Hotel Nova

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  • 16-22 Jalan Alor
    Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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S.L.Hii
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5 out of 5
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Hotel Nova

  • October 25, 2004
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Marianne from Eindhoven, Netherlands
Hotel Nova

My hotel room need not be decorated to the latest fashion, with frills and automatic sun blinds; I need no art on the walls, no 24-hour room service, no video entertainment, no in-room safe, no private, stocked bar-cum-refrigerator, no computer, and certainly no multi-line telephone.

All I need is a room that is not too confined. I like to have enough space to move freely about without having to resort to the bed when my husband wants to go from the window to the bathroom. I like a decent luggage rack for my suitcase, so that I need not sit on my heels when rummaging in my bags. All I want is a moderately spacious room in a mid-range hotel, centrally situated.

Hotel Nova, at RM$135 (34E), breakfast included, suits my needs perfectly. When I enter Hotel Nova, the first thing that strikes me is a strangely formed, red circular seat with a kind of cone as a back rest. The second thing is the freezing cold. The air-conditioning is on at full blast. The golden rule in Malaysia is: the colder, the chicer. It makes me wonder what the temperature will be in the Ritz Carlton Hotel, with a room rate of RM$380 (95E).

The lift hums softly and takes us to the second floor. A blue-carpeted corridor stretches in front of us, doors on both sides, with a peephole and a doorbell. Our room is at the far end, away from the clicking and burring of the lift. Inside the room, we insert our credit card-type room key in its holder, and the lights flop on. The heat wraps around us like a duvet, but the a/c, on at full blast, chases away the heavy, humid air.

Our room is the standard hotel room: writing pad and pen next to the telephone, a tray with a water boiler, cups and complimentary tea and coffee, writing paper in envelopes with the hotel's logo. And there is more. A shower cap in a neat little carton box, tiny bottles of shampoo and shower gel, toilet paper folded to a v-shape, and glasses wrapped in plastic.

We could be anywhere in the world, until I look out the window. Down below is Jalan Alor, the food street. Across the road a busy cook wipes his hands on his apron, steam billows from a wok, and a slender Chinese lady stirs a family-size pot and adds some noodles. A young man paints Chinese characters on a menu board. I open the window, and an appetizing aroma pervades our room. The whole street is alive with food. It is high time to go down and join the diners.

From journal Traveller in Kuala Lumpur

Hotel Nova

  • September 10, 2004
  • Rated 5 of 5 by S.L.Hii from Kuching, Malaysia
The lobby is furnished with a modern sofa, like a love seat I think, and very modern furniture. Since I arrived quite late, my room was upgraded to a deluxe, which I found to be very worth the value since the rate is only US$24, which includes breakfast (very limited buffet line with foods like eggs, fried Mee Hoon, bread, and courtesy drinks with coffee or tea).

The room was furnished in a dark colour, which reminds one of an executive office, and a king-sized bed, which was very clean and well facilitated. How can I ask for more?

And the hotel is only a 5-minute walk from the shopping centers. Just outside the hotel, wide selections of food stalls selling local food were the best, as they sold tasty and cheap food, even if the stalls were very crowded.

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