If you arrive by Pelni ferry late at night then it's better option to sleep aboard until morning as there is usually a long layover at Pontianak.
Hotel Patrina
Jl Hos Cokrominoto no 497
0561 736063
Quite basic but clean enough. 50,000 fan; 80,000 AC Untried
Hotel Sentral
Jl H.O.S. Cokroaminoto no 232
(+62561) 744910
From 160,000
Ten minutes walk from drop off point for most Kuching buses, turn right at traffic light.
Faded rooms. Staff friendly enough. All have AC and attached bathrooms. On a busy junction between two streets so window rooms will be slightly noisy, but non window rooms are a bit musty. Travellers have reported overpricing and demands for security deposit from the staff here
Hotel Wisma Patri
Pontianak
70,000RP
No air, no fan, no window and fairly mosquito-ridden with no insect spray available