Stayed here a total of 8 nights in Dec. 07. I paid less than $10 per night. This place is a tweener. It costs a little more than a backpacker would want to pay but it would try the patience of anyone even thinking about wanting a nice place.

You can chose between AC or nonAC rooms to save money. In Dec. there was no need for the former. All of the rooms have cable TV. There is no topsheet on the beds. The windows open so the laundry dries but there are no screens so the mosquitos come in. The rooms have a desk. The toilets are "high commode" i.e. western style. There is hot water and the shower is over a tub rather than the floor. The place is fairly dirty and the walls need a paint job badly.

There is a restaurant on the second floor that is open generous hours. The food wasn't great but it was cheap. I always had a cup of coffee and a plain, two-egg omelet in the morning for 60 Taka - about 90 cents.

The hotel takes credit cards. It has a dial up internet computer in the lobby that costs too much for Dhaka - 50 Taka/hour but is convenient.

I thought the front desk and restaurant staff were extremely helpful and friendly. They were happy to store my bag when I went up country. They have a connection with Bangladesh Expeditions which can book trips for you. If you do connect with BE, the best thing you could arrange for would be to have Mamun take you to his home village 2 hours out of town. You stay at his parents' compound with the chickens and ducks. The walks to and around the neighboring villages were a high point of my Bangladesh trip.

The location was not far from Old Dhaka but you'd still want to take transport to get there. There is a great little alleyway for walking around a block to the west of the hotel and across the main drag. The hotel is also close to the steamship office and the post office.