Istanaku Guesthouse 2 review: Good value for money in Manado, Indonesia

Besides this hotel, we have previously stayed at the Top Hotel and Aryaduta Hotel in Manado, but we found Istanaku Guesthouse 2 to be the most reasonable.

Stayed one night on 9 and 18 December 2023 respectively.
From Rp 290 000 twin room with breakfast.
We stayed in room 305.

Reception staff are all friendly and speak good English.

Istanaku Hotel (main building) is opposite, and buffet breakfast is served in the main building restaurant, if breakfast is included in the price. Breakfast starts at 7am.

On the day of our early morning flight to Sorong, we checked out at 5am and were able to have a breakfast to takeaway, which was ordered in advance. It was nasi goreng in boxes and we had it on the plane.

The building seemed to have an old lift but it was broken and unusable. Only stairs were available.

Rooms are clean and stylishly decorated. 
The mattresses were comfortable, the sheets were cotton and pleasant to the touch, and the blankets were clean.

Air conditioning sometimes works slowly during the day, but works well enough to make it cold at night.

There was noise as it is located on a busy road. On weekends, music in the vicinity could be noisy, but we slept well at night.

The shower has hot water. However, in the morning it takes a little while to get hot.
The water pressure is adequate. Soap bars and body wash provided.

Toilets are clean and have toilet paper.

There is wifi internet, but it was not very fast. For some reason our computer did not have a WiFi connection, so we took it to reception and asked the staff to connect it.

There are water servers next to the reception and on each floor, but no coffee or tea. There is hot water.

There is an Indomaret opposite, which is convenient.

It is about 45 minutes from the airport by micro.  After leaving the airport for the city, we changed to a micro to Pasar 45 and were stopped at the corner where Istanak Hotel is located.

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