Bodhi Serene, Chiang Mai

I stay in Chiang Mai for about 10 days a year to write reports, marketing plans, and to get some down time. I've stayed in other CM hotels but Bodhi Serene is my choice. If you read through the review you will see several complaints, which are valid to a point. But the good far outweighs and downside. The hotel courtyard where breakfast is served is beautiful. The breakfast is adequate, but has much more than I usually eat at home. You can get buffets at the larger famous hotels, at three times the price or more, and your room will probably be less attractive.. The location has several good restaurants nearby, even a great vegetarian restaurant. You will rarely pay $10 for a very good dinner. If you worry about sleeping my choice is always two singe beds in a room. I don't care where you stay or what you pay, a king size bed will sink in the middle. I stay in the same twin bedded room every stay, they are the best value in the Bodhi. The pool is large enough for a decent swim, unlike in most hotels in ChiangMai which are usually tiny. Chiang Mai is a center for Thai massage. The area is safe with a sign often posted that extra sexual services are not offered. You can find that outside of the city walls if that's your thing. Inside the city wall is really about the quiet majesty of incredibly beautiful temples and art, many are centuries old and very comforting and comfortable for a visit. .The downsides: Not much storage space in the rooms which is fine for two or three day stay, but who wants to live out of a suitcase for a longer stay? The Internet is unpredictable, usually on, but does drop. You can see the reason by looking at the telephone poles outside the hotel. The cable system is a mess. Mosquitoes can be a problem in the rainy season, so it's essential to add repellent, which can be bought at the 7-Eleven just across the street $1.50. If you are looking for comfortable stay at a mid range price the Bodhi Serence is an excelent choice.

This is a very old complex, located in the old town and having indeed the best location. Easy access to everything, got two pools to enjoy and a nice breakfast. Small rooms are pretty basic and not good. Go for the balcony ones, having view on the inside courtyard. Location may be a little noisy (you can hear music and outside celebrations). Water pump is the other source of noice that could bother someone if light sleeper. Everything else is good and acceptable. Breakfast is nice, well prepared and staff very friendly.

Staff were very friendly and helpful. Pool area was really lovely and location was great for exploring Chiang Mai. Room was clean. ||Air con wasn’t great (but I think probably because the room was too big for it to be able to cool the room properly). Bed wasn’t the comfiest but was fine for the week we stayed. Shower wasn’t great - water pressure was intermittent and at one point the water just stopped altogether for a solid 5 minutes whilst I had shampoo on my hair. ||Overall an alright place to stay if you’re just looking for a relatively inexpensive place to explore Chiang Mai from.

I've stayed here before, and I very much appreciate the location. Short walking distance to Tha Phae Gate, markets and shops. 7-11 across the street. Great pool. Large room. Bed on the firm side, but not a brick. They've padded the bed frame corners, which was a nice detail. Plenty electrical outlets. Would recommend, and likely return should I visit the city again.

A lovely hotel in the old town area in Chiang Mai. The neighborhood is vibrant, yet the hotel offers quiet rooms and easy sleeping. The pool is great. The breakfast was acceptable, but not great. The service was it's excellent. The only comp!ain't was that the shower water temperature and pressure was intermittent and not reliable. we stayed for 5 nights and would stay here again.

Bodhi Serene is a beautiful hotel, 10 minutes (by car) from the airport and 15 minutes (by foot) away from the busy streets and night markets. In short, the location is excellent! The hotel is amazing and very tranquil. The rooms are very spacious which was really nice. The bathroom bad a large bathtub and shower, which you doesn't see often in hotels anymore. The only downsides were the best, which was really hard, and the breakfast. Breakfast was not completely to our liking (not too many options), but we don't mind as we like to grab some food at local restaurants.

Quaint little botique hotel. Spacious clean rooms. Lovely property located in a nice part of old town. 7 11 across the road

The location is excellent, quiet yet close enough to walk to the action, and the hotel itself is quite pretty. The outside could be spruced up a little. Rooms are nice enough for the price you pay. First room had plumbing issues as every time next room flushed, i could hear it flushing in my room. Staff were responsive to my enquiries pre-arrival. I was able t check in a bit earlier which was a nice touch. I was unfortunately placed in a room between two parties who were friends with eachother and were running up and down outside to each others rooms, jumping up and down doing a dance party, nonstop knocking on eachother doors and slamming the heavy doors til gone 11pm on a Weds. Despite me ringing reception to ask them to deal with it, I ended up having to go and speak to the guests myself as the chaos continued. I asked to be moved the next morning when the door slamming continued the next morning and was moved downstairs and across from my original room, much quieter but unfortunately backed onto the restaurant so couldn’t use the balcony as it smelled of cooking and overlooked the staff entrance. Was not given a clothes aired at either room - I asked for the first room and gave up with the second room. Would have been nice to have been offered an upgraded room near my friend given the troubles, but I would have had to pay so I didn’t bother. The staff entrance door into the hotel was worryingly left open constantly so anyone could have walked in from the street into the hotel through that entrance. Breakfast is very basic here. People say in other reviews that you can ask for things that are not on the menu…we asked for more pancakes at 8am (which had been served the previous day, so clearly on the menu) and were told initially that there were no more. After some discussion with various colleagues we did eventually get them. On the final day, I was chased up by phone to vacate the room even though I was still within the timeframe to vacate. The stay was just ok, but it wasn’t the most expensive hotel so there you have it. You get what you pay for.