Hotel Grand United (Chinatown)

Location is great! PH is nice, with private balcony which looks over the city. Banks, stores- its all here! The streets are crowded with tourists and locals. Staff seems nice :)

Here's my two cents of my experience with Sandalwood Hotel:- About the hotel 1. I noted that I will be arriving early and I really appreciate the early check-in and the room is ready! 2. All the staff [from bell-boy, guard, reception, cleaners, restaurant staff] whom I met are friendly, kind and helpful which make my stay very pleasant. Though most of them I would need to use sign language (as they have limited understanding of English). Keep it up! 3. Thumb up for the breakfast! 4. My room is clean and spacious! 5. I notice that each floor has different decoration, try to explore it, well done! 6. City view is ok. Do not expect "wow/ amazing ...". It is not like other big cities e.g. London / Shanghai/ etc after all. Area of improvement:- 1. The hotel entrance is at the side with stairs so it may not be friendly for disable person. You may need to get help from the security guard. 2. I would really encourage other staff [aside from reception] to receive some language training. 3. Throughout Myanmar, at least the 6 cities/town which I have visited, [ALL] hotels do not accept credit card and it is very common. If you can make it available, it will be a plus point, but if you can't, you may need to spell it out, most travelers will understand. 4. TV location inside the room, a bit weird. 5. May consider providing lotion. 6. May consider providing welcome drink. 7. Local Grab car may not know this hotel, they might think the other Grand United. Hotel location and surrounding 1. This is what makes this hotel worth the value to stay. 2. Located near to everything ~ China Town, food stalls, restaurants, gadgets, temple, city hall, etc. 3. In short, really good area!

Nice budget hotel. Locate in the China town area, not far from Sule pagoda,about 600 m. The lobby is on the 4th floor, staffs r friendly and informative. The room is clean and convenient . Free breakfast.You’ll hearing the traffic sounds and peoples in the street so don’t stay here if you r light sleeper type.

Small rooms, but a good price. Location is good too - walking distance from the markets. Breakfast good but not exceptional. Great service - the front desk organized a cheap taxi for our airport transfer for the early morning hours.

Asked for room on a higher floor facing street, and they did gave me room 803. Hotel offers airport transfer for $25 , u can get it at the airport for 10000 (less than 10$) there is a counter there. Also if you go outside u will get it for cheaper. I asked for a late check out as a genius traveller and i have been granted but after some negotiations. There are lots of ants in the room, TV I can't get more than one channel. Ac was very good. Minibar and safe(not fixed to the wall) also available. Acceptable wifi at hotel, first day it was very bad but when I complain it improved greatly, "don't know if this was a coincidence or what" Paid 100000 for the 2 nights ( cash, in advance) Excellent breakfast, free bottled water in room, free coffee and tea. Stayed from 5 to 7 May

Filthy blanket and floor with blood stains. Very user unfriendly toilet and shower room. The staffs were polite and helpful though. The lobby is on the forth floor and the restaurant is on the ninth floor. The only great thing about this accommodation is it’s proximity to Chinatown where you can get all the local vibe. Most Chinese you see here can’t say Chinese despite it is very common to see retail shops with signs written in Chinese. Despite the behind developments, I found this area is very safe and convenient especially if you are into the root authenticity of Yangon

We stayed here for 4 nights with low expectations as we didnt pay a lot of money but everything was great. Our room was a good size with a super comfy bed. It was all immaculately clean and we were provided with as much free bottled water as we wanted. (Room 603) Breakfast was good with a few Burmese dishes plus eggs etc. The location was great and all in all we enjoyed our stay

overall it was a comfortable stay. the room was quite small and congested. location was good . the best thing was the street market that was alive at night and one could have a leisurely walk , have some street food at one of the roadside restaurants. till late night there was a lot of activity in the market place. good fruit was available on the footpaths. in fact there was a proper food and vegetable market that worked till past midnight. the view of the market place, roads and pagodas was excellent from the roof top of this hotel. the service was average though the breakfast was reasonably good.