The Lively Hotel Kualanamu

Just some 5 minutes drive from Kualanamu airport and also a possibility for pickup service to get there for 50.000rp. Really friendly and helpful staff + indomaret, restaurants and atm right next.

perfect for a 1 night stay before the airport, staff were wonderful, cosy room

they said breakfast was 5am - 10pm, i went down at 8:30am and they told me i couldn't have it because they'd run out, not ideal when i had a long journey ahead but hey ho

location was good, and there are some restaurants and mini supermarket 2 min walk.

the smell was terrible, there was a lot of humidity and mold smell in the room, no windows. We would have moved to another hotel but it was too late. I would not repeat, and I'd choose another place to stay.

I stayed at this hotel before and it’s good enough for 1 night , if u need airport transfer they can organize a private one for 50k

It’s ok for the price u pay

- hot and cold water readily available - Air conditioning - Free breakfast (it is just toast with tea/coffee, but a free breakfast is a free breakfast in my books) - good location, near airport and in a travel hub of other hotels and some restaurants. Very safe, I had heard lots about Medan being unsafe but you’re outside the city here and the hub is somewhat gated which contributes to the feeling of safety - staff very helpful, they organised a taxi for me to the bus station to go to Toba - There’s an airport shuttle available, which is a car with however many people are going. It is cheaper than another service as a solo traveller - Two bottles of water provided

- Only minor things to say here - The rooms are very small, but they are designed as airport layover rooms so this didn’t bother me - WiFi sometimes slow - Can be noisy depending on which side you stay on. My first stay here I had a room on the travel hub side, which could hear karaoke late at night and the mosque prayers early in the morning. My second stay I had a room on the other side, which was quieter. Earplugs recommended in either case - Bed and pillows aren’t super comfy, but they are perfectly serviceable for a night as designed