Nice clean hotel. Area didn't have much going on though only a five minute walk to night markets (mostly fake merchandise and not too many local crafts).
Staff is courteous, helpful and professional. Was very accommodating to check me in early (4am!) as I took an overnight bus that arrived in the early morning. Hotel dining is good value-for-money, especially since almost all of Mandalay is shut down early in the evening and is quite difficult for tourists to find food outside of the hotels. Room is clean and well-maintained. Shower facility is great! Try their massage service too... The Burmese style.
The staff was incredibly nice and even boxed us a breakfast to go for our early morning departure (an hour before their breakfast time started). Very helpful in organizing a morning taxi for us to the airport with a stop for sunrise at U-BEIN bridge.
Rooms were adequate and had a refrigerator with cold drinks and many complementary toiletries.
I chose the the better style of a room, big in size and had a nicer view. The hotel management was very helpful when handling our iPad keyboard which we left behind. The found it and were ready to post it by the only sensible option (expensive) DHL but eventually I managed to get a friend to collect it on her way.
We enjoyed the hotel very much. Very nice staff, great food in the restaurant for breakfast, good selection in minibar fridge. Comfortable and big bed the bathroom was very clean and nice!
Only thing is I wish the WiFi was faster.
It happened to be in a more quiet area, west of the city near the Market named Zay Gyo. At night, there's a night market but wasn't too busy the days I was there. Mostly indian population close by so you get some Chai tea and Nan coffee and restaurants close by. Its about 6-8 blocks walk to 76th street / 30th street where there are more nicer restaurants.
This Hotel is in a pretty good, central location, close to a lot of good food places, it's also the cleanest hotel I stayed in while in Myanmar. However, the room we got was right next to a mosque so we got woken up every morning by the prayer call and at night there was a super load music coming from a bar/club next door so we ended up having a very limited sleep window.
Also, staff doesn't speak much English which makes arranging trips and transportation quite challenging.
Ps. If you are after a hotel with an easy access to the palace, please note that the entry is all the way on the other side of the square (approx. 5 km walk from the hotel).
Zentrales Hotel ,aber zu Fuss kommt man nicht weit
Haben 3 NĂ€chte verbracht. Suite im 6 Stock hat schöne Aussicht. Einrichtung ist in die Jahre gekommen, FrĂŒhstĂŒck asiatisch und nicht spektakulĂ€r . Mitarbeiter freundlich und hilfsbereit fĂŒr Touren etc Wifi hat nur in der Lobby und im Restaursnt funktioniert. Strassen am Abend dunkel wie in Asien ĂŒblich
The room was ok except the toilet has an awful dampness smell. It rather bad that we have to keep the toilet door shut all the time. There's not shelf provided at the shower area and we have to lay our shampoo and other body stuffs on the floor.
You have to climb a short flight of stairs before reaching the reception area which has an elevator. There is also an in-house massage for 6000 kyats for an hour. The massage is similar to Thai massage. Service at the hotel is good, we informed the reception that we were checking out early, they packed the breakfast for us. Though it was only a sandwich and a hard boiled egg, it was the gesture that was appreciated. Room was clean and there was wifi.