This place is cheap, well located and the staff are extermeley helpful. I generally think it's a great place to stay. The staff is not pushy, but will arrange transportation and excursions for you if you ask. They even recommended inexpensive places for laundry and food. My one gripe was that the hot water in the shower was not consistent. We had 3 rooms over 3 nights and not a single one of us had a hot shower. But, given the hot humeid temprature, a luke warm shower wasn't that big of a deal.

We stayed in this guest house for the first time in 1995, when Chiang Mai was still a quiet town with a nice market and some shops. We were very happy with it: it was simple, bur comfortable, very clean and well managed, and in a good location.
We came back one year ago, finding Chiang Mai quite a different place – but still lovely and interesting – and Galare Guest Hose still very good. The room is not very large, but very well kept. The small restaurant on the Ping River is nice for a light meal, and the location is still great, quite near the big market and the nice area of the best shops and restaurants. From here you can walk to many interesting places, even to the old city. And the wi-fi was a breeze, also in the room.

A very good value for money establishment that we have not been able to fault to date. The wireless freeInternet connection in our room this year was a welcome improvement. We found their tours organised we well handled. Disappointed we did not get more time to catch up with tu. The staff we have found to be very friendly and will definitely be back again. We found the rooms large although a little old are very clean and security very good. We also liked the central location.