Puri Piman — Hotel in Chiang Mai Province

Stayed here for about 3 weeks in April 2013 - ||||The rooms (we had one suite and one medium room) were very clean! The showers have a separator wall from the toilet (which is not the most common thing in Thailand even in costly guesthouses) which was nice, too. The cleaning service is very good, new towels everyday, new sheets and pillows, and they actually organize your things on the tables and desks. By the way, they do have a lot of table space in each room. If you get a suite, there is a couch and an entry area, which was kind of fancy for us, haha. Both rooms we had actually had the same accommodations (same size bathroom, big fridge, microwaves, table, desk, tv, etc). Not much outside noise to interrupt our sleep, either, which was a big plus.||||The two women we see at the front desk the most are VERY friendly and helpful. Also the security gentlemen typically in the parking area are friendly as well. ||||All in all, this was a nice stay. We have a motorbike so it is hard to say how far away of a walk it would be to or from anywhere, but it is not impossibly far from something like 7-11 or Tops Market. A walk to a restaurant inside Old City may be a bit long during hot season, but otherwise I don't think it would be too bad (get a motor bike anyway if you can! So much to see in just a 5-10 minute ride in Chiang Mai!).||||If we come back to CM and need a place to stay we will definitely look into Puri...

The Puri Piman is a mid-sized apartment rental complex, with 3 apartment sizes, on a relatively quiet street (a bit hard to find, but very near the Wat Kutao). I stayed for 3 nights. Wifi worked ok. Rooms are clean and well-kept, with windows. The shower is conveniently separated from the toilet area. On the first floor there is a laundry area, and a water dispenser that gives drinking water for 1 baht/liter! No pool or fitness room, nor lobby as such.||There is an attached 'Salad Terrace' restaurant which is popular and serves very large, fresh salads with a choice of 5 dressings, as well as cooked food (closed on Weds.). ||The location is in a non-touristy university/student area, about 20 minutes walk north of the Old City. There are street stalls nearby, a 7/11, and a very large night market with many food stalls/restaurants, with excellent and cheap thai food; otherwise there are no 'upscale' restaurants in the area. Red songteos can be found for transport within about 5 minutes walk; taxis are scarce, but can be arranged by the desk (200 baht to...

I had ants in my room which was a problem but I assume it's not like that for every room. The internet kept dropping and I had to reconnect and often had to retype the password for their insecure login system. The staff are very accommodating and offer room service every day, with free bottled water which I appreciate. Initially I was staying in a room that was too loud for my liking and the hotel was very accommodating in moving me to a quieter room which I also appreciated since I could actually sleep at night. Overall my experience here is a bit polar, I was happy to leave my laptop in my room whilst I was out and let the cleaners in, but then the ants were able to get in to my bag. ( I only noticed I had taken a small squadron of them with me when I left after arriving in...