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Banana Guest House
Popular traveller flophouse
4/9 Ratchapakinai Rd, Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai Province
Tel: (053) 206 285
Fax: (053) 275 077
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Description
This popular Japanese-Thai managed place is often full, though the popularity is a little difficult to fathom as the staff were really offhand upon our last visit. Separate male and female dorms are available. Rooms are a little grotty. The in-house restaurant does Thai, western and Japanese food. Potentially the draw here is the low prices combines with the hippy decor, making this an appealing option if you're into pad thai while wearing fisherman pants and beaded necklaces. The staff will pick you up from the bus station which is a nice touch.
Total rooms: 18
Dorm Fan
80 THB (low season)
80 THB (high season)
Sgl fan share b'room
100 THB (low season)
100 THB (high season)
Dbl fan share b'room
160 THB (low season)
180 THB (high season)
Dbl fan private b'room
240 THB (low season)
240 THB (high season)
With hot shower
Added to Travelfish on: 13th January, 2004
Last visited or updated on: 23rd September, 2007
Guest feedback
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By Beckiboo1983 ( total comments: 8 
) Stayed here 3/2007
Ok rooms, quite old but clean enough. We stayed in a double room with hot water shower. It costs 240B now, not 200B as listed above. Shower was nice and warm and you get clean towels. The guest house caters to a lot of Japanese guests and seems to have lost a bit of it's charm that I'd heard of in recent years. The main entrance downstairs is pretty dark and dingy and we ate once in the restaurant and the food was pretty bad. Having said that if you just want a clean room on a budget it's not a bad choice.
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