small but deemed sufficient for me and my wife. Provided the basics. Great location.

This bird-themed hotel has rooms fit for a sparrow, but definitely not raptor-sized! It had a very comfortable comforter - nice and soft - and the bed was a good one. Our room overlooked Gaya Street, where you can get a "birds-eye" view of the Sunday Market - yet sound-proofed enough where the noise didn't wake us up, which was a surprise.

As others have said, the plumbing isn't quite right. The toilet in our room (104), when flushed, took almost 2 hours to fill. When we told the staff, they said that we needed to jiggle it. It wasn't that it was running, it was just refilling a drop at a time. But that was the only real problem there. The shower (despite the door, the floor still got soaked) had good enough pressure and temperature, and the in-room safe (sparrow-sized) was good. Housekeeping did a nice job and the room was kept clean during our 3-night stay.

They were running a special for October and our double-bed room was 100 RM/night, which seemed like a good value for this area. We liked the bird-theme. We'd stay here again.

No frills no problem! Sarangova is the perfect hotel for our IT!
We arrived KK at around 6 in the evening, and were scheduled to head to Kinabalu Park the following morning. Our thoughts were to just look for a decent hotel with comfortable beds and a reliable A/C to ensure us of a blissful slumber. We’re very much happy to have come across Sarangnova.
The room we got was clean and decent, fairly small for a triple room but nonetheless big enough for me, my wife, and 3yo son. Beds were comfortable, A/C was strong enough, and we had no problem with the bathroom whatsoever. For RM160 a night, I actually don’t have anything bad to say about it.
The receptionist and staff were friendly and casual, they didn’t have any uniform but that’s ok. They were all polite and helpful and that’s what really matters.
The best thing about the hotel is its location. It’s located in a friendly and quiet neighborhood, along Jalan Gaya. It’s a 5 minutes walk to the Atkinsons Clock Tower, and about 10 minutes to the Hyatt Hotel waterfront. It also only takes about 8-10minutes by taxi to get to the city center (night market area). The hotel does not offer breakfast or room service, but that’s not a problem since Jalan gaya has a string of eateries along its street which, pretty much like the hotel, are mostly cheap clean and simple. We enjoyed Bah Kut Teh for dinner, and Nasi Lemak and Curry for brunch. MMMM-MMMMMMM.
All in all it’s all but a simple decent and relatively new hotel. For the rate that we got, I don't have anything negative to say about it… The rooms did its purpose and made us happy campers.

The rooms are small and even though they are mostly clean they are nothing special - definitely not as nice as shown on the website. The beds are comfortable and the shower good, but there is no space in the bathroom to put your toiletries and the towels are really small.
Location is good - right in the centre of town in Jalan Gaya (great Sunday morning market).
The receptionist was efficient but not very friendly and the lobby smelt of cigarette smoke.
Overall, an average hotel in a good location.