Inle Resort

We stayed here as part of a tour around the country and this was by far our favourite place. So beautiful and peaceful, amazing rooms and really lovely and helpful staff. They’re a a really good restaurant on site but also very good local restaurants a short walk away. I did not want to leave at all and will go back as soon as I can.

It is probably a bit churlish to make disparaging remarks about such a classy Hotel but facts are facts. Let us start with the good stuff first and there is plenty of that. The Rooms are magnificent & the food is very, very good. Bizarrely, the coat-hangers were the best from a short-list of 6 luxury hotels that we stayed at over all of Myanmar. Above all, this Hotel is actually very good value for money and you have to ask yourself why. Basically, the Hotel is a long way from Nyaungshwe and rather cut off. There is nothing on offer anywhere near to the Hotel and you have to book a taxi if you want to go to the natural mud spa or the ' bright lights' of Nyaungshwe. I guess none of this is a disaster but when you pick up your boat to go on the Inle Lake boat tour,which you can do straight from the Hotel's jetty, you end up missing going on the canals around Nyaungshwe. My best advice is to stay in this wonderful Hotel but factor in taxi rides to Nyaung Shwe for the best of both worlds.Certainly, start your boat tour from Nyaungshwe at the very least. Two further very small points: Firstly, the view should be spectacular but in February (High Season), it gets very cloudy on the lake and you can't see the surrounding mountains for most of the day. Don't be fooled by the photos on the website. Secondly, it is very difficult not to slide Down the sunbeds. So all in all, please stay in this wonderful Hotel but book taxis to get out & about in the local area. The taxi ride to the Hotel from the airport by the way should cost no more than $15. Your driver will probably give you a discount for the return journey as well.

I received virus from their kitchen. I was vomiting and having diarrhea same time. No AC/heater. The room is either cold or hot I had to extend one more day to in this hotel to heal my sickness. No internet in the room. Staff are very nice