Title: SO Hotel - Latest Reviews, Deals & Photos 2026 - Expedia.ca

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# SO Hotel

Downtown George Town becomes a perfect home base for city exploration, with easy access to KOMTAR's impressive views and vibrant urban experiences

## Photo gallery for SO Hotel

![Front of property - SO Hotel (George Town)](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/6000000/5420000/5416500/5416452/b0a91328.jpg?impolicy=resizecrop&rw=598&ra=fit)

![Standard Triple Room - SO Hotel (George Town)](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/6000000/5420000/5416500/5416452/001aeb88.jpg?impolicy=resizecrop&rw=297&ra=fit)

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![Reception hall - SO Hotel (George Town)](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/6000000/5420000/5416500/5416452/c507126a.jpg?impolicy=resizecrop&rw=297&ra=fit)

![Elevator - SO Hotel (George Town)](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/6000000/5420000/5416500/5416452/2d7ce610.jpg?impolicy=resizecrop&rw=297&ra=fit)

- Overview
- Rooms
- Location
- Policies

SO Hotel in Downtown George Town offers practical comforts like dry cleaning, laundry services, and in-room WiFi. Travelers can borrow bikes to explore or walk to nearby KOMTAR. Extended parking and helpful tour assistance consistently earn positive guest reviews.

## Reviews

8.2

Very good

## Popular amenities

- Parking included
- Free WiFi
- Air conditioning
- Business services
- Laundry
- Housekeeping

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## Room options

All rooms

1 bed

2 beds

Showing 3 of 3 rooms

### View all photos for Standard Single Room

![Standard Single Room](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/6000000/5420000/5416500/5416452/c4a27846.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1200&h=800&quality=medium)

### Standard Single Room

10.0

Exceptional

1 review

- Sleeps 1
- 1 Queen Bed

### View all photos for Standard Double Room, 1 Queen Bed

![Standard Double Room, 1 Queen Bed](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/6000000/5420000/5416500/5416452/ae45875c.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1200&h=800&quality=medium)

### Standard Double Room, 1 Queen Bed

- Sleeps 2
- 1 Queen Bed

### View all photos for Standard Triple Room

![Standard Triple Room](https://images.trvl-media.com/lodging/6000000/5420000/5416500/5416452/165663fe.jpg?impolicy=fcrop&w=1200&h=800&quality=medium)

### Standard Triple Room

- Sleeps 3
- 1 Queen Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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## About the area

Located in George Town, SO Hotel is in the city center. KOMTAR and Georgetown UNESCO Historic Site are local landmarks, and travelers looking to shop may want to visit Gurney Drive and Prangin Mall. Kidland Penang and Penang Botanical Gardens are also worth visiting. [Visit our George Town travel guide](https://www.expedia.ca/George-Town.dx6023813)

![Map](https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?&size=660x330&map_id=3b266eb50d2997c6&zoom=13&markers=icon:https%3A%2F%2Fa.travel-assets.com%2Ftravel-assets-manager%2Feg-maps%2Fproperty.png%7C5.41506%2C100.32069&channel=expedia-HotelInformation&maptype=roadmap&scale=1&key=AIzaSyCYjQus5kCufOpSj932jFoR_AJiL9yiwOw&signature=TIau239FfHOmHoscxk0PM3uDab4=)

No. 90 Siam Road, Georgetown P. Pinang, Georgetown, George Town, Penang, 10400

### What's nearby

- ![KOMTAR](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6113866/5f6c7aff-9b80-4899-9a47-a4bd383d2999.jpg?impolicy=resizecrop&rw=115.61&rh=65.03&ra=fit&q=high)  
KOMTAR  
10 min walk \- 0.9 km
- ![Metropolitan, skyscraper, skyline building by the shore of Gurney Drive, George Town, Penang; Shutterstock ID 429264034; PO: Hcom Destination Content neighborhoods; Client: Hotels.com; Other: Hcom bra](https://images.trvl-media.com/place/6204190/f9a07766-7c35-4e0d-b924-dc0f5953d0e2.jpg?impolicy=resizecrop&rw=115.61&rh=65.03&ra=fit&q=high)  
Gurney Drive  
3 min drive \- 1.6 km
- Loh guan Lye Specialist Centre  
7 min walk \- 0.6 km
- Island Hospital  
14 min walk \- 1.2 km
- 1st Avenue Mall  
14 min walk \- 1.2 km

### Getting around

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

### Restaurants

- Siam Road Charcoal Char Koay Teow  
1 min walk
- Kin Too Coffee Shop 京都  
4 min walk
- Anson Road (Leng Durian)  
2 min walk
- Unknown  
2 min walk
- Jin Cafe  
1 min walk

## About this property

### SO Hotel

Hotel near KOMTAR

 SO Hotel provides dry cleaning/laundry services and more. Guests can connect to free in-room WiFi. 

You'll also enjoy the following perks during your stay:

- Free self parking and extended parking
- Limo/town car service, bike rentals, and express check-out
- Express check-in, multilingual staff, and free newspapers

Room features

All guestrooms at SO Hotel include comforts such as pillow menus and air conditioning, in addition to amenities like free WiFi and safes. 

More amenities include: 

- Bidets and hair dryers
- TVs with cable channels
- Daily housekeeping, desks, and phones

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## Property amenities

### Internet

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

### Parking and transportation

- Free offsite parking
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Train station pick-up and drop-off shuttle (surcharge)
- Beach shuttle (surcharge)
- Cruise terminal shuttle (surcharge)
- Ferry terminal shuttle (surcharge)
- Shopping center shuttle (surcharge)
- Limo/town car service
- Free extended parking on site
- Limited onsite self parking

### Things to do

- Bicycle rentals
- TV in common areas

### Family friendly

- Laundry facilities
- Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

### Conveniences

- 24-hour front desk
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Safe at front desk

### Guest services

- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Multilingual staff
- Tour and ticket assistance

### Business services

- Computer station

### Accessibility

- If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
- Elevator
- Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

### More

- 6 floors
- Built in 2010
- Reception hall
- Smoking not allowed

## Room amenities

### Bedroom

- Pillow menu
- Rollaway/extra bed (surcharge)

### Bathroom

- Bidet
- Hair dryer
- Towels provided

### Entertainment

- TV with cable channels

### More

- Air conditioning
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board on request
- Phone
- Safe

## Policies

### Check-in

Check-in time starts at 2:00 PM

Express check-in available

Minimum check-in age: 18 

### Check-out

Check-out before noon

Express check-out available

### Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the cruise terminal, ferry terminal, and train station (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

### Access methods

Staffed front desk

### Pets

Pets not allowed

### Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

1 child, up to the age of 12 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room

Rollaway/extra beds are available for MYR 35 per day

Cribs (infant beds) are not available

### Property payment types

## Important information

### Fees

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

- Cash deposit: MYR 50.00 per stay
- A tax is imposed by the city: MYR 2.00 per accommodation, per night

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

### Optional extras

- Rollaway bed fee: MYR 35 per day

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 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

### Property is also known as

Hotel SO

SO Hotel

SO Hotel Penang

SO Penang

SO Hotel Penang/George Town

SO Hotel George Town

SO Hotel Hotel

SO Hotel George Town

SO Hotel Hotel George Town

## Frequently asked questions

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## Reviews

## SO Hotel Reviews

8.2

### Very good

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### 8.4

Cleanliness

### 7.0

Location

### 9.2

Staff & service

### 8.0

Property conditions & facilities

10 - Excellent

75

8 - Good

126

6 - Okay

28

4 - Poor

8

2 - Terrible

3

## Reviews

Verified

### 8/10 Good

#### Richard

Dec 7, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Staff was curious and helpful.

##### Richard

Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2025

Verified

### 6/10 Okay

#### Boo Seng

Oct 2, 2025

Clean room with parking available and near eating spots 

##### Boo Seng

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

Verified

### 8/10 Good

#### Kutay

May 30, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities

Near to the bus station

##### Kutay

Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

Verified

### 2/10 Terrible

#### Paula

Sep 7, 2025

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Not really walkable to anywhere, grubby looking needs painting in rooms. Cockroaches at night in my room 102\. Staff friendly enough and offered to clean the room or change it but no thanks and I changed my hotel. This left me out of pocket for 2 nights accommodation but would you have stayed? 

##### Paula

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

Verified

### 10/10 Excellent

#### Shailend

Feb 22, 2026

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Room was not small, not big, just right. I am a solo traveller, but the room is big enough for 2 people. Clean and comfortable. Blockout curtains and no noise from the street or from inside the hotel. Staff were friendly and helpful. Free drinking water station provided so you can refill your bottle, or you can purchase bottled water from reception (as well as other drinks, snacks, travel adaptors etc.) Free iron provided in common area. Hotel has a lift as well as stairs. Thai restaurant directly opposite Hotel. Quiet street, safe at night. Location is handy to Georgetown. I would definitely recommend this place! 

##### Shailend

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2026

Verified

### 8/10 Good

#### Verified traveller

Dec 22, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

冷蔵庫と窓があれば最高

##### Verified traveller

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

Verified

### 10/10 Excellent

#### Verified traveller

Aug 11, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

#### Clean, friendly and convenient location.

Very friendly staff. Love the location. Would stay here again next time.

##### Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

Verified

### 10/10 Excellent

#### CHARIZA

May 2, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Place is accessible. Room is ready when we checked in. Room is clean, spacious and good airconditioning. Bathroom and clean and spacious also. Staff are friendly, accomodating and knowledgeable. Downside, limited parking space. Overall, pleasant stay.

##### CHARIZA

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

Verified

### 10/10 Excellent

#### Verified traveller

Feb 27, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Location is great if you don't drive 5minutes ' walk to macalister road and you can find many buses going to Komtar. Great hotel for Budget Travellers.

##### Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

Verified

### 8/10 Good

#### KM

Jan 7, 2019

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A cozy hotel with a good location. Right in the middle of the small city and many of the popular hot spots are within walkable distance. Mr Liou, the owner of the hotel, is very nice and he gave us a lot of information on travelling around. Made us feel like home when staying at Penang.

##### KM

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

Verified

### 10/10 Excellent

#### Neil

Dec 5, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

#### Good service

Staff are well trained and seem genuinely concerned that you have a pleasant stay. Rooms are clean and reasonably spacious for the price. A few KMs from the centre of Georgetown, but there's a mall nearby

##### Neil

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

Verified

### 10/10 Excellent

#### Neil

Dec 4, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

#### Good value if you don't mind the area

Friendly, attentive and helpful staff. Rooms big enough for a couple of days, and cleaned to a good standard compared to other hotels in Malaysia. Hotel located a couple if KMs from the centre with limited local amenities and noisy local karaoke until 1am. I'm not bothered by this, do would stay again

##### Neil

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

Verified

### 8/10 Good

#### Frank

Nov 19, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Hotel is near to food court.

##### Frank

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

Verified

### 6/10 Okay

#### seungmi

Nov 18, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

#### 신중한생각이 필요합니다. 

방음이 심각하게 되지 않습니다. 직원들의 편안함과 서비스의 만족도는 높습니다

##### seungmi

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

Verified

### 8/10 Good

#### yoshino

Sep 11, 2018

#### 観光優先寝るだけならOK

クアラルンプール行きバス停にも近く、良かった。 

##### yoshino

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2018

Verified

### 10/10 Excellent

#### Scott

Aug 21, 2018

#### Off the beaten path but well worth the effort

A very clean, apparently family run hotel with attentive service. Our room didn't have any windows but that was almost the only complaint I could imagine for this place. There is a famous char kway teow stand immediately next door which was excellent but be prepared for a long wait. The rooms were clean, the ac, hot water and wifi worked well and there was lots of places to eat in the immediate vicinity. A lot of bang for the buck.

##### Scott

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018

Verified

### 10/10 Excellent

#### Yang

Aug 6, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Friendly staff. There is kopitiam n the famous Char Koey Tiau nearby. There is laundry service at the hotel. Will definitely stay at this hotel again when I visit Penang again. 

##### Yang

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

Verified

### 10/10 Excellent

#### maria

Feb 21, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

#### Nice hotel with great staff..

SO hotel staff was super friendly and helpful. Once you arrived at the lobby they greet you warmly, let you choose what kind of pillow you want; they have microfill, cotton, and pearl. Any necessity needed during your stay you may ask the front office. Room was spacious for 3 person, however if it possible avoid the room facing the road, during sunset, the sun faced right into your room and it’s makes the room temperature get hotter even you turn on your aircon. The location itself close by several spot of food heaven, breakfast at jalan Kuantan, famous char kway teow in jalan Siam, or maybe the food stall right in front of the hotel, even on 11pm still full of customer.. 

##### maria

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018

Verified

### 8/10 Good

#### mus

Feb 8, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

#### satisfied..

having nice and good stay for that price..so kind and helpful staff..!! will be better if there is some food/snack/drink offered at reasonable price..

##### mus

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

Verified

### 8/10 Good

#### Verified traveller

Feb 6, 2018

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

overall are good but limited parking space..

##### Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

Verified

### 8/10 Good

#### Verified traveller

Oct 18, 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Service iin action. You can choose your own type of pillows, to give you a good niht rest! you can try out one of the 15 different shampoos available. Thanks to that, i am switching brands! Those little things make clear that the people are SO dedicated to give you a comfortable stay. And not just one employee, all of them. 

##### Verified traveller

Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2017

Verified

### 8/10 Good

#### Ian

Oct 14, 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

#### reasonable hotel

there has no window but everythings are nice. will visit again for business trip

##### Ian

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2017

Verified

### 8/10 Good

#### Zheng

Oct 10, 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

#### Thanks SO Hotel. Good service

Overall 4.5 / 5 Didnt expect much from a Hotel that price is so cheap But end up having a Awesome night at SO hotel. I requested Honey moon theme. And they Really did it for me. I Really appreciate it. Their service are Really good. Hotel might be abit old. But their service have make up for it. High recommended for those Looking for cheap and good hotel.

##### Zheng

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2017

Verified

### 8/10 Good

#### Verified traveller

Aug 10, 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

#### Good Service

The basin is not in the bathroom.

##### Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

Verified

### 8/10 Good

#### palm

Aug 8, 2017

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

#### Recommended 

Friendly and helpful staffs, location a bit far but uber in penange is pretty resonable price so recommended So Hotel.

##### palm

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

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