Mandalay Homestays

The facilities are new, there is a beautiful Chinese at the front desk, and the waiters are very enthusiastic.

Checking in Everyone seems to be busy for nothing or as they pretend to be for such a small boutique property. The stuffs were not tech-savy and; uncertain of how to approach about a good warm welcome. Didn't offered me the welcome drink, with an excuse that they don't have it anymore. F&B Horrible and atrocious f&b team, made me wait there for I hour with no attendance for service nor even greeting or directing me to a seat, stuffs were busy attending other inconsequential guest whom they were preoccupied cajolin! and fawning over whom they assume to be affuent and wealthy. Definitely there's a double standard for service, thee only give good service to whom they perceive worthy. The bar opens at 4 but there were no staffs at 6, was willing to spend my money since I was on holiday mood , only to be ruined by disservice of ineptitude when they cant offer dot of the readily available menu. Customer Relation management I stormed up to complain about the terrible service, FOM made the horrible mistake by following up with a free drink and BBQ , thinking I would want services for free, they couldn't guarantee that mistake would not happen again anc straight away compansate someone with a condescending approach, i dont want their money. I had to eat outside for a better service and to ensure that I would not be mortified by little details. No transport was provided for the inconvenience of eating outside , for the better service that they cant guarantee. Management team started knowing on my door incessantly to the point that I was stressed out, all other department came and apologized except for the f&b team I'm a travel vloger with more than 2000 reviews for travel video on Youtube for an eminent company, been frequenting to hotels like Marriott Ritz Carlton, four season, Hilton , Wyndham, shangri-la and the accor group (sofitel , Novotel, swissotel) never was i disrespected with such insolence. They never arrange for my subsequent stay when I say I will be moving out without staying them for the night , I had to make my own reservation at a better hotel where I will be happy spending my money, no transport no compensation or whatsoever! The reason people chose boutique hotel over 5 star is because we think we might get a fast and efficient service with the warmth oftogetherness in a small hotel. But no this hotel proves everything wrong, they are not of world standard and wil never be. I ,conisseur of hospitality, am against this type of establishment flouting standard and I will keep on writing reviews for the awareness of other people. I have repute on other sites like agoda and booking.com and will be review them for good, please avoid this hotel at all cost. They will take you money only to put u in misery

The hotel looks good, the service is good, and there are places to change money, but there are no places to buy things around. Breakfast was average, rooms were a bit dated and there were many mosquitoes. Overall, the price is average.

Book in advance, cost-effective, service enthusiasm, breakfast can be, there is free bicycle, but need to pick it earlier, otherwise it is not, the location is good, the order shows the prepaid to the hotel, but the hotel asks to pay the front desk when checking out, think With the prepaid card brush, you can pay the card processing fee, so you still use cash to settle. I don't understand why the prepayment has become a front-end payment.

The Ayarwaddy River View Hotel was the first hotel we stayed at in Myanmar. After a lot of travelling to get there, we just wanted somewhere to relax. We found the Ayarwaddy River View Hotel was terrific - they were so welcoming and friendly, it was the perfect place to stay. We stayed in a suite, which was a really big room and had plenty of space for us and our two children - there were two big rooms, plus a bathroom and a good sized room for putting our bags in. The room was airconditioned, had two bar fridges, a safe and TV. The bathroom was a good size and clean. The view from the roof bar/restaurant was excellent - watching the boats chug up and down the river and just to relax. Food was a bit slow at times, but we were never really in a hurry. The roof bar got busy around sunset, so make sure you're ahead of time if you want to get a spot looking over the river. The breakfasts were delicious, which always made a good start to the day. The best thing about this hotel was the service. They went out of their way to make us feel welcome, and it was never any trouble for them to help make arrangements for taxis, day trips etc. The service here was the best at any hotel we stayed at in Myanmar - it really makes a difference. The hotel isn't located close to a lot of sights, but that's the trade off for the river view. Taxis aren't expensive, so we never had trouble getting around. It is nice and handy to the tourist jetty if you're doing a day trip to Mingun, which we did. The other terrific thing about this hotel was the refillable water bottles. Each guest had a glass waterbottle, which you could refill at various spots around the hotel. Such an excellent idea, because so many small waterbottles end up in the rubbish in Myanmar. More hotels should pick up on this! The hotel also has a pool and there is an ATM right out the front of it, which was super handy. All up, it was a great hotel to start off our trip to Myanmar. I'd definitely recommend it to others. It also felt like you were staying in a hotel in Myanmar - it isn't one of those bland, corporate hotels that could in any country round the world.