Hotel Mandal

The Gobi


Rooms are decent with cheery paint jobs and recessed lighting. There are issues with broken vents, and in some rooms the carpet doesn't cover the entire concrete floor, but there are wood furnishings and a water cooler downstairs to refill your reusable for the road. The off-lobby restaurant serves decent meals (T4000 to T17,000) and breakfast is included.

And about those mattresses. They have the odd distinction of appearing to be saggy to the eye, yet quite firm to the touch. Firm as a block of wood.


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