Hotel Khamvongsa
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Thank god the bus has a bathroom
Priya's biggest fears thus far on the trip weren't the 5 inch slug in our bathroom or the large cockroach in Thailand or the huge spiders...it was the 10 hour bus ride to Vientiane which we weren't sure was going to have a toilet OR any potty breaks. As luck would have it, our bus had an on board toilet - complete with a huge bay window and a 3 …
Discovering how the Laos COPE
In typical vacation fashion, we awoke just before the end of breakfast at our hotel. Lucky for us, the staff was extremely kind and managed to pull together a fabulous breakfast of pancakes, croissants and fresh fruit (sometimes I love French colonialism ... well, only for its food influences really).
Based on advice we'd received from a …
Mission Impossible: Tuk-Tuk Style
The hotel staff was ready for us this morning as we promptly arrived 5 minutes before they stopped serving breakfast (it has now become our vacation rule). After a hearty breakfast, we relaxed and got ready for a whirlwind sightseeing day.
Our favorite western restaurant, Sticky Fingers, was the first stop for some much needed lunchtime …
Laos' Capital Village
Friday Today we thought that it was finally time that we had a good look at the towers! Anita brought our breakfast up to the room,Roti with dahl and another curry sauce. I never thought that I would enjoy curry for breakfast but it was very good,especially as someone brought it up for us. We walked into town and through some of the huge shopping …
Sabay-dee Laos!
We thought that Cambodia was chilled out but in Vientiane you would be reclining! The pace of life is sooo laid back, so unrushed in stark contrast to what we are used to. Everyone greets you with "Sabay-dee" (Hello) and as in Cambodia the girls were greeted very warmly. Although Scarlett was getting quite annoyed with having her nose and cheeks …
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TravelPod Member ReviewsHotel Khamvongsa Vientiane
“ Great but odd service ”
Reviewed Oct 29, 2012
From a flashpacker's point of view this hotel is a definite 5-star. Great clean rooms with nice showers, very decent breakfast included and a good location close to the river. The reason I only give it 4 stars is that the reception staff does not offer a great service. Now, I don't need overbearing, smiley staff offering me drinks everytime I walk in but we got no information, no maps, no helpful tips, nothing. Even when asked.
Perhaps this was particularly noticeable due to when we were there; the city was in the middle of its huge celebrations around the end of Buddhist Lent, with the Water Festival in full flow, etc. The hotel was right in the middle of this (super noisy until late but that was just because of the holiday, normally I'm sure it would be pretty quiet) and we were obviously curious about the itinerary of events, what was open, what was closed, etc but the staff was not able to give us more than one-word answers. I think Khamvongsa wants to be a business hotel and therefore put on a very professional, serious attitude (not rude) but it just feels odd; I think they need to think about their overall 'tone'. The breakfast staff was quite nice though. All in all I'd definitely come back to this hotel if visiting Vientiane tomorrow so that's what matters.
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“ lovely ”
Reviewed Apr 28, 2011
I love it here!!!!!!!
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“ Beautiful! ”
Reviewed Mar 20, 2011
Amazing apartments on two levels. We had a very comfortable stay here and the staff were very helpful. Well situated near the Mekong and walking distance to most places.
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