Palace Nyaung Shwe — Hotel in Taunggyi District

The staff are lovely - very accommodating, helpful & friendly ...|The place does have a strange "pull" to it & we really, honestly enjoyed our stay - we even extended!|However, if the management/owners threw a few $$$'s in there to sort out a few minor issues it would & could be pretty damn good.|Yeah, as other reviews say, the bamboo rooms are noisy & it does feel like the floor is shaking when anyone next door breathes!|Thee bamboo rooms are very clean, fresh & new looking. They're bright & airy & also have a fridge, a/c plus a telephone that actually .... has nowhere to plug in!! We've actually seen this in a few places in Myanmar - nowhere else in Asia though.|Not one of the rooms, bamboo or otherwise, we looked in had ANY sign of coffee/tea making facilities (as is advertised on Agoda etc). The staff will bring teapots of hot water/coffee etc whenever you go to reception (as the phones will clearly not work) to ask.|The concrete rooms at the rear of the property are in need of tlc. They all (bedroom/shower room/bathrooms) look shabby. The bathroom in particular need a damn good & proper clean too, the toilets take a while to fill up for a 2nd flush & the showers drain verrrrrrry slowwwwwwly once you've got them working.|Unfortunately, the staff live on the other side of these concrete rooms and they are NOT quiet! It sounds like they are party-ing in your bathroom from 7pm-11pm & 6am-7.45am. Bring earplugs.|Breakfast is a simple affair - eggs (you get more than one if you ask), toast (almost brown but never quite there), tea, coffee (pretty good), fruit, jam & a strange yellow gunk I think was, possibly, margarine.|The guesthouse provides bikes for free too. They're not the best bikes but the staff make every effort to give you a bike that "works" whenever you want one. |There is a really nice restaurant very close by called "Hero" - local chef/owners who lived/worked in Thailand for 6 yrs. Great Thai green & Massaman curry, really cheap & cold beer & they're very nice people.||Guesthouse summary - you get what you pay for .......

Looking at the map of Nyaung Shwe the location seems a bit out of town - but as it is really a small town you can easily navigate by bicycle (which they provide free of charge) it was actually ideal. Staying near the canal to the lake could probably be rather noisy with all boats passing by since early morning. Palace Guesthouse has a village feeling as it is in a quiet road, you will hear some everyday life sounds like the monks' alms walk in the morning or some neighbours going about their business. As it was very low season already when we arrived, we even got an upgrade to the nicest rooms (the brick bungalow at the front). Breakfast was great and we can particularly recommend to try the local options! The Hero restaurant a bit down the road was a good choice for dinner (or any of the great restaurants in town - 5-10 minutes by bike). Wifi was unavailable in March 2018 (in most of the town, reportedly for weeks already since some road construction work), no issue for us though. Staff was very friendly and helpful, not all speak a lot of English but they try their best! ||We can also recommend to take a cooking class at the Bamboo Delight cooking school, just a few houses away...

This place is located in the corner of Nyaung Shwe village, away from the jetty crowds. It might seem inaccessible at first but it's actually a very pleasant area and makes cycling further out of village so convenient. There are tree-lined roads, a mix of local and tourist shops nearby and you feel like you're part of local village life. It's a lovely 10min bike ride past beautiful scenery of rolling hills and blue skies to the Red Mountain Winery to see the sunset, and around the same time to get to restaurants, massage places and cafes near the jetty. Wifi is not amazing but then again most places on Inle Lake haven't got great connections either.||||Staff was really helpful and accommodating. Aircon works well, room was very comfortable and cosy, they had great breakfast - you can have toast or pancakes, or try local dishes like shan noodles, a great steamed rice and egg dish (+ freshest tomatoes from inle lake). Laundry service available at 2500 kyats per kg , great for us as we had just finished a trek and needed to clean our clothes. Tuk-tuk costs 1,500 kyats each from jetty and renting a bicycle to get around is just 1,000 kyats a day. You're getting a lot of...