Vilayvong Hotel

Great location and size of room. Sockets are funny. Sinks are very tall. Shower does not have a lot of pressure and it will take you a moment to learn how to use it. Be aware you should leave your shoes outside, they will keep an eye on it for you.

This hotel is fine. It’s a step up from all the local hostels, for sure, but there’s nothing here to write home about. Room was too big to properly air condition and shower had little water pressure. It was nice enough for one night, we feel pretty neutral about it.

We were on 2nd floor and there are not lifts, so lugging luggage was not fun. The location for the river is good and when we had finished our 7km kayaking trip we were just a short walk away. The rooms, were comfortable, the bathrooms satisfactory, but the whole place very tired. Needs a good makeover and would be very nice, Fabulous views of sunset over mountains from our room.

We stayed one night at the Vilayvong Guesthouse with our G Adventures tour. We had requested a ground floor room (to avoid stairs), and they gave us room B205. It was on the ground floor in front, but had a balcony with 2 chairs and a table in back. Unfortunately, there were stairs along the corridor to get to this room. The room had a king bed and a single bed, a TV, A/C, fan, table, luggage rack, clothes rack, and a tile floor. There was no chair inside the room. There was no safe in the room, but they did offer safe deposit boxes in the lobby (a long way away). There was no soap in the bathroom, and a fluffy blanket (comforter) on the bed, which I don't like. There was supposed to be a pool, but it was not visible from our room, and when I searched for it, I didn't find it, so it is not easy to get to. Breakfast in the morning was included, but there was not much there (when I arrived a while after it opened). The mountain view is nice. But we wouldn't have chosen this hotel, ourselves.

Spacious rooms with good a/c, safe deposit box, mini bar and nice toiletries. The swimming pool is very nice and refreshing although it was quite disgusting to watch Chinese guests return straight from their day's excursion in the extreme heat and associated sweating and climb into the pool, clothes, shoes and all! There should be a staff member on duty to prevent this or at least an outdoor shower and a sign that compels guests to rinse off (and certainly remove their shoes!) before they get in the pool. The wi-fi was good at this hotel but the breakfast, unfortunately, was not great. It was served at the old yellow guesthouse ninety degrees to this new hotel and the tables were dirty and the food selection pretty poor. If you are higher up in the building the views from your balcony are very nice towards the river. If your room is in the front section of the hotel, your balcony overlooks the hotel entrance area and the parking lot next to the pool. The front desk staff were alright and not overly service-oriented, but there were no specific complaints about them. Housekeeping for some reason had all their used bed linen in huge bundles right in the foyer where guests had to climb over them to get to the elevator, but all these things are people/management issues, the hotel itself and its amenities is very nice.

Spacious rooms with good a/c, safe deposit box, mini bar and nice toiletries. The swimming pool is very nice and refreshing although it was quite disgusting to watch Chinese guests return straight from their day's excursion in the extreme heat and associated sweating and climb into the pool, clothes, shoes and all! There should be a staff member on duty to prevent this or at least an outdoor shower and a sign that compels guests to rinse off (and certainly remove their shoes!) before they get in the pool. The wi-fi was good at this hotel but the breakfast, unfortunately, was not great. It was served at the old yellow guesthouse ninety degrees to this new hotel and the tables were dirty and the food selection pretty poor. If you are higher up in the building the views from your balcony are very nice towards the river. If your room is in the front section of the hotel, your balcony overlooks the hotel entrance area and the parking lot next to the pool. The front desk staff were alright and not overly service-oriented, but there were no specific complaints about them. Housekeeping for some reason had all their used bed linen in huge bundles right in the foyer where guests had to climb over them to get to the elevator, but all these things are people/management issues, the hotel itself and its amenities is very nice.

If you are lucky to pay for a superior room which is on the top floor you will have an amazing view on the mountain and for the sunset. But for the rest it is very average! The bathroom was dirty, the aircon' didn't work and there were ants on the wall ... The breakfast was very disappointed as well even for low standards!

Staying here as part of Gadventures tour. The place is filthy. You have to take your shoes off at the door so that you don’t get your shoes dirty! Sheets have drops of old blood on them, vile smell coming from the drains. Excruciatingly loud music coming from over the road and walls shaking and when I asked the staff when I could expect it to finish, he looked at me as if I was a piece of excrement and walked away from me. Gadventures get another hotel.

This place was a dump, absolutely dreadful. Lukewarm shower stained pillows and bread at breakfast that had ants in it. The staff cooked themselves a great breakfast and ignored the guests while they sat and ate it. Safety deposit boxes are beside reception and it's best to provide your own lock. There is a newly built hotel with the same name right beside this one but it looked empty.

Set in the adventure town of Vang Vieng this centrally located hotel is ideal for the adrenaline junkie who wants to kayak or go tubing (a water sport) or for the none adventurous who just enjoys the cafe and restaurant scene. On arrival you have to take off your shoes at reception (which can be a bit annoying to those not used to it) and make your way bare foot to the room. The rooms are comfortable with air con, WiFi that stretches to the rooms and a fridge. There are safety deposit boxes but they are located not in the room but next to reception. Without doubt the selling point of this hotel is the view from the rooms. I can't say all of the rooms but some of the rooms look out onto the Nam Song river and the spectacular mountain scenery in the back ground. There is a fairly good pool with a water slide feature (that wasn't working on my visit). It's about 2 metres at the deep and long enough to get some decent strokes out of. Breakfast was mainly Chinese food (as the majority of the hotel guests were Chinese) and fried eggs in a buffet style setup. I couldn't see any tea and had to ask for it. Just be aware when it rains some of the floor surface can be very slippy but there are signs telling you that.