The White House Boutique Chiangrai

Great family that owns it, the wildlife is amazing and the area is really relaxing. Great people amazing stay!

If you are enthusiastic about flowers and nature and beauty, this is the place to go. You also have a Ricefield right in the front of the hotel the views and the grounds are absolutely spectacular. You can get a newer bungalow which has a little more of the better amenities, the older ones if you’re wanting to stay in a rustic Thai Cabinet room, but there is one with the hot tub that is lovely and a bathtub that overlooks the grounds they are very helpful there and they serve you breakfast. Anytime you want in your room and dinner as well. This is an extremely romantic place to go, but also lovely as a single soul traveller as well.

My girlfriend and I drive to Chiang Rai from Chiang Mai every two months to visit her parents. As a result I have stayed in almost EVERY hotel within a 45 minute drive of Phan and all have disappointed this fussy Westerner. That is until I stayed at The White House Boutique Resort. I was a little worried to stay here when I read the last review but that was in 2020 when it was obviously being built or refurbished because now it is excellent. I think all the rooms overlook a cute pond with mountain views in the background. Our room was unusual (in line with the boutique description) and more like a little one bedroom house. It was spotlessly clean, the towels were new-looking, the bed linen was very comfortable and clean (and I am very fussy about pristine cotton sheets) and the beds were very comfortable. We were late arriving due to shopping with parents but the duty manager gave us a call to check we were ok which I thought was nice. He helped us with our bags to our room and checked what time we wanted our breakfast delivered to our room! (yes it is brought on a tray to your room!) As you can see from the photo, it is a giant breakfast and we asked only for basic tea coffee and toast! It was all lovely. The biggest and best surprise for me was the ice cold air conditioning! I have stayed in many hotels in Thailand over the last 18 months and I have noticed that there is definitely a propensity for hotels to limit the controls on air conditioning units so you are still sweating with your bed. Not this place, I had a great nights sleep thanks to the White House. My girlfriend and I will be returning every two months so I might see you there! : )