We (my wife, 11 year old son and a friend) booked 2 adjoining rooms directly with the hotel in Nov 2007. Our stay in CMai was for 6 nights. We asked for a 3 nights stay with the option to extend for another 3 nights (as we wanted to check out other hotels as well) What we needed was a clean, modern, new hotel that is near to the heart of city for our first trip to CMai. 1)Booking with them direct was a breeze. Ms Jessica who handled my email was extremely prompt with her replies despite many queries / questions I had. I was extremely pleased with that. 2) Rooms - I booked the standard room. They are large with lots of space to walk around. The floor is exceptionally clean, we feel comfortable walking bare footed in room the whole time. Hard bed? it suited us fine. Bathroom is modern and clean. Shower is powerful, towels are clean, hair dryer is provided. 3) Breakfast - no issue. Lots of choices to fill our stomach. Supper at the restaurant? The BBQ is certainly worth a try! 4) Location - a slow 10 minutes walk takes us to the night market. Walking to the OLD MORT was easy as well. Just that the road leading there is polluted with vehicle fumes. The Saturday night market (much better than night bazaar) is not too far away. There is a good tour agent nearby, reasonable in price, honest and efficient. There is also a superb traditional thai massage nearby. Pink light district? It didn’t bother me as I hardly take notice! If you are single, I guess it is not a bad place to stay to hang out. We did look for other hotels, but given the price, location and most important of all, the cleanliness of our room, we stayed the whole 6 nights.

The Raming Lodge is a great find! It's very inexpensive and it is in the middle of everything! It's across the street from the Old City, it's a ten minute walk to the Night Baazar, and there are many great bars and restaurants next door. You also have an internet cafe, travel agent and massage parlour right across the street. The Hotel is very clean and nicely decorated. The room is big and so cute. We were surprised, but it looks exactly like the pictures (and it is very modern too) The only complaint was we didn't have a view of anything except the back of another building--but the hotel, food, and location made up for it....