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Eagle House 2

Grimy rooms but a good traveller centre

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This is the second branch of the very popular Eagle House. It has a range of rooms, all of which are pretty grungy, though the staff are good and a comfortable and gregarious open air restaurant make up for this. It's got one of the cheapest prices for air-con in the city, but the decor reflects the price. They offer an in-house cooking class on the premises. If you don't book their trekking or cooking classes your room may suddenly be booked by someone who has. Call ahead for a free pick up, although it's best to book in advance as it's often full.


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26 Ratchawithi Rd. T: (053) 210 600 F: (053) 874 366  
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What we were quoted*

Type of room Low season High season Notes
Dorm Fan 80 THB 80 THB
Sgl fan private b'room 200 THB 200 THB
Dbl fan private b'room 240 THB 240 THB
Sgl air-con private b'room 290 THB 290 THB
Dbl air-con private b'room 290 THB 290 THB
Triple fan private b'room 320 THB 320 THB
Triple air-con private b'room 360 THB 360 THB

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Added to Travelfish on: 17th November, 2003
Last visited or updated on: 23rd September, 2007

Eagle House 2 reviews

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additional comment - 29th October, 2009
Oh, just wanted to add that hot water is free here too and the room was really quiet up on the second floor.

Eagle House 2 reviewed by jojow25 on 29th October, 2009, rated 3 out of 5.
Stayed here 10/2009
Total reviews submitted: 3.
jojow25 also reviewed: Shanti Lodge.

Chilli pepper cooking school - 29th October, 2009
The rooms are basic, but big and with air con are cheap and basically just what we needed. The hostel is central too. The real highlight was the cooking course we did today with a small group of four. Taught by a Thai guy with excellent English and an extremely funny personality, it lasted 6 hours and we got to cook 5 dishes - a choice from over 30 dishes and also were given a free full color recipe book to take home. I would recommend the cooking course here even if you don't stay. We saw a cooking course by the market whilst we were buying our ingredients...there must have been more than 10 people in her group.

Eagle House 2 reviewed by jojow25 on 29th October, 2009, rated 3 out of 5.
Stayed here 10/2009
Total reviews submitted: 3.
jojow25 also reviewed: Shanti Lodge.

Dingy and over priced - 6th October, 2008
OK, so nothing major was wrong but the room was just pretty dingy and dank smelling. The staff were hard to find (I waited 30mins to find someone to answer some questions I had about trekking) and when they were around were not that helpful. The garden is pretty small (mostly just car park) so the only good thing we found was that they refill drinking water bottles. Would only recommend as a last choice.

Eagle House 2 reviewed by natisafunkymonkey on 6th October, 2008, rated 2 out of 5.
Stayed here 10/2008
Total reviews submitted: 11.
natisafunkymonkey also reviewed: Bow Thong Resort, Haad Gruad Resort, Halo, Monsavan Guesthouse, Nature Lovers Bungalows, Ngoc Son, Sunday Guesthouse, The Organic Mulberry Farm, Why Nam Hut.

Slightly Rustic - 3rd April, 2007
This was also our experiment in frugality and it eventually beat us and reminded us not to be too cheap. Rooms are grotty and uncomfortable, staff were friendly and the trek organised from here was great. 290THB and you really do get what you pay for.

Eagle House 2 reviewed by Conchuir on 3rd April, 2007, rated 2 out of 5.
Stayed here 2/2007
Total reviews submitted: 2.
Conchuir also reviewed: Rambuttri Village.

Don't stay here - 30th November, 2006
We stayed for 2 nights at Eagle House 2 before we moved to another guesthouse. Our room cost us 290B for a double room with air-con. The air-con was falling apart and our door was falling off. Rooms are very noisy and there is no hot water in the shower. There are far better guesthouses in Chiang Mai.

Eagle House 2 reviewed by towah on 30th November, 2006, rated 2 out of 5.
Stayed here 11/2006
Total reviews submitted: 5.
towah also reviewed: Island Huts, Porn Bungalows, River View Guest House.

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Dirty - 23rd November, 2006
The staff at Eagle House 2 were kind and helpful but knew very little. Could not even give basic information about buses for example. The place was not clean. Bird droppings on table cloths, etc. The owners claim to be there but I never saw either one of them.

Eagle House 2 reviewed by kjun12 on 23rd November, 2006, rated 0 out of 5.
Stayed here 2/2005
Total reviews submitted: 3.
kjun12 also reviewed: Eagle House No 1, Lai Thai Guest House.

Very basic - 27th February, 2006
Was pretty cheap (240B) but we got what we paid for. Not very clean, not very comfortable. Moved after one night. To be fair, this was an experiment in frugality for us, and the place might be fine for someone on a limited budget. But was too far down-market for us.

Eagle House 2 reviewed by rwcox123 on 27th February, 2006, rated 2 out of 5.
Stayed here 2/2006
Total reviews submitted: 4.
rwcox123 also reviewed: Baan Suan Guesthouse, Sukhothai Guesthouse, Two Dragons Guesthouse.

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