Owned by the same folks who run the Royal Garden guesthouse for budget travelers, the Royal City offers the same exceptional service for mid-range budgets. My room was immaculate and enormous. Nice wood detailing and quaint Asian furnishings. Each floor only has a few rooms so it is very quiet. To ensure extra quiet, there is a privacy door between the stairwell/lift and each hallway. The rooftop garden is really special and a relaxing way to decompress from a day of busy sightseeing. Some streetnoise drifts up, but as this is Mandalay, all becomes quiet by 9 or 10pm. Couple of nice therapeutic massage parlors in the area. Great Korean, vegetarian and European restaurants on the same block.
- Royal City Mandalay
