Positives:
-- quiet, relaxed, feels safe
-- spacious room, good air conditioning
-- classic hotel infrastructure with beautiful quality teak furnishings and decor from a bygone era
-- swimming pool is nice size, beautiful, and looks clean
-- good free breakfast, standard 2 bottles drinking water free
-- hair dryer, shampoo, soap provided
-- good lighting at strategic points in room and bed table
Negative:
-- sad that this classic beautiful hotel is not maintained will enough to merit 4 or 5 stars; probably because not enough tourists in Phrae
-- no microwave, and no electric hot water kettle
-- antique Godzilla sized TV (Pansonic)
-- sketchy wireless - should have your own smartphone data connection if important things to get done
-- sad old bathroom fixtures
-- there was a plumbing leak in the bathroom; when taking shower, water leaks from under the tub and gets bathroom floor all wet
-- only one socket for charging devices (although Godzilla TV can be unplugged and that socket used)
-- rat's nest of wires inside the bed table (no socket) -- very unprofessional
So although I would recommend this as a relaxing place to stay, I don't think it merits more than 3 out of 5 stars.
