Cordex Oase Pekanbaru

The room is spacious and clean. Very near to eateries. Good water pressure

Hot shower is not consistently available

Central location. Standard twin rooms have no windows, no ventilation whatsoever and are expectedly claustrophobic. Only superior rooms have windows and are worth staying here. The hotel walls, especially the corridors need a fresh layer of paint. Friendly personnel. Many restaurants and shops nearby.

For some strange reason, there is jazz music on all corridors from 7am on, clearly audible inside the rooms. One has to ask the reception to turn the volume down if one wants to sleep longer or during the day. Two mosques nearby playing chanted Koran readings all night long, on top of the calls for prayer. Even earplugs won’t help.

Great location, friendly and courteous staff, comfortable room.

Window with no view

Good location, in the city center. Clean, drinking water (warm and hot) in the cooler at the corridor. Good internet connection (but there is a small catch). Very friendly, welcoming, and efficient staff; no one disturbs you, and you can relax.

Although the internet is not bad, you have to log in to the access point’s web interface every day by re-entering your username and password on all your devices, which is annoying. On the third floor (!) there is “mall music” playing throughout the day until 9 PM, and by the second day it gives you a headache. The room is small and clearly old and shabby; when I booked it (it was called a “superior room”) there was a photo showing a window, but in reality there was no window, only a small vent to the corridor, right next to which was a speaker playing this monotonous music. Upon checking in, I found the showerhead broken; I was tired and had to manage washing as best I could. (To give credit, I reported it the next morning, and they came to fix it while I was out in the city.) Overall, it’s essentially just a cheap (but overpriced) hotel pretending to be something more.