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Reviews of The Culvert

3 out of 5
The Culvert
Lot 285, Off Jalan Sultan Tengah, Block 2 Salak Land District, Kuching, Sarawak

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 23 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 20 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 52 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 52 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

John Garr

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Rooms could have worn de enough to walk around bed instead of climb over.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Culvert is a lovely, peaceful resort on the coast with great views out over the bay. It is clean and well looked after and the staff are very friendly and kind. It is very hot and there are mosquitoes so long sleeves and lightweight trousers advisable. Only marginally cooler at night so no need for warm clothes. All the cabins have aircon. The sun is VERY hot, this is not a sun bathing resort. The UV index was saying Extreme so pack strong suncream, especially if you go on any excursions. Bottled water is freely available. The restaurant food is very good, not too expensive. There aren't many veggie options, but the staff were willing to adapt some dishes to accomodate. The pools are clean and well cared for, and very welcome in the heat. Apparently there are salt water crocodiles in the area (though we didn't see any) so the pool is probably the safer option! It's around 100/150 ringetts for a cab from the airport (2023) though there may be additional fees per person. The city of Kuching is about an hour away if you need more excitement and shopping. The food there is super cheap and very good. A great place to chill if you want a quiet holiday :-)
Stayed 11 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Daniel Tze Yuen

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

James

Travelled with family
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Something to truly remember
This is a really unique place with a beautiful private beach. You get there and your first thought is wow this is so cool. Then after a while you think, wait this is kinda like camping. But then you come to the conclusion that camping is awesome and this place has so much to offer in its little package. The food is a little limited, especially with fruits and veggies. The room itself has enough space but needs more creative solutions for storage. Bedroom turnover is impractical but we would have appreciated more bathroom supplies. We really enjoyed the beach, less so the pool. Overall it was well worth it despite my nitpicking.
Always cats nearby in Sarawak
Upper pool
Aerial view of beach
Lower pool
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

2/10 Terrible

ting

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
no lamp in the room, difficult to go to bathroom because no floor in the room for walk.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Ivan on 30 Sept 2022
Greetings from The Culvert Kuching!Thank you for your kind feedback for us to improve better. We will look into this for the comfort of all.Thank you

10/10 Excellent

Najwa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Thank you for treating my parents nicely during their anniversary.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Mohd Fadhilah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021

8/10 Good

Doreen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021

8/10 Good

HAIRIYAH

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel was just something very different and we loved it! We've told all our friends about it since we got back! There's not much space in the room admittedly, which completely suited us, but for some people this may be a struggle, particularly if you have lots of luggage or children. If you're travelling light and solo/couple, this place is lovely. There is a nice infinity pool. Breakfast was ok. It was nice being in the tranquil jungle. It is quite a long drive from the airport, but was relatively cheap to get there. Overall, a few good experience for a few days!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Mitchell

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cosy Room
Small but cosy rooms. Great place to relax
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

10/10 Excellent

Nurhazirah

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice resort
Perfect place for relexing
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Mohd Syafiq

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Miss

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Plenty of mosquitos. Bring along insect repellent.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

SML

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It more suitable for couple or youngsters, as it was not kids friendly, as the safety for kids is low. My youngest son fall from pool while sitting on the side and high on floor full of sharp stones, luckily no needle need for the wound. As for the breakfast, it was expensive for my kid as I pay my 5 years old boy breakfast and not much choices to take. It's a place not suitable for family with kids, but might be good for couples.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Doreen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jared

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unique little spot
Unique little spot. Great views and location. Amazing service.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved the uniqueness of the property. The secluded location was lovely.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Nom, Kuching

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Staff need hospitality training, some facilities require prompt maintenance
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Breakfast could have been better
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
All good
All good
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Think twice before booking!
Arrived to concrete capsule “hotel” after rain. Concrete “drainpipe-rooms” were damp and smelling mouldy. We had booked three nights, discussed dampness issue with hotel management after first night. Manager contacted Expedia/hotels.com to cancel and refunded two nights. Credit to manager. We learnt concrete capsules are not sealed against environment. Unless correct protection is applied to concrete this is worrying for structure ..... and health. If you want a gimmicky experience, with a 6 square meter “capsule”, no convenience (e.g. no table, no chair, no clothes rack, etc) no privacy and very few options for food or transportation but pay a premium price for Borneo accommodation The Culvert is for you. We experienced and at first opportunity checked out.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We like the unique architecture and landscape, but we didn’t like the fact there is quite a bit of mosquitos around...
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pretty good stay. Loved the infinity pool, steps to the beach and the massage I got from the spa. Only dislike is the food served at the restaurant. Menu is limited. Needs local cuisine incorporated in the menu too.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Roxana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice concept, but execution can be improved
The concept of hotel is very cool, feels nice and trendy. The staff was helpful to arrange alternative pick up for us to take us to the Cultural Village when the local driver of the hotel was busy. Few things that were not to my liking: Breakfast was poor - even basic yogurt and granola was missing. Food overall was bad quality, they are doing a western type food, but they dont know how to cook it. I asked for a medium steak, I got a burned one. I d suggest to switch the focus to nalaysian food, or do a fusion, the western food just doesn’t work. Seating in the restaurants is terrible, they have wooden benches, not comfortable at all- you eat and you leave, not a place to relax. The pool by the beach was kind of closed, we couldn’t figured that one out. Also the airport transfers are slightly expensive, we got a local driver for half the price that the hotel was asking
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Steve Tan

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

JuliaKon, Kuching

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Relaxing,clean and beautiful place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
We stayed 3 days 2 nights. Booked 2 rooms. Horrible breakfast. Little choice with the same type of dishes during my 3 days stay. Expensive rate. Lunch and dinnet need to go out to town. Not enjoyable.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Lu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Lip Cheng

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I’m happy with the place. Quiete n away from town. Room was nice small and comfortable enough. Good for relaxing but only thing it’s a little away from town. Overall I am very satisfied with this place.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Francis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rooms were awesome. Nice views. Only downside is the lackluster selection of food, especially buffet offerings needs more improvement.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Dayna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fun experience
It's quite the experience staying at The Culvert. They've made a very niche hotel that is comfortable and quiet, especially considering that you are staying in a culvert! One downside was our hot water never got quite hot enough for a pleasant shower. The breakfast was great and the ambiance offered a once in a lifetime experience. Great place to stay for a couple of days and meet some cool people.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

SIA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice
Nice place to stay. good.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
wonderful experience in here. nice view fresh air quite far away from city. is a nice and relaxing resort. will visit again when the new pool and other facilities is done.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had a memorable and sweet honeymoon at The Culvert, thanks for the adorable deco. Nice buffet breakfast and the food served from ala carte menu was great too. Love the welcoming refreshing pandan drinks and friendly staff.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

6/10 Okay

Anthony

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Sergio, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The place is beautiful and unique. Staff is still new and need to learn more but still they’re nice. There are many Mosquitos in the bathroom, maybe some nets would help to protect guests from mosquitos.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Doreen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Dora

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Heaven of relaxing day
Nice place to relaxing our mind and physical with the birds singing and the wave.but sadly cant see the sunset the time im going there...
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Jump, Johor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel, gives new experience with the culvert accomodation type.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Fabian Halley Pata

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

8/10 Good

Kelvin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A birthday weekend gateway
The place is very new, and clean. Overall its very relax and chill. The only thing is that the room itself is very small given its culvert type of design. Great weekend gateway there with nice view and will recommend to friends and family.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

2/10 Terrible

Wui Kang

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Driss

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Abdul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
tout est super !!!! il faut absolument découvrir ce lieux !
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Jakub

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Must visit!
Amazing hotel, amazing place, amazing people. Really recommend to everyone! Rooms are very small so consider booking suite but at the end you only sleep in your room so not a big deal :) Food absolutely delicious.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2018