Completed a two night stay here early April, and figured people might be interested in a brief stay report:

Booking
We booked the Le Meridien as an upgrade to a tour package through our operator, for an introductory rate.
I later emailed the hotel directly to add my SPG membership and inform them that this stay was part of our (delayed) honeymoon.

General Property Information
The website didn’t give too much information about the property, hence we were positively surprised to find this to be a brand new building in a very central location in Timphu. It’s an easy walk to some of the local attraction as well as the main street with its shops & restaurants.
There is a club lounge, but it was closed during our stay. We were offered to have drinks at the bar in the evening, but didn’t get a chance to take them up on the offer due to a pretty intense sightseeing program.
There are two restaurants on site. Unfortunately the staff did not make the effort to provide more detail on the options, and combined with the fact that the tour included meals in regular restaurants but not in the upgraded hotels we did not feel compelled to try it for dinner.
Breakfast was included in the rate, and it was a nice buffet of Western & Asian/Indian dishes, including eggs to order.

Welcome & Check-in
Our tour guide was asked to call one hour before arrival, and we were warmly welcomed by the staff, including a front desk manager. We were greeted with a traditional silk scarf and tea.
Check-in was done in the lobby, and the general manager stopped by briefly to welcome us. We were then lead to our room, an upgrade to a corner suite on the top (4th) floor.
We got a nice welcome surprise in the form of a wine bottle, a small cake, pastries, fruits and nuts.

Room
The suite is very spacious, with the entry door leading to a room with a dining table, bar, sitting area and work desk. Attached is a spacious half bath.







The bedroom can be closed off, and is by itself pretty spacious. The king bed is very comfortable and of western standard (can’t say the same for some of the other places we have stayed in Bhutan).





The en-suite bathroom is again very large, with dedicated tub and shower as well as a double vanity.





Both rooms have ample natural light with wonderful views to both sides of the valley.



Overall Summary
The hotel is very nice and in a great location. One can tell that the property has been open for just a few months now – which is both positive and negative. One the positive side the hotel is in great condition and feels new and fresh. On the other hand some things are not quite working yet, e.g. we had some key problems initially (although that can happen anywhere), the lounge is not open yet and there was a certain feeling of ‘nervousness’ when dealing with some staff members.
On the other hand it was exactly the staff that made this stay more special than others in Bhutan. I felt they really went out of their way to make us feel welcome as guest, be it from the heartfelt greetings every time we passed the lobby over the interest in our travel plans and impressions so far to the small signs of personalized service, e.g. when a staff member was bringing two croissants from the fresh batch out of the kitchen to our table on the 2nd day breakfast since she remembered us liking them so much the previous day.

Overall highly recommended – although I cannot comment how a ‘regular’ stay without Platinum status and/or a special occasion would look like.