Let me just start with this... Old City Wall Inn is a tremendous value and I highly recommend you book a stay here if you are travelling to Chiang Mai. This review will currently only cover my very initial experience as I have just checked in. As always, I will provide updates based upon my continued experience. I just moved to Chiang Mai and my condo at the Astra will not be ready for approximately a month so my little sister who already lives in Chiang Mai was kind enough to find a couple one month stay options that are reasonably close to my future condo. Within those options, I chose Old City Wall Inn primarily for the following reasons in the order listed: 1) Bathtub - I have always opted to live in places that have bathtubs. It is an increasingly rare feature, but something I place a very high value on. 2) Location - Being close to walking street is great and there is no shortage of dining and entertainment options. It is also quite close to my future condo and my little sister already has a condo there so it is nice to be close to her. 3) A big white wall - perfect for watching movies from my portable projector and there is a couch ideally located to comfortably watch the movies. I chose the smaller and cheaper room without a kitchen because of the beautiful white wall. 4) Price - I was quite pleasantly surprised at what a great value it is. When my little sister told me the price, I was actually shocked at how good the price was. I was willing and expecting to spend double what I actually ended up paying. My little sister set up the reservation the same day that I checked in paying 1,000 baht to hold the room until I arrived and paid the remaining balance as well as an approximate 3000 baht deposit which is perfectly reasonable. My check in experience was very quick, pleasant and convenient. I was asked to provide a copy of my passport prior to arrival which surely helped to speed up the check in process. It was a pleasure meeting Golf, who I spoke with prior to arrival and the staff without exception seemed polite and competent. As I am staying for an entire month, there was a longer than normal amount of paperwork that had to be filled out, but as an attorney, I have a strange love of contracts and it did not bother me. This was also all ready for me when I arrived and so I had zero wait time for the preparation and execution of the documentation. The room is on the second floor and although I would have preferred a room with a street view, the rear facing room is probably a bit more quiet. There is a balcony that overlooks a garden and there is a sign posted forbidding smoking which is absolutely fine with me since the smell of cigarettes does have a tendency to permeate into the room even if smoked on a balcony. The only 3 things that I find so far to be somewhat lackingt: 1) The bathtub drain stopper does not hold water in the bathtub very long. The water leaks out rather quickly and as I previously stated how important an a
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