The Rodman Hotel

I walked passed this hotel last week from outside and thought it looked great. It looked compact with a swimming pool and lounging area downstairs next to reception. As the hotel was quite expensive, I looked out for a special rate online and found a couple of nights at a cheaper price. I was looking forward to going and having a relaxing time but I found the hotel a bland and strange experience. On a positive note, there was an error with my booking with a third party booking company which wouldn’t allow me to choose one double bed instead of two single beds. This was helpfully changed by staff who when I mentioned it put a double bed mattress in the room with the two beds together. There seemed to be more staff than needed. 3 of them just stood watching in silence whenever speaking I was speaking to reception. When I checked in, one staff member offered to take my suitcase up to the room as there was no stairs. I said ‘no thanks’ a few times as I had something fragile in the case but he still did as don’t think he understood English very well. This interaction when checking in must happen a lot so surely he must recognise ‘no thanks.’ One of my main gripes is that I made the mistake of losing my key card straight away. My shorts pocket was torn while pushing my luggage on the walk from my last hotel. So when I went out and came back to this hotel I realised the card had gone. I was annoyed with myself that I lost it but thought they would just replace it for no charge. I’ve been to hundreds of hotels in Thailand over 10 years and never seen a charge before for a lost key card. However they charge guests 300 baht when they lose their key card! There’s a piece of paper stating this when they give the key card just to make your stay relaxing however I was exhausted when checking in so didn’t notice this. I found this 300 baht charge for a lost key card totally extortionate and disrespectful to guests. Especially in the current financial climate and with so many other hotels to choose from here. It’s a buyers market so there’s plenty of choice. Think of the things you can buy in Thailand for 300 baht - even a hotel room for a night! 300 baht is the equivalent of many service staffs wage for the day in Thailand. I refused to pay initially so they gave me a new card which took a few seconds to swipe. I understand the staff are just following orders and it’s the managers policy. I was charged a lost card ‘special rate’ of 200 baht checking out and I just paid it so I could leave the hotel as I didn’t like it or the atmosphere anyway. I viewed the hotel next door which was much nicer and cheaper. Even if that didn’t happen, I won’t be recommending this hotel. The room was designed odd and uncomfortable. It was very crammed with not much space. It was really stuffy. The AC was high up, weak and in position away from main part of the room. I was exhausted from traveling so booked this hotel to relax for 2 days in my room and poolside but did neither. The room was too uncomfortable to stay in so I didn’t stay in it much. The curtain rail was designed not to cover the sides of the window so the sun came in. I pushed items against the curtain to cover the sides but still didn’t work. As for the pool area the sun was blocked by the building the whole time and it was hard to relax there. No guests went there much. There was no atmosphere. Some quiet music would have been nice and it was also connected with reception. Due to the hotel being so quiet, staff with not much to do were automatically looking over all the time. I give the hotel 2 out of 5 to be generous. Also minus 1 for the ridiculous and disrespectful key card charge. So 1 out of 5 in total. The hotel next door is much nicer and better value. True price I would say is 500-600 baht a night as the room is crammed, uncomfortable and AC is less powerful than a fan.

Nice experience i like here

真的非常棒的飯店，服務人員親切，房務做的非常好 如果有機會再來一趟清邁古城東南角，我覺得這是一間不可多得的好飯店

El hotel en genera es bastante recomendable. La ubicación es buena ya que está dentro de la muralla y muy cerca de una de las calles principales donde podrás encontrar alquileres de motos, cafés, lavanderías etc La habitación es espaciosa y el baño también, estaba limpia y nos pusieron botellas de agua cada día en el mini bar. Hay una piscina al entrar al hotel y está bien ya que es suficiente para refrescarte de las altas temperaturas. El personal es amable y te recomiendan cosas que hacer en tu estancia en la ciudad. Quizás es preferible una habitación que se encuentre en el piso alto ya que la nuestra estaba en el bajo y se oían ruidos. Tienen desayuno disponible a parte de la tarifa . Nos dejaron dejar las maletas después del check out.

Ubicación en una zona tranquila a diez minutos andando de Tha Phae Gate y quince minutos del night market. El desayuno un poco flojo.

位置很好，在古城內，去哪裡都很方便。唯一不足的就是沒有電梯，好歹總共就3層。