Budget
Idre's Guesthouse
Friendly family-run guesthouse with $4 dorm beds. Rooms are clean, staff are helpful, and tickets and tours can be arranged without hassle.
Oasis Guesthouse
A modern styled and lovingly furnished guesthouse with a public cafe and a big garden with gers to stay in. Run by a friendly German-Austrian couple who speak German, English, and Mongolian. Serve very good western food and home made cakes. Laundry service and hairdresser at the back of the building. It's THE meeting point for 'overlanders' in Mongolia travellers by car, motorcycle, bicycle, etc..
UB Guesthouse
A clean, well-organized and centrally located youth hostel that also arranges tours around the country. E-mail ahead for a free pickup from the train station. A light breakfast, tea and coffee are included. Has received some criticism for being a bit impersonal, and the welcoming is a bit cold. Although it's written you can phone from there from 10:00 to 18:00, don't rely on it. No oven in the kitchen not even a microwave. Mongolians are not accepted! It is strictly forbidden to receive any non-client. AVOID THE TOURS unless paying $40/day to drive 9 hours a day and see nothing is your idea of a good time.
Zaya Guesthouse
Zaya has two locations in the city center, and both are in modern recently renovated apartment buildings. The place is more suitable for a person looking for clean and calm place to sleep than a backpacker looking for a rowdy and noisy dorm. Minimum stay is 3 nights. Free wireless internet in the rooms. Also organizes tours.
Golden Gobi
Another cheap and friendly place with dorm and free breakfast. Out of all the budget options the private rooms are some of the better and cleaner.
Ganas Ger
This guesthouse stands out from the rest, with dorm beds in roomy Ger's on an airy porch overlooking downtown UB, instead of the usual bunk beads. Run by a friendly, helpful family. And an excellent location 2 minutes walk from Gandan Monastery. Like most guesthouses it also doubles as a tour operator.
Happy Camel Guesthouse
An excellent guest house run by some young Mongolians in a central location - hot showers and western style toilets - a very nice place to stay.
Mandukhai Hotel
A nice inexpensive hotel located in UB city center. The hotel staff speaks little English but rooms are large and include TV. Bathrooms are shared.
Petite Marmotte
Friendly atmosphere, dedicated English and French speaking staff, traditional Mongolian decoration, well located, quiet. Breakfast included. No internet. The boss lives there. He used to be a chef and cooks sometimes for his guests. Arrange also all kinds of trips in the country. He doesn't accept credit cards.
Top end
The Kempinski Hotel
Khan place. at present the only international hotel chain operating in the city, and offering ub's highest quality accommodation and good restaurants. (http://kempinski-ulaanbaa...). reservations: [email protected].
Ulaanbaatar Hotel
The centrally located Mongolia's first 5-star hotel is showing its age already.
The Chinggis Khaan Hotel
Free high speed internet is very reliable. Rooms are spacious and "wannabe luxurious". The best feature was the breakfast that was included in the price of the room.
The Corporate Hotel
High level of rooms, sauna, jacuzzi and free internet.
The Bayangol Hotel
Close to the bars and central square, but rooms are small and the internet is patchy.
Red Rose Hotel
The Red Rose elegant star hotel, one of the leading hotels, is located in downtown Ulaanbaatar by surrounded major business and commercial centers. The hotel is offers comfortable environment and high quality services complying with world standards. Red Rose hotel has 34 rooms, including luxurious and highest standard rooms, deluxe, semi-lux and standard.