Yangon Luxury Hotel - Yangon Excelsior
- 6 years ago
One of the most impressive heritage buildings from Yangon’s colonial era is set to experience a new lease on life when it opens its as the luxurious 74-room Yangon Excelsior Hotel.
Situated at 19/43 Bo Soon Pat Street in the former headquarters of the Steel Brothers, a major British exporter of rice, hardwoods, oil and cotton, dating back to the late 1800s, the iconic structure has been painstakingly refurbished to its original splendor, evoking a nostalgic tone as it draws on the British epoch.
In addition to 74 elegant rooms with high ceilings, plush beds, LCD flat screen televisions and rain showers, Yangon Excelsior will be home an all-day dining deli cafe, bar and grill, spa, gym, boutique, meeting rooms, iMac counter, executive lounge, concierge and more.
With a design steeped in colonial history that melds art deco with urban chic, interior flourishes range from black and white tiling, wooden floorboards and exposed brick to tinted glass, brass finishes, ball chain curtains and studded upholstered furniture. Exquisite touches throughout include British antiques such as telephones and lamps, as well as an installation in the lobby of a typewriter throwing myriad sheets of paper into the air.
The hotel boasts six room categories designed to appeal to leisure and business travellers alike, spanning from 30 square metres to 54 square metres, with the presidential suite commanding 65 square metres and expansive views of the downtown. Twenty-eight of the rooms also feature striking freestanding bathtubs.
A contemporary bar and grill and a deli café underpin Yangon’s Excelsior’s dining landscape.
The Steel Brothers Wine & Grill will offer up a vast selection of premium wines and delectable menu based on prime meat cuts including wagyu and black angus beef fillets, farm fresh vegetables and sustainable fish, lobster and seafood cooked up in its open show kitchen on the Josper Charcoal grill.
The deli café, called The Newsroom to pay tribute to the heyday of journalism, will serve freshly baked breads, sandwiches, salads, pastas, homemade pastries, desserts and the quintessentially British pastime of high tea.
The Steel Brothers Wine & Grill and The Newsroom seat up to 90 and 60 people respectively.
In addition to two meeting rooms for business retreats, and an iMac counter bedecked with the latest technology for people needing to work or access the internet to write to loved ones back home, the hotel will boast an executive as well as an executive lounge.
Therapists will be at the ready in the three-treatment room Excelsior Spa to administer an array of massages and other treatments as an antidote to a day’s exploration of Yangon’s nearby attractions.
Other facilities include the 40 square metre gym, concierge offering a variety of sightseeing excursions and other services, wifi access to a high-speed wireless network, baby cots on request and more.
Situated at 19/43 Bo Soon Pat Street in the former headquarters of the Steel Brothers, a major British exporter of rice, hardwoods, oil and cotton, dating back to the late 1800s, the iconic structure has been painstakingly refurbished to its original splendor, evoking a nostalgic tone as it draws on the British epoch.
In addition to 74 elegant rooms with high ceilings, plush beds, LCD flat screen televisions and rain showers, Yangon Excelsior will be home an all-day dining deli cafe, bar and grill, spa, gym, boutique, meeting rooms, iMac counter, executive lounge, concierge and more.
With a design steeped in colonial history that melds art deco with urban chic, interior flourishes range from black and white tiling, wooden floorboards and exposed brick to tinted glass, brass finishes, ball chain curtains and studded upholstered furniture. Exquisite touches throughout include British antiques such as telephones and lamps, as well as an installation in the lobby of a typewriter throwing myriad sheets of paper into the air.
The hotel boasts six room categories designed to appeal to leisure and business travellers alike, spanning from 30 square metres to 54 square metres, with the presidential suite commanding 65 square metres and expansive views of the downtown. Twenty-eight of the rooms also feature striking freestanding bathtubs.
A contemporary bar and grill and a deli café underpin Yangon’s Excelsior’s dining landscape.
The Steel Brothers Wine & Grill will offer up a vast selection of premium wines and delectable menu based on prime meat cuts including wagyu and black angus beef fillets, farm fresh vegetables and sustainable fish, lobster and seafood cooked up in its open show kitchen on the Josper Charcoal grill.
The deli café, called The Newsroom to pay tribute to the heyday of journalism, will serve freshly baked breads, sandwiches, salads, pastas, homemade pastries, desserts and the quintessentially British pastime of high tea.
The Steel Brothers Wine & Grill and The Newsroom seat up to 90 and 60 people respectively.
In addition to two meeting rooms for business retreats, and an iMac counter bedecked with the latest technology for people needing to work or access the internet to write to loved ones back home, the hotel will boast an executive as well as an executive lounge.
Therapists will be at the ready in the three-treatment room Excelsior Spa to administer an array of massages and other treatments as an antidote to a day’s exploration of Yangon’s nearby attractions.
Other facilities include the 40 square metre gym, concierge offering a variety of sightseeing excursions and other services, wifi access to a high-speed wireless network, baby cots on request and more.