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Chat House
a great backpacker hideaway
3/2 Si Sangkaew Trirat Rd
Chiang Rai Province
Tel: (053) 711 481
Fax: (053) 744 220
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Description
Chat House is a hidden-away guesthouse with a great little lush garden and a comfortable layabout area for the lazy. The rooms and their attached bathrooms are very quiet, clean and well looked after -- they're even decorated with random photos. The outdoor common area is very comfortable with a great selection of tunes and friendly and amiable staff. If you're not planning on trekking be sure to say so. A great traveller's spot. Recommended.
Dorm Fan
70 THB (low season)
70 THB (high season)
Dbl fan private b'room
200 THB (low season)
200 THB (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 17th September, 2005
Last visited or updated on: 18th September, 2005
Guest feedback
Nice guesthouse - 
By emzet ( total comments: 4 
) Stayed here 12/2006
Nice Rooms, especially if you got one in the garden. showers are gas heated so dont think about cold water. Friendly thai and swiss staff there. Good food too. If you like to book a trek with them be careful with the price. Paid for a two day trip 1000Baht more than my compagnon who booked direct with the guide. No real refund by the way. But trekking with the guide called Lou is highly recomended.
Nice stay - 
By Dunk71 ( total comments: 2 ) Stayed here 5/2006
Lovely ambience here, great chilled-out restaurant area, and good food too. Rooms basic but clean and what a shower ! Tremendous. Overall a very comfortable stay and very friendly staff. We'll be back for sure. One note : It's really not far down the soi to Chat GH ( 50 metres ) so don't worry about walking back there.
good travel advice here - 
By sparky ( total comments: 3 ) Stayed here 10/2005
Stayed and enjoyed the company / service and excellent travel tips from the staff, hired a bike from them and with thier assistance a 2 day bike journey north. back to chat where our packs were safely stored for free! a good place to stay.
Very Friendly - 
By mrandmrsburke ( total comments: 25 ) Stayed here 2/2006
We found Chat House very friendly and helpful.
Our room was in a separate 'bungalow' and had air con and a clean bathroom with a great hot shower (very hot!)amd spotless western toilet. The bed was soft and had really fluffy pillows. One small downside was that the room was obviously quite old and musty, the only criticsm is that it could do with a lick of paint!
The common area was bright and easy to relax in and the limited menu was tasty. The garden is really lovely and it is very nice to sit in of an evening and eat dinner as we did one night.
Altogether a very comfortable and quiet stay, although the local dogs do howl a bit at night, but not enough to keep you up, it's just a bit eerie!
Please note, that Chat House is a 5 min walk from all the bars and main bit of town, but at night the road back is very quiet and a bit spooky, if you are a bit nervous about walking in the dark late at night, we recommend you grab one of the many tuk-tuks available by the night market. It costs about 40 baht.
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