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.