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Originally Posted by gez
How did the trip go? I'm thinking of going up during my stay in LOS in Jan/feb. Probably stay Loi Khro Road/night bazaar area. Any recommendations/tips would be appreciated.
Thanks
Gez
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I would actually recommend the Montri Hotel already mentioned by Crustacian, the rooms are small in size and the shower could have done with better water pressure, those are the only negatives I can think of. But the rooms were very clean and comfortable.
He mention 600 baht when he was there but it's now 700 for high season, the reception staff are superb and have a reasonably priced tour booking desk inside the very nice looking lobby. No safe in room but good safety box system and I felt the staff worth trustworthy just because of how proffesional they seem.
The location of the Montri is superb and it is a short walk through Tae pai gate and turn right to get to Soi Loi Krho. Every single tuk tuk driver knew the Montri wherever I was in chiang mai, so was easy to get back to without any hassle.
I would not recommend the other hotel he mentioned though, although the Top North does have a swimming pool (unlike the montri) there were things about the place I didn't like.
I didn't stay there but I checked the rooms out one day, went to see one of their best rooms at 900 baht a night to find the bed linen was very dirty and looked stained. The windows were dark and unwashed and the room just felt unclean and shabby.
Worst of all is that the staff were all very young and seemed completely ting tong, I noticed while I chatted with them that other guests would hand their keys over when going out and the staff would just ignore them and not pick the keys up. They also seemed to be struggling to cope because they had to deal with 3 guests at the same time (5 staff were there behind the desk)
I asked one of them about the safety box and it turned out they just put your valuables in an envelope which goes into a big cupboard with everyone else's stuff. The security part is that your write your name across the sealed part of the envelope, I noticed their inefficieny (or what seemed like) within just 15 mins of chatting with them and I don't know about you guys but I would not trust a safety box system like that ? Bah maak maak!!!
There are plenty of better hotels than the Montri but for far higher prices, but it's good value of the asking price.
In case you decide to try them ot check them out..
montri_hotel@hotmail.com
telephone number 053 - 211069 or 053 - 211070