Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai

We loved our stay at the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It was a beautiful property that was about 60 acres large. We reserved a Grand Villa with a plunge pool which was very nice. We arrived in Chiang Mai at night and there were about 3 staff member from the hotel waiting there to greet us and help us get our luggage into the hotel limo. They gave us cold water bottles and cold towels on our arrival. As soon as we arrived at the resort they gave us refreshments as they checked us in. Our villa was beautiful. The only complaint was the amount of mesquitos in the room. I loved the organic breakfast brunch they had in the morning. There Thai restaurant was a must to anyone staying Chiang Mai. THERE SPA WAS AMAZING!!!!!!! I will return someday!

The Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi is quite simply the most beautiful resort I have ever see...anywhere! There is an atmosphere of serentiy and calm in the stunning grounds of this amazing hotel. The villas' are large, very comfortable and immaculate, the staff are delightful and ultra efficient and live up to their well derserved reputation of service with a (genuine!) smile. Well worth a visit and we will definitely return to Chiang Mai and to the Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi! Mr and Mrs Debrigode-Zenko Tahiti March 2007

before your booking, pls do make a phone call directly to check that the room you booked has been built. Everything is average, nothing outstanding, you might get better accomdation paying similar charge elsewhere in Chiang Mai.

A few years ago, Mr. Suchet Suwanmongkol started to build the Dhara Dhevi ("Support Star" or "Goddess Star"). We were surrounded by antiques and walked around in copies of old buildings and temples. All villas (about 70) are located around rice paddies. In the morning, we enjoyed breakfast with a view of rural Thailand, Thai people working in the rice paddies together with the "karbouws". The Belgian pastry chef Fabrice prepares excellent pastries. The villas are open now but the colonial suites will later open in March. Dinners in the restaurants are exquisite. The Grand Lanna serves Thai food with Thai music and dance in the evening. This Grand Lanna was the original restaurant before the hotel opened. Hongkong chef Jovi prepared fine, soft snowfish in the Fujian. The French Farang Ses is second to none. The environment in the evening is like a fairytale, the dishes prepared by German chef Simon Larese are superb. His motto is "Everything I am is in the food". Below the Farang Ses is the endless pool with a panoramic view of the rice terraces. All staff members took pleasure in serving us with a typical Thai smile whether in the restaurants, at the pool, the chamber maids and boys, the drivers of the buggies or the guards in the resort. The library offers a varied collection of books, CD and DVD for everybody's taste, many libraries in our home country would envy this collection. Three times per day, a complementary shuttle brings you downtown, a drop-off at the corner of Si Donchai Rd and Chang Khlan Rd, a few steps from the moated city.

Nice enough resort, but this is no Four Seasons or Banyan Tree! The staff was helpful, the architecture exotic, the lanscaping lush... just like any other luxury resort in the region. Nothing was particularly memorable or outstanding. In fact, many of "the little things" were overlooked. Of course, it's still a luxury resort and everything is better-than-average. But for the price, there are many better resorts. They are just missing that "extra" that makes a Ritz-Carlton or Four Seasons.

I do like this place, so fabulous and wonderful place. Unbelieveable this is happening. Increditble service, staffs were so nice and friendly. I love this place. MUST RETURN

That,s terrific place to stay.Dhara Dhevi had beautiful Lanna style building.