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Lantern Hotel

2.5 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
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January 2025

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View from property
Lobby sitting area
Exterior
Queen Room without Window
Front of property

Reviews

7.2 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi

Explore the area

Map
38, Jalan Petaling, Kuala Lumpur, 50000
  • Petaling Street
    1 min walk
  • Famous Hon Kee Porridge @ Kuala Lumpur
    1 min walk
  • Kuala Lumpur Pasar Seni Station
    5 min walk
  • Kuala Lumpur (KUL-Kuala Lumpur Intl.)
    50 min drive

Room options

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Iron/ironing board

Queen Room with Window

  • 14 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Twin Room with Window

Twin Room with Window

  • 14 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Room with Verandah

Room with Verandah

  • 16 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Queen Room without Window

Queen Room without Window

  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Exterior

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Restaurant
Air conditioning
Breakfast available
3.5 out of 5, Good, (43)
The price is AU$42
for 1 room
includes taxes & fees
5 Jan - 6 Jan
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About the area

Kuala Lumpur

With a stay at Lantern Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Kuala Lumpur, steps from Petaling Street and within a 5-minute drive of Berjaya Times Square. .This hotel is 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from Suria KLCC Shopping Centre and 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from Pavilion Kuala Lumpur.

What's nearby

  • Petaling Street - 1 min walk
  • Berjaya Times Square - 3 min drive
  • Pavilion Kuala Lumpur - 4 min drive
  • Petronas Twin Towers - 4 min drive
  • KLCC Park - 5 min drive

Getting around

  • Kuala Lumpur Pasar Seni Station - 5 min walk
  • Plaza Rakyat Station - 10 min walk
  • Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) - 50 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Kim Lian Kee Restaurant - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪茨场街 Asam Laksa - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Tang City Food Court 唐城美食中心 - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Koon Kee Wan Tan Mee - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Famous Hon Kee Porridge @ Kuala Lumpur - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Lantern Hotel

Hotel with a coffee shop, steps from Petaling Street
Lantern Hotel offers 45 accommodations with air conditioning. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, and complimentary toiletries. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 45 air-conditioned guestrooms. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries. Housekeeping is provided daily, and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's coffee shop/cafe, or stop in at the snack bar/deli. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include express check-out, ATM/banking services, and a water dispenser.

Languages

Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), English, Malay

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Off-site parking within 0.3 mi (MYR 15.00 per day)

Food and drink

  • 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 bar

Family friendly

  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • ATM/banking services
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Daily housekeeping

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • Designated smoking areas (fines apply)

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower
  • Towels

More

  • Iron/ironing board (on request)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: MYR 25.00
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; your host will greet you
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Host will greet you

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

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Nearby parking fee: MYR 15.00 per day (1640 ft away)
  • Early check-in fee: MYR 25.00 (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Lantern Hotel Kuala Lumpur
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Lantern Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 22 out of 116 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 44 out of 116 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 30 out of 116 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 14 out of 116 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 116 reviews" "

7.2/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Mohammed

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good all round
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Harold

Great location in centre of Chinatown, clean, comfortable, good bed and AC and decent sized room, nice lounging areas, friendly, good for the economy price. 56 stairs.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tobias

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff stayed later to accommodate my late arrival, very helpful
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Clean but small room
Like-Location, Secure ,Efficient staff, Quick check in & out. Creative Hotel facade design. Rain shower & heater. Dislike-Hotel entrance not easily located.Opening Toilet Door by the small hole can cause injury. Toilet Floor magnetic door holder place at the middle of toilet floor dangerous & may trip us No Shampoo holder at shower area & was placed at the at WC area. Small room compare to other similar price hotel. Room with no side table.No clothe hanger. No hanger at toilet.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

4/10 Poor

Dominique, Singapore

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The cleanliness on the bedsheets really need to improve. We were feeling itchi and need to use our own towel to lay on the bedsheets before we sleep. It felt so terrible.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Very small room
The room was so small that i couldnt even open my suitcase. Wifi connection was unstable. We could hear everything from next room. Location was great.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Manfred

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly place in a good location
Been here for the third time, so it cannot be a bad place. Small rooms - as anywhere in KL in this price range - but comfortable beds, good bathroom, spotlessly clean. Windows, which cannot be opened, face an inner indoor courtyard, so there is no noise from the street. Location is right in the middle of Petaling Streetmarket. You can watch it from the terrace in the second floor. Great location. Breakfast buffet is reasonable in that price range. A simple choice of bread, eggs, sausages, jam, butter and some fruit. Nothing fancy, but it is breakfast. Plus juice, coffee or tea. WiFi is good, everything works, staff is very friendly. I would stay there again.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel. Within walking distance of many sights.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Cynthia

Friendly stuff. Nice architectural facade with interesting circulation.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Randy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved it!
Great location in the heart of Petaling St & close to Central Market & the LRT. Great view and place to relax on their deck. Quaint rooms and some had interesting glass-enclosed inward facing mini verandas. Friendly staff, too.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

2/10 Terrible

Ivan, Kuala Lumpur

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Booked the room and got a confirmation email which clearly says that the room is confirmed no need to make a call to reconfirm. Got to the hotel and saw a notice that it’s under renovation! This piece of information is not updated on the site whatsoever. Called the front line few times and no one picked up the phone. If you’re gonna be unavailable for whatever reason, please for Godsake update it on all the sites that you’re advertising on. This is truly very disappointing and unnecessarily inconveniencing customers. Never a second time.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

8/10 Good

Fiona, vancouver

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel was in busy chinatown but somehow the room was quiet. It was very very basic but good value for money. I liked the people working at the desk.

4/10 Poor

Mint, Penang

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Small room and a little uncomfortable for 2 of us
We stayed just one night, thanked god. The receptionist is nerd and the first impression is bad since I am the one who says "Hi/Hello" to greet them. The room is too small for both of us compared to the hotel we stayed a night before. The bed just ok but the glass compartment to separate room and toilet is not sealed properly that caused the water leaked to inside of our room. There is no TV. And the breakfast on our day is just slices of wholemeal nuts fruits bread, slice of watermelon, and hot coffee/tea. The price to stay is quite expensive and somehow not worth if I compared to the stay we had a night before near Pasar Seni.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

4/10 Poor

JB, New Zealand

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disappointed.
Booked based on high reviews from some websites. Disappointed by the room (strong damp smell, a girl's long black hair inside the bed, broken toilet seat), by the manager's attitude on the second night when "they ran out of towels" and asked us to come back later to collect some (we did come back from a dinner out at 10pm to be told to walk back to our floor to find the cleaners who give us some. No cleaners there. So back to the reception where the manager grumpily asked a staff member to get some towels from a nearby room) and on the Last morning breakfast staff looked miserable and clearly didn't want to be here despite our attempt to greet and smile to him.

4/10 Poor

Geraldine

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
At 2pm still cannot check-in (Still cleaning). Card cannot open the Main and Staircase door.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

2/10 Terrible

michael

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hip lost hope ....
One of the worst hotels I have stayed at in Asia (for the price charged)! Also, I have stayed in other hotels in KL, and this was the worst. When I walked into the cubicle-like room (room 3xx), the disinfectant smell almost knocked me out. The next day, it was still there. The room was a "Queen with a window". What a view!!! Oh - where is a closet - nope. Oh - where is a TV - nope. Oh - where is a place for my clothes or even a hanger - nope. Oh - where is a place to hang a towel when in the shower - nowhere. The shower door hasn't even got a handle, and the walls look like they shouldn't be touched or leaned against. Complimentary water - nope. Complimentary air was about it! What a depressing way to ruin the end of my holiday! In its next reincarnation, it will be a police interrogation room.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2017

6/10 Okay

chris

Liked: Staff & service
Spartan, but adequate for those on a budget.
The hotel is well located in the heart of Chinatown. The room was spartan but adequate. This hotel offers a nice continental breakfast in the morning. The staff is friendly and helpful. However, this may not be the ideal place to stay for those over their mid-twenties who have outgrown hostel private room style accommodations. If you are on a budget, but value your privacy, this hotel may suite you. Consideration: was a shower that leaked into the main room and hallway, heading out of the room. Plus: Proximity to great, inexpensive food.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel in China town.
The room was a bit smaller than I thought. Everything else was good. Room was cosy and clean. The staff members were very nice. There is a train station near by that was very convinient. We were all good but please be aware: It was a bit hard find the entrance and the taxi could not go into the Chaina town so we had to walk for 3 minutes to get to the hotel. NO wifi in the rooms only in the common area. There is no fancy breakfast. Just some bread, fruits and coffee. We had good experience.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible stay
Stayed for one night. Despite the affordability, the soundproofing of the rooms were appalling. You could hear all the prominent noises from the Chinatown market downstairs until early morning, plus the noises from the corridor and the room next door. If you expect a youth hostel environment, it is fine. Or else, I would not recommend this place.

8/10 Good

M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hotel for money, just make sure you want to stay near to Khao San Road.

6/10 Okay

ila

Unique hotel concept
It nice hotel but less place to hang clothes. But overall it's a unique concept that they have. Sometimes new to see.

4/10 Poor

Sophie

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
the staffs are not very helpful or cheerful. they don't even respond to greetings, such as good morning. the room is bare with only the beds. There is no t.v., telephone, desk or a chair. The electrical outlet don't work. I couldn't charge my phone or laptop. It is very inconvenient for me to go to Starbuck everyday to charge. The outside noise is very loud. It usually woke me up at 4:00am with loud music. The worst is the shower. the bathroom door don't close and there's no curtain or door to the shower. Water usually splash everywhere on the floor. It is not a good place to spend more than a night.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Room is slightly small. Breakfast everyday same. Toilet accessories incomplete. Need more storage areas for the rooms (a wardrobe). Wifi network very slow. However, this hotel is located at petaling street. Which means its easy for tourists who loves budget shopping.