Being my first trip to Chiang Mai, I was pleasantly surprised by the efficiency that it takes to get to LM from the airport, and an amazing first experience with LM Chaing Mai. The check in was extremely smooth and professional and the front office team is extremely professional and friendly without being overbearing. The rooms are clean and comfortable with a pillow menu, which has become the norm with Starwood properties. Fabulous stay and look forward to returning.
Dear Vokie,
Thank you so much for your kind feedback! We're happy that you enjoyed your hotel experience since the very first moment that you arrived.
Your impressions about the smooth check-in, the friendliness of the front office team, clean and comfortable rooms plus the pillow menu are very much appreciated and are being shared with our team as they are a true added inspiration for them to continue delivering the highest level of service and premium products to all our guests.
Moreover, it was such a great delight to learn that you have a fabulous stay and look forward to returning. Our entire team also can’t wait to see you back soon!
Yours in hospitality,
Jitsak (Gino) Lim-Pakornkul
Hotel Manager
Le Méridien Chiang Mai
“Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression…” - Camille Pissarro
Had the good fortune of staying at the Le Meridien Chiang Mai for three days and it was quite a pleasurable experience. The Hotel is everything you can ask for from a 5 star property, and everything is just immaculate. The rooms offer an excellent view and are well equipped to 5 star A grade standards.Combine that with Thai hospitality at its very best and you have a heady concoction of a place you want to visit again and again.
The food was a high point. I am a vegetarian and was delighted to find a number of vegetarian options on the buffet spread. The taste was great and to be mentioned about.
The Hotel is located right in the middle of the evening/ night bazaar, one of the tourist attractions of Chiang Mai and thats a big plus. The area around is replete with parlours offering traditional Thai Massage- I went to three and each time had an immaculate experience. One may want to visit these than the Hotel in house spa charging ten times the money for the same experience, so to say.
All in all, Meridien Chiang Mai keeps up the spirit of Le Meridien's hospitality, and then raises the bar a notch higher
Dear TimeTraveller28,
I would like to thank you very much for expressing your opinion and giving us thereby useful feedback! Your positive comments about your pleasurable experiences with our best Thai hospitality encourage our team to go further and keep adding those little extras that delivers a different experience!
It is great to know that you were satisfied with the variety of vegetarian options on the buffet and found our taste of cuisine to be delicious. Our chefs strive to provide a range of options to delight each of our guests and work hard to ensure that each dish is served to perfection.
Thanks to our unique location, which is surrounded by alluring eateries, the famous Chiang Mai Night Bazaar, and intriguing historical attractions, our guests can appreciate a great variety of activities, local culture and lifestyle, all just within walking distance.
It was a pleasure to have you at our hotel and if you ever feel like coming back to Chiang Mai, we would be honored to welcome you in our hotel once again.
Yours in hospitality,
Jitsak (Gino) Lim-Pakornkul
Hotel Manager
Le Méridien Chiang Mai
“The imagination imitates. It is the critical spirit that creates…” - Oscar Wilde
Our stay at Le Meridien was wondeful. The staff were always so friendly and helpful. It was my Birthday while we were there and had a wonderful surprise of recieving a Birthday cake on the day, which was a lovely gesture. The rooms were very clean. With a big bath and the whole hotel was stunning. It is right in the middle of the hussle bussle of the night bizzar, yet in the hotel it was nice and quiet. I highly recommend this hotel. It was fabulous!!!!!!!
Dear Leah00711,
Happy Birthday (one more time) - one of our favorite wishes in the world! Thank you so much for taking the time to review our hotel. I am overjoyed to learn that you so thoroughly enjoyed your time with us, especially with our friendly and helpful team members.
It sounds as though you had a wonderful Birthday trip and I was very glad that Le Méridien Chiang Mai could be part of your surprising beautiful memories, and we're happy to hear that you particularly enjoyed your clean room, a big bath and the entire hotel facilities. As you said, nothing is better than our great location – a peaceful contemporary oasis in the heart of the buzzing Night Bazaar!
We strive to provide excellence, and certainly hope to welcome you back again one day. Perhaps for another special birthday celebration! Thanks again.
Yours in hospitality,
Jitsak (Gino) Lim-Pakornkul
Hotel Manager
Le Méridien Chiang Mai
“All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much…” - George Harrison
Stayed here for three nights in June, while travelling to Laos.
Got a room on the 16th floor with great views over Chiang Mai and the mountains in the distance. Room itself is excellent, big, clean and modern. Beds are amazing, some of the best I've ever slept in. Bathroom excellently appointed as well, with a big rain shower and a separate bathtub (which has a window looking into the room. Nice, but fortunately there's curtains to close before you go to the toilet)
Amenities of the hotel are execellent. Beautiful pool with very nice staff that serves cold towels and water. Fitness center is well-appointed and has enough equipment to satisfy most fitness-fanatics.
Location is good, about a 10 minute walk outside of the old walled city and right in the middle of the night market area.
Dear Bartje83,
Thank you for your kind words and detailed review as it is very much appreciated.
It is my pleasure to read that you had enjoyed your 03 nights with at us at Le Méridien Chiang Mai and that you liked your room and its magnificent views, the signature LM Beds, hotel amenities, splendid pool with all-day delights from our staff, the state-of-the-art fitness centre and most importantly our top location in the heart of the famous Chiang Mai night bazaar.
With our bathroom layout, aesthetics do play a key role in design, however I do agree with you that a perfect product should be both aesthetically pleasing and functional simultaneously to entirely suit our own lifestyle. This is a great learning point for our next product enhancement programme or for the new openings of our future Le Meridien hotels worldwide.
Bartje83, once again thank you for staying with us and for your opinion. I and my dedicated team look forward to the opportunity of welcoming you back soon.
Yours in hospitality,
Jitsak (Gino) Lim-Pakornkul
Hotel Manager
Le Méridien Chiang Mai
“The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life…” - Brian Tracy
After a couple of 'false starts' (including being given an undeliverable email address by customer service) we finally ordered the hotel car to pick us up from the airport as we were arriving around 11.30 pm. It took some time for our 'meet and greet' representative to appear, however, the car was as expected and soon had us at the hotel. The receptionist was fine but it soon became obvious that our 'booked room' did not exist and at midnight, after travelling from Sydney via Bangkok, hold-ups are not what you want. We were eventually upgraded to a Royal Class room - but this was not available on a non-smoking floor and told that 'there had not been much smoking' in it!. With no other option we took the room and, thankfully, their was no 'smoke' smell lingering. Being on the 21st floor, however, gave us good views and the shower was always hot and powerful.
The hotel is ideally located for a stay in Chiang Mai being almost opposite the Night Market, a short walk to the left and the Ping River and another short walk to the right takes you to the walled Old City.
Breakfast was a little hit and miss with the staff only becoming more friendly and actually smiling on our third morning. The hotel seems to also cater for quite a number of large parties which affect the ambience of the lobby and made for a very chaotic and noisy breakfast one morning. The coffee (cappacino) was good but took some time to arrive and the buffet offerings were okay but nothing special.
A fnal pet-hate of ours is also that for the rate charged by hotels such as Le Meridien, wi-fi should be included in the room rate, not as an extra charge or the option of sitting in one of their public areas.
Upon leaving, even though we had asked for a taxi to be booked for 1.30 pm, arriving back at the hotel around 1.20 pm from our final walkabout, this was not happening and only around 1.40 pm did a taxi booking appear to be made.
In summary, an average 4-star hotel with spasmodic service but in a very good location.
Dear the_stoddarts,
Thank you for taking the time to express your opinion and giving us thereby useful feedback.
I was very concerned that your recent stay was not up to expectations. Please accept my sincere apologies for some disappointing aspects of your stay. Clearly, the experiences you have encountered are not at all the kind of fine service we strive to provide all our guests. The issues that you brought to our attention are important to us and are being addressed and we are committed to make adjustments and take the necessary measures to prevent these issues from happening to future guests.
I would be very happy to communicate further with you, should you wish to provide me with more details about your issues so I could look into this matter further and guide my team to provide our guests with a superior experience through our product and services. I can be reached at jitsak.limpakornkul@lemeridien.com.
The next time that you visit Chiang Mai, I do hope you will honour us a return visit to our hotel and allow us the opportunity to show you the improvements we have made by delivering the usual high standards that you both deserve and should rightfully expect.
Yours in hospitality,
Jitsak (Gino) Lim-Pakornkul
Hotel Manager
Le Méridien Chiang Mai
“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning...” - Benjamin Franklin
