I stayed a week because I was doing research in Lhasa. This was my second trip to Tibet. I thought the hotel was the best Tibet has to offer. My room was comfortable, clean and in a great location. Having a restaurant right next door was great and there's also a travel agency above the restaurant. You can get anywhere... more

For 300 yuan per night in low season, this place is way over priced. It got the Lonely Planet Curse, just like other hotels in the book, prices are almost double of what's listed in the book. more

Stayed at Yak Hotel in Aug 07. Having travelled throughout Tibet I can tell you it was the best hotel I stayed at. Toilet and shower that works! Hard to find elsewhere! Loction is great, just a few minutes from markets and Jokhang and Potala 15 min walk. There are also various resturants in hotel. Staff were very friendly and... more

Stayed at the Yak Hotel in Lhasa for 5 days in May and June 2007. I stayed at the Yak Hotel because I had heard that it was clean, in the older part of Lhasa and because it would have a "hostel" type of atmosphere (e.g. staff and other visitors would be friendly and helpful). The Yak Hotel is clean... more

The Yak's location is great! I had read previous reviews regarding rude staff, but I didn't find this to be particularly true. My magnetic key somehow "unscanned" itself two nights in a row, and it probably would have been nice for the front desk to at least say "sorry about that" A 2 flight walk is much bigger deal in... more

The Yak has a great reputation, but the hotel is changing under new management. The staff at the front desk is about as rude and officious as I have ever encountered! The Yak has a wide range of accommodations, everything from 5 beds-to- a- room dorms with public showers to better rooms in the main building so you should ask... more

The Yak Hotel is a good option, with a wonderful location but your first impressions will be distinctly guided by your last destination. If you are jetting in from Shanghai, Beijing or some other mecca of 5star loveliness steal yourself, this is a good, basic, everything you need place but forget room service and posh bathroom fittings, if on the... more

I got lucky by ending up here ... I had originally booked myself into the Lhasa Hotel, simply because it was the easiest place to make an advance reservation via the Internet, but when I arrived at Lhasa Hotel, I was told that the Chinese government had decided to visit Lhasa, so they cleared out the entire hotel for them,... more

The Yak hotel, is a good choice for Lhasa, I just arrived and went looking for accomadation and it was the best place i saw. Its not luxurious, but its comfortable and friendly and in a great location in the old and atmospheric part of town. The rest of Lhasa seems to filled to the brink of Chinese. The Tibetans... more