Our stay at Hotel Emperor in Mandalay was very nice. Room was as seen on the photos although the view was just wall of the next building. Breakfast was quite nice - including eggs, noodles, sausages, fruit and toast. Hotel staff helped us with arranging transportation to Bagan. Mandalay is not super exciting city so there is not much around the hotel, but we managed to find good restaurants and beauty salon. Overall, great value for money (we also stayed in another hotel in a similar price range in Mandalay and Emperor was by far better).