New Pammawaddy Hotel — Hotel in Pathein

Recommended by Soe Moe Aung who is, probably, a lovely guy and very good tour guide. But, i suspect he has never actually stayed here.|Our first room on 3rd floor was crawling with ants all over the beds. We moved to another room with an appallingly smelly bathroom and within 10mins noticed more ants up and down the walls.|The place is filthy. Most notably the red betelnut spit splashed over almost every surface, especially walls and floors in the vacinity of waste bins - both in rooms and corridors . |The tile floors may, at some point since the hotel opening, have been swept, but certainly not mopped. Removing your shoes politely gains you filthy black feet and taking a smelly shower doesn't help. |Ok. It has hot water and wifi - but so does the hotel just across the street, which for the same price ($25) has very clean rooms, better facilities and more pleasant staff who speak English. |We did not sleep here. We requested a refund which took several hours and the drafting in of English speaking locals to finally achieve.|'Basic' is totally my style. but cleanliness is far more important than frills - sadly this hotel has neither. |Give it a good scrub with an effective cleaning product and stick to the recommended shedule of pest control (rather than running round with occassional cheap cans of insect spray) would be my advice to management. |My advice to travellers is to cross the street and give this...

Finding no other reliable choice in Myanmar’s fourth-largest city, we e-mailed to book a double room on the top floor at New Pammawaddy (newpammawaddy@gmail.com) for one night, believing that it is, according to Travelfish, “the best option in town” with rooms that “improve as you go higher up.” But the reality couldn’t be more different. How lucky we were that we spent only one day in this riverside town famous for pagodas and parasols! The hotel’s convenient location within walking distance from Shwemokhtaw Paya, the Central Market and the Bamar barbecue restaurant Myo doesn’t compensate for horrendous cleanliness. While the exterior suggests this is a relatively new property and we find conditions of the bedroom passable (never mind its air-conditioning falling apart), the bathroom is the stinkiest in our experiences of travelling to 55+ countries. We literally showered with our nose, mouth and eyes covered. And judging from Jerry's home sweet hole by the reception, this building is rat-infested too. Myanmar's smaller towns like Pyay and Myitkyina already have decent budget hotels but for some reasons that privilege hasn't yet...

Room was very simple and basic - single bed in small room. Reminded me somewhat of a prison cell. Small bar fridge and TV and little table also in the room. Old beaten up air-conditioner that looked like it would give up any minute made the room nice and cool and worked fine the whole time i was there - much to my amazement and relief - room was hot without it. Stayed three nights. Each morning breakfast was bought up to me on a tray - coffee and some bread/cake. Although room was nothing special it was somewhere to stay in a reasonable location a few blocks from waterfront. Only about US$15 per night (maybe a bit less) Staff were pleasant but virtually no English. When my Pyay friend's car broke down and they could not get me to bus station for 5am bus the staff organised for one of their junior staff to give me and my bag a last minute dash to bus station on the back of their motor bike - made it with time to spare. Very grateful and...