Positive first: the attached restaurant and cafe is really great, excellent food and service, very calm and relaxing atmosphere, we enjoyed the garden a lot.a guest to us - and when we made her aware of her mistake she was kind of upset with us!!?? Furthermore you can only pay in cash, the do not accept any cards!!?? Anywhere, enjoy the restaurant and the monastry nearby, don’t expect to having a lovely experience with the guesthouse.
Nice and clean, friendly staff, fair prices , a peacefull garden, right beside the magnificent Shechen Monastery . This is really a place where you can enjoy your journey, in the beutiful enviroment and peacefull atmosphere.
I'll start with the positives because there certainly are some - the location, with its peaceful squirrel filled gardens and wandering monks from next door, and the restaurant staff who are attentive and present good food. Nice to have a hot shower which isn't always guaranteed I've found. The bed was comfortable. But there are several buts: The room I had was desperately in need of thorough cleaning, repainting and plumbing. The bathroom door has been poorly patched at some stage and the bathroom was gloomy. About 2am the bathroom drain started dripping. Nothing I could do, it was like water torture for two hours. Arrrgh. Reception staff, and I dealt with two different people over a few days, were unhelpful to the point of being clearly disinterested. What is also disappointing is that you have to buy plastic bottles of water. So while there's a sign to the monastery asking us to cut plastic pollution, the neighbouring guesthouse forces guests to buy water. What's the point of boasting about having solar power when they act this way. It's irresponsible and was the final straw. There are plenty of other options - in fact I'd strongly recommend trying community homestays in Patan rather than coming here.…
I stayed at the Shechen Guesthouse for three nights and was incredibly disappointed. The Garden Café, to start with a good thing, is nice. The food is pretty good and the prices are reasonable, the garden space to sit in is really pretty. The big problem was the room. The floor was incredibly dirty, I have no idea how that's even possible indoors, but after walking across it barefoot my feet literally looked, as if I had walked down the street. The matraces were a total nightmare, (and I don't say that lightly, I'd been trekking for two weeks before) they consist of pretty much open springs more than anything else. Both of these things I could definitly have delt with, but what annoyed me the most was, that they advertise on their website that they have wifi and hot showers. Both lies. They do have wifi, but it costs an insane amount of money, because they charge you for it by the hour (no word about that on the website) and the hot shower just doesn't work. About the shower I actually complained, which the person at the reception, who had been incredibly rude to me the entire time, just shrugged at and said it would maybe work the next day. That pretty much gave me the rest, it's Nepal after all, I've gotten used to things not working every now and then, but I at least expect the employees to be friendly about it. So all in all, the restaurant is good, but the rooms are very dirty and uncomfortable. The employees of the guest house (not the waiters at the restaurant, they are very nice) are rude and no help and the wifi is super overpriced. So is the drinking water by the way. Every backpacker hostel for half the cost of this guest house is cleaner, has free wifi and water, working warm showers and friendly employees, just go literally anywhere else.…
This guesthouse was our headquarters during our trip to South Asia and came to feel like home. The rooms are adequately furnished with adjoining bathrooms. The staff are warm and kind. The adjoining cafe serves very delicious food. Breakfast is included in the low price and includes eggs or hot cereal as well as tea or instant coffee. The proximity is magical as you are within the monastery grounds and can attend temple services or practice on your own. The main attraction, the Boudhanath Stupa, is a five to ten minute walk. This place is perfect for practitioners especially as all profits support the Monastery. We loved it so much and will return again and again.
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