Rom Po Boutique Hotel — Hotel in Chiang Mai Province

The hotel is in a very good location on the east side of town, just outside the old city, down a quiet soi (lane). 1 min walk to main thoroughfare.||||Room #224. Upper Floor. November 2017.||||Pleasant staff.||Very pleasant welcome. Took the time to introduce me to the key points of interest on a map. Explained the facilities in my room.||Pleasant room, though on the small side. Cleaned promptly and to a good standard every day, with fresh towels.||The AC was effective and quiet.||Smallish, adequate, flat screen TV with a couple of English language channels (inc. Sky News).||Good wifi||No in-room security safe. This would be a good addition.||Two bottles of Complementary drinking water provided every day. Kettle and cups are provided but no coffee sachets or tea bags.||Bathroom sink only has a cold water tap. This seems to be fairly standard in this budget of hotel.||The bed pillows are of the foam, firm, variety. Not to my liking. This seems to be fairly standard in this budget of hotel.||The sound proofing between rooms is poor. Could be an issue if you have noisy neighbours.||The rooms are dark. The setup (windows and glass door onto common outdoor corridor) means that the curtains are kept closed for privacy, during the day too.||Few power sockets. You'll need to unplug a bedside light to use a socket....or bring a multi-socket adapter.||||In summary, a pleasant hotel for the budget. Good location in the touristy part of Chiang Mai, just outside the old city on the east side on...

We didn’t book but walked in. After speaking to the receptionist we realised that it was far cheaper to book on line whilst standing in reception. Initially booked for one night but extended each day for a total of three nights. We went through this process each day. |The venue is located a short walk from walls of the old town and incidentally has a temple directly across the side street.|At the time we stayed (February) the hostel was quiet. We had a twin room. Rooms are quiet but small. Air conditioning is good. Rooms are well serviced daily. When booking on line you have an included breakfast option which we chose on the second day only as it is better value to purchase the breakfast. |Staff speak very good English, particularly Pop who was friendly and fun. Her bubbly personality made our stay more enjoyable. |Wifi is great at this hostel. Food is good. Beers are the most expensive that we came across in Chiang Mai which doesn’t encourage you to drink in the bar or eat at the hostel however as the room rate was cheap it evened out. |The only downside was that:|my friend received an electric shock in the bathroom from the metal conduit next to the shower. I advised the manager, Khwan, lady with glasses. There was no misunderstanding with what I explained however, she found it funny which was a surprise. |The mosquitos in the room are numerous. I don’t know how they get in but the do and...

We only stayed one night in Chiang Mai, so we didn’t want anything special as we would be in the city all day long anyways. |Well, the room was definitely okay, it had a bed and a small “bathroom” and the guy at the receiving was absolutely friendly, he helped us a lot. ||But the major thing is, which almost made me sick by the stomach- the smell in the room. |I can’t explain what kind of smell if was, but I felt nauseous. I also woke up at night because of the smell. |There is no windows other than the ones in the bathroom which are tiny. |And the AC is not working properly. |It has only one 2 functions - Temperatur up or down.|And you need to wait at least 1,5 hours to get the temperature to a normal. |Outside it was nicer than inside the room. |Not only because of the smell. ||The breakfast:|I was happy we didn’t went for a full dinner the night before. |Nobody is greeting you and the coffee was unfortunately the worst my husband ever tasted. |Staff was very unfriendly.||So, no need to book a breakfast. |Rather go outside to the Main...