The room was dim but reasonably clean. However, the shower curtain appeared to be way overdue for a serious cleaning. The mildew on it was gross even though the tub was clean enough. For a little less, the DK Hotel a few blocks away provided more amenities such as a coffee service in the lobby as well as internet access in the lobby for a price.
What really turned me off was the sleazy "bell hop" if you can call him that asked me if I wanted a "woman' not once but three times. The first time was in the elevator and I said "no" emphatically. The second time was in the hallway outside the room and this time I was annoyed. The third time was after he let me into the room and I was angry. Persistent bugger.
He brought the hotel down a few notches. By contrast, the DK had a sign posted in lobby stating "No sex tourism". I have been to Mae Sot perhaps a dozen times and almost always stay at Porn Thep. I can't understand the previous traveller paying B. Fan rooms are even cheaper. Rooms are old but clean. Staff are friendly and helpful limited English. If you have a vehicle you can park out the back where they have 24 hour security guard.
Good central location near market. For up to baht a night, you get a mildew stained room that's damp and really cheap office carpeting. The lighting is dim, the hallways are dim, and the hotel looks about 30 years past its prime, and decayed to that amount. There are half a dozen better alternatives in Mae Sot for that amount of money. Room had a tiny and barely working TV, no internet, a non-functioning AC, broken bathroom tiles, and the bed smelled slightly. This hotel forms a part of Mae Sot's unfortunate underground sex trade - so unless that's your kind of thing, you'd better avoid it.
Prepare to be offered all manner of young boys, girls, or women, typically by hotel employees right in the hotel lobby itself. Within walking distance is the much better DK Hotel, which costs the same, and was wifi. I left after a night. This hotel never seems to get a mention, but there are few real hotels in Mae Sot, although over the past few years more and more backpacker guest houses have been appearing. This is an older style, basic commercial hotel; nothing special about it, but you can always get in; English is spoken; it is just off one of the two main streets and convenient for everywhere.
