The Strand Hotel Yangon

One of the best hotels in the world.

The Strand Hotel is unfortunately closed as of May 2023. The entire building has been roped off. Word is that it shuttered during the 3 years of Covid. The colonial era architecture of the building is still a beauty to admire from the outside, and I recommend adding it to part of your Downtown Colonial British Burma Yangon walk. Crossing the road gets you to the riverside of the Yangon river, where the ferries leave for the outlying islands.

Beautiful, gorgeous, delicious, clean, classy... these words can describe this awesome hotel This hotel was real highlight of our travels. The history of this place blown our minds and we felt like to travel back in time in beautiful hotel. The food was just so delicious we enjoyed every meal we had there with no regrets. The pool side and spa area are awesome. The salty pool just puts crown on top :) Original pieces of minimum age of 70 years gave us goose skin.. Have to thank to Grace, Mark and all of staff in hotel... They were absolutely great support during out stay on this hotel and without them it wouldn't be complete. Thank you for having us :)

We really loved our stay at The Strand hotel, we had a room on the first floor with a butler desk outside our room. Thank you to our butler Hnin Ya Htwe for the steaming hot coffee on demand, and the fresh fruit, my husband loved the Nashi pears. |The room was spacious and the bed comfortable. We took advantage of the spa and pool area and really enjoyed our couples massage, Thank you to my masseur Phoo Phoo, you have amazing hands, I felt so relaxed after my aromatherapy massage, my husband enjoyed the traditional massage as well. The Pool area is large with comfortable day lounges. |We enjoyed High tea with option for a western style platter or Myanmar high tea. The breakfast spread was impressive, I enjoyed the Energy juice combination which set us up for the day. There is a fantastic shop which sells Burmese artefacts located in the corridor leading to the pool/spa area, the quality and range of items are in my opinion really good, and we purchased a large elephant bell to bring home as a memento of our Myanmar trip. Thank you Chandra for helping us decide, and then going the extra mile to wrap the package for us to take home, a great job and it got home in one piece. Beatrice, lovely to meet you, great to chat to an insider about life in Myanmar. We felt lucky to be able to stay at the Strand, and enjoy what they had to offer, I would highly recommend staying here, the staff really look after you. Thank you.

I will start by staining I cannot comment on the rooms as I have not stayed there but was there for afternoon tea and also drinks in the bar. The drinks were great and I can highly recommend it but the afternoon tea was extremely disappointing. The food was dry and it felt like it had been frozen and defrosted. The bread was stale and one of the puddings was off. For such a highly rated hotel I would expect a lot more l, especially as for that price you could eat for a couple of days in a local good restaurant. We tried both the Myanmar and English versions and neither was great.

Excellent hotel, fantastic staff, breakfasts were delicious, everyday we had something different from the menu (this isn’t a standard buffet breakfast), the pool as like a heavenly retreat at the end of a hot day. Had a wonderful massage, therapist was excellent. Loved the decor, the rooms and personal Butler service, this was such a nice touch to have fresh pot of coffee or tea delivered 24/7.Only down side is the air conditioning unit was noisy, management might need to review this. Otherwise perfect stay.

Our two nights stay was part of our honeymoon travel and it was an excellent experience. We had the warmest welcome we ever received in a hotel and enjoyed top quality services such as massage and dinner in the restaurant. People from the staff is very kind, they are constantly wishing to help and provide a very comfortable relation with the hotel itself.

Our Myanmar journey of two weeks in the month of February 2020 began with a two night stay at the Strand. What a terrific introduction to a most interesting city. Such a beautiful historic hotel with impeccable decor. || We stayed in a superior suite with a king bed and a very comfortable sitting area all with the services of our butler. How very special after a long time of walking the city and visiting many sights to return to our room and have our butler bring us cappuccinos. Each morning we had a delicious breakfast in the Strand Cafe. The Strand has a very convenient location that enables one to easily walk all around the city. The hotel lobby is most welcoming and beautifully decorated to enhance all the historic qualities of the hotel. We also took advantage of utilizing the pool area. ||After two weeks of our Myanmar journey we had three finale nights at the Strand ||The Strand will always be our hotel of choice when next visiting Yangon. More than perfect and every way!!