Opened in late 2019, this luxury hotel has breathed life back into one of Yangon's most impressive colonial buildings. The exterior looks grand and the teak floors and walls of the Courtroom Bar recall the building's original 1930s role as the New Law Courts. But this is no slavish heritage revival – expect contemporary styling and a youthful vibe.
The plush rooms facing Strand Rd open on to a block-long corridor framed by a row of classical columns – all very grand save for the traffic noise; you might prefer the hush of an internal courtyard room instead. The rooftop pool and bar, not open at the time of research, promises to be one of the prime locations for taking in the city skyline.
Designed by Thomas Oliphant Foster, and completed in 1931, the building has also served as the Police Commissioner's Office and the Yangon Division Office. What the Rosewood fact sheet won't tell you is that under both the Japanese in WWII, and the military regime in the 1960s and ’70s, prisoners were tortured here.