Sannot Riverside Boutique Hotel

Sannot Riverside Boutique Hotel has been open since 2015, which in a city where new listings appear every month makes it something of an elder statesman among Chiang Mai's riverside stays. Five stars, a 9.4-out-of-10 score from twelve reviews, and a genuinely long facilities list — this hotel sits on the Ping River side of the city and leans hard into that setting, with fishing, non-motorised water sports, and garden-view rooms all part of the package.

Getting to Sannot Riverside Boutique Hotel

Sannot Riverside Boutique Hotel is 2.4 km from the Old City centre and 5.8 km from Chiang Mai International Airport — close enough to the historic quarter for an easy visit, with the river itself giving the immediate neighbourhood a quieter character than the streets right inside the Old City walls. Guests specifically call out the airport transfer service as one of the property's strengths, useful given the slightly longer run from the airport than some more central options.

Check-in opens at 15:00, an hour later than many Chiang Mai hotels, with check-out by 12:00 — worth noting if you're planning a tight arrival schedule.

A decade of operating in the same spot is worth weighing against the newer riverside openings nearby, several of which haven't had anywhere near the same stretch of time to settle into a routine — and the hotel's perfect staff-service score, well ahead of the city average, is at least consistent with that read.

Rooms & What to Expect

Sannot Riverside Boutique Hotel runs four room types, each with its own outlook. The 1-Bedroom Garden View Suite is the largest at 72 square metres, with a king bed and a garden view. The Suite with River View comes in at 76 square metres with a queen bed and a sofa bed — a name that speaks for itself, even if the property's separately recorded view data for this room points toward the hills rather than the water, worth clarifying directly with the hotel if a specific outlook matters to you. The Garden View Twin Room with Balcony and the Garden View Double Room with Balcony both come in at 42 square metres, one with two single beds and one with a queen, and both pairing their garden view with a private balcony.

Uncle Kham's take: with four genuinely different room types and views to match, this is a hotel built for travellers who actually care which way their window faces — worth spending a moment on the room description rather than booking whichever comes up first.

Amenities & Facilities

This is one of the more fully equipped hotels in this catalogue. An outdoor pool, a garden, a fitness room, and an on-site restaurant cover the basics, and beyond that the list runs into genuinely distinctive territory: non-motorised water sports, horse riding, on-site entertainment, karaoke, fishing, and even a pub crawl tour, alongside ticket booking and a foot soak service. A place called อาคาสปา sits close by too, 360 metres from the hotel, if a treatment away from the property itself is what you're after.

It's an unusually broad spread for a single hotel to offer — most riverside properties in Chiang Mai pick a lane, either leaning into wellness or leaning into nightlife, and this one seems to have built a little of both into the same address. Whether that reads as generous variety or as trying to do too much probably comes down to how many of these activities you'd actually use on a given trip.

What's Nearby — Temples, Markets & Local Life

Chiang Mai Night Bazaar is the closest major landmark, 1.92 km away, followed by Tha Phae Gate at 2.01 km, Wat Chedi Luang (วัดเจดีย์หลวง) at 2.57 km, Wat Phra Singh (วัดพระสิงห์) at 2.86 km, and the Art in Paradise 3D museum at 2.92 km — a genuinely complete cluster of the city's best-known sights, all reachable in a short ride.

Closer to the hotel, the riverside setting shows in its neighbours: an art gallery called Suvannabhumi Art Gallery sits just 120 metres away, Wat Faham (วัดฟ้าฮ่าม) is 270 metres out, a shop called Monsoon Tea is 330 metres off, อาคาสปา is 360 metres away, and Chiang Mai International School sits at 460 metres. It's a genuinely mixed, lived-in stretch of riverside rather than a purpose-built tourist strip.

Dining

Sannot Riverside Boutique Hotel has its own on-site restaurant, and free breakfast is specifically called out among the guest-loved highlights — worth taking advantage of given how many of the hotel's other amenities are built around staying on-site for the day rather than heading straight out.

Other Hotels Nearby

Right alongside the hotel, at 0.0 km, is Cross Chiang Mai Riverside, also five stars with a 9.2-out-of-10 score — the closest direct comparison on paper. A little further, at 0.1 km, At Pingnakorn Riverside Hotel drops to four stars with a 9-out-of-10 score, and Happy home, 0.2 km away, is also four stars but edges ahead on guest satisfaction at 9.8 out of 10 — worth a look if score matters more to you than star rating.

Guest Reviews

Twelve reviews land at 9.4 out of 10 overall, and the category scores are consistently strong. Staff service tops the list at a perfect 10 against a city average of 9, and cleanliness follows at 9.8 against 8.9 — both comfortably ahead of the typical Chiang Mai stay. Facilities, location, and value for money all score 9.3, against city averages of 8.8, 8.1, and 8.4 respectively — a tight, consistent set of numbers that doesn't lean unusually hard on any one category to carry the overall score.

Good to Know

Sannot Riverside Boutique Hotel opened in 2015. Free Wi-Fi and a breakfast-included room plan are both confirmed, and the nightly rate found for this listing was 4231 THB. Check-in from 15:00, check-out by 12:00.

Nearly a decade in, and with a facilities list that runs well past the standard pool-and-breakfast combination, this hotel has clearly settled into a distinctive identity on the Ping River side of the city — worth serious consideration for anyone who wants river-adjacent activities alongside the usual temple-and-market itinerary rather than instead of it. Between the fishing, the horse riding, and the water sports, there's enough here to fill a full day without ever leaving the property, which is unusual for a hotel this close to the Old City's main sights.

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Sannot Riverside Boutique Hotel from the Old City and airport? It's 2.4 km from the Old City centre and 5.8 km from Chiang Mai International Airport.

When did the hotel open? In 2015.

What activities does the hotel offer beyond the usual amenities? Non-motorised water sports, horse riding, karaoke, fishing, and a pub crawl tour, alongside its outdoor pool, garden, fitness room, and restaurant.

Is breakfast included? Free breakfast is called out among the guest-loved highlights, and a breakfast-included room plan is available.

Written by Terra Lanna from verified data — star rating, guest review scores, real coordinates and distances, and Agoda's own facility and location data. Master English version; other languages are translated from this.