Mawlamyaing Strand Hotel

The hospitality. Location.

The breakfast ..

This is a business hotel and should be rated as such. Booked a Superior Double room was given a big corner room. In fact the size meant that the a/c struggled a bit, but it was just OK. The furnishings were a bit plastic but everything worked. We arrived quite late and needed to eat so ordered up a couple of dishes in the restaurant and these tuned up to be remarkably well put together. The Chinese food had a simplicity, emphasis on correctly cooked vegetables and lack of gloopiness compared to similar dishes in Europe that was quite refreshing. We booked a car to take up around the key sights in the town and then onto Thanbyuzayat and Setse beach. The same car also took us back the Yangon the next day. The hotel looks right out on to the river, great sunset if you get lucky.

There is no pool which is a shame because they have the space for it behind the hotel. While the cooked part of the breakfast was good, the remainder was not up to scratch, instant coffee, poor juice, low quality bread.