Located close to Gurney Plaza and Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Temple, Mercure Penang Beach provides a terrace, a garden, and dry cleaning/laundry services. This hotel is a great place to bask in the sun with a beachfront location and beachfront dining. The on-site restaurant, The Ombak, offers breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, and ocean views. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi, and guests can find other amenities such as a gym.
Located on the beach, Mercure Penang Beach is in Tanjung Bungah, a neighborhood in George Town. Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Temple and KOMTAR are notable landmarks, and if an activity is on the agenda, check out ESCAPE Adventureplay. Gurney Plaza and Penang City Hall are two other places to visit that come recommended. With kayaking, water skiing, and parasailing nearby, you'll find plenty of adventures in the water. Visit our George Town travel guide
505, Jalan Tanjung Bungah, George Town, Penang, 11200
What's nearby
Penang Avatar Secret Garden
9 min walk - 0.8 km
Straits Quay Mall
17 min walk - 1.5 km
Tokong Cape Beach
12 min walk - 1.1 km
Tanjung Bungah Market
14 min walk - 1.2 km
Ibox Museum of Glass Penang
3 min drive - 2.3 km
Getting around
Tasek Gelugor Station
42 min drive
Penang Intl. Airport (PEN)
43 min drive
Restaurants
Hompton Swimming Pool
6 min walk
Viva Japanese Restaurant
7 min walk
Taiba Shawerma
6 min walk
Pang (Hainan) Seafood
3 min walk
Hola By Javu
2 min walk
About this property
Mercure Penang Beach
Upscale family-friendly hotel near Gurney Plaza
Located close to Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Temple, Mercure Penang Beach provides a terrace, a garden, and dry cleaning/laundry services. With amenities like a beachfront location and beachfront dining, this hotel is the perfect place to soak up the sun. The on-site restaurant, The Ombak, offers breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, and ocean views. Free in-room WiFi and a gym are available to all guests.
Other perks include:
An outdoor pool and a children's pool, along with sun loungers
Free self parking
Buffet breakfast (surcharge), a banquet hall, and a billiards/pool table
4 meeting rooms, a vegetable garden, and a water dispenser
Guest reviews give top marks for the helpful staff
Room features
All 220 rooms offer comforts such as laptop-compatible safes and air conditioning, in addition to thoughtful touches like free WiFi and sound-insulated walls.
More conveniences in all rooms include:
Bidets, free toiletries, and hair dryers
LED TVs with satellite channels
Recycling, electric kettles, and daily housekeeping
Yes, this property has an outdoor pool and a children's pool.
How much does it cost to stay at Mercure Penang Beach?
As of 24 October 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Mercure Penang Beach on 1 November 2026 start from AED 220, excluding taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.
Is Mercure Penang Beach pet-friendly?
No, pets are not allowed at this property.
How much is parking?
Self parking is free at this property.
What time is check-in at Mercure Penang Beach?
Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: midnight. Late check-in is available during limited hours.
What time is check-out at Mercure Penang Beach?
Check-out is at noon. Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability).
Where is Mercure Penang Beach located?
This Tanjung Bungah hotel is on the beach, 2.3 mi (3.8 km) from Gurney Plaza, and within 6 mi (10 km) of Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Temple and KOMTAR. Penang City Hall and Kek Lok Si Temple are also within 9 mi (15 km).
Can I cancel my reservation for free and receive a full refund?
Yes, this property offers free cancellation on select room rates, because flexibility matters! Please refer to the property cancellation policy on our site for more details about any exclusions or requirements.
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Reviews
Mercure Penang Beach Reviews
7.8
Good
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travelers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
We booked 2 rooms with the king bed over looking the beach. Overall, we stayed total of 13 nights for the 2 rooms.
The hotel staff were helpful and professional. One of them, Tirah, she went above and beyond for us. She resolved our problem when cigarettes smoke permeate our room. The food at the restaurant was also good.
Clean room, and great staff service at the counter. Over all it was a great stay and we enjoyed it. Walking distance to a nearby hawker centre. Our regular go to hotel in Penang.
Good staff in the bar and housekeeping
Other areas need more attention restaurant in particular
Limited food choices. But lots of places to eat outside in walking distance.
Beach in front of hotel good but could do with some more sunbeds and Matt's.
Enjoyed the stay and would return with managed expectations
Nice and clean rooms, some sound of the road is easily heard esp at night. Might need better sound proofing of the windows
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023
Verified review
6/10 Okay
Tim
31 March 2025
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Great location and nice pool which was not busy in late March. Horrible threadbare towels in the otherwise okay room. On site dining only okay. Communication about dining room schedule such as how Ramadan impacted dinner options and expectations regarding paying up front needs improvement.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2025
Verified review
8/10 Good
John
2 April 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great hotel but cramped bathroom
It's a nice hotel for the rate charged. Great service and nice location by the beach. Only complaint I have is the cramped bathroom. The door to the bathroom opens inwards and makes it very tight to move around in the bathroom. I don't understand why they don't have the door open outwards instead. The door frames will allow that.
It was our annual family getaway and Mercure Penang Beach ticked off most of the checkboxes except a few! The room was great with a fantastic view of the sea. A nice pool and the beach just in front was wonderful. However, we faced few issues with service. On the first day after the check-in, they seemed to have misplaced our luggage. It took a couple of hours and multiple calls to the front desk to finally get our luggages in the room.Also the housekeeping could be a bit more thorough as both the shampoo and the toilet paper were out in the bathroom and we had to call the front desk to get replacement.
The hotel is in a good position with direct access to the beech, 20 mins by taxi from central Georgetown.
The staff are helpful. Th bedrooms are ok but pretty tired - Mercure should look an overhaul of the furniture and decor. Bedrooms also suffer from corridor noise at night.
No bar during day and big opportunity to sell food and drink during the day missed. I can’t really recommend as there is not enough nearby to compensate for Hotel offer.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2024
Verified review
6/10 Okay
Yew Hooi
19 August 2024
Liked: Staff & service
Lack of room amenities
Room consider clean and comfort, outdoor parking are limited but hotel have indoor parking next to the building.
One of the point like to share is lack of room amenities. The superior room (road view) do not have bathmat, no hand tower (but provide face tower) which i think are essential.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024
Verified review
6/10 Okay
Leslie Philip
17 February 2024
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Hotel is looking very tired. Vinyl clad couch in our room was split in many places. TV show options were very poor to say the least. Having said that the room staff were very good and the bed was comfy. There is nowhere to sit in a/c comfort when you check out and are waiting to be picked up. There is no booklet explaining the hotel facilities and how to get around the local area in the room. Overall disappointing 😞
Great location with beautiful beach front and nice pool. Rooms are large. However this experience didn’t live up to what I expected of a well known international hotel brand. The rooms were noisy, we had to asked to be moved as we could hear everything through an adjoining door to the room next door. There was black mould in the shower and despite staying 9 nights our room was not cleaned once, just made up daily. A few times we came back late in the afternoon and our room still hadn’t been made up. The WiFi hardly ever worked in our room. If you wanted to ask reception about anything it was always very slow to be able to speak to someone.
We had a great stay at this beautiful hotel. The pool was shaded and cool even in March's heat wave! The breakfast buffet had everything we could want, and more.
everything is up to expectation as a 4 stars hotel. probably the only thing worth mentioning is the obvious insufficient parking, although the parking lot in next building are open for hotel guests, it is not covered and kind of troublesome during raining day.