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Not much hotels in this area. The Rich hotel is good enough. Simple breakfast menu, but the taste is great. Be careful on the steps on the way to the lobby. The steps is too high, unless you want to train your legs.

The hotel service is very good and relatively clean. But the biggest problem is that it is too far from the urban area of ​​Balikpapan, and there are no office areas around it. There is only an industrial park of Indonesian Petroleum Company not far away. If you don't go to that place there is no need to stay here. Swiss Garden and Gran Sanu in downtown Balikpapan are both very good, four-star and five-star respectively. Business twin or single-bed rooms are generally around 400 yuan, which is more convenient.

I opened a room at this hotel for a friend who was stopping in Balikpapan, I ordered via Trip.com with the Boutique Suite type, but when the friend arrived and checked in, the room type below was given, because my friend thought it was indeed the room, yes, I accept it. But when I stopped by at night, I saw that the room was not suitable and when I complained he didn't know if the one was ordered a boutique suite. Finally moved to the suitable room.

A nice room in the heart of Balikpapan center, strategic very near to Balikpapan City Hall, BRI Tower, Klandasan market, Plaza Balikpapan, Semayang Harbor, Mulawarman Military Command Center, etc. Also very near to local cuisine restaurant

got there and was impressed at how nice it was. looked like something out of a movie set ! greeted very nicely and took my luggage in. front desk staff very polite, smiling, happy people ! just felt like i was home. They brought my bags up to the room and i knew i was at the place to be in Balikpapan. room was, bright, CLEAN AND NICE !! The room has good wifi and for me after coming from a place with no ac, and no hot water it was like being in heaven 😁😁👍. i was leaving the room when my ipad pinged with a message so i stopped outside the door to check it when 2 polite young ladies from staff were walking by a d asked if everything was ok. i told them just checking messages and they said if i needed anything to please let them know. that was a first ! added to my great first impressions. i decided to go have a beer in the lounge. again like a movie set from years ago in the time when hotels like this were for the rich, famous or important people. another reviewer mentioned the hotel is old, which it is but the difference between this hotel and another hotel here is THIS PLACE IS CARED FOR AND IT SHOWS ! Ordered a beer and since i was only person there i chatted with the Bartender Miss Feby. very polite sweet young lady and another young man also. was showing them some photos of my travels and home and next thing i knew it was like i was holding court. many of staff and gathered around and i was surrounded by new friends. some other guest had come and sat in the lounge and the waiter stopped talking and went right over to them and when Miss Feby got the order she aslo stopped talking and made the order. Just as it should be. then another young lady walked out and started talking and introduced here self as from food and beverage sales. Miss Marzsa Noer Larasati. as much as i hated to leave she brought me up and showed me the skybar. i had no idea it existed. we talked anout many things and you could see in the way she carried herself and spoke she was a professional in her job. she promotes events for the hotel and she gave me her business card and explained her job. she makes sure everything in restaurant and bars is perfect for the guest. they have many different events and she shared her whatsapp with me and the phots show this is not just a nice hotel but a fun place to be for all ages in Balikpapan. sadly i had a dinner engagement out with friends a d had to excuse myself. very hard to leave this young lady. her attitude about her job and life was amazing. she will have not just a great career but great life also. the next morning I had a 6:45 AM flight and my ride was supposed to pick me up at 4:30 but never showed and the guy who ran my tour was constantly checking with me to see if his driver arrived and i was pacing back and forth and the staff asked if i needed help and when i explained my predicament they got their phones out and got me a grab car to airport a d w

staff were OK but hotel was very run down. staff said the cheaper rooms were in a separate block without any lift and open corridors. they also face onto a huge construction site which operated as early as 630am some days and sometimes finished as late as 10.30pm. Dirty run down room with hair and cockroaches in bathroom. only positives were good location, good aircon and good wifi in room. sleeping was very poor due to no inroom sound insulation aswell as building work. there is a small swimming pool but wasnt very clean. stay elsewhere - but balikpapan isnt a great option for tourists in general. breakfast was soso, as chicken/meat was recooked and gave me stomach problems... fruit was good