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Zedzil
Columbia, South Carolina

Three and a half stars

4.0 of 5 bubblesReviewed Jan 30, 2013
Stayed in the hotel in Dec 2012. The hotel is modern, the room we had (facing the river, 4th floor) was large and well appointed. The a/c worked well, as was the wifi. You need to tolerate the power outages which are common in Myanmar. The large bathroom was clean and had all the regular amenities. Watch out though when you take a shower - if you don't watch it you'd flood the bathroom! The rooftop terrace and restaurant are the jewel of the hotel. Great to have a drink and watch the sunset. The only exception - the lighting at night which is terrible (but so it was at every other place we've been to in Myanmar.)
The river front is commercial with a shanty town, beached commercial boats, open storage areas, people cooking, trucks loading and unloading and an overall feeling of chaos and purpose. The worst part - the noise from the river front and the road alongside it. It starts at dawn and doesn't stop till late at night. If your room faces the river then be ready for it. The hotel staff is aware of the problem and offered us earplugs!
The hotel itself is located far from town center and getting to and from it is difficult.
I paid $45 per night (inc. breakfast and free wifi) which was an excellent deal for what we got. The bottom line - I'd give it 3 and a half stars.
Date of stay: December 2012
Room Tip: Do not face the river!
Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Reviewed January 26, 2013

This is a fairly new, and popular mid range place right on the river. It was clean, friendly and relatively quiet with a nice location. My wife and I liked it. However, you can already see that lack of regular proper maintenance in some areas will send it the way of many similar buildings in SE Asia. As a friend once said, "A building's last best day in much of Asia is the day they open for business." No complaints though.

Rooms; Moderately sized, clean room. Parquet floor, small refrigerator, a small TV with a few foreign channels, and very comfortable beds. Plenty of closet space and hangers. Tile bathroom with a tub/shower combination. It takes awhile for the hot water to show up (again, a waste of resources). Even though there is a shower curtain the edge of the tub drains onto the floor next to the tub and eventually down a drain, but not all over the entire bathroom floor. Odd design, but it seems to work. Even though this is a fairly new hotel, and overall the bathroom was very clean, it appeared the shower curtains had not been changed or cleaned since opening day. Couldn't figure that one out. There is no safe in the room.

Breakfast; The restaurant is on the top floor with a fantastic view. Many choices at the breakfast buffet and eggs cooked to order. Cereal, fruit, rolls, breads, Asian noodles and soups and a couple of juice choices. As good a buffet as you will probably find in Myanmar.

Internet; Free Wi-fi throughout. Reception varies. It was great on the ground floor and the second floor but was weaker higher up.

Happy Hour; Believe it or not this hotel has a happy hour from 5:30pm-6:30pm which means they will give you a premixed whiskey and fruit juice drink. It was much more difficult getting just a plain glass of orange juice. I think they were trying to figure out how to extract the whiskey from the juice or something. Eventually it came (the plain glass of orange juice, that is).

Staff; Very friendly and helpful at all times and in all situations. They were well trained and experienced which is not the case at a lot of hotels these days in Myanmar with this new demand for employees. They couldn't have been more helpful.

Date of stay: January 2013
  • Trip type: Traveled with friends
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Reviewed January 25, 2013

Good hotel in a beautiful peaceful, rural setting. Lovely big rooms with well equipped ensuites. Evening meals were very good. Selection of food on offer was great although service was at times a bit slow. Breakfasts were disappointing with food not kept hot, and poor service.
Lovely pool area and generally a hotel I found of a good standard.

Room tip: My room was at the rear so while it lacked a river view it was very quiet,
Date of stay: January 2013
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Reviewed January 20, 2013

We had a really bad experience at this place. The area is not really for tourists which we didn’t mind, nice to have a look at the Mandalay river life. Because of the power outages the lack of street lights and the HUGE holes in the footpath it’s not safe to walk around at night without a flash light.
The power was constantly go out and the amplified signing/chanting all night long coming from the street meant zero sleep for the two nights we stayed there. First night I went down to reception and asked to be moved to the other side of the hotel but was told that the noise was the same everywhere and was assured that it would stop….. it did between 3.55am and 3.59am (I think another hotel guest pulled the power generator plug on them to get some peace) short lived, 4 minutes later the same noise like a trumpet being blown in your ear from 1 foot away. Turn the TV up full but could still only hear the noise from the street.
Second night went up to the roof bar/restaurant to see if a good amount of alcohol would allow any sleep. The roof to was every nice and had a great view of the Ayeyarwaddy River no luck with the sleep though. Two nights of hell at Ayeyarwaddy River View Hotel.
Can’t say much about the cleanliness the power lights weren’t on long enough to see anything!

Room tip: If you must stay here Take a Flash light at night. Try the roof top bar
Date of stay: March 2012
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Reviewed January 20, 2013

A new hotel on the river side. Stayed 3 nights with a group tour. My room was huge and more like an apartment and very comfortable and excellent cleanliness. The room was at rear so not an attractive view but others staying on front side said the traffic noise was unpleasant so considered myself lucky to have rear room. The restaurant on roof top was terrific with a great choice of meals. The restaurant staff were a little too attentive but very polite and well dressed. Other hotel staff always polite with a greeting.

Room tip: Choose one at rear.
Date of stay: December 2012
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Reviewed January 12, 2013

This hotel has a lovely entrance and after that it really could do with an upgrade. The rooms are clean but very basic. We paid for a Deluxe River View and the view was the only thing I would class as deluxe!

The roof top restaurant has a fantastic 360 degrees views which are not to be missed. The hotel offers a good breakfast with plenty of variety and the staff are keen to please.

The hotel is a little way out, so unless your fit and health and enjoy walking the cost's of taxis to and fro could add up.

Date of stay: November 2012
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