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Reviews of The Lively Hotel Kualanamu 2 stars

Jalan Sultan Serdang No.9 A39, 20362 Medan, Indonesia

#39 of 107 hotels in Medan

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 115 hotel reviews

6.7

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    6.8

  • Comfort

    6.7

  • Location

    8.3

  • Facilities

    6.6

  • Staff

    8.2

  • Value for money

    7.6

  • Free WiFi

    10.0

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  • Reviewed: 14 October 2024

    8.0
    Very good and recommended
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The stairs

    Stayed in October 2024

  • Reviewed: 31 August 2024

    8.0
    For early morning leaving/late arrival in Kualanamu=stay here
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    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.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 July 2024

    8.0
    Great place for an airport stay!
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    - 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

    - 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

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 May 2024

    8.0
    Comfortable
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    To add lift

    Very comfortable except no lift

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 31 March 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The air condition unfortunately makes it very uncomfortable. I had to wear my winterjacket for sleeping.

    Clean, quiet and comfy room.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 11 March 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very small room, barely clean, curtains not covering the window...etc

    Proximity with airport

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 30 December 2023

    6.0
    Overall satisfied and meet my purpose to put up a night near the airport so that I can catch my flight in the early morn
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The room is very small, sound proof is poor.

    It’s 15min away from airport. Room charge is very affordable. Private Wash room and bathroom within the room.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 16 November 2023

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The hotel doesn't provide toothbrush and toothpaste, even I read on the facilities they have it.

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 13 November 2023

    8.0
    Convenient stay close to airport
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    With shuttleservice. Only 10 min to airport. Very small room, but clean and comfortable bed. Restaurants in the same area.

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 29 October 2023

    8.0
    Very convenient place to stay and comfortable
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Close to airport, food options around and staff were very helpful

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 24 October 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Near to the airport.. Airport shuttle service with reasonable price.

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 21 October 2023

    7.0
    1 night
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Near to the airport, helpfully personel, transfer to airport for 50k

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 18 October 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    - clean - very close to the airport

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 17 October 2023

    8.0
    Ideal for a quick overnight stay :)
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    The room is very small --- literally a bed and walkway as wide as the door. But that's fine for a quick overnight stay. The bathroom extraction was not good, and there was even condensation in the bedroom after I showered.

    Hotel is perfect for a quick night stop, prior to flying. Great value, and excellent location/proximity to the airport. I was very pleased with the Airport shuttle they provided to me at 4.30am ! (small cost, but 100% worth it) . As with every hotel I've stayed in Indonesia, the rooms/bathroom could do with refurbishment, but always nice and clean ! In the complex around the hotel there are a few food options and KFC.

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 13 October 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Extremely helpful and kind staff. The place isn’t great but is good value for money. Rooms are small but comfy. Near the airport and an excellent option for a day layover.

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 3 September 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Good hotel when you have an early flight from Medan airport. The room is quite small. 10sqm, including the bathroom. The airport shuttle costs 25k per person.

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 1 September 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    location

    ok

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 31 August 2023

    7.0
    Good hotel for a short stay in between travel plans. They helped us to take a local buss to Bukit Lawang.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Close to the airport, friendly airport pickup

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 31 May 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    our window was broken so we found a giant cockroach in our room the next morning. but of a foggy smell in the mean area. overall price quality good!

    1 night stay to get to airport next morning. staff is super helpful and take care of everything. good airconditioning in room, hot shower, good bed.

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: 30 May 2023

    8.0
    Perfectly ok for an overnighter before flying
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The reception area is quite bleak. As a transit hub it's fine, but if you have 12 hours to kill it could with some more facilities.

    The room is basically a large capsule and as a transit hotel it does what it needs to. You have everything in the room needed and there a plenty of places within the transit hub park to get food etc. There is also an indomaret. Equivalent to Seven eleven in Malaysia.

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: 22 May 2023

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The driver told us it's not possible to get a SIM Card in the airport, so he would help us the next morning to get one. He brought us to a small shop and they charged us more than double the real price! When we said that it was very expensive, he said that the prices increased... DON'T BUY A SIM CARD WITH THEM!!

    They were very friendly and organized a pick up from the airport for 50k Rp. very late in the night. The room was small and a bit smelly but clean.

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: 28 March 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The room is so small we both laughed when we saw it. It was fine since it was nice looking, clean, and we could store our suitcases under the bed easily.

    It is close to the airport, quiet, clean and in good repair. Coffee, tea, and toast with matcha available at 4am was a bonus we did not expect. Perfect for a night before your flight. There are several restaurants and coffee places to eat at and an indomart all within a block.

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 21 February 2023

    8.0
    More or less,the place is good,good for 1 nigth or 2 waiting for a flight out of Medan
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Rooms too small

    Be closer to the airport

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: 28 December 2022

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Queen Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Be careful. Only 2 or 4 rooms have windows. They changed us the room without any problem. The walls are very thin. The water not very hot.

    Perfect budget place for a short stay before or after your flight. Quite clean. In the morning very early it is posible to have coffe and toasts. The airport transfer for 50.000 rupias at any time- 10 minutes ride. Near it is a very good malesian restaurant Paparich.

    Stayed in December 2022

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