Website: www.stardustguesthouse.com
This place is only a few doors down from the previously mentioned hostel but on the other side of the road so it's still a very central part of town. The reception was manned by a young girl (the daughter of the owner) who was very friendly and welcoming. She showed us two rooms, both with clean rooms and beds (I've started lifting the bedsheets of every place we go to to check for bed bugs hiding in the mattresses). We chose the second room which was the larger of the two, with an extra electrical socket for RM 25 per night (A$8) for a few days.
There are 7 rooms spread over two levels in the guesthouse, with the bathrooms on the second level consisting of three showers and two toilets which were cleaned daily. The showers had a gap between the top of the wall and the ceiling which allowed natural light to come through which was pretty cool if one had a shower during the day. The stairs leading up to these levels from the cafe downstairs is extremely steep so we had to hold onto the bannister to ensure that we didn't ensure a catastrophic death! The wooden floorboards added a genuine atmosphere of 'guesthouse' that was quite charming.
Our room had a fan, a writing table and a chair. It was closest to the bathrooms which for the most part weren't a problem...except for the one bad thing about this guesthouse: the mysterious, GHASTLY odour that would come wafting into the room late every night (and sometimes for a period of time in the afternoon). We determined that the smell came from the bathrooms as the second time we stayed here in another room further down the corridor, the smell wasn't as strong. As far as we could tell, it must have come from some open sewer pipe and let me tell you, it was the most foul smell I have ever come across in my life!!! There is no way of getting around this smell which is unfortunate because other than this, our stay at Stardust was perhaps one of the best we've had so far.
Overall, I'd definitely recommend this guesthouse. You can't find much fault with clean, decent sized rooms, clean bathrooms, friendly owners, a convenient location and free wi fi. The only thing to be aware of is the evil sewer smell which will inevitably creep up upon you.
Rating: 8/10 (9.5/10 if the horrifying stink was removed)
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