Forum Hotel Penang

3.0 star property

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Family Room, Non Smoking
Front of property
Reception
Reception
Lobby sitting area

Reviews

8.6 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Explore the area

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168 Jalan Argyll, George Town, Pulau Pinang, 10050
  • KOMTAR
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • Gurney Drive
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Gurney Plaza
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Penang (PEN-Penang Intl.)
    ‪19 min drive‬

Room options

Deluxe Twin Room, Non Smoking

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 20 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(3 reviews)
  • 25 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(3 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Family Room, Non Smoking

  • 2 sq m
  • Partial sea view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 King Beds

Deluxe Triple Room, Non Smoking

  • 2 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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About the area

George Town

With a stay at Forum Hotel Penang, you'll be centrally located in George Town, within a 5-minute drive of KOMTAR and Gurney Drive. .This hotel is 2.3 mi (3.6 km) from Gurney Plaza and 7.2 mi (11.6 km) from Queensbay Mall.

What's nearby

  • KOMTAR - 16 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Gurney Drive - 17 min walk - 1.5 km
  • Penang Times Square - 19 min walk - 1.6 km
  • Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal - 2 min drive - 2.0 km
  • Gurney Plaza - 4 min drive - 3.8 km

Getting around

  • Penang Sentral - 30 min drive
  • Penang Intl. Airport (PEN) - 30 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Nasi Padang International Hotel - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪明園茶室 (Chee Meng Cafe)前大華茶室雲吞麵 - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪MORE By Arang Coffee - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪敦隆餐室 - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Shill 90’S - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Forum Hotel Penang

Hotel with a restaurant, near KOMTAR
Forum Hotel Penang offers 140 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and slippers. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas and include desks. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms include showers and hair dryers. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 140 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Private bathrooms with showers feature hair dryers and slippers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the hotel's coffee shop/cafe.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk and an elevator. Limited parking is available onsite.
Forum Hotel Penang has a restaurant on site.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Limited on-site parking (max 1 space per unit)

Food and drink

  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant

Family friendly

  • Mini-fridge

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • In a nature reserve

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift (119 centimetre wide door)
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchairs on site

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Slippers
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Mini-fridge

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace
  • Safe
  • Separate sitting area

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 3:00 AM
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

No pets or service animals allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

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 100 per accommodation, 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.

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 and debit cards
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed

We should mention

No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property

Property is also known as

Forum Hotel Penang Hotel
Forum Hotel Penang George Town
Forum Hotel Penang Hotel George Town

Reviews

Forum Hotel Penang Reviews

8.6

Excellent

9.2/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 17 out of 30 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 6 out of 30 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 30 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 30 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 30 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Huey Chyi

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is quite new, clean and tidy, overall very good experience and will stay there again when I am back to Penang
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Helia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff members are super nice. For greeting and helping to solve our problems.

10/10 Excellent

Peng Shun

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Arlene

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lots of dining options within 10 minute walk, well located for visiting Georgetown
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Hock Wah

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything is great room is spacious,location is near Georgetown tourist area, the only thing lack is limited carpark space, is all based on first come first serve basis
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Sai Ho

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

Comfortable stay

The room is very clean and comfortable and the hotel staff is very good and friendly. The toilet was choked during our stay and the maintenance staff came and settled the problems immediately. We can see part of the sea from the window and the view was nice. The only drawback was that there was no drawers in the room and it was a bit difficult for storage.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

yee

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

Excellent business hotel on Jalan Argyll

Brand new hotel in a convinently lbut quiet ocation in Georgetown. Walking distance to many eateries and local sights plus plenty of transportation options including Penang Central Transit Area (CAT) buses connecting to Komtar and Jetty (Pangkalan Tun Uda) for ferry connnection to the mainland.
Forum Hotel
Stayed 26 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Y

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Brand new hotel they had a grand opening in sep 2024 do nothing wrong
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Y

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ahmad Hafiz

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Value for money,easy Grab, walkable to Komtar,quiet location Conveniet store and used to be Wisma Mcis..best hotel in Penang!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Derrick

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
New hotel that just soft opening. Everything is new and clean and staff are helpful.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Ana maria

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Chong

Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Yukio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
El hotel ofrece una buena experiencia
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Azaad

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Eenvoudig hotel en kleine kamer, zonder ontbijt. Prijs voor een kamer veeeel te duur, vergeleken met hotels in de buurt. Inchecken alleen mogelijk na 15:00 uur. Om 15:00 uur staat al een lange rij om in te checken. Heb 1 uur in de rij gestaan. Borg van 100 ringit eveneens vereist. Nooit meer.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Franciscus

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

HAESUK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Jotaro

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excelent
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024