5-Star Hotels in North Sumatra, Indonesia

We stayed at JW Marriott Medan for several days to allow our elderly grandmother to rest and recover following her leg surgery. While the purpose of our visit wasn’t leisure in the usual sense, the experience highlighted what truly defines a great hotel: not just its facilities, but the service culture behind it. From the outset, our stay involved a number of special arrangements, from shifting booking dates, providing in-room breakfast service as our grandmother couldn’t access the restaurant, and attending to several ad-hoc requests. Across every touchpoint - reservations, front desk, concierge, lobby ambassadors, housekeeping, and the restaurant team , the response was consistently attentive, flexible, and genuinely warm. What impressed us most was not a single interaction, but the consistency across departments. It reflects a deeply embedded service culture and strong leadership, where standards of care are clearly communicated and upheld by the entire team. This is what transforms a hotel from simply offering well-maintained rooms and branded facilities into delivering a personalised guest experience marked by grace, efficiency, and empathy. Simply the best hotel in Medan! My family and I are sincerely grateful to the entire JW Marriott Medan team for turning what could have been a difficult trip into one defined by comfort and care.

Rooms are very clean and spacious! Located right opposite Merdeka Square and Medan City Railway Station. Due to it facing the busy road and area, the noise level can get high (but bearable) if there are events held nearby. Sauna, hot & cold pools available (seperated by gender) are clean and come with lockers & shower facilities. Outdoor swimming pool was well maintained too. Staff were generally quite polite too.

Great hotel in tuktuk area. Our assigned room has cracked handwashing basin, cracked balcony glass, leftover candies/marshmallow on balcony ground. Bathroom is small for stars hotel and its price. We paid for toba lake view with premium, expecting details but disappointment. We were assigned room on the wing so the view to lake, although visible it was not spectacular or to our expectation. Breakfast is good, staff are friendly, infinity pool is beautiful but water is not heated.

Room is huge and super clean. Toilet come with bathtub and shower in different cubicle. Absolutely posh. The breakfast is above and beyond. I really enjoy the food as the have so many different varieties and the breakfast also serve on the top floor where the view of the surrounding of medan is part of the meal. Just breathtaking! I would come to this hotel if i were to visit medan in near future!

The hotel is great! Only setback was when I ordered for room service at 9PM, the meals were delivered in a open cart. All meals were not covered. Dust, smoke, flies, etc could contaminate these meals. Moreover, meals received were lukewarm - soup, rice, etc. I have lodged a verbal complaint with the in room dining staff. She said she will inform the manager.