Following the advice of the Lonely Planet, we turned up at Omar's and were not particularly impressed with the double room (very, very basic) but it was fairly cheap (35RM) and Omar was friendly so we decided to stay. We only later noticed the hand-written warnings from other travellers written on the door - "Bed bugs! Warning" and even scrawled... More

The title sums it up. We've never seen so many bedbugs in one location. Maybe they are Omar's friends or he eats them. Either way, maybe the worst room I've ever stayed in. To Omars credit, he did refund our money after leaving his gueshouse at 10pm from the killer attack of bedbugs. Seems like a nice guy just shouldnt... More

DO NOT EVER STAY HERE. OMAR'S IS INFESTED WITH BED BUGS. I am sorry to use obnoxious capital letters but I need to get that message out as quickly as possible. My partner and I got into Mersing on the bus late at night and ended up at Omar's since it was listed in Lonely Planet. Omar was awake and... More

When we arrived at Omar's we got a warm and friendly welcome...... BUT just as we were going to bed we heard the people in the room next door complaining to Omar about bedbugs. He gave them a refund and they went to find somewhere else to stay. We then heard him giving the sheets a quick spray with insecticide... More

At first we were happy about the cheap rooms and ok bathroom, and figured we could bare the heat for one night (useless fan, what's the point??). But appearently Omar NEVER EVER changes the sheets. Even though I had my own planket, I got attacked by bedbugs and got such a bad infestation that I couldn't get rid of them... More

We arrrived at Omar's in the middle of the night after driving up during long weekend. He offered us the store room, because the rest of the entire town was totally full - which was just fine with us - a place to crash was all we needed, for 25 MYR per night - two beds, clean sheets, a fan... More

Stayed 4-7 April and noticed Omar didn't change the bedsheets once! Returned 12 April with a friend. Encountered heaps of bed bugs. If it wasn't for my own plastic sheeting and mosquito net, we would have been bitten. Heard others had much worse trouble. One guy was bitten all over his back the day before. However, to our disgust, Omar... More

i'm going to tioman island, but i reached mersing at night. i dont wanna spend big money for just to have a nap, my ferri to tioman is at 8.00am the next day, so i stayed at omar's. very cheap, only RM10.00 for a bed and rm25.00 for a room. very small place just can put 15 to17 people at... More