Now again, we havent stayed past the first 15min, but that was enough for us.
Overall we were worried upon checking our room, the first one we were assigned to was a twin bed, instead of the precisely requested double bed, which we always have to insist on because 2 men sleeping in the same bed seems to be abnormal (to be fair this is not only in that establishment but as least, other hotels ask before assigning us a room).
Anyway, we got moved to another room, felt bigger with a nice balcony, but looking at the details it felt very old and outdated. The balconies are accessible by doors that dont close flush to the walls, so mosquitoes are just always welcome in the room (which is worrying in countries where Dengue and other diseases are an issue). The room came with a mosquito repellent plug, but it was empty
The bathroom was dark and gloomy, there were holes in the linen, the bed wasnt very comfy, no hand towel, missing handles, and a few other issues.
Overall we were just not comfortable sleeping in those rooms, and while discussing with the manager, we noticed something that has actually been the case for almost all the hotels we stayed out: do not trust star ratings on Booking.com, at least in that region (we stayed in Bangladesh, Nepal and India). This hotel is shown as a 4 stars on Booking at the time of writing this review, and the logo for the hotel shows 5 stars, but the manager told us that the hotel was a 3 stars. So if you base your hotel standards on stars rating, double check with Google and other booking sites before booking.
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