Golden Empress Hotel

Very nice hotel centrally located in Nyaungshwe. Although not a newer building, the hotel is well maintained. Plenty of hot water and good WiFi. Comfortable and quiet. The set breakfast is also good. Special mention goes out to the hotel staff, who are friendly and courteous. The young lady at the front desk is most helpful and gracious. I would definitely stay at this hotel again.

Nice clean hotel with friendly staff, would happily stay there again.

We were very happy about the check-in (it was very fast). The reception lady was very nice her english was pretty good she pays a lot of attention to our comfort especially when she knew that our daughter wasn’t feeling well, we appreciate a lot her gesture especially in this kind of remote city. We have been upgraded to a superior room but the hot water of the shower was hard to adjust the bathroom door couldn’t close. The hotel is super well located and very quiet street.

Great family hotel, rooms are nicely decorated and clean, location is very good. Staff goes the extra mile and more, always taking amazing care of visitors. Boat and car tours can be booked easily and at good price, same applies for bus tickets, etc. Can't recommend it enough - the only place we would consider in this town. Note: This was our second visit (first in 2017) and we were happy to see that everything is still as good as we remember it from before.

The hotel staff was excellent on all counts. Only drawbacks were no television and water system which made the sound of Darth Vader and when in the shower the water would pulsate between hot and cold; and the breakfast choice (3) never varied which only mattered for us since we stayed for several days.

The staff were so helpful and arranged for all our needs. The rooms were fine and we could walk easily to find good restaurants. It was the nicest place we stayed in Myanmar.

Make sure you do not stay in room 110 as it is next to a pump with a beeping noise that goes on 24x7.

Room are clean, good and staff are kindful. I like this place.

Lovely hotel. The bathroom we had needs a bit of repair/renovations, but on the whole a good hotel.

Very clean and comfortable room!

Golden empress is a good choice for tight budget travellers, good amenities and comfy bed. Location is close to the Main Street just 5-8 mins walking, it is very close to JJ express bus stop just 500metre away, easy to access for bus travellers. Breakfast is good, we were up to check out at 6am and it was 30 mins apart from breakfast time but the staff still served us earlier, super friendly.

If you want to feel at home here is your place : cosy and clean hotel run by the family.

Everything was great about this hotel. We greatly enjoyed our stay. Staff was very helpful with suggestions for excursions that fit our needs.

The hotel is very basic. The staff was helpful but very young and inexperienced. The hotel was more suitable as a back packet accommodation.

Amazing hosts saw to most of my needs Lacking was a perhaps tv or soft music would be nice esp in the evenings after a day of touring to chill out Lobby not comfortable furniture not comfortable not relaxing Amenities not great otherwise bedding very comfortable great pillows very clean white sheets

It was very pleasant stay. Nice big room, and good location, too. Some staff can speak good English, and will help to arrange boat trip or other activities.

The staff was very friendly and allowed us to check in at 7.30am . Our room was upgraded to Superior room with window view also. Suggest an itinerary for us to explore the lake when we ask for recommendations.

Easy check in, great location and value, nice staff. Could do better breakfast.

The hotel was great, in a very good location, friendly staff with very tasty breakfast. Also arranged a great couple of days for us on Inle lake.

The Golden Empress was the best hotel of my stay in Myanmar. The room was very comfortable - nice bathroom, no mosquitoes, comfy bed, very clean, and very quiet. The breakfast was also quite nice, and they keep of stock of bottled water that you are free to access at any time. The best feature, however, was the extended family who runs it. They were the sweetest and most accommodating innkeepers I have ever encountered. I had to extend my stay due to becoming ill (not the hotel's fault), and the receptionist, Thandar, took care of everything for me from booking a flight when it became obvious that I couldn't take the bus, to contacting my other hotel, to providing food, water, and medicine. This is definitely the kind of family-run establishment you want to support in Myanmar.