I stay at Istana b4..the service is so so only..so is the room..not really very good except the breakfast and the location. The price of Istana has gone up recently.. we used to only paid 90 dollars not goes to 120 dollars per nite as in Sg dollars. Not really worth. If you dun mind there is a few nice hotel ard..one is Picoclo Hotel is a boutique hotel which is rather new and the room is ok too...another one is grand Millenium which is within the shopping triangle. Another one is Dorsett Regency..this one is a little out of the place but then if u r taking taxi and such is not a problem and the hotel has a cab service which we find is very helpful and is not that expensive compare to the local cab...the room in Dorsett is not too bad too and the staff is very helpful.HIi any one know is there any hotel that are very near to KL istana? and do anyone go KL and stay at istana hotel before pls share with mi, and how much is the price, and the shopping there