Pemako Thimphu

Pemako has a quiet corner in the busy Thimphu with every details carefully crafted. We stayed two nights there, the hospitality was very warm and detail-oriented. They always try their best to help. We enjoyed our stay there! It’s highly recommended hotel in Thimphu.

We didn't stay at the hotel but had dinner at Chig Ja Gye, which Google lists as PERMANENTLY CLOSED. They are not and the restaurant is great. Here is our review. My friend and I had dinner last night at Chig Ja Gye in the Pemako Hotel. The Pemako took over from what used to be the Taj Tashi and everything is as good or better and certainly in the restaurants and bar. We started the evening at the bar having a drink. The bartender Tshering Lhendup was a lot of fun and makes a martini that would satisfy even the fussiest martini drinker....me. He was ably assisted by Leki Wangmo Gurung also engaging and helpful. At dinner we had the degustation with the most courses as we were hungry and while all three degustation choices looked great this one really stood out. We had no idea what we were in for. Over the next two hours we were treated to an extraordinary display of creativity in food and execution of service. First off make sure you are really hungry because the courses just keep on coming. There are seven courses but there are often 2-3 parts of each course. It was amazing. We enjoyed every single bite and when you are tasting maybe 15 different dishes there is always one or two that are ok but not great. Not here. Our thanks and admiration to Chef Richen Wangmo for her creativity and mix of extraordinarily complimentary ingredients and flavours. And last but not least many thanks to Kishor Sunmar who was a fantastically engaging and professional server. After maybe 40 degustations a year one knows the difference. Chig-Ja- Gye is an absolute bargain for the quality of the food and wonderful service and ambiance. Reply Forward

This hotel is expensive and not worth it. We wanted to stay here because it was a beautiful property in the photos. We complained about things and they upgraded us to a suite which was significantly better but still inherently a lot of problems with the property. These are some of the issues we found - The rooms are dated (floors creak, sliding doors keep bumping into each other) - construction noise was unbearable during the day. We informed them and they said they would stop. It did not. - Breakfast offerings seem to reduce everyday. Day 1 - buffet offerings + pastries + hot menu, day 2 - pastries + hot food, day 3 - only hot food. - restaurant food was very average - avoid the half board option if you can. Food was extremely under seasoned and almost tasteless. The only thing that I would say was good about the hotel was the service. The staff are really really nice. All in all, I’d say stay at Le meridien or IHCL which are cheaper but probably more value for money.