Review of The Compass: Lodge, Cafe, Consultancy by wtanaka (648), 30. August 2007

With its location near the old town square and its "ooh look at me, white people cooking food!" plate glass windows, the Compass seems to be having no problems drawing foreign tourists.

The place serves up reasonable grill food (which is great grill food by Shangri-La standards).

20 yuan and up for breakfast, 30 yuan and up for lunch and dinner. Open 0830-2230.

Out back, there are also four small furnished rooms for rent, but at the time of writing, there seemed to be no takers.