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Burmese Inn
Top backpacker option
52/3 Moo 3, Sangkhlaburi
Kanchanaburi Province
Tel: (034) 595 146
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Description
For both backpackers and flashpackers, the Burmese Inn is the best value option in town. Theie cheapest rooms (which double as the cheapest in town) are in a wooden and bamboo longhouse, and while these are very basic, with hard lumpy mattresses, the rooms are clean, as are their attached bathrooms. For those with a few more baht to spend, the free-standing bungalows here represent excellent value. Set in a lovely garden setting, running down towards the lake's edge, the bungalows are spotless inside and have pleasant little balconies. Burmese Inn is very well-regarded for their food, with both the Thai standards and their Burmese specials well worth trying. Friendly staff and some traveller information is available here. Recommended.
Sgl fan share b'room
80 THB (low season)
80 THB (high season)
Sgl fan private b'room
120 THB (low season)
120 THB (high season)
Dbl fan private b'room
180 THB (low season)
180 THB (high season)
Bungalow fan private b'room
350 THB (low season)
350 THB (high season)
Bungalow A/C private b'room
800 THB (low season)
800 THB (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 29th June, 2005
Last visited or updated on: 29th June, 2005
Guest feedback
Cheap and ... well ... cheap. - 
By Tilapia ( total comments: 11 
) Stayed here 12/2006
Rooms in the long boathouse are, as mentioned above, very basic, but towels and toilet paper are included, as well as a bottle of water for B100. The bathrooms left a lot to be desired.
Food in the restaurant was very good, especially some of the Burmese dishes. The location is great for visiting the Mon village across the lake.
Agree with the comments regarding the management. Early one morning we arranged for a boat trip on the lake through the manager. She told us to meet her at the restaurant at 4:30. We showed up, but she didn't. She was asleep in her office. After I woke her up she frantically made a call, then told us that there would be no boats available until almost 5:30 (in other words, just as the sun was setting). We told her to forget it (no doubt she had no trouble doing this) and went to the bridge where we hired a boat and driver on our own for B100 less than what the Burmese Inn was asking for.
a little too laid back, otherwise OK -
By solero ( total comments: 19 ) Stayed here 12/2005
I've stayed there several times. The 180 baht rooms are not so bad at all though I agree the cheaper ones are a bit manky. The restrauant simply isn't the best, with a pretty limited menu. The best restrauant to eat at if you're staying here is a little bit down the road on the left hand side towards the P Guesthouse, run by a gregarious Singaporean who tries to fool the unwary in believing that he's a Native American.
The Burmese Inn could also put a bit more energy into marketing kayaking trips and treks, P Guesthouse is much better for this.
the not - to - scale map of the area, designed by the Austrian husband of the owner, are a very good tool for finding your way around the district.
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