See all properties

Thistle Johor Bahru

4.5 star property
4.5-star luxury hotel near Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque

Choose dates to view prices

Photo gallery for Thistle Johor Bahru

Outdoor pool, open 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM, sun loungers
Deluxe Twin Room | View from room
In-room dining
Lobby
Reception

Reviews

7.6 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Bar
  • Gym
  • Parking included
  • Housekeeping
  • Breakfast available

Explore the area

Map
Jalan Sungai Chat, Johor Bahru, Johor, 80100
  • Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Johor Zoo
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Beletime Danga Bay
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Johor Bahru (JHB-Senai Intl.)
    ‪35 min drive‬

Room options

View all photos for Family Suite 1 King Bed & 1 Single Extra Bed only (2 Adult +2 Children)

Family Suite 1 King Bed & 1 Single Extra Bed only (2 Adult +2 Children)

Family Suite 1 King Bed & 1 Single Extra Bed only (2 Adult +2 Children)

  • 72 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Bed

View all photos for Junior Suite

Junior Suite | Living room

Junior Suite

  • 72 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Executive Seaview King Room

View from room

Executive Seaview King Room

  • 36.0 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Deluxe Seaview Twin Room

Deluxe Seaview Twin Room

Deluxe Seaview Twin Room

  • 36 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Deluxe Twin Room

Deluxe Twin Room

Deluxe Twin Room

  • 32 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Thistle Suite

Thistle Suite

Thistle Suite

  • 72 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Executive Seaview Twin Room

View from room

Executive Seaview Twin Room

  • 36 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bed

View all photos for Deluxe King Room

Deluxe King Room

Deluxe King Room

  • 32 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Executive Twin Room

Executive Twin Room

Executive Twin Room

  • 36 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Executive King Room

Executive King Room

Executive King Room

  • 36 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Deluxe Seaview King Room

Deluxe Seaview King Room

Deluxe Seaview King Room

  • 36 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Similar properties

Exterior

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Johor Bahru

  • Pool
  • Hot tub
  • Spa
  • Free WiFi
4.5 out of 5, Wonderful, (1003)
The price is CA $98
per night
CA $118 total
includes taxes & fees
2 Mar - 3 Mar
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Johor Bahru

About the area

Johor Bahru

Heart of Johor Bahru.Your stay at this Central District hotel places you within 2 miles (3 km) of Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque and Johor Zoo. Johor Bahru Old Chinese Temple and Sultan Ibrahim Building are also within 3 miles (5 km).

What's nearby

  • Johor Zoo - 17 min walk
  • Komtar JBCC - 3 min drive
  • Johor Bahru City Square - 3 min drive
  • Johor Bahru Customs, Immigration, and Quarantine Complex - 4 min drive
  • KSL City Mall - 5 min drive

Getting around

  • JB Sentral - 3 min drive
  • Kranji Station - 9 min drive
  • Senai International Airport (JHB) - 35 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Kafeteria Balai Pelawat - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪McDonald's & McCafé - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪ZZ Sup Tulang - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Restoran Yasin - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Steps - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Thistle Johor Bahru

4.5-star luxury hotel near Sultan Abu Bakar State Mosque
Thistle Johor Bahru offers its guests a children's pool, an outdoor pool, and a fitness center. There are 2 restaurants on site, along with a snack bar/deli. You can enjoy a drink at one of the bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. A computer station is on site and WiFi is free in public spaces.

A business center and a meeting room are available. A terrace, gift shops/newsstands, and tour/ticket assistance are also featured at the luxury Thistle Johor Bahru. Free self parking is available.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 4.5-star Johor Bahru hotel.

  • 1 building
  • 382 guestrooms or units
  • 17 levels
  • 2 dining venues
  • Deli
  • Poolside lounge chairs
  • Conference center
  • Business facilities
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Dry cleaning
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (24 hours)
  • Express check-out
  • Storage area for luggage
  • Front-desk safe
  • Tour and ticket information
  • Concierge
  • Wedding services available
  • Terrace
  • Garden
  • Gift shop
  • Newspapers in lobby (free)
  • Bellhop
  • Elevator
  • Smoking in designated areas
  • Bar or lounge
  • Bar by the pool
Thistle Johor Bahru offers 382 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and safes. LCD televisions come with premium satellite channels. Bathrooms include bathrobes, slippers, bidets, and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and complimentary newspapers. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and hair dryers. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

Languages

English, Malay

Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Snack bar/deli

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free secured, covered self parking on site
  • Free RV/bus/truck parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • Height restrictions apply for onsite parking

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee daily 6:30 AM–10:30 AM: MYR 48 for adults and MYR 28 for children
  • 2 restaurants
  • 1 poolside bar and 1 bar
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • Children's pool
  • Fitness center
  • Outdoor pool

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible pool
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible spa
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • LCD TV
  • Premium channels
  • Satellite channels

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Bidet
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar

More

  • Desk
  • Free newspapers
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Safe
  • Slippers
  • Turndown service

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 3:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Customers may be requested by the property to provide documentation of recent travel history (such as showing passport immigration stamps) and/or complete a health declaration.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately MYR 48 for adults and MYR 28 for children
  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A credit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners Club, debit cards, and cash.

We should mention

  • Pool access available from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM.

Property is also known as

Johor Bahru Thistle
Thistle Hotel
Thistle Hotel Johor Bahru
Thistle Johor Bahru
Thistle Johor Bahru Hotel Johor Bahru
Thistle Johor Bahru Hotel
Thistle Johor Bahru Hotel
Thistle Johor Bahru Johor Bahru
Thistle Johor Bahru Hotel Johor Bahru

Thistle Johor Bahru Reviews

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 251 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 407 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 208 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 88 out of 1000 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 46 out of 1000 reviews

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Watson

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
～
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

T S Tengku

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Good location
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Md Shafiullah Bhuiyan

I am very happy for this hotel
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Airina

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Housekeepers are very friendly n helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Adrian

Gomfy
Comfortable spacious
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Muhammad Syafiq Bin

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
The comfort was amazing as I got a free upgrade to the suite. It’s just that the room needs a-bit more of maintenance in terms of the sink, some loose tiles. Other than that. It was great!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Samsiah

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The management of Thistle Hotel should do some repair works like toilet door (which hardly to close) and cupboard with loose doors. But the plus point about Thistle Hotel is it has good staff, very polite and helpful. This is my personal opinion.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Suraya

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Suraya

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Need to do some upgrade on the room
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Joyce Marissa

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Rahul

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Poor Service
My experiences with Thistle were really bad - Starting from slow reception service, air-con not working, security latch broken on the door to towel not available in the room. I had to remind twice to get the towel only after 20 mins.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible horrible
Terrible, horrible, dirty. Old, spoil tv, looks haunted, broken cupboard, smell of cigarette, book 3rooms, with 7kids total for a good swim and guess what. Pool are full of fungus(greenish) and not operating. We stayed for 30minutes and book another hotel instead. Waste money as its non refundable. Do not try.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Lukasz

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Good stay
The room was large and spacious. Day view of the seaview room is pleasant. I found the standing shower area to be too small and the shower area also looked like ut needs some deep cleaning. Overall comfortable stay but I wished the bathroom was more sparkling clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

SHIH MING

Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Azrina

Business traveller
Acceptable
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

nominzul

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

Matt

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Kok Hwee

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Amit

Liked: Staff & service
Check in was good. It’s a basic hotel but considered to be “high end” in Johor. I guess given the lack of choices this is a decent place to stay. Do not expect a five star. Rooms are bigger than KSL and the place is not as crowded. But the rooms are older and the decor is ordinary. You may even find some loose fixtures. Overall- avg place, nice service.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Matthew

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Julia

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
I stay at Thistle every time I visit JB because of its close proximity to where I need to go. So I know it is not the best when it comes to facilities and amenities. However, they could at least maintain what they have well. The gym is terrible with half the machines out of order. The restaurant is mostly unavailable with events and the wait staff is barely available. I saw one poor guy being turned away for dinner on a couple of occasions. I guess he wanted to try the food no matter what. I get that the hotel is old and it is currently going through renovation. However what it lacks in amenities should be made up by good service. Unfortunately this was the worst part of my experience at Thistle. After my numerous stays, it is obvious that service has gone downhill. I’m ok with indifferent service but rudeness is not acceptable. Most of the front desk staff were just plain rude. They were condescending and their immediate responses were alway no, not possible or no, not available. Even asking for an iron was an immediate rejection. Which by the way, isn’t an iron sort of an expected amenity? Anyway, I’m not sure if I will continue staying there even if the location is convenient for me. It may be more worth it to pay the extra Grab cost to stay at a more decent hotel at a slightly higher cost.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Mansoor Bin, Singapore

Liked: Staff & service
Quite , Easy Parking & Convenient. Minus: Swimming Pool have a musky smell Breakfast area shifted & inconvenience of table & chair arrangement
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Joel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It’s nice in the room with toilets clad in marble but you can clearly tell things are dated. You’ll probably need some unholy strength to work the faucets what with their poor design. If it was still in the 1980s, I suppose it would be a grand hotel but sadly everything is left at a stand still. You’ll definitely need your own transport getting in and out. Car park entrance is a bit narrow at one point
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

SZE HUN

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023