stained probably due to bulk washing of towels. Other than that, property is well maintained by host and everything is working fine 👍
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Pek Hong

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The bed felt like a block of wood which Tropicana subsequently advised was coconut fibre and 'good for our spine'. The fact that the bed was coconut fibre and extremely hard was not disclosed on the ad for the place or in subsequent messages from Tropicana as they claimed that there is no space on the platform to note this. They then refused to cancel and refund the booking or arrange any exchange unless we first made and paid for another booking with them. .
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Low

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable Stay with minor inconveniences
Spacious, sufficient beds for family of 5, good view - can see sunrise, good location, furniture well maintained, apartment is clean. Bed quite hard to sleep on, lift takes very long especially during peak hours, have to spiral up the carpark (giddy), door only has number lock, no internal door latch for added security.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

KIM BINH

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Lim

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Changsun

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Yin Ling Margaret

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Generally clean and well equipped, but can provide more supplies like tissue paper etc. also can mention initially we faced some issues with the appliances, which kept turning off, but it was resolved when we called for assistance and switch the cards
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Rosazizi

2/10 Terrible

Khai shin

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

HOOI LING

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

JIMMY

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The location is a major plus for this location. Facility is decent. Views at higher floors are nice. Property management staffs are friendly and responsive. They tried their best to make sure my stay is great. Tried to check for me higher floors, but wasn't possible to do so as I requested for 3 person. There is an initial deposit that I had to do it via remittances from my bank. However, they also refunded back promptly within the same day, after I have checked out . Toilets are clean. Beds are decent. The drawbacks are probably that it was more like an Airbnb - explaining the property management. Also, within the room, the amenities are very basic (you have a small fridge, hair dryer, iron, ironing board, shampoo, and dishwashing liquid). So one cannot expect daily housekeeping. Also, as it is a common property shared by other residents, it can be quite noisy at night (as guests of other rooms can change frequently ). The initial steps to get to your property can be a little confusing. It would also be great to have better pillows (or more pillows) Overall decent stay.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

JIA YING

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Chin Chek

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

2/10 Terrible

Othman

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022