Ping Nakara Boutique Hotel and Spa

We lived everything. It is extremely elegant and every room in the hotel is full of details. The guests are really taken care of in every aspect. The reception staff was very helpful and always ready to give full information when we needed. We did not want to leave as it is located in a very quite safety area of the city with less tourists and a feeling of a more authentic atmosphere of high level residency area. During our visit to Chiang Mai we stayed 3 different luxury boutiques hotels, this is the jewel.

Loved our 5 day stay in September. Beautiful colonial building, with elegant rooms and exceptional service. The room we stayed in was large with a very comfortable bed and daily snacks. Particularly liked the toffees. We felt very relaxed and pampered whilst there. The staff bar none, couldn’t do enough to help. Particularly the driver Art, who together with my husband, had a shared love of food and v kindly presented him with sachets of masala powder one morning. He bought them from his own pocket, which was incredibly kind of him. The staff helped us book an ethical elephant sanctuary visit and also sent clothing to my next hotel without any charge, which I’d left in the room by mistake. Finally, my spa visit was wonderful and I was even given ginger tea and biscuits after. We couldn’t have enjoyed our stay any more. Wish all hotels were like this.

The hotel was advertised, colonial style, which was unique. The room and the hotel itself was a bit dated. You could see rusting, paint breaking off, tiles stuck on with brown glue etc but nothing too troubling. A few rooms were being renovated when we stayed but we didn’t hear any renovation noise. The room we had had a jacuzzi, a shower and a toilet in the same room. The shower and the toilet shared the same sliding door, meaning only one person could slide the door shut while the other person using the other facility could not which is a bit odd. Water from the shower would also leak a little into the toilet area as sliding door is not sealed shut. But in general, I liked the room aesthetics and it was adequate. Breakfast was good too, there is a small buffet selection and an a la carte menu with both western (eggs, toasts, waffle) and Asian (thai congee, wonton noodles, thai rice). The breakfast area is next to the pool and it was a beautiful environment. One thing worth mentioning is the spa connected to the hotel, called Nakara Spa. It can’t be found on google map oddly, but it is on tripadvisor. It is definitely on the pricer side compared to street side massage places, but the environment is very beautiful and quiet and the masseuse were very experienced. I did the same massage twice during my trip. Their inhouse shampoo and conditioner in the hotel (and spa) were also very good and my hair felt really smooth the next day.

Boutique hotel with all that you need—large English colonial style rooms, well detailed and decorated; pool and spa; nice breakfast, and excellent “hidden” bar, like a speakeasy, behind a sliding door. Bartender excellent as she understand how to do a proper old fashioned. Great location to get where you need when visiting the city and very relaxing. This hotel only has 19 rooms, and thats fine. Very quiet and relaxing, with exception to the sounds of monkeys in the back when they are having a bit of fun—though we saw that as part of the experience and it was a joy. Staff very friendly and they will take you anywhere, including picking you up at airport and returning. Then, don’t forget to speak to Mr. Noom (Tom) the concierge as he will personally take you on an amazing excursion. Look up our review of the experience under the name of Lanna Boutique Travel (his company).

We arrived at the hotel at 8.00am following a jouney from Bangkok on the overnight sleeper train. Normal booking in time is 2.00pm, however the hotel was extremely helpfull, stating that the room would be ready by 9.00am and that in the intervening hour we could use one of their classic cars with driver to visit a local attraction.||The Ping Nakara is a beautiful colonial style hotel, close to all of the city's main attractions. We booked a Royal Grand Deluxe room for our six night stay, the room was very large and beautifully decorated, with a verander that overlooked the pool, all of which was at a very reasonable cost.||Throughout our stay all members of staff were realy helpful and a delight to deal with, nothing was too much trouble for them. During our stay my wife and I booked three massages, all were undertakwen in a highly professional manner and again at a reasonable cost.||For me as a classic car owner was the hotel has two classic cars a 1955 and a 1974 Mercedes Benz. Even better was that each time we asked one of the three porters/drivers to order us a taxi to take us to the old town or to a local area, they offered to take us in one of the classic cars. In addition, when we wanted to visit the local temple on the Ping river and then take a two hour personal boat ride, they took my wife and I to the location on their two classic three wheel bicycles.||This was our third visit to Chiang Mai and one of over 30 visits to Thailand in the past 40 years, staying in over 100 hotels during this time. For us the Ping Nakara rates as one of the nicest we have visited, and one that we will revisit.||Thank you Ping Nakara.

We stayed here for 10nts. It's a little out of the way compared to many other hotels, but we're quite happy walking, so this wasn't an issue. The hotel itself is lovely and the people are very friendly. Check-in and out was easy.||The room (with a king bed overlooking the pool) was a good size with a comfortable bed. Sadly, there was a constant odd smell coming from the bathroom. It was always very strong in the mornings, particularly in the shower. I appreciate the drains in Thailand aren't great, which is why we didn't report it. ||Breakfast was nice but the choice was small. We therefore ended up having the same thing every day. Again, not a huge problem as sometimes the huge buffet offerings you get at the big chain hotels can be a little overwhelming. The smaller offering here stopped up from overeating. ||The hotel bar - The Library - was very quiet. Often we were the only one's in there. It was also very very cold, but unfortunately, sitting outside was not an option due to us being eaten alive, despite wearing mozzie spray. ||We didn't eat lunch or dinner in the restaurant as there were simply too many great places on offer. ||The service of the drivers to take you into the old town was great if you didn't want to walk. We used it just a couple of time until we figured out the best way to walk, which would take around 20mins depending on your pace. ||All in all it was a lovely stay.

We have just returned from an amazing stay at the Ping Nakara Hotel & Spa in Chiang Mai. From the moment we arrived we had the best experience. Everything was top notch. The incredible staff, always happy ,very knowledgeable and helpful are an asset to this hotel. The facilities available in the rooms were excellent and ambiance throughout hotel was lovely . Location was excellent. We were lucky enough to be driven on numerous occasions in the classic Mercedes cars'. Had an amazing Spa treatment and enjoyed the happy hour!! Thank you very much for this wonderful stay. We will be back!

Absolutley outstanding experience. From the minute we arrived, the service was exceptional. The whole hotel has a sense of calm that is wonderful and unique. The quality of the breakfast, the room features, are amazing. The balconies are a real treat to sit and watch the forest. Would 100% stay here again.