Ruy Suk Mansion

Just returned to Udon from a trip to Cambodia and decided to try out this new hotel. Sorry I don't know the name of the street, but it's located on the road leading from downtown to Nong Sim, the one just past The Downunder Bar. As you head towards Nong Sim, Ruaysook is on the left, just past 7-11 and the big karoke place.

Anyway, the pluses:

-Brand spanking new.
-Big rooms
-Good AC
-New TVs with local cable (no UBC )
-Internet access on premises (I can use my Wifi from my second floor room).
-Currently very affordable at 320 baht per night, though that's an introductory special and will likely go up.
-Also have 3,200 baht monthly rate, again an intro special.
-Off street parking
-Safe at reception for valuables
-Young Thai manager speaks very good English
-And, of course, it's a short walk to a few "local entertainment venues"

The minuses:

-Walls are a bit thin and with tile floors you get some noise from the hallways (as in the "clip clop" of high heels ). Also noise from busy street.
-Cheap rates seem to attract young, loud partiers.
-The in-room frig is small
-Hot water usually lukewarm at best
-Tuk tuk ride to center of town (or a long walk, which is what we do during the day)

Me and my TGF are staying for a week and then deciding if we want to try it for a month or look elsewhere. I'll keep you posted.

Please do. I saw that one from the outside and wondered what it was like inside. Besides the wi-fi, do they have wired internet connection in the rooms? I am living not so far from there now but who knows what the future may bring?
Thanks for sharing the info.

Muscle they have a computer in the lobby which guests can use and the manager, Joe, told me they plan on having sort of an internet cafe set up in the restaurant area, which should open in the coming months. Don't know if he plans on wiring the rooms for internet?

Another plus I forgot to mention - our big bed is very comfortable. After sleeping on a number of hard beds in various hotels and GHs around Thailand, I can tell you that's a welcome change.

On the downside, I could hear the guy in the next room snoring for awhile last night.

sounds like top mansion, but with comfy bed, hmm, next time maybe. i'll try not to snore too loud.

it's a great short time hotel... not far from all the action

Just a little update:

They've now changed the sign to say, "Ruy Suk Hotel", in case anyone comes looking for it. Address is 249/1 Adunyadet Rd, the phone number is 081-0547267 or 081-9654345, and their email address is "Ratprasertkul@hotmail.com.

Joe said he has no plans to run internet cables to the rooms, but there's no charge to use the computer in the lobby.

The restaurant is now open, though I haven't tried it yet.

Edited to add this pic

Looks a bit like student apartments !!

Ruy Suk Mansion are now a sponsor of udonmap.com. They have their own webpage and online booking form here: http://www.udonmap.com/ruysuk

staying here now, on their computer for free internet, nice touch and seems to be available, i seem to be the only one hogging it. agree with all comments above, nice inexpensive place, not centrally located but a short, very short tuk tuk or stroll to everywhere. was at the Arena last night for some beers, a little later than planned, and ended up walking back to hotel as tuk tuk availability was nil, checked this morning on motorbike, 2.4 kms, seemed longer as it was past midnight. easy stroll and felt safe the whole time, less than an hour at a very slow pace. while at it, it figured i'd measure a few more spots. about 100 meters to closest farang superstore (7-11). mere 1/2 km to Down Under Bar, just shy of 1 km to shopping mall/central everything. nong prajack park in the other direction, a mere 1 km.

rooms are clean, safe, water pressure good and hot, beds comfy enough, bye bye top mansion's hard bed. have motorbikes to rent, 200 per day for 3 or more days (250 day), so 320 for room, 200 for transportation and you have place and transportation, hard to beat. tuk tuk ride to arena was 40 baht, at 8:30 pm, so hard to haggle. one guy started at 60 and came to 40, but chose another as 1st had started his festivities for the night. propietor is very accomodating and customer oriented, very good english.

highly recommend it as an inexpensive place to stay. baht busses available during day, have on premise restaurant, didn't try, but not much in the local area for food. couple rice/soup shops, marginal health standard for those. returning late at night from central area shouldn't be the problem i had from arena, as tuk tuk are everywhere downtown if not wanting to rent motorbike. or simply return a bit earlier and should be available from everywhere.

Thanks for the great review LA. One more thing to add is that Nong Sim lake in under 500 meters away if you fancy a stroll, or excellent food at the Thai Orchid on the far side of the lake.

tomcat57 wrote:it's a great short time hotel... not far from all the action

by 'all the action' are you referring to the 2 or 3 dirty and crappy little shacks where the Laos girls can be found imprisoned (around soi 2 & 3)? I can't imagine where else you are talking about.

If that's your idea of action then you need to get out more.

What is the best way to get to this hotel to the from the airport?

I tried to email the hotel using the one listed on the website its no good non-deliverable

For 60 Baht you could get the 'limousine' service, which stops at a couple of places before taking you there. Available at the airport. (it's actually a mini-van, but they call it a limousine service???? Anyway, it's cheap, and you get a bit of a tour of udon on the way.

Or you could get a 'taxi' for 200 Baht from the airport.

Thanks for the info I will take the limo, nothing like going on a free tour of the city for 60 baht