Location next to a major shopping centre was very convenient to my family.
Beds were really big so much so that I did not need an extra bed for my 15 year old son. ( I actually wanted an extra bed but the guest service receptionist asked us to check to beds first before committing to one!)
Cleanliness was superb.
Breakfast has a good spread.

You can not but be impressed as soon as you enter this hotel with it's large reception.
Check in was very easy with a free ice cream whilst you details are processed.
My room was huge with a fantastic bath and shower. Plus free soft drinks in minibar.
All the staff acknowledge you and you are made welcome everywhere.
The hotel is connected to the Guerney Plaza with hundreds of shops and food outlets.
There is also a cinema of high standard and is amazingly cheap compared to UK prices.
I liked so much I am returning a week later.

Stayed 3 nights in Penang in mid Jan.
It was a very spacious room for three.

As we came arrived early morning in Penang, the hotel allows us to check-in early.
The fridge had complimentary soft drinks,
Bottles of mineral water are refilled daily.
Bathroom had a nice view to overlook the sea.. (but be reminded to draw your blinds!)

Hotel provided shuttle to Holiday Inn at Batu Ferringhi. Rem to check with the concierge to reserve a seat.

The hotel is along the coast. It is next to Gurney Food Centre (my fave are the muah chee n Fried Kway teow!). Also, linked to gurney plaze shopping mall.

Overall, it is a comfortable hotel! I will recommend my friends here.

The G flatters a little to deceive - the entrance lobby is busy but chic, the check-in smooth and the first impression of the room is strong, with plenty of space and an attractive four-poster. A view of some sea would have been nice, but obviously not all the rooms can have that.

But then the little details like the rather flimsy door, the tatty door card holder and the cheap plastic toilet seats start to grate a little, and you feel that if more attention had been paid to the finishing touches, this would be a genuinely stylish place to stay - and worth the price of other similar upwardly mobile hotels in the city.

The location is excellent, within easy walking distance of good, cheap hawker food in the evenings and well-placed for a long but interesting walk into the town centre (or a US$5 cab ride if you are in a hurry or cannot walk for half an hour). Mainly for this reason, I would stay here again - and I would hope by that time the rooms have had the minor makeover that they need to ensure that the G lives up to its undoubted promise.