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Reviews of Varada Place

2 out of 5
Varada Place
10 Rachaphruk Road, Changpuak, Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 86 out of 156 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 60 out of 156 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 156 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 156 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 156 reviews" "

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Bahram

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best place in Chiang Mai
Loved this place! Very friendly staff, clean accomodations, laundry service, great security and amazing location. I've been in Chiang Mai for about 2 months and this local is my favorite so far. Close to Maya mall and Nimman area, close to Old town and street food market. And north of Varada you will find a very local scene with some very authentic and extremely affordable food ect. Don't miss Huan Muen Jai and Khao Soi Mesai acclaimed restaurants literally arou d the corner!
Stayed 14 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Varada on 9 Feb 2024
Thank you very much for your best review. We try to do the best for our guest. We hope to see you again next time.

10/10 Excellent

Laura, Toronto

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Loved the cats, Panda was our favorite. Laundry outside. Friendly staff. Very clean. Free coffee/tea. Great location. A little walk from old city, but we enjoyed the local restaurants in the north end more! Cheaper prices and more authentic.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Varada on 30 Jan 2024
Thank you for the best review from you.We ytr to do the best for our guest.Hope to see you again next time.

10/10 Excellent

Alexander

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Varada on 25 Aug 2023
Thank you very much.

8/10 Good

Mehrshad

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Varada on 25 Aug 2023
Thank you very much.

8/10 Good

Rod

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Extremely friendly front desk. Clean room. Very affordable. It was a good value.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joshua

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was nice and clean, the staff fun and friendly. The innkeeper was very nice and made sure I had a safe and homely experience. Highly reccomend
Stayed 12 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Varada on 24 Feb 2023
thank you very much for your great review. We try to do the best for guest.

10/10 Excellent

Candice

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Sirichai, Pakkred

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is very clean, and the staff are very friendly and welcoming.
Response from Varada on 24 Feb 2023
thank you very much.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020
Response from varada on 11 Nov 2020
thank you for your staying with us. hope see you next time.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Varada is a great value for the price. Clean and simple.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020
Response from Varada on 4 Mar 2020
Thank you very much .

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything is good, except that sometimes the bars nearby could be very noisy until midnight.
Stayed 15 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Varada on 21 Dec 2019
Thank you very much.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to downtown and foods just here around the corner and laundry machines.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Varada on 5 Nov 2019
Thank you very much.

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 8 nights in Oct 2019
Response from varada on 29 Oct 2019
Thank you very much.

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not bad
Pretty decent hotel for a really good price. WiFi was very good. Water pressure in the shower could have been better, and there was a bit of an ant problem in my room. Conveniently located with a lot of good restaurants in the area.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019
Response from varada on 29 Oct 2019
Sorry about the ants . We do not know where it come from . We try to make sure every things nice and clean every day .

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I stayed in the hostel portion of Varada. The housekeeper brought in a fresh towel everyday and cleaned the shared bathroom inside the room. There were nice big lockers in the room and the sheets were cleaned after every guest as well. There was drinking water, tea, and coffee available all day. There's a nice sitting area where I could get some work done. The staff was also very friendly. It's also pretty centrally located for your wanders.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Varada on 21 Oct 2019
Thank you staying with us . We appreciate your feed back . We try to do the best for customer.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff not very friendly, otherwise a nice budget hotel
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Varada on 10 Sept 2019
Thank you for your staying with us . We appreciate your feed back . We sorry about our staff .

10/10 Excellent

PINPEARWA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Varada on 4 Jul 2019
Thank you for your staying with us. We appreciate your feed back.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean, convenient, helpful staff. late night check in. Not fancy but good value.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Varada on 29 Jun 2019
Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Rotem

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in May 2019
Response from Varada on 12 Jun 2019
Thanks for staying with us . We appreciate your feed back . Hope fully see you next time .

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was close to the city center, which made it easy to navigate Chiang Mai. The staff were very friendly and hospitable. The shower was difficult to use due to the shower head, but other than that, no complaints.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019
Response from Varada on 2 Jun 2019
Thank you very much ^^

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Varada on 3 May 2019
Thank you for your staying with us . We appreciate for your feed back .

10/10 Excellent

Tori

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Safe and comfortable stay
We had 4 nights here and really enjoyed our stay. The staff was extremely helpful and even set us up with a cooking class that we loved! The rooms were simple, but clean and comfortable. There was complementary water and coffee in the lobby. The area was perfect for seeing all the sights, or grabbing a red truck ride anywhere. Would recommend to anyone looking for the type of place to keep things safe and have a good nights sleep!
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Varada on 4 Dec 2018
Thank you for Staying ^^

10/10 Excellent

Tim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay here - tremendous value for money
I simply can’t believe what value for money Varada place is - we got a spotlessly clean room and bathroom - a comfy bed, good linen and nice touches like free coffee in the lobby. The staff were friendly and helpful and also helped us with a travel tip of using a local public bus to get us to the airport (20 baht each) rather than a much more expensive taxi. I cannot recommend this hostel/hotel highly enough - we could easily have paid 2 or 3 times as much for the same quality in a hotel
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from Varada Place on 25 Oct 2018
Thank you for staying :)

10/10 Excellent

Maria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great!
We loved our time at varada place! Great location, perfectly clean and the staff are great! We got some tours arranged by the hotel too that were great! Will be back!
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Varada on 26 Sept 2018
Thank you do much :)

10/10 Excellent

Tom, New York, NY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful accommodations!
This was my first stay in Chiang Mai, and I selected this place based on a nearby resident’s recommendation. Rooms are clean and well-maintained. The hotel staff was very nice and friendly, and upon checkin I was given a walk-through of the room.
Stayed 10 nights in Dec 2017
Response from Varada Place on 6 Jan 2018
Thank you very much .

10/10 Excellent

Dan, Texas, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice and conveniently located hotel in Chiang
I stayed here for 2 weeks. Conveniently located between IT mall and Maya Mall. Clean and quiet room that had TV, microwave and refrigerator. I would highly recommend this hotel. Close by restaurants and convenience stores.
Stayed 10 nights in Oct 2017
Response from Varada on 14 Nov 2017
Hello Thank you for your staying at Varada Place . We are very appliciate to your review . We hope you will be back in nex time. Warm regard Varada place

10/10 Excellent

George Hue, Vancouver, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
unbeatable value
lovely
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2017
Response from Varada Padungkiat on 14 Nov 2017
HelloGeorge Thank you for your staying with Varada Place . We are very delight that you are happy when you stayed with us . We are looking forward to take care you again next time . Warm regard Varada Place

8/10 Good

Bradley

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Really good value for money. Staff very helpful arranging day trips. Location is a little outside old town area but it's close to main road to catch baht buses (although Uber is even cheaper). Had a room on the end and the beer garden next door can get a bit noisy
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2017
Response from Varada Padungkiat on 14 Nov 2017
Hello Thank you very much for your review and your staying with Varada Place . We tried to asking them to control a noise but nothing happened . We are sorry about that . Warm regard Varada Place

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Superstar guest house!
You won't find any better hospitality in Thailand. I had booked online a dorm room but there was an overbooking so guess what happened? I got my own private air conditioned room for 4 days!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Varada Place
Stayed in a single room for myself. It was good for what I needed/wanted. It was basically just a place to crash at night, but had I spent more time there had the nice ammentities of air conditioning, fridge, microwave, and tv. Staff were super nice, and helpful in helping me find some good activities on my first day there in Chiang Mai. Don't book adventures in advance. They have a big pamphlet of adventures, you pick one, pat at the desk, and get picked up (door to door service for all adventures).

10/10 Excellent

Ioan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Lauren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overall a good stay
Situated in a quiet side-street with lots of nearby casual restaurants/bars. Easy access to tuk-tuks/taxis. Room was very well-kept. They did charge us an additional cost because the "do not disturb" sign fell off the door and broke, which was slightly annoying. Overall a good stay.

10/10 Excellent

Samantha

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Gareth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel staff is very kind. Hotel check out is 10 AM, but our flight leaving Chiang Mai wasn't until 9 PM, but the staff let us store our bags in their main office until we were ready to leave so we didn't have to lug them around with us all day while we toured the city.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Kristen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel and location! Highly recommend!
I have nothing but good things to say about Varada Place (except, no elevator)! The room was very clean and had a fridge/microwave. It was cleaned daily and I was given 2 bottles of water (refrigerated) per day. The owner is frequently at the front desk - she speaks English well, and was always willing to answer questions or give recommendations (she even showed me the best way to eat a mangosteen!). My airport transportation was arranged as well for a great price. There is small balcony/outdoor area with a sink - good for washing/drying clothes (There are laundry facilities on site also). The location is great - many restaurants within walking distance, a convenience store just around the corner, and a lot of expats hanging around. There is a large mall within walking distance, and you can cheaply and easily get transportation to other parts of the city by walking 2 minutes to the main road and grabbing a "red truck" (songthaew). If I visit Chiang Mai again, I will definitely stay at Varada Place!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
This hotel is the best budget hotel in Chiang mai
The price we paid for our stay at Varada place was extremely cheap for the standard of room & service, this place is by far the best budget hotel I've ever stayed in!! (And I've stayed in a lot ) If visiting Chang mai again i needn't look anywhere else!! Great staff, Great rooms, Great location!!! NUFF SAID!!!

10/10 Excellent

Bianca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recommended.
A little bit out of the main city. But don't let that stop you from staying here. Great value, great staff, about 10 mins walk to the city wall. Will recommend.

8/10 Good

Cags

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean, comfortable and quiet
Varada Place a clean, comfortable and quiet budget hotel - we were very pleased with our choice, it proved excellent value for money. The room was spacious, the bathroom clean, with a reasonable shower and there was a small balcony with a sink and rails for washing a few clothes. The hotel is located just outside the centre of Chiang Mai - it's walkable but you might prefer to get a tuk tuk (approx 80-100 TBH) or songthaew (the shared taxi you can flag down on the street, approx 30-40TBH pp). The staff were very friendly and helpful. We would definitely recommend Varada Place to anyone looking for good quality budegt accommodation in Chiang Mai.

10/10 Excellent

Mutsumi, US

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay!
I really enjoy staying at Varada Place~ The room comes with air conditioning, fridge, microwave, hair dryer, shampoo, body wash, tv, bed and a closet. The wifi worked great in my room and they bring you towels every morning. The fridge also works really well and it's close to two malls MAYA and Central Kad Suan Kaew so if you need to shop you have two places in walking distance. There is also a bank called UOB with pretty good exchange rates as well. Also, Varada is extremely helpful and welcoming so she was very helpful. The people at Varada are very nice although some of them don't speak English that well, they will still try their best to help and assist you in any way possible.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Loud banging bar next door. Housekeeping not OK.
Major ex-pat bar nearby. Housekeeping clueless. Seems OK for a night. Not stay longer. Keep your things with you if you leave room.

10/10 Excellent

Ainsley, J

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
amazing value for money!
Staff excellent, very helpful! Room very clean and great facilities I.e aircon (good aircon), hairdryer, seating area, outside section for shoes/ drying clothes etc. Would definitely recommend! Also good facilities downstairs.. Hot water (noodle pots) , computer etc.

10/10 Excellent

Amy, California

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything you need!
Such a steal! The cleanest place we have stayed in Thailand, and amazing service as well. You're wasting your money is you stay anywhere else in chiang Mai! Comfortable bed and strong wifi. The restaurants out front are wonderful after a long day of adventure, and there are night markets right around the corner! Thanks Varada for a wonderful stay!

10/10 Excellent

brad, m

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The staff honestly cannot do enough for you.
Amazing staff. They cannot do enough for you particularly when you ask for information. Free water every day in the fridge. Free wifi. Shower was a bit low as I am 6ft. Air conditioning was amazing!!! Surfers paradise bar across the road is awesome also and run by a great friendly Australian woman who will also give you tons of advice provided you're a friendly person. Would stay here again in a heartbeat!!!

10/10 Excellent

michael, Melbourne Victoria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel for a traveller on a budget
I have stayed at the hotel for 4 nights and i most admit its an excellent hotel for the money they charge. Sometimes the noise from the hallway can be heard inside the room and i am only guessing the opposite might be true as well. Anyway I will recommend this hotel to my friends

10/10 Excellent

Abigail, Cornwall, England

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
We had
Response from Varada Padungkiat on 21 May 2016
Thank you very much .

10/10 Excellent

Christina, Anaheim, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel with good accommodations
We only stayed at this hotel for one night & it provided all the accommodations described. The staff doesn't speak a lot of English but it wasn't a problem. Very comfortable & smooth stay.
Response from varada Padungkiat on 20 Mar 2016
Thank you very much .

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Basic, very clean, great base
Stayed for 3 nights. Owner was very helpful, booking Thai cookery, elephant sanctuary trip and airport taxi and giving advice on taxi fares etc. Only complaint was mattress is covered in plastic and this made sleeping very hot.
Response from Varada Padungkiat on 21 May 2016
Thank you very much .

8/10 Good

Kirsti, Montreal, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value for money
This is a very seriously and professionally run hotel. You definitely get your money's worth. We would not hesitate to go back. On Friday night, there were a lot of people in the nearby Corner Bistro until very late, which made it impossible to sleep before 1 am. The week nights the noise was much less.
Response from varada Padungkiat on 20 Mar 2016
Thank you very much