The place didn't look like the photos and there were several different disgusting smells coming from every other place (elevator, minibar, bathroom, toilet). The building was not only old and badly maintained, it was also filthy. The contents of the minibar were sticky, there were ants in the beds and the floor was sandy. To be honest it was only $20 for a twin bed room, but in Mandalay you could do a lot better for that money. The staff was friendly enough, but they would not take our USD 20 bill from 2006 because they said it...
Read moreFirst room we moved into smelled like fresh paint. My friend got a headache after the first couple minutes in the room. I don't even understand why they gave it to us in the first place. The maintance of the building is really poor and the rooms don't have enough plugs (only 2 plugs, one for the TV one for the fridge) So we could only use the one for the TV to charge our devices. Staff was friendly though and the WIFI was usually good compared to other...
Read moreStay somewhere else - It was cheap (£6 a night each for a triple room) but you get what you pay for.
Breakfast is bland and tasteless, the Aircon could not be turned off in the room, WiFi is very inconsistent and didn't work for the majority of our 2 night stay, cockroaches and ants in the bathroom, and they turned our water off at 7am the morning we were due to checkout.
We'll be looking for somewhere else when we pass through again...
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