Nice breakfast and staff. Staff are very accommodating. Free bicycle rental too.
Very good hotel, warm welcome, clean & comfortable. Good value
Convenient location
Clean room
Bathroom fine
Breakfast ample and varied
StFf very helpful with numerous requests
Would stay again and in fact we did twice!
Verified traveler, Jan 2020
When looking for a place to stay in Mandalay, after seeing the cheap price and high rating this place was a no-brainer. Considering the price, it absolutely deserves its high rating. For the price we got, this place was amazing, but there always pros and cons, which I will break down below:
PROS
1. Rooms are clean, comfortable, and spacious compared to hotel rooms in Tokyo, for example.
2. Good Breakfast.
3. Staff is very kind and helpful. They will help you with your planning and finding a place to eat etc. They have their own Tuk Tuk driver who will give you a cheaper price if you make a plan where he drives you around all day and returns to the hotel with you (if you are just going point A to point B, a Grab Tuk Tuk is cheaper, but if you go out for the day to see many sights like we did in Inwa, he will wait at each site and when you finish take you back for a cheaper rate than arranging all the transportation separately)
CONS
1. The biggest problem is probably typical of all hotels in Myanmar, from our research, but the bathroom just has a shower head next to the toilet (we stayed in a “Standard Double”) so the the whole bathroom gets soaked when you take a shower. They provide bathroom slippers, and eventually we got used to it, though.
2. The street out front is very noisy— I would suggest you request a room that doesn’t overlook the Main Street if possible.
3. When they cleaned the room, they didn’t replace the toilet paper when it was almost out.
Staff is friendly and tries hard, but limited English language in the lobby and the restaurant. Has their own taxi service that can be overly priced. If they ask 50,000 kyats, they will take 10,000-15,000 Kyats. I would recommend to use GRAB App along with hotel taxi depending on your daily needs.
They put me in a room on the 6th floor right below the Restaurant on the 7th floor. I can hear the Restaurant staff at early morning and night cleaning and banging around. Breakfast is nice and convenient, Rice, noodles, side dishes, fruit, toast, flavor is average.
The hotel is very near the central rail station, so you will hear the train horn especially at night. Surrounding area has bars and certain nights, you will hear loud band music into approx 1-2am. Guest has the tendency to close theirs doors loudly and it will echoes in the hallways...my guess is They are Burmese or Chinese.
Lot of hot water, room is fairly clean, and air conditioning works well.
Other than loudness, the Hotel is Downtown and cheap.
Spend more and research the surroundings hotels if you care about quietness, extra amenities, and Higher English comprehension staff.
Verified traveler, Dec 2019
Nice clean hotel. Small cosy room with a/c. The room had no windows and was a bit noisy.
The staff was very friendly and helpful. Breakfast buffet was ok. We also had dinner and it was ok but expensive in comparison.
Verified traveler, Oct 2019