Name: Akha River House
Address: 423/25 Moo 21, Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai, 57000, Thailand
Rating: 5

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This is a nice cheap place to stay at in Chiang Rai. We booked a superior double room which looks out onto the river and surounding jungle area. The room has aircon, a fan, a fridge, a TV and a mosquito door which opens onto a balcony with chairs to chill. The bathroom come with a flushing toilet and a shower with hot water. They also provide soap and shampoo and a clean towels. 

The room has an overall ruatic feel to it, like living in a mud hut but with all the modern commodities. The room also has free wi-fi and there is a pool table downstairs. 

The house is a bit far from the town area but the friendly staff can easily arrange a tuk tuk for you or you can rent any of their available bikes.

Relax next to the river

I booked a double room for a couple of nights, I couldn't stay here more. The property needs huge changes and a deep clean up. My room was dark but spacious, the only window was not openable and dirty. Dirty was also the rest of the accommodation. 
Common and shared toilets were filthy and small. The main stair was dangerous and in a bad condition.
This review is about my unpleasant stay back in 2020.

Dirty and noisy property

Yea, its cheap, but it's still not worth it. The room was moldy, and judging by the amount of dust on cobwebs and the layer of slime on bathroom floors, it has't been cleaned for months.

There must be like a hunderd places with better value in Chiang Rai.

Disgusting

We left after the first night, couldn’t get out of there fast enough.  

The room was sooo disgustingly dirty, it was unbearable and we’ve been staying in some very basic & cheap places throughout the duration of travelling around Thailand. 

Hair everywhere from previous guests, the bathroom stunk of urine and dirt, the fridge had hair in and smelt like something had died in it 15 years ago. 

The websites really does catfish you into thinking the place will be semi-ok.  When we left after the first day, no-one was to be seen at reception so we just ditched the keys there and left. Staff seemed pretty lazy (from the dirt everywhere in the ‘reception’ and probably wouldn’t have cared anyway. 

20 minute walk into town.  I’d recommend people to stay in the centre of town - it’s a pretty quiet place anyway. 

Filthy 

This is by far the worst ‘hotel’ I’ve stayed in in Thailand, and I’ve stayed in quite a few. Do not be fooled by the pictures, they must’ve been taken years ago. Everywhere was filthy, communal areas and private rooms. Our bathroom smelt of urine, and clearly hadn’t been cleaned as it was covered in someone else’s hair. The fridge was mouldy and the bed was less comfy than the floor. We had booked for 2 nights, but left after one night. Keep clear if you can!

0 stars

After being at this 'hotel' for just a few hours i am confident in giving this a 1 star or none if i could. Me and my friend, 21, have been backpacking around Thailand and saw this on booking.com for £5 for the night which we thought from the pictures was too good to be true - turns out it was the COMPLETE opposite. 

I do not know where these nice pictures have been taken as we were shown to our room which is literally two uncomfortable beds in what is essentially a cardboard box with 1 plug, a light and a fan. There is a horrible old smell to the room and there is nothing to do in the rooms, no ensuite, wi-fi is not connecting and the lock on the door is broken - this is a night from HELL. 

Not to mention, we have been bitten alive by mosquitos that are coming through the wooden windows and it is literally infested from them being trapped in the room. We have even been debating to book into another hostel as it is that bad of a 'hotel', it is like a complete nightmare. I would only recommend this if you are a backpacker that does not mind all of the above and only looking for a cheap dorm to stay in. 

My main concern is that it does NOT look like the pictures! We wanted to get out of the room so we went to reception, which is a shabby hut - just like the rest of the place - to use the bar and restaurant á la carte in which apparently doesn't exist anymore but is still on the hotel description?

Do not stay in the standard dorms at this hotel, worst hotel stay i have ever had and i can not wait to change tomorrow morning!

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