JB Central Hotel

3.0 star property
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Interior
Room amenity
Exterior
In-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board
Property grounds

Reviews

4.6 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Hot tub
  • Laundry
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning

Explore the area

Map
Merlin Tower, Jalan Meldrum, Johor Bahru, Johor, 80000
  • Johor Bahru City Square
    4 min walk
  • Bazaar Karat (Rusty Market)
    4 min walk
  • Komtar JBCC
    5 min walk
  • Johor Bahru (JHB-Senai Intl.)
    37 min drive

Room options

Super Deluxe Triple

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

Super Deluxe Double

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard Superior Room

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

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed

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

Standard Twin Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

Super Deluxe Twin

  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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About the area

Johor Bahru

With a stay at JB Central Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Johor Bahru, just a 4-minute walk from Johor Bahru City Square and 5 minutes by foot from Komtar JBCC. .This hotel is 2.4 mi (3.8 km) from KSL City Mall and 8.1 mi (13.1 km) from Paradigm Mall Johor Bahru.

What's nearby

  • Johor Bahru City Square - 4 min walk
  • Komtar JBCC - 5 min walk
  • R&F Mall - 10 min walk
  • Johor Bahru Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine Complex - 17 min walk
  • KSL City Mall - 4 min drive

Getting around

  • JB Sentral - 4 min walk
  • Kranji Station - 8 min drive
  • Senai International Airport (JHB) - 37 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪OLDTOWN White Coffee - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Dragon-i Restaurant - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪SDS Classic - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Baskin Robbins @ City Square - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Boost Juice Bars - ‬3 min walk

About this property

JB Central Hotel

Hotel with free parking, a short walk to Johor Bahru City Square
JB Central Hotel offers 192 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and complimentary bottled water. Business-friendly amenities include desks, complimentary newspapers, and phones. Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads, and complimentary toiletries. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a spa tub.
Make yourself at home in one of the 192 air-conditioned guestrooms. Private bathrooms with showers feature rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Pamper yourself with onsite massages or enjoy recreation amenities such as a spa tub. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access and concierge services.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's room service.
Featured amenities include a business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
JB Central Hotel has a restaurant on site.
Room service is available.

Languages

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

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • 1 restaurant
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • A hot tub

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Lift
  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Front-desk safe

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Conference space
  • A meeting room

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Spa

  • Massages
  • Reflexology

Accessibility

  • Lift

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning

Bathroom

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

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Free newspapers
  • Iron/ironing board (on request)
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

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

Fees

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

  • Deposit: MYR 200 per day

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, 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
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation
No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

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JB Central Hotel Reviews

Reviews

4.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 2 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 18 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 25 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 25 out of 79 reviews" "

4.6/10

Cleanliness

5.0/10

Staff & service

4.0/10

Amenities

4.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
So far so good
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

2/10 Terrible

anne

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Only if no choice hotel!
The staff and location are the best things about this hotel. Tv didn’t work, aircon was so notvworning and though the staff tried, not much can be done in such short notice. Should request for room on lower floor so reception is better! Actually booked 2 nights and paid, but lost money as checked out after 1 night as my child really was unhappy. No air con, tv that doesn’t work, very difficult to rest well. Breakfast was not so bad so actually management should spend some money and do some minor renovation. Have. Very good location but we lost money As already paid for room on hotel.com. So disappointing!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Run down hotel, receptionist was dishonest, collected hotel fee twice, didnt want to cause trouble hence just gave them the extra RM20 (for 2 nights). No towels provided, room felt eerily creepy, was unable to sleep well for both nights, kept waking up every hour or so. Only good thing about this hotel is the location. Overall, worst hotel experience ever.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Air-con on second nite totally not cold at all, make me cant sleep the whole nite and perspire the whole nite. Last day before check out, after I came back from the breakfast at 4th storey, my card totally cannot use at all, I need to waste my time to go all the way to the lobby and ask them what happen.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Jun

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

2/10 Terrible

17-13

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Photos shown online are outdated. Damage Furnitures , door ,curtain and u can feel the mattress spring when sit or lay down. Dusty room, wet carpet ,omg sucks. Worst its haunted . Was disturbed from 12midnight till 3am plus.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

4/10 Poor

Woei kang

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
bed is hard,towel not clean
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Poor condition. No towels, when trying to contact the reception, room phone is not working. Left immediately to go to another hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
NICE LOCATION BUT TERRIBLE ROOM FACILITIES
The building is skyscraper but the room is horrible, air con not working, toilet was not flush from the previous tenant, toilet seat stained, found lizard poop on the sink counter, no water sprinkler, no toiletries except for toothbrush & 2 tiny bar soap, water from the tap is white in color not normal water color. Water boiler heat rod rusted, therefore the boiled water cannot be consumed. The TV is an ancient tv box type, no remote & transmission sucks. The pillow smell. Overall rating NO GOOD, THE ONLY THING THAT IS GOOD ABOUT THIS HOTEL IS ITS LOCATION. THE MANAGEMENT SHOULD RENOVATE ALL THE ROOM INCLUSIVE OF THE LIFT LOBBY SHOULD THEY WANTED TO STAND OUT SINCE THEIR LOCATION IS GOOD
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Eerie hotel
1) Room seems old with old furnitures & worn-out flooring carpet, box TV with poor picture quality.. 2) The room seems not well lit. 3) The bed mattress are hard 4) No fridge provided 5) but the toilet is quite clean
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
VERY BAD
Bedsheets had stains on it . Carpet was dirty . Windows very dirty(had stains of sweat on it) . Bed was hard as a rock . Not to mention , no wifi in the room while when its the 21st century . TV was very old too , maybe even older than myself .

2/10 Terrible

SIEW KHIM

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worst hotel in the world
Room very dirty, bed got a lot of bedbugs. Asked Room very dirty, bed got a lot of bedbugs, catch a few and wanted them to change room, they keep on said ok, but in the end did not change. My family didn’t sleep the whole night and worry that bugs hide inside our luggage, so did not put on the floor. Aircon very noisy. This is the worst hotel I have in my life. Will not come back again. Please don’t book this hotel.

2/10 Terrible

Yeo

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location was very good, connected over-head bridge from city square but need to walk down the stairs to hotel lobby. -Room very big which allow 2 extra roll-away bed , furniture very torn out. -dirty carpet, -odour smell and stains pillow although pillow case is clean -using ''mattress protecter'' as duvet, - leaking water pipe throughout the stay -roll away bed but only mattress with no bed frame provided so sleeping on floor :( -air-con water leakage @ my parents room in middle of the night -window not sound proof, which can still heard the outside surrounding - breakfast was bad. -totally different from website review. -Internal door lock can be screw out.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
It was overall an okay stay. Mainly stayed there because of its location to the mall nearby. Accommodation wise is just okay. The bed was pretty hard and the sofas were moldy. Might stay again due to location.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

2/10 Terrible

Swamy, INDIA

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This is the WORST HOTEL in the earth.
Dirty and Worst Hotel in the World where human being and even creature will NOT stay in this HOTEL. Room are very very dirty and fowl smelled. Aircon NOT working. Bed linens were not changed. There is NO Bell Boys to carry your luggage from Reception to Room. Breakfast served in a very unhygienic atomosphere. It would have been better and comfortable, if I stayed in platform rather than staying in that Hotel. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS HOTEL for even my enemy to stay. Such a WORST HOTEL you cannot see any where in the world. Room rates are also HIGH. Rest are taps and health wash were broken. None of the Hotel staff care for Guest and their comfort.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great location
excellent location
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Do not stay. Worst hotel ever.
Worst hotel ever, not even fit to be called a hotel. The first thing we found when we got into our room was a big cockroach on the bathroom floor and there were multiple dead smaller cockroaches scattered around. Very dirty hotel, the toilet seat was stained, toilet paper was damp, sink had specks of dirt, pillow casings and bedsheets were yellowish, carpet was ripped at some parts (and looked dusty). And they forgot to provide us with towels, so we went down to ask. The receptionist wasnt very nice and only gave us one towel when there's three of us. He said will send us two more later but in the end it did not come at all. 3 of us actly had to share one towel cause it was alrdy late. Such bad service.. And hotel staff did not even bother cleaning the room before we came, there were used tissues left on the table.. and to add on, the table was wobbly. Will not ever come back again. Not even fit for one night stay.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

2/10 Terrible

PP

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
WORST VALUE
This is the MOST Terrible Hotel Stay experience through HOTEL.COM Overall & ALL aspects of the hotel is HORRIBLE, except the Location is very good I strongly suggest this hotel to be delisted from the website...!!!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The hotel has very good location 'hard ware', but there are a lot of room for improvements by simple efforts. 1. The lift carpet were dirty- need only 2 minutes to clean it. 2. Reception lobby, lifts, and corridors with no air conditioning, in tropical area is quite uncomfortable. 3. The room was spacious and very good view.

2/10 Terrible

Nvr Go Back, SG,SIN

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not Recommended
Everything i find abt this hotel is it need a major refurbished. It was the first time i experienced i gotta kicked the door hard in order to close it. There is no remote control to operate d tv n receptions were v bad.Rqst a hair dryer,the staff said only 01 left and muz return after used. Hotel amenities are to d minimum( i.e. No tissues n tooth brush).

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Nice because close to city square
1.Furniture too old, however the price is cheap. 2.No buffet for breakfast mybe because of too little people,we need to ordered from manu.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not good
long waiting time to check in. Dirty and damage furniture. Soundproofing is bad. Will not recommend. No WIfi in room.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

2/10 Terrible

Penelope

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel very different from picture. very run down. floors to rooms felt very spooky. carpet not clean. no toiletries. 3in1 coffee pkt were provided but had no to stirer. bedsheets very stained..