Originally Posted by
malgudi
I'll be in KUL for two days, any hotel recommendations that is centrally located for local sight seeing?
I don't have a lot of luggage, so I can use the train as well to/from KUL (assuming this is faster than a cab)
Ask a 100 people for hotel recommendations and you'll be left with a choice of a hundred hotels....
Unless you are free of budget constraints, cost (or star-rating as a loose proxy) will be important in that choice.
The most tourism dense areas are around the Golden Triangle - Bukit Bintang area. I can't see any point in lodging on the doorstep of the Petronas Towers, but it's what a lot of people aim for. If you are intending to use the metro system (and it can be God-send alternative to the city's road traffic), access to an LRT/MRT station would be helpful.
You could use a Trivago etc to identify hotels and prices in the areas you select, then whittle down the list with cautious use of tripadvisor, and (of course!) reviews in Fyertalk hotel forum..
If you are coming in by train, there'd be something to be said for staying at the Hilton/Meridien, both loosely connected to the station. It puts you in a transport hub, but means you avoid the clunkiness of having to get you+luggage from the airport train to a final destination.
Otherwise, if there are two or more in your party, a taxi from the airport is a more convenient and cheaper option than train+taxi.