Sleep

If you arrive by Pelni ferry late at night then it's better option to sleep aboard until morning as there is usually a long layover at Pontianak.

• Hotel Patrina, Jl Hos Cokrominoto no 497, ☎ 0561 736063. Quite basic but clean enough. 50,000 fan; 80,000 AC Untried  

• Hotel Sentral, Jl H.O.S. Cokroaminoto no 232 (Ten minutes walk from drop off point for most Kuching buses, turn right at traffic light.), ☎ (+62561) 744910. checkin: 2pm; checkout: 12pm. Faded rooms. Staff friendly enough. All have AC and attached bathrooms. On a busy junction between two streets so window rooms will be slightly noisy, (but non window rooms are a bit musty). Travellers have reported overpricing and demands for security deposit from the staff here From 160,000.  

Hotel Wisma Patri, Pontianak. No air, no fan, no window and fairly mosquito-ridden with no insect spray available 70,000RP.

Splurge

• Gardenia Resort and Spa, Jl. A Yani II

• Hotel Sentral, Jl. H.O.S. Cokroaminoto 232, Commercial Hotel.

• Hotel Gajahmada, Jl. Gajahmada

• Hotel Grand Mahkota

• Hotel Peony, Jl. Gajahmada

• Hotel Kapuas Palace, Jl. Imam Bonjol

• Hotel Kini, Jl. Nusa Indah 3

• Hotel Mercure, Jl. A. Yani

• Hotel Orchardz, Jl. Gajahmada

• Hotel Santika, Jl. Diponegoro,  National Chain Hotel.

Star Hotel, Jl. Gajah Mada 189,