SKYPOD Hostel

Property class: 2.5

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Located close to Imago Shopping Mall and Kompleks Asia City, SKYPOD Hostel provides free breakfast (local cuisine), an adjacent golf course, and a grocery/convenience store. In addition to a free daily manager's reception and a terrace, guests can connect to free in-room WiFi.

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Air conditioning
  • Business services

Room options

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A room with a red wall and a large window. The word "CHANGING" is visible on the wall.

Signature Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm, Shared Bathroom

  • 80 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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A room with a red wall and a large window. The word "CHANGING" is visible on the wall.

Signature Shared Dormitory, Women only, Shared Bathroom

  • 50 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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A room with a red wall and a large window. The word "CHANGING" is visible on the wall.

Signature Shared Dormitory, 1 Queen Bed, Shared Bathroom

  • 80 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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A riverside walkway with modern buildings, a pedestrian bridge, and a calm water body.

Exclusive Room, Multiple Beds, Shared Bathroom

  • 50 sq m
  • Sleeps 16
  • 16 Large Twin Beds

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A riverside walkway with modern buildings, a pedestrian bridge, and a calm water body.

Premium Double Room, 1 Queen Bed, Private Bathroom, City View

  • City view
  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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A riverside walkway with modern buildings, a pedestrian bridge, and a calm water body.

Exclusive Room, Multiple Bedrooms, Shared Bathroom

  • 80 sq m
  • Sleeps 24
  • 16 Twin Beds and 4 Queen Beds

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A riverside walkway with modern buildings, a pedestrian bridge, and a calm water body.

Comfort Twin Room, 2 Twin Beds, Shared Bathroom

  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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A riverside walkway with modern buildings, a pedestrian bridge, and a calm water body.

Superior Shared Dormitory, Multiple Beds, Shared Bathroom

  • 100 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 4 Twin Beds

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A riverside walkway with modern buildings, a pedestrian bridge, and a calm water body.

Deluxe Shared Dormitory, Shared Bathroom

  • 100 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 6 Twin Beds OR 3 Queen Beds

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A riverside walkway with modern buildings, a pedestrian bridge, and a calm water body.

Exclusive Room, Women only, Shared Bathroom

  • 100 sq m
  • Sleeps 20
  • 20 Twin Beds

About the neighborhood

Located in Kota Kinabalu, SKYPOD Hostel is in the city center and on the riverwalk. Travelers who have shopping on the agenda can visit Imago Shopping Mall and Kompleks Asia City, while those looking for another kind of activity may want to check out Jesselton Point Ferry Terminal. Anjung Samudera and Gaya Street Sunday Market are two other places to visit that come recommended. Visit our Kota Kinabalu travel guide
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Lot 38, Jalan Ikan Juara 1, Sadong Jaya, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, 88100

What's nearby

  • A table with various dishes including shrimp, soup, and a lobster.
    Kompleks Asia City
    10 min walk - 0.9 km
  • A coastal cityscape with a sunset over the sea, featuring dense urban buildings and a clear sky.
    Imago Shopping Mall
    11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • A crowded riverside dining area with tables and chairs, string lights, and flags.
    Kota Kinabalu Esplanade
    13 min walk - 1.1 km
  • Centre Point
    13 min walk - 1.1 km
  • Gaya Street Sunday Market
    2 min drive - 2.2 km

Getting around

  • Tanjung Aru Station
    4 min drive
  • Kota Kinabalu Intl. Airport (BKI)
    15 min drive

Restaurants

  • Selera Bangkok
    2 min walk
  • Bistro Sadong Jaya
    2 min walk
  • Charm Restaurant Sadong Jaya Ngiu Chap
    2 min walk
  • Dayang Sari
    2 min walk
  • Restoran Sri Yakim (Gooners Port)
    3 min walk

About this property

SKYPOD Hostel

  • Capsule hotel near Imago Shopping Mall
  • Located close to Kompleks Asia City and Sabah State Museum, SKYPOD Hostel provides free breakfast (local cuisine), an adjacent golf course, and a grocery/convenience store. Free in-room WiFi is available to all guests, along with a free daily manager's reception and a terrace.
  • You'll also enjoy the following perks during your stay:
    • Free self parking
    • Airport pick-up service (surcharge), express check-out, and express check-in
    • Coffee/tea in the lobby, a water dispenser, and tour/ticket assistance
  • Room features
  • All guestrooms at SKYPOD Hostel include thoughtful touches such as 24-hour room service and premium bedding, as well as amenities like late night room service and free WiFi.
  • Other amenities include:
    • Hypo-allergenic bedding, Egyptian cotton sheets, and memory foam beds
    • Rainfall showers, bidets, and free toiletries
    • 50-inch Smart TVs with Netflix, cable channels, and DVD players
    • Communal kitchens, full-sized refrigerators/freezers, and microwaves

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Frequently asked questions

Is SKYPOD Hostel pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property; nearby parking is also free.

What time is check-in at SKYPOD Hostel?

Check-in end time: anytime.

What time is check-out at SKYPOD Hostel?

Check-out is at noon. Late check-out is available for MYR 29 (subject to availability).

Does SKYPOD Hostel provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's a shuttle from the airport to the hotel that runs on request. A fee of MYR 30 per vehicle applies.

Where is SKYPOD Hostel located?

Located in the heart of Kota Kinabalu, this golf capsule hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Kompleks Asia City, Imago Shopping Mall, and Sabah State Museum. Atkinson Clock Tower and Anjung Samudera are also within 1 mi (2 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

SKYPOD Hostel Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

9.2

Cleanliness

7.0

Location

9.2

Staff & service

8.8

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 37 out of 60 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 15 out of 60 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 60 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 60 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 60 reviews

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Amazing value

A few of the things I liked in the dorm room is each bed has a curtain so you have privacy and the space is really big with lots of storage space right under your bed. The staff were really friendly and helpful and the welcome card is a nice touch too. There’s a nice chill out area with bean bags and the coffee is great too. (Good coffee is a rarity in hostels)
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort

Un désastre

Nous avons restés 3 nuits sur 7 au Skypod. Il a eu une panne d’électricité importante qui a durée au moins trois jours: nous ne savons pas réellement quand l’électricité et revenu, nous sommes partis. Le personnel ne s’en préoccupait pas de tout, personne était capable de nous informés sur la situation. Ils riaient et bavardaient ensemble... De plus, ils laissent entrer des nouveaux clients à 4h le matin qui n’ont aucun respect pour les gens qui dorment... Machine à café brisée et jamais réparée. Déjeuner corrects sans plus. Trop bien côté et trop cher pour un hostel comme ça! Bref, n’y allez pas, il y a moins cher et mieux !
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2019
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

전반적으로 깨끗하고 조용합니다. 주변 인프라는 부족합니다. 직원들은 친절하지만 조식은 형편

전반적으로 깨끗하고 조용합니다. 주변 인프라는 부족합니다. 직원들은 친절하지만 조식은 형편없습니다
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
とても安いのにきれいで朝食付きで大変満足しました。キナバル山の観光の拠点にも、とても便利です。また機会があれば宿泊したいと思います。
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
its a good place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Everything is good but the water pressure is too low when we stayed in the hostel. I’d like to visit here again if the water pressure gets stable.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

朝食

日曜はワッフルがありました。 そのほかの日は食パンと、焼きそばだったので、朝食がもう少し充実してたらいいなーと思います。 シリアルとかがあったら嬉しいかな。
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
リーズナブルな値段で、とてもきれいなホステル。朝食もついていて大満足の宿泊となりました。
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
Verified review

6/10 Okay

For passing by

Little place, and a bit hidden. Nice staff, rather helpful. Kitchen & bathrooms need improvement and cleaning. Cubicle private & comfortable, great space for securing the luggage & belongings. Normal breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Quite hot bcoz the staff like to turn off the air cond.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Verified review

6/10 Okay

格安ホテルにしては綺麗で設備も整ってます。夜間のチェックインでしたが優しく対応してくれて満足です。コタキナバル国際空港からタクシーで10分以内、深夜料金込みで45RMでした。
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Nice comfortable hostel

Had an enjoyable stay here. This hostel is clean and comfortable. The only down side is it is located 5 mins drive from the city centre.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018
Verified review

6/10 Okay

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

A little run around adventure

Stay at Skypod was good. The 2nd night we booked a month or so in advance. We showed up to find out the whole hostel was booked up. They relocated us to JIA by Skypod and refunded our night. A small hiccup but they were very accommodating. Only little upset was that they agreed to pay for our airport transfer from the new place but didn't.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

離市區近卻安靜乾淨的舒適飯店

員工服務態度佳，床位乾淨且舒適。唯一的缺點是淋浴間水量太小。 能在旅館內買到觀光行程，讓沒有旅遊規劃的人也是個不錯的選擇
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good value for a less money, one of the best dormitory from my trip on Malaysia
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Good atmosphere, friendly staff

I enjoyed my time at the SKypod hostel. The rooms were very clean and well kept. The staff were friendly and were able to help with most things. My only downside was the location. For me it was not central enough to the city. However it was walkable or you can catch and Uber quite cheap.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Worth stay~ Safe & Clean~

The breakfast simple and nice. The location also near from airport and town. Overall is very good experience. It is very worth for whet we have paid. Thank you, skypod:)
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Very Nice Hostel - Very Friendly and Helpful Staff

My first time staying in a hostel, let alone a "pod" type hostel. I was in a mixed room with about 25 pods. Below each pod was storage room to hold even a suitcase with a provide lock. Free wifi, a very simple breakfast with free coffee all day and night. There were 3 showers(never a problem with water pressure or hot water) that were shared among us plus 2 restrooms. There was also a changing room in both the shower area and in the shared dormitory area. They even have a washing machine that you can use with an area to hang your washed clothes. I was skeptical at first as to how loud it might be considering you are sleeping in an area with possible 25 people right next to you. Amazing as to how quiet it really was. In fact, more quiet that most motels I have stayed in as maybe people were very conscious as to how close in proximity we were to one another. I still would suggest to bring ear plugs or ear buds as you might have someone in the area that is a loud snorer! This place was not in the center of town so it is about 2 km away. I personally walked it a couple times but also used uber and grab which are both readily available. Airport is only about 7 1/2 km away which only took 25 min which was during heavy traffic. The staff were incredible....friendly, very nice and helpful. Thank you Gary and Ray for helping me out.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Perfect hostel

Absolutely flawless this hostel. I don't usually do hostel, but did this before mount KK. Cheap airport pickup, best friendly service and staff, towels, bathroom facilities. Everything was just in order and ready for guests. Shared dorm with seperate and quite private and cousy, clean doublebed 'pods'. We brought own sleeping bag, otherwise they have blanket, I didn't use. Plenty of room for big luggage and you can lock it under bed. Breakfast is perfectly decent and free good coffee. I am lost for words of the benefits, professionalism, comfort and value you get for a very good price
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Great hospitality with affordable price

Amazing deco, comfortable and privacy. Love it
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very pleasant stay! Everything worked properly and staff was also very helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
意料之外的超级高性价比，虽然是青旅，但是房间和卫生让人非常满意，公用的浴室和厕所每天都打扫几次，地板上永远是干净清洁，可惜亚庇除了海岛没什么好玩了，不然可以多住两天
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2017
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

Rien à redire

L'établissement est tout neuf. Les personnel est des plus serviable et vous donne d'excellents conseils. Si les immeubles environnants ne sont pas derniers cris, c'est un quartier sûr où l'on trouve de bons restaurants locaux donc pas chers, à contrario du front de mer, bière et plats ici sont moitié prix. Une adresse où l'on reviendra avec plaisir. Le wifi n'est pas à la hauteur du reste des services...
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2017
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

住宿品質佳

住宿品質很棒，上下舖房空間大，有熱水器洗衣機也有提供曬衣處，還可以在大廳二樓看電影，躺在懶骨頭上放鬆。缺點：不在市區要花小錢往返
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2017
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

IMMACULATE

EXCEPTIONAL STAFF.FREE LAUNDRY.FREE FILTER COFFEE.FREE BREAFFAST.SUPERB CHILL OUT AREA.GREAT LOCATION.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2017