Đảo Chè Thanh Chương - Homestay Gió Lào

Lovely location and views. Very nice family

Mosquitos

Location of the property in the tea islands was amazing, super beautiful and the views were stunning from the balcony. The staff were kind and enthusiastic, and made us some lovely food for dinner and breakfast. They also provided a mosquito net and bedding. They also had a really cute dog and some lovely cats! There was an option for a boat tour around the tea islands. The room rate was very cheap, as well as the food.

Although this is quite a remote homestay, the bedroom was still full of webs and spiders. It just generally made us a little bit uncomfortable and uneasy. There was a fan provided but it was still very very hot throughout the night. It also did feel as though one of the owners was quite keen to make money from us - as soon as we arrived trying to get us to do a boat tour, pushing us to buy tea from him, trying to make us add on extra things that we didn’t want or need.

The area is beautiful

I came to the homestay without reservation and the owner explained that the price for the dorm was 150k dong. I showed him that the price listed on agoda and blue pillow was 120k. Then he became irritated and said: ok book on agoda! and went away. I was a bit stunned but started to book it on my phone when it suddenly said no more beds available. So what he did was to quickly change it I didn't appreciate that so I booked the other homestay nearby but that ended up being the same place anyway. I wouldn't care about the price but the way this dude handled it was just wack.and greedy

Liked the property. Beautiful location. Great scenery, but chilly, rainy and foggy, decided not to take the boat to tea plantation.

Could have been cleaner.

The location is beautiful, the food was great, and the WiFi was strong.

Bed sheets, pillows and blankets could be better, didn't feel really clean, the pillow was so small. For a solo traveller I'd suggest to get the dorm as the double room isn't really separated and the single beds looked cleaner. The trip at the tea island was alright but they just leave you there for about 20minutes, there is no explanation of anything

This place is just about location, which is kind of half the way from Ninh Binh to Phong Nha on HCM Road, and that is why we ended up there. The lady was nice, and even though she didn't speak English we managed to speak to each other just fine with the translator. The property is surrounded by tea plantations and I bet it's quite beautiful to look around a bit when it's not raining. It's not a great place but but out of necessity, it works.

Dinner was expensive for what it was, 120k VDN for person. And they even put 4 foreigners together in one table and served the same amount of food they served 2 Vietnamese tourists in another table, which I found a bit ... well, not correct. There is hot water, but there are no towels at all, so bring your own. There is no remote for the AC, no hair dryer, or any kind of amenities. The hand soap is a bottle of H&S Shampoo. The condition of the cabins could be improved overall.