Mess Inn Semarang

The price is affordable, but that’s about the only good thing I can say. It was a little hot and not very quiet. I didn’t get breakfast because I arrived and slept in the morning rather than staying the night before. The staff were impolite and didn’t explain anything, just leaving me in the lobby without telling me how to get to my room.

For the cheap rate, it was fine for one night before an early train. The room didn’t have great facilities, and the AC wasn’t working properly.

This was my first booking here, and it’ll definitely be my last. I reserved through Agoda and showed my receipt at the front desk. I expected the check to take 3-5 minutes, but I was left waiting much longer. The service was poor. A doorman then took us upstairs to a second-floor room, but couldn’t open the door. He went down to get another key, came back, and still couldn’t get it open. After that, he moved us to a first-floor room without explaining anything about it. I had chosen VIP, but the room had a medium-sized bed, a TV with only 3-5 watchable channels, and one bottle of mineral water. The bathroom had no toothbrush, toothpaste, or soap. Definitely my first and last time!

The room had great facilities and the service was good, so it worked well for a stay with friends. But it was dusty, and neither of the two bathrooms was properly usable: one room’s bathroom wouldn’t lock, and the other one was broken.