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title: "Check Inn 5, Kota Kinabalu: 8.8/10 guest rating, reviews & location"
description: "Check Inn 5 in Kota Kinabalu: rated 8.8 by guests, 4-star. Amenities, location and nearby alternatives compared side by side."
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source: StayVersus (https://stayversus.com)
retrieved: 2026-10-25
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Hotel · ★★★★
# Check Inn 5

Kampung Air, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

8.8 ·  Excellent 122 reviews ·  #250 #250 of 587 in Kota Kinabalu ·  6.2 Location score
## About Check Inn 5

Check Inn 5 is a hotel in Kampung Air, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. It holds a 4-star rating. Guests rate it 8.8 out of 10 across 122 reviews. It is 1.1 km from the centre of Kota Kinabalu. The nearest airport, Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI), is 5.8 km away.

- **Type:** Hotel

- **Star rating:** ★★★★

- **Check-in from:** 14:00

- **Check-out until:** 12:00

- **Other stays within 500 m:** 216

[Hotel prices in Kota Kinabalu by month](https://stayversus.com/en/malaysia/kota-kinabalu/prices/)

12 Jln Haji Yaakub

## Live prices around Check Inn 5

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## How Check Inn 5 scores

Better rated than 57% of hotels in Kota Kinabalu

-   Guest rating **8.8**
-   Location **6.2**

Kota Kinabalu average

## Amenities

The partner listing does not include an amenity list for this property yet.

## Location

- **Location score:** **6.2**/10

- **Walk grade:** **81**/100 Good for walkers

- **Restaurants & cafés within 500 m:** **150**

- **Shops within 500 m:** **15**

- **Sights within 1 km:** **3**

<table class="dist" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><tbody data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><tr data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><th scope="row" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Nearest beach<span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Pantai Likas</span></th><td class="num" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><b data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">3.0 km</b><span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">7 min drive</span></td></tr><tr data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><th scope="row" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Nearest airport<span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI)</span></th><td class="num" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><b data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">5.8 km</b><span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">13 min drive</span></td></tr><tr data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><th scope="row" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Distance to the centre<span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Kota Kinabalu</span></th><td class="num" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><b data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">1.1 km</b><span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">18 min walk</span></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Everyday places nearby

<table class="dist" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><tbody data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><tr data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><th scope="row" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Food shop</th><td class="num" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><b data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">360 m</b><span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">6 min walk</span></td></tr><tr data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><th scope="row" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">Pharmacy<span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">We Care Pharmacy</span></th><td class="num" data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7=""><b data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">310 m</b><span data-astro-cid-s3y4nmt7="">5 min walk</span></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Sights nearby

-   Observatory Tower Of Kota Kinabalu420 m
-   Malaysia Monument450 m
-   Petronas Twin Tower KLCC.870 m
-   Lockdown Escape Room1.0 km
-   Aquascape Center1.5 km
-   Muzium Tamadun Islam Sabah1.7 km

## Weather in Kota Kinabalu

[Kota Kinabalu weather: 15-day forecast](https://atlasofseasons.com/en/malaysia/sabah/kota-kinabalu/weather)

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## Questions about Check Inn 5

### How do guests rate Check Inn 5?

Check Inn 5 has a guest rating of 8.8 out of 10 from 122 reviews, which is better than 57% of rated hotels in Kota Kinabalu.

### What are the check-in and check-out times at Check Inn 5?

Check-in starts at 14:00 and check-out is until 12:00.

### How far is Check Inn 5 from the airport?

The nearest airport, Kota Kinabalu International Airport (BKI), is 5.8 km away in a straight line.

### Where is the nearest pharmacy to Check Inn 5?

We Care Pharmacy is the closest pharmacy we know of, about 310 m away (5 min walk).

Updated 6 Oct 2026. Data: Agoda, Overture Maps, OpenStreetMap, OurAirports and hotels' own websites. We may earn a commission from partner links; it never changes the comparison. [How we score](https://stayversus.com/en/about/)

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