Wienglakor Hotel — A Teak Lobby and Koi-Pond Garden in Central Lampang
If you want to stay in central Lampang but still feel some Lanna character, Wienglakor Hotel is a name that comes up often with people who travel here. It opened in 1994, an older property that has been kept up over the years with the latest refresh in 2025. What guests mention again and again the moment they walk in is the teak-parquet lobby under a carved wooden ceiling and the garden with a koi pond and small waterfall set in the middle of the hotel. Add a location right beside Central Plaza — you can walk across to the mall — and it lands as a sensible in-town base for anyone road-tripping the north.
The first thing nearly every guest talks about is the lobby. The floor is polished teak laid in a two-tone parquet pattern, the ceiling is carved wood in a Lanna style, and the check-in counter is clad in marble with orchids and lamps placed around it. Walking in off the busy Phaholyothin Road, the change in atmosphere is immediate. Further in there is a sitting area with red sofas beside tall windows that look out onto the green garden, and along the corridors you pass teak shelves displaying pottery and antiques — a level of detail you rarely get at this price.
The other centrepiece is the garden with its koi pond and small waterfall. Mature trees give it shade, and at night it is lit so it looks as good after dark as it does by day. Around the water there are wooden pavilions and casual spots to eat beside the pond. The hotel restaurant serves both Thai and Western food, with some meals laid out as a buffet. A lot of guests like the setting of dinner by the koi pond more than the food itself — and to be straight about it, the draw here is the atmosphere and the woodwork, not fine dining.
There are 100 rooms split across Classic, Deluxe, Connecting and Suite types. The Classic rooms run about 32 sqm, which is a comfortable size for the price, finished in teak across the floor, doors and cabinets for that warm timber-house feeling. Every room has air conditioning, a minibar, a fridge, a flat-screen TV and free bottled water. Most guests describe the rooms as clean and spacious and the staff as friendly and easy-going. That said, some reviews are honest that furniture and bathrooms in certain rooms show their age — worth knowing so you are not expecting a brand-new build.
"One guest recalls walking into the lobby for the first time stopping them in their tracks — the whole teak floor and the koi-pond garden inside are gorgeous. The room was big and clean and the staff were lovely. The bathroom looked a bit dated, but for this price in the city it was good value."
Location is the main advantage here. The hotel sits on Phaholyothin Road right next to Central Plaza Lampang, so you can walk over to the mall for shopping, a film or a meal, and there is a petrol station and a 24-hour convenience store across the road. A few minutes' drive takes you to the Kad Kong Ta walking street, the Ratsadaphisek Bridge and the Wang River, and this is a good area to start a Lampang horse-carriage ride around the old town. Lampang Airport is only about 2.8 km away — under a 10-minute drive — which is genuinely handy if you are flying in.
The Trip.com score is 8.3/10 from 45 reviews, with location the standout at 8.9 and cleanliness at 8.7. Amenities score 7.4, which reflects the older bones of the place honestly enough. The recurring complaints are a breakfast with fairly limited choice (a little Thai, Chinese and Western) and some rooms that look due for a refurb. A few reviews mention bathrooms with dated or not-fully-working fixtures. Put simply, if you weight location and Lanna timber character highly, this works; if you are chasing a polished new-build, look elsewhere.
Pricing starts around ฿1,100/night for a Classic room in normal periods, which is very cheap for a 4-star property in the city centre with a lobby and garden like this. Deluxe and Suite rooms cost a little more but still sit in the low thousands of baht. The car park is large and free, taking dozens of vehicles, which matters a lot because most people touring Lampang drive in. The cool season (November–January) is high season for the north, when rooms fill quickly, so book ahead and compare a few platforms before locking it in.
The bottom line: Wienglakor Hotel works best for travellers who want to stay in central Lampang, within walking distance of the mall and a convenience store, while still getting Lanna teak character and a koi-pond garden rather than a plain hotel block. You get a strong location, free parking, an airport shuttle and a price that is excellent value for four stars. If you can accept the age of some rooms and aren't expecting a fancy breakfast, this long-standing downtown hotel still does the job as a base for exploring Lampang.
Summary from Booking & Agoda
- ✓ Excellent location next to Central Plaza, walkable to the mall and convenience store
- ✓ Teak lobby and koi-pond garden are lovely — real Lanna atmosphere
- ✓ Rooms spacious and clean, beds comfortable
- ✓ Friendly staff and a large free car park
- ! Some rooms and bathrooms are dated and due for a refresh
- ! Breakfast has fairly limited choice
- ! Amenities overall feel less modern than newer hotels
- ✓ Convenient in-town base for Lampang, near Kad Kong Ta and the Wang River
- ✓ Teak woodwork and Lanna decor throughout give it real character
- ✓ Only about 2.8 km from Lampang Airport, under a 10-minute drive
- ✓ Great value for a 4-star hotel in the city centre
- ! It is an older hotel and parts show their age
- ! Bathrooms in some rooms have a dated design and fixtures
- ! Rooms fill quickly in the cool season — book ahead
- 💡If you want the best-condition room — ask for a recently refurbished room or a Deluxe at booking → the hotel opened in 1994 and some rooms are older than others, so flagging it ahead helps a lot
- 💡If breakfast matters — the in-hotel choice is fairly limited → walk across to Central Plaza or over to Kad Kong Ta, where there are far more breakfast options nearby
- 💡If you are driving — use the hotel's large free car park → it really matters because touring Lampang needs a car, and in-town parking is harder to find than you'd think