AJ Residence Kota Kinabalu City Center

I stayed at AJ Residence several times over two weeks in Kota Kinabalu. The venue comprises several rooms in what, I imagine, was once a family apartment on the second floor of a commercial building. The renovation to create the guest house has been done to a high standard and with many "high tech" features, such as haptic lighting switches. However, the downside of trying to fit multiple individual rooms, each with their own bathrooms, into an existing floorspace is that the design of rooms is distinctly unusual. For example, mine had a shower cubicle next to the bed and a long thin space leading to a window that wasn't really functional. There are no staff on the premises at most times. Communication with staff is mainly via WhatsApp. Communication via this channel is, however, excellent - staff are very proactive and helpful. However, if you were not comfortable with using WhatsApp then that might be a problem. There was a good range of comfort items such as shampoos, toothbrushes, tea and coffee, etc.

Apart from the strange room layout, there was also a lack of furniture on which to put bags down. Light leakage at night: 1. I had to disconnect the television otherwise light from always-on LEDs flooded the room. 2. The seal around the door was not great and allowed light to leak in from the hallway (which was always lit). These are not especially significant things, but do prevent me from according the venue a higher rating.

The host was really nice, kind, polite and helpful. The overall room was cozy and have basic amenities. The cost is also reasonable.

The room size is very small. Good if you are staying for a short stay.

Heel schoon, veel amenities in kamer

Relatief kleine kamer in een oud, beetje dodgy gebouw.

Very modern and clean. Excellent communication from staff.

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Very clean and comfortable. They also had a nice shower with great water pressure. The apartment is located a short 15 min drive from the airport, which was very convenient. I could not say better things about the staff. They were very helpful. The management held our bags while we hiked Mount Kinabalu with no extra charge. They even went to the effort of delivering the bags to our new room at their other nearby residence the night we returned- and these bags were heavy! Thank you for a wonderful stay.

The location is great at only 10min by foot of the waterfront. The staff is so nice and very helpful. We lacked of nothing in the room, there was a diffuser for my girlfriend curly hair as well as conditionner, coffee tea and snacks for free.