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Jesselton Cabin - Hostel

2.0 star property
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Children's area
Outdoor dining
Terrace/patio
Private kitchenette
Private Room (Fan)

Reviews

7.6 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Laundry
    Laundry
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
1st and 2nd Floor, No.74, Jalan Gaya, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88000
  • Gaya Street Sunday Market
    2 min walk
  • Wisma Merdeka Shopping Center
    3 min walk
  • Suria Sabah Shopping Mall
    4 min walk
  • Kota Kinabalu (BKI-Kota Kinabalu Intl.)
    15 min drive

Room options

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Economy Double Room, 1 Queen Bed

Economy Double Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Economy Shared Dormitory, Women only

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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Private Room (Fan)

Private Room (Fan)

  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Private Room (Air-Cond)

Private Room (Air-Cond)

  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

Kota Kinabalu

With a stay at Jesselton Cabin - Hostel, you'll be centrally located in Kota Kinabalu, just a 4-minute walk from Suria Sabah Shopping Mall and 9 minutes by foot from Jesselton Point Ferry Terminal. .This hostel is 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from Imago Shopping Mall and 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from Wisma Merdeka Shopping Center.
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What's nearby

  • Gaya Street Sunday Market - 2 min walk - 0.2 km
  • Suria Sabah Shopping Mall - 4 min walk - 0.4 km
  • Kota Kinabalu Central Market - 8 min walk - 0.7 km
  • Jesselton Point Ferry Terminal - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Imago Shopping Mall - 4 min drive - 3.0 km

Getting around

  • Tanjung Aru Station - 8 min drive
  • Kota Kinabalu Intl. Airport (BKI) - 15 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Little Italy - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Kopi Ping Cafe Gaya Street - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Fook Yuen 富源 - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Restaurant Keng Wan Hing - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Kee Hiong Bak Kut Teh 奇香肉骨茶 - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Jesselton Cabin - Hostel

Hostel in Kota Kinabalu, a short walk to Suria Sabah Shopping Mall
Jesselton Cabin - Hostel offers 10 accommodations with safes. This Kota Kinabalu hostel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests have access to shared bathrooms. Bathrooms include showers. Housekeeping is provided on a limited basis.
Make yourself at home in one of the 10 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms with showers are provided. Conveniences include safes, and housekeeping is provided on a limited basis.
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and an arcade/game room. Additional features at this hostel include a television in a common area and tour/ticket assistance.
Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, and dry cleaning/laundry services.

Languages

English, Malay

Property amenities

Internet

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

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Things to do

  • Arcade/games room

Family friendly

  • Arcade/games room
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Front-desk safe
  • Library

Guest services

  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Housekeeping (limited)
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • This property does not have any lifts

More

  • Designated smoking areas
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Shared bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels

More

  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 6:00 PM
Express check-in available

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 9:00 AM - 11:30 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
If you are planning to arrive after 6:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours), key retrieval

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit 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

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

North Borneo Cabin
North Borneo Cabin Kota Kinabalu
North Borneo Kota Kinabalu
North Borneo Cabin Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Jesselton Cabin Hostel Kota Kinabalu
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Jesselton Cabin Kota Kinabalu
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Jesselton Cabin - Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

Jesselton Cabin - Hostel Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 12 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 28 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 10 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 57 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Nur, Johor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
good ,clean & Best 👍👍😍😍😍😍
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Eric

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Kota Kuntabola
Locale excellent, walking distance to 3 mall's, open market right outside my room. Staff very pleasant
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Marita

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
i like because the concept is really like bag packers style
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Exceeded my expectation!
You get what you paid for. Great for backpackers. Not for the picky travellers. Cheap, amazing local food everywhere! The staff are accommodating, especially Ms. Kathy.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

2/10 Terrible

Doyoung

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I stayed there for only day time, its cheap but I'd better pay a bit more and go other places.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Jesselton cabin
The staff was the best part, they were lovely. The hotel however was under some renovations and wasn't too nice or clean. The location was also really good. The other thing is that I booked online and it was called Jesselton cabin but when I got there it was the north Borneo cabin and so I searched for a very long time.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
A lot of dust in Dormitory room. Good location and not far from Airport bus station.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

6/10 Okay

Toby, uk

Pretty average
This hostel was ok. Nothing special but not bad. We had a double room on the first floor. It was a large room but pretty basic. The downside was you had to walk through the shared lounge and breakfast area to get to the shower and toilet. I would also say when we were there it was just guys staying and so my wife felt a little uncomfortable when they were all in the lounge and she needed to use the shower. It wasn't a particularly friendly hostel but we might have been unlucky. The wifi was a bit pitchy but ok, the toast for breakfast was pretty good, the staff were helpful if you asked specific questions and location was ok for getting around town. The shower was also pretty naff. It's not bad but when we returned to KK we chose to stay somewhere else.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service
North Borneo Cabin
Good

8/10 Good

Jakob, Lund

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good on a thight budget
Good value for the money. Great staff.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good basic hostel has what you need for the price

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location helpfull staff basic but fine breakfast hot showers overall would defently stay again

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great stay
Great location, clean facilities, helpfull staff,basic breakfast. Sunday mornings can't get a lay in as Sunday market is set up very early on this street. Owner let us leave our luggage for 3 days while we went on a moped to the tip of Borneo with no charge, great place to stay.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Definitely for backpackers on a budget
We arrived late after a long day travelling. First impressions were not great. The hostel is on the first floor up some steps and is run down. We were shown our room on the first floor which was off the main lounge where it was pretty noisy with people drinking. We were so tired and wanted to sleep so we asked for another room and were given one upstairs. The room was so much worse but at least it was quieter that first night. Note all of the rooms in this hostel are off social areas which are very noisy both nights even with ear plugs our sleep was disturbed by guests. The hostel is very run down and needs refurb. The bathrooms feel grimy even though I saw the cleaner giving them a very thorough clean. Internet is not great but air con worked well. The second floor could do with some more sinks because at busy times you sometimes had to wait. We couldn't wait to leave this hostel and I'm not sure why it scores so highly.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Definitely worth the prize!
Friendly staff, cozy little plaze, no complaints whatsoever.

10/10 Excellent

Anne-Lise, Hong Kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value for the price!
Great value for this price! Friendly staff, great location, walking distance from Jesselpoint ferry terminal. They also organise trips.

8/10 Good

Giang, Ho Chi Minh city

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Perfect place for budget travelers.
I had a good time at North Borneo Cabin. Staff were extremely friendly and helpful. The location is also good, can walk to jetty.

8/10 Good

Marc, France

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great stay in NB Cabin
I have been to different Hostels in Gaya and It is so far my best experience. The rooms and people are quite nice. The common area is large. The location is very good and convenient with cheap food and easy access to the city. The staff is helpful and I was happy to get a good price to climb Mt Kinabalu. I definitely recommend this place.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
nice place to stay in KK
great place to stay, to meet other travelers and to chat with the family who runs that place. location is absolutely convenient with restaurants right in front of the door and a supermarket 3min away. only thing I didnt like were the beds, wasnt really confy due to thin matrasses

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cosy vibes & friendly staff
It has been a short stay, but I loved it. You feel well there, and the super friendly staff and vibe account a lot for it. I enjoyed meeting the staff and sharing stories of Borneo. Lockers + Breakfast + Tea/Coffee + Storage room + Easy 24h check in/out. I honestly recommend. Thank you Jesselton Cabin. A French backpacker.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

2/10 Terrible

mark

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Do not go
please dont expect anything. cheap is cheap 샤워실에서 소변냄새 나요. 비추

8/10 Good

HANNA

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort