Having read the reviews here, there appears to be two places Scuba Junkie operates, one on Mabul Island and one in mainland Sabah in Semporna. We stayed at the Mabul Island resort and it was amazing (compared to Billabong Scuba this place is complete heaven!!!) We paid 180RM for one night between us. Got a nice bungalow, which was clean... more

This is the worst hostel that I have ever stayed in for several simple reasons. The bar is right under the hostel, and on Tuesdays and Fridays they have a band, who play until midnight. It is now Tuesday night, and I am sitting here writing this review because I can't sleep due to the noise. The bathrooms are also... more

I am a PADI Instuctor and I have been travelling now around 4 years and diving around the world, but I haven't never been in this horrible place before. I booked first one day diving to see how diving is going to be and then decide to dive more if good. I am so happy that I did that. We... more

It's really sad that this hotel is associated with the best scuba shop in town. Even with the extra cost of a private room, we had to still share the toilet with everyone in the hotel. Pretty gross - with little white worms crawling up the moldy walls. Even with complaints to the hotel staff, those little guys were still... more

Since the semporna cost so budget, you really can't ask for more, however, they have weekly live band at down stair cafe, you need a pair of earplug if you want to go to bed early. Breakfast is provided, but they are the same everyday. I only have problem to make a booking with them via e-mail, at the beginning... more

It interesting to read the predominantly negative reviews about Scuba Junkie as I am sure that there are a lot more people that would have dived and stayed at SJ and had a wonderful experience like me. I can't comment about the accommodation in Semporna as I stayed in Sipidan Inn for my first and last night but I was... more

we booked our accomm and diving online. no problems with the diving. the accommodation in semporna was not up to scratch though. their mabul longhouse was good, so you should stay there. the dragon inn down the road was ok, but the tv wasn't working. more

My husband and I had been traveling for 9-10 months by the time we reached Semporna so we had seen some pretty poor lodgings but Scuba Junkies definitely got the designation of the worst night's stay in all of our travels. First of all, the information on their website isn't reliable because after emailing them, they gave us higher prices... more

I didn't stay at the hotel, so I can't comment about that. I read a post about staying at the Sipadan Inn and stayed there and it was very clean. What was so nice was that Scuba Junkie was willing not only to help communicate with the Sipadan Inn (I couldn't really get through to Sipadan Inn about what my... more