Lokasi hotel itu dekat.

Indonesian often leaves out the verb to be in simple present-tense sentences.

So:

• Lokasi hotel itu dekat = The location of the hotel is near / That hotel’s location is near

There is no need to add a separate word for is here. This is very normal in Indonesian when a noun is linked to an adjective or another noun.

Compare:

• Rumah itu besar = That house is big
• Dia sakit = He/She is sick
• Tempatnya jauh = The place is far

Itu literally often means that, but in many sentences it also works a lot like the, especially when referring to something already known in the conversation.

So lokasi hotel itu can mean:

• that hotel’s location
• the location of that hotel
• sometimes even just the hotel location, depending on context

In natural Indonesian, itu is frequently used to make a noun phrase more specific or definite.

In Indonesian, demonstratives like ini and itu usually come after the noun phrase they refer to.

So:

• hotel itu = that hotel
• lokasi hotel itu = the location of that hotel

This is different from English, where that comes before the noun.

A useful pattern is:

• noun + modifier(s) + itu/ini

Examples:

• rumah besar itu = that big house
• buku bahasa Indonesia itu = that Indonesian-language book
• lokasi hotel itu = that hotel’s location

It most naturally means the location of that hotel.

Breakdown:

• lokasi = location
• hotel itu = that hotel

So the structure is basically:

• lokasi [hotel itu] = the location of that hotel

Indonesian often puts nouns together without using of or an apostrophe.

Compare:

• nama hotel itu = the name of that hotel
• kamar hotel itu = the room of that hotel / that hotel’s room

So yes, English speakers often think of it as a possession-type structure, even though Indonesian does not mark possession the same way English does.

Because dekat is the predicate of the sentence.

The structure is:

• Lokasi hotel itu = subject
• dekat = predicate adjective

Indonesian commonly uses this pattern:

• Subject + adjective

Examples:

• Cuacanya panas = The weather is hot
• Kamarnya kecil = The room is small
• Lokasi hotel itu dekat = The hotel’s location is near

So dekat is not just sitting at the end randomly; it is the main descriptive part of the sentence.

Not necessarily. By itself, dekat can mean something like:

• near
• close
• nearby
• not far

So Lokasi hotel itu dekat is fine even without saying what it is near to.

If you want to say what it is near, Indonesian often uses:

• dekat + noun
• dekat dengan + noun

Examples:

• Lokasi hotel itu dekat stasiun. = The hotel’s location is near the station.
• Lokasi hotel itu dekat dengan pantai. = The hotel’s location is close to the beach.

Both are common, though dekat + noun is often very natural in everyday speech.

Yes. That is often more natural if you simply mean The hotel is near.

Compare:

• Hotel itu dekat. = That hotel is near.
• Lokasi hotel itu dekat. = That hotel’s location is near.

The version with lokasi is more explicit and may sound a little more formal or descriptive. In everyday conversation, people often just say Hotel itu dekat unless they specifically want to talk about the location itself.

It is best understood as an adjective here.

In Lokasi hotel itu dekat, dekat describes the subject lokasi hotel itu. So it works like near/close in a predicate adjective role.

That is why this sentence is similar to:

• Rumah itu besar = That house is big
• Jalan ini sempit = This road is narrow

Even though English may sometimes use nearby in a similar context, Indonesian dekat is typically treated as an adjective.

Use tidak before the adjective:

• Lokasi hotel itu tidak dekat. = The hotel’s location is not near.

This is the normal way to negate adjectives and verbs in Indonesian.

Compare:

• Rumah itu tidak besar. = That house is not big.
• Dia tidak sakit. = He/She is not sick.

You have a few common options:

• Lokasi hotel itu dekat?
• Apakah lokasi hotel itu dekat?

Both mean Is the hotel’s location near?

Notes:

• Just using rising intonation is common in speech: Lokasi hotel itu dekat?
• Apakah makes it more explicitly a yes/no question and can sound a bit more formal.

Yes, and it is quite natural.

• Lokasi hotelnya dekat = The hotel’s location is near

Here -nya can make the noun phrase definite or mean his/her/its, depending on context. In many cases, it simply helps express something like the or that one we’re talking about.

So these are both possible:

• Lokasi hotel itu dekat
• Lokasi hotelnya dekat

The nuance depends on context:

• itu points to that hotel
• -nya often points back to something already understood

For a learner, it is enough to know that both can be natural, but itu is clearer if you specifically mean that hotel.

Yes, it is grammatical and natural.

That said, in real conversation, speakers may choose slightly different wording depending on what they want to emphasize:

• Hotel itu dekat. = simpler, very common
• Lokasi hotel itu dekat. = emphasizes the location
• Lokasi hotel itu strategis. = The hotel’s location is strategic/good; this is also very common in Indonesian when talking about hotels

So your sentence is fine, but there may be more idiomatic alternatives depending on the situation.