Graham Parkes
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My wife and I stayed at the Paiviman resort for 3 nights. We stayed in room 202.
The resort grounds are quite scenic with nicely manicured lawns with pavilions with hammocks for relaxing. The grounds are also right next to the river, so you get a nice river view.
The resort is just a few minutes walk from Walking Street where many of the nighttime street vendors, bars and restaurants and the bus station are located. There are also several bars and restaurants located on the same road as the resort.
There are two types of rooms to rent, the more traditional Thai style raised houses with a single bedroom and bathroom and larger rent (yurt) style rooms for sleeping 4 (so we were told). My wife and I stayed in the single bedroom traditional rooms.
The room facilities are adequate but fairly basic.
The room has a very large bed, mattress was a little hard, but that's a personal preference thing.
Shower water pressure is a little on the low side but still useable. Toilet and sink were fine. Aircon ran fine and was quiet.
My main two complaints are:
Minor complaint that the TV only has 7 or 8 channels and all are local Thai channels. So unless you speak Thai, the TV is not much use.
My other complaint, which I must stress is not the fault of the resort, is that it is extremely noisy at night. As mentioned, there are several bars that play music near the resort and also a large backpacker hostel located right behind the room we stayed in, that seems to hold a party, rave or concert each night. For the 3 nights we stayed there there was non-stop, obnoxiously loud music coming we think from the backpacker hostel until 2am each morning which made it almost impossible to fall to sleep 😡. If you are the type of tourist that goes to Pai to stay out late partying, getting drunk or stoned until the small hours. This won't bother you. But if like my wife and I we were in Pai for the sightseeing and wanted a good night's sleep after a busy day, this is probably not the location for you.