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perior rooms) but upper-floor rooms are being revamped with attractive carved mirrors.
The lift works when electricity allows.
Gold Yadanar
HOTEL $$$
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(
02-71048;
www.goldyadanarhotel.com
; 34th St, 77/78; d/tw/ste/tr $50/60/70/80;
)
For a 40-room hotel, a large chandelier dangling from a two-story foyer might seem a
little excessive but it's stylishly done. The brand-new rooms are impeccably tidy and
well equipped, and the chunkily rounded wooden furniture looks durable. Some rooms
have very limited natural light.
Mandalay City Hotel
HOTEL $$$
( 02-61911, 02-61700;
www.mandalaycityhotel.com
; 26th St, 82/83; r $85-95; )
Walking past you'd never guess that this enticing palm-shaded oasis lay just behind all
the dreary buildings of 26th St. The airy, tiled lobby is entered across a fish pond and
there's an attractive outdoor pool (nonresidents $5). Statuettes and local paintings add
some sparse interest to rooms that are comfortable but not luxurious. If possible choose
'garden view': the rear rooms have frosted-glass windows with no view whatsoever.
Hotel Queen
HOTEL $$$
( 02-71562;
www.hotelqueenmandalay.com
; 81st St, 32/33; standard/superior/ste Oct-Mar $45/
55/65, Apr-Sep $35/50/60; )
Good value among midrange towers of its kind; even
the smaller rooms have sitting areas. Superior rooms are more spacious. The foyer is at-
tractive, staff are energetic and a rooftop bar is planned, but some stained corridor car-
pets and cloth headboards need replacing.
Silver Star Hotel
HOTEL $$$
( 02-66786, 02-33394;
www.silverstarhotelmandalay.com
; 27th St at 83rd St; r $40-50;
)
Never really stylish, the Silver Star is now starting to age, with half the lightbulbs out
on landings, but it's better than many similar options and worth considering if you get a
half-price online deal.
Royal Power Hotel
HOTEL $$$
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