Citrus Hotel Johor Bahru By Compass Hospitality

“2dys 1nite stay at JB”

Citrus is one of my favourite hotel when i go JB with my hubby. Affordable rate. Rooms are clean and comfortable. Staffs are friendly, helpful and accomodative esp. Ms Indah n Mr Hassan. Near amnities such as Komtar Mall, City Square and also CIQ. Easy to go back Singapore by train or bus from the … more

Citrus is one of my favourite hotel when i go JB with my hubby. Affordable rate. Rooms are clean and comfortable. Staffs are friendly, helpful and accomodative esp. Ms Indah n Mr Hassan. Near amnities such as Komtar Mall, City Square and also CIQ. Easy to go back Singapore by train or bus from the hotel too.

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“Location is good. Take extra care on room facing as it may make the room smell bad.”

Location: Great as it is just a 3min walk to City Sq Rooms: I would say decently clean but as mine is a connecting room and the one given to me face the slum area (entirely no view) hence the rooms smell unpleasant and one of the rooms esp bad smell that I had to spray using my own perfume but luck… more

Location: Great as it is just a 3min walk to City Sq Rooms: I would say decently clean but as mine is a connecting room and the one given to me face the slum area (entirely no view) hence the rooms smell unpleasant and one of the rooms esp bad smell that I had to spray using my own perfume but luckily only 1N stay. Lights are too dim for my liking. Staff: smiling and accommodating. Impressive doorman service which we didn’t expect to have. Toothpaste and toothbrush upon request only Cafe food is sufficient for me as they included toasts,cereals, mushroom soup, mee goreng, nasi lemak, roti prata, hot coffee/tea, milk and juices.

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“At the end of the day we just wanted somewhere close to the railway station as we were travelling by train up to KL”

Pretty average 3 star hotel, room was small and had a musty smell. Couldn’t open the windows to get rid of smell. Positives, good location to railway station and downtown Johore Barah. Staff were super friendly, breakfast was great . First visit to Malaysia so it was a reasonably priced place to sl… more

Pretty average 3 star hotel, room was small and had a musty smell. Couldn’t open the windows to get rid of smell. Positives, good location to railway station and downtown Johore Barah. Staff were super friendly, breakfast was great . First visit to Malaysia so it was a reasonably priced place to sleep at night.

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“Quick access place to stay near CIQ Johor Customs”

We booked this hotel for our weekend getaway as it's near CIQ (Johor land customs). We came after work and didn't want to venture too far as we maybe tired. True enough it was a rainy Friday night when we set out for our getaway. The queued about an hour for the bus from Kranji station. Once we a… more

We booked this hotel for our weekend getaway as it's near CIQ (Johor land customs). We came after work and didn't want to venture too far as we maybe tired. True enough it was a rainy Friday night when we set out for our getaway. The queued about an hour for the bus from Kranji station. Once we arrived at Woodlands immigration things where pretty smooth. Next moment we were at CIQ and it was closed to 11pm, many shops in the malls were closed. There are a few eateries if you arrive late in the CIQ building itself. It was a short walk along the street just outside of CIty Square before arriving at Citrius. The steets surrounding the hotel is filled with shops and food stalls so it's not very isolated. Check-in process was smooth. The hotel has 2 lifts servicing 10-11 floors. The lifts is rather slow and will require some waiting. However the lobby is spacious and there are seats (sofas) available when we were there. The lobby is usually man by someone that would help you with the lobby door as you enter or leave. This happens during "normal" hours. Entrance to the room is via card and you have to slot and withdraw kind of lock. You don't need key card to access your level which means anyone can come up to the rooms. The room is basic but everything works. I must say the walls are quite thin and our room has adjacent door to another room. We can hear the TV and sometimes laughters from our neighbour. When you are out and about it's quite easy to get a Grab (e-hailing) from the hotel. However we noticed that it's usually more costly due to it's proximity from the customs and City Square/Komtar malls. Check-out was smooth as well and you can store you bags until you are ready to retrieve them. They do provide you a luggage tag and keep you bags in a room behind the counter at the lobby. All in all if you want to quick no fuss place to stay this may be it. Or you can opt for Holiday Inn located at the other end of City Square. We haven't stayed at Holiday Inn but I guess they should be quite alright.

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