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  • Hotel class: 4 of 5
  • Rooms: 571
  • Address: Kuala Lumpur City Centre Kuala Lumpur 50088 Malaysia
Property Type: Hotel
  • Lodging offering guest rooms, a 24-hour front desk and a variety of services and amenities.
Business Center Fitness Center Free High-Speed Internet Restaurant Room Service Swimming Pool
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“In the end, Traders muddles through”

Traders Hotel

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3 of 5 stars
Laguna Hills, California
May 25, 2007
2/3 found this review helpful

My wife and I stayed at the Traders Hotel for 10 days in May. We probably would stay there again because of the location and price, but we'll expect more smiling, well-meaning, amateurish service from a young and inexperienced staff. There were about a score of incidents showing lack of training or supervision that made the hotel name seem like Traitors--to the good name of Shangri-la. There was no shower curtain in the bathroom so the shower water splashed onto the floor in front of the toilet, etc.

Traders and the better-managed Mandarin Oriental are the only two hotels in one of the most magnificent adult playgrounds in Asia. You can walk from the hotel lobby to the Convention Center third floor, admiring more than a quarter-mile of panoramic, ever-changing 30-foot floor-to-ceiling vistas of the KL City Centre park, waterfall, jogging track and tip-to bottom of the diadem-like Petronas Twin Towers. One rainy night we walked easily to an 8 p.m. performance of "My Fair Lady" at the Convention Centre auditorium. Tropical rain heightens a sense of grandeur and safety as you walk through the carpeted convention center gallery to the covered walkway to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and then to the rather covered walkway to the giant Suria Shopping Centre at the base of the Twin Towers. On the top floor of the Ramlee side of Suria Centre can be found at least ten delightful Thai, Lebanese, Persian, Japanese, Cantonese, Indonesian, Indian, Malaysian restaurants with tables by the walkways like sidewalk cafe tables, each with a view of the twin towers through the transparent ceiling windows.

Traders' fitness center provides 26th floor views of the convention center, high rise buildings, and the Mandarin Oriental pool as well as TV screens on each elliptical trainer/treadmill. Traders provide a network cable for Internet on a $15++ for 24-hour basis. We preferred to use an Internet kiosk in the lower-priced and large Sungei Mas shopping center (15 minute walk away where an ever-busy Best Rate money changer inside and to the right of the main Jalan Sultan Ismail entrance gives the best rates), which provides faster connections for $1.20 for the first hour. At the Traders sixth floor restaurant, the food (especially the lobster bisque) is delicious and original, but we preferred the ambience and food at the Mandarin Oriental's Pacifica Restaurant. Traders have Star Movies and HBO, and the cable TV was down only once for about 20 minutes while we were there.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — The location
    • Disliked — The well-meaning, generally amateurish service
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Staidthere's Summary
Date of Stay: May 2007
Traveled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Business
Age group: 65+
Member since: April 26, 2006
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
most likely
I recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Older travelers, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Great pool scene
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Business meeting / Event
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“New and shiny, but needs personality”

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4 of 5 stars
Monkey Island
May 23, 2007
3/4 found this review helpful

Stayed for three nights with boyfriend. Upon checkin, were asked whether we wanted to upgrade rooms - at a price. Nothing seemed to be free, but for little money we got a corner room overlooking the Petronas Towers. I'd recommend to upgrade if you liek views, especially to corner rooms which have two large windows.

Rooms were on the small side, but since the hotel is new, everything is new and clean. Bathroom was impressive. Bedroom decoration lacked style, but nothing wrong with it otherwise. The restaurant where breakfast was served looked terribly fussy with its offerings of fusion cuisine.

The breakfast was okay, not great - certainly lots to eat, quality wasn't overwhelming. i prefer street food any time, but apart from the so-so food court at the Petronas Tower there isn't anything like that around.

There is an open-roof pool and bar on the top floor. Pool is very shallow. bar gets busy at night with Western business types but somewhat lacks ambience. However, the views are great.

I would stay there again because it was very cheap to book over the net and its a very clean place to stay, but it does not have ambience as much as some older places or the luxuries of five-stars but it is perfectly adequate.

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pusspuss's Summary
Date of Stay: January 2007
Traveled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Quality time with family
Age group: 25-34
Member since: November 13, 2006
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
most likely
I recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, Girlfriend getaway, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Museums / Cultural / Historical sites, Theme / Amusement park, Business meeting / Event, Shopping
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Average price*: $126 (year-round)
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“well positioned”

Traders Hotel

May 17, 2007
5/5 found this review helpful

stayed here for 2 nights, 1 either side of our week in Borneo. booked a deluxe park view room as the brochure showed this looking onto the Petronas towers, and it live up to all expectations. First room was a slight side view, 2nd room full on front view of towers, magnificent to sit on bed at night and see them all lit up. First room was obviously geared up for wheelchair users, 2nd room not so, but not a problem for us, both large, king size bed, wide screen TV, minibar, desk and sofa chair.
Breakfast was a very extensive buffet, from cereal and toast to curry and naan breads! i made most of filling up for the day. On the Mon am we ate 7am so restaurant fairly quiet but on the Sun we ate back around 10am after Q'ing for tickets for the Petronis towers, and we had to queue, so be warned!
good value hotel, situated right on the park opp the towers/shopping mall, golf buggy curtosy transport to the towers.

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aberdeen01's Summary
Date of Stay: May 2007
Member since: August 22, 2006
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, Girlfriend getaway, People with disabilities, Older travelers, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway
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Average price*: $126 (year-round)
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“Modern”

Traders Hotel

May 16, 2007
4/6 found this review helpful

Great location but terrible traffic to get there-recommend express train from airport but then would consider Hilton or Meridien right at Sentral Station.

Great to have free shuttle by golf cart to KLCC for shopping but poor organisation and queue system at KLCC-need clearer signage and ropage.

Our rate of about RM300 did include breakfast but the restaurant opens at 0630 and we had to eat at 0600. Compromise was room service breakfast which was very ordinary indeed.

Had great buffet dinner there-good value lots of variety including all the sushi and tempura you can eat though the latter was a bit rancid and tended to be a bit cold unless you were there at the right time. Good noodle bar. Some waiters were really clueless about the food and menu but others were more helpful.

Staff were reasonaly helpful, young and professional. Rooms were good and comfy but one room had a missing glass shower panel and they could not really help us. Water woud have splashed everywhere.
Free internet only in public areas like the subdued lobby.
Fantastic pool area overhanging the KL skyline, with twin towers in view. Great Dedon artificial woven furniture from Germany-must have cost a mint!

There was a hair in one of the bedsheets and a stain in another. Minor blob but attention to quality is important. Would stay there again becauseof value esp compared to Mandarin Oriental.

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — value and newness
    • Disliked — not quite 5-star but 4.5 for sure
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Garthy_2's Summary
Date of Stay: May 2007
Traveled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Other
Age group: 35-49
Member since: April 10, 2005
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
    • 4 of 5 stars Business service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Great pool scene, Families with young children, Families with teenagers, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
People with disabilities, Older travelers
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Shopping
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Average price*: $126 (year-round)
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“Extremely Impressed”

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5 of 5 stars
Exeter, Devon, UK.
May 15, 2007
4/5 found this review helpful

This was our 4th visit to KL and this was definitely the best hotel we have stayed in. We enjoyrd our stay here even more than in the Traders posher sister the Shangri La. We had a park view room so great views of the towers. The room itself was superb, spotlessly clean, really comfortable with a great bathroom. The sky bar is a great place to visit, very special views of the towers all lit up at night - you can even see the new KL version of the London Eye from here. The drinks are a bit expensive but the view makes it worth the expense. We ate in the steak bar and tried the signature wagu beef steaks - they were superb! In the main restaurant the breakfast were great and we also had an evening buffet there. There were so many great looking dishes to try that we couldn't manage all of them. Everywhere in the hotel the staff had a great friendly "can do" attitude. Most were under 30 and had great levels of interest and energy, very impressive. The hotel decor is unusual with a very wide range of colours, textures and materials - makes every area of the hotel have a different feel. Would we go back - yes you bet!

  • This TripAdvisor Member:
    • Liked — Location, food, staff
    • Disliked — having to leave
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Barbarasnell's Summary
Date of Stay: March 2007
Traveled with: Spouse / significant other
Visit was for: Quality time with family
Age group: 35-49
Member since: January 30, 2005
  • My ratings for this hotel are:
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Check in / front desk
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
    • 5 of 5 stars Business service
Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend?
absolutely!
I recommend this hotel for:
Young singles, An amazing honeymoon, A romantic getaway, Girlfriend getaway, Tourists
I do not recommend this hotel for:
Pet owners, Families with young children, Families with teenagers
I selected this hotel as a top choice for:
Great food / Wine, Shopping
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Average price*: $126 (year-round)
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Address: Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Kuala Lumpur 50088, Malaysia