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Reviews of The Velvet Orchid

15/1 soi 6 Rachamanka road district Phrasingh, Phra Sing, 50200 Chiang Mai, Thailand

#839 of 839 hotels in Chiang Mai

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Review score

Based on 87 hotel reviews

8.4

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.8

  • Comfort

    8.8

  • Location

    8.8

  • Facilities

    8.2

  • Staff

    8.6

  • Value for money

    8.7

  • Free WiFi

    5.8

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  • Reviewed: 25 May 2024

    7.0
    Great value for money
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Superior Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Slow wifi, very basic for the price.

    Staff, clean room, easy to find, ok location

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 May 2024

    8.0
    Excellent location in the old part, quiet and very affordable
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It is a bit messy reception, but nothing bad to say.

    Great location, quiet, comfortable beds. Excellent price quality value.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 March 2024

    9.0
    Pleasant stay.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Superior Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Great location. Easy to walk around the city. Room was clean and staff was nice. Very accommodating.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 2 February 2024

    9.0
    Gem of a hotel
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 4 nights

    Sides with a bit of a view, face a school which could be noisy weekdays. Some rooms have far less wardrobe, drawer space and desk size than others. A desk lamp for reading and hand-towel rail in bathroom would help. Tepid hot water in bathroom – both sink and shower. Limited electric plug points, mostly near bed rather than desk for computer.

    Boutique hotel in a quiet side-street, yet close to major sites. Elegantly furnished in traditional Thai style. Full complement of foreign news channels. Lobby features specialty teas for sale to connoisseurs. Rare for a small three storey hotel, it has a lift/elevator. Quieter side-rooms face a neighbouring block without windows, so private. Charming antique-style brass fittings in the bathroom. Helpful and polite staff who do their best with limited English, especially Rein

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 January 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    A bit noisy during weekdays cause there is a school next to the hotel.

    Quite spacy, good location, comfortable bed. The staff is very helpful!

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 19 January 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Cobwebs c

    The tiled floors and the traditional furniture

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 December 2023

    9.0
    Great stay in the old city
    • Couple
    • Deluxe Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing not to like. It was near a school and sometimes heard the children. Taxis could not get down tge short road to hotel

    The location was good. Quiet at night but near tourist points in tge old city. Our room was nice with dark furniture and had a jacuzzi bath. The balcony was also good

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 3 December 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    No kettle, no drinking water, no tissue box, safe was disabled

    Good location

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 30 November 2023

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    It was good value for good price. The staff was really nice

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 20 November 2023

    9.0
    I had a wonderful stay at the Velvet Orchid. Very convenient and centrally located hotel and good amenities
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Superior Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Sometimes I found the noise insulation somewhat poor but I am particularly sensitive to noise.

    Very central, polite staff, clean and cozy

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 22 October 2023

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Great value, quiet, clean and comfortable.

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 2 October 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not much facilities , just a place to sleep

    Clean and good location near market

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 23 September 2023

    7.0
    Horrible check in experience, value for money good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Horrible check in experience. We showed up at the hotel after a two day trek (which we notified the hotel about) at 5:50 pm desperately wanting to check in and shower. We had previously received a message on booking from the hotel letting us know that check in is from 14:00-20:00, meaning we were clear within the check in time. We arrived at an empty hotel. There was no one at the desk and all of the lights were off. We sat around for a couple minutes, ringing the bell a bit, shouting for someone and calling the reception (that we were standing at) before realizing no one was coming. The was another number listed to call, which just happened to ring a cell phone that was plugged in at the reception. We looked so sorry that another guest in the hotel offered to let us use their room to shower!!! We finally found another number to call which led to a girl who’s English wasn’t great, she stumbled a bit before asking if we could wait an hour for someone to show up! The answer was obviously no, so she said she’ll be there in 10 minutes. Once she arrived she couldn’t even find our reservation, apparently they hadn’t printed it. When we finally found it she took us to our room, no before telling us that the check in hours were 14:00-16:00, a ridiculously small window and completely contradictory to what was written in the email the hotel themselves sent out. Once on our floor, we realized all of the lights in the floor were off too, so we turned those on by ourselves. Anyway, after a 45 minute check in process and plenty of unknowns and waiting around we finally had a room and a shower.

    Cute hotel with colonial design, spacious rooms and great location. Great value for money compared to others in the area.

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 9 September 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Next to big school. No batterys safe. Empty batterys remote controle tv. Toilet seat lose. The little thinks that would made it top.

    Good place to stay and not far from from thapae gate. 10 minute walk. Needs to take care the little thinks to make is top

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 17 August 2023

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    There was no bar nor laundry at the hotel, but the closest cafe to get breakfast is 3 mins walking distance so all fine! :)

    Comfortable bed and in general room. Very nice forniture.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 5 August 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    basic rooms at a good price! very helpful staff.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 10 May 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Superior Double Room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Staff was friendly and helpful. Excellent location.

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: 2 May 2023

    7.0
    Clean decent place to stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    It would help if the staff could speak some (or better) English.

    The location inside the Old City is good; easy walking distance to most places. The room is comfortable enough, about the same as any other hotel.

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: 31 March 2023

    9.0
    Very luxurious for the price. Clean, nice decor and friendly staff, good location. I‘d stay again.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The room I had faces the wall of the hotel next door. It‘s not a deal breaker, but the room I had at a previous stay had a balcony with a view to the landward which was a nice touch and made the room brighter.

    The staff are warm and welcoming and helpful. The location is amazing and quiet. The room is beautiful, clean, interesting and has all you need. The bed is super cozy and the sheets are extremely soft. I would stay here again.

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 21 March 2023

    7.0
    A lovely little no frills hotel not quite as fancy as it appears on the listing.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Double Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    It could have been a bit cleaner (surfaces were dusty and the balcony hadn‘t been mopped in a while). Other guests talking, closing doors, etc. is VERY loud because of the echo in the hallway. I would have loved a warmer welcome with some orientation to what is in the area, the facilities and check out procedure.

    My room was lovely. Nice lighting, very comfortable bed and beautiful linens, storage space. I enjoyed the balcony, though a chair for out there would be nice. It‘s fairly quiet neighbourhood and easy to get to everything.

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 25 February 2023

    7.0
    Well priced, good location, clean and comfortable stay. Great beds.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Superior Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Mosquitoes inside the room

    Clean, comfortable, well located

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: 8 February 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Superior Twin Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    The thing I dont like is they provide very very old/torn bath towel. And time for cleaning the rooms is after 5pm?

    Location was good, very quiet part of Chiang Mai but just 10 minutes walking to the central.

    Stayed in January 2023

  • Reviewed: 7 February 2023

    8.0
    Great hotel and great location
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Standard Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Second room that one of our parties was moved to had some deficiencies, but overall still good. We paid cash when we arrived, but the hotel marked us as no show in error so we were charged double. Situation was rectified, but I am glad I looked at my credit card statement.

    Room was clean and comfortable. We wanted to extend our stay for 2 days and they accommodated us by moving us to two different rooms. Pea was very kind and helpful.

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: 28 January 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Twin Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    at morning you can hear everything from the hall, at 9am maids are talking loud so if you like sleep longer it will be a problem, also you can here sounds from the temple and school nearby

    location, stuff was very friendly

    Stayed in January 2023

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