While not the most modern of hotels in Kathmandu, the Utse Hotel is as friendly a hotel as you can find. It's on the edge of Thamel- just a few minutes walk away from the center of things and not as noisy as most of the other hotels in the center of the district. Utse offers free airport pick-ups and... more

We were picked up at the airport with a few other travelers and made our way to Hotel Utse. From the beginning everyone was extremely friendly! We became fairly close with the elderly couple that runs the restaurant-which we ate at everyday! Because we were there during off season it was a great, quiet spot that we looked forward to... more

We stayed in the Utse for 3 nights in March 08. The hotel has a great location and we found the staff and Tibetan owners to be both helpful and very friendly. The attached Tibetan restaurant is very good. The hotel has a welcoming atmosphere. The rooms while a bit cramped are clean and charmingly decorated. We paid about $20... more

Good point - good location and good price. Bad point - we booked flights using the front desk staff and found out that they were trying to con us out of $100 by saying there was only business seats on the plane available which we later found out not to be true once we got the tickets. Once we discovered... more