Top Hotels in Vientiane Prefecture Villas
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Vientiane Prefecture Villas | Places to Stay in Vientiane Prefecture
Discover the best Villas in Vientiane Prefecture including Villa Manoly, Villa Lao, Lakeo Belle Villa, Asirada Apartment, Green Tea Villa.
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1. Villa Manoly
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 88 reviews
Charming!
Reviewed By Paul_MonicaThis French colonial-style villa was the perfect place to spend the last 3 nights of our 4-week adventure in Indochina. Villa Manoly is still owned and run by members of the family who grew up there. Our ground floor room with small terrace looked out over the mature garden of mango and frangipani trees and the beautifully clean swimming pool. Villa Manoly provided the ideal place to relax before returning home. An added bonus is that it is just round the corner from the highly recommended Kungs Cafe. We would definitely stay at Villa Manoly if we visit Vientiane again.
2. Villa Lao
Overall Ratings
3 based on 59 reviews
Villa Lao is a colonial-styled hotel built in 1950 and renovated in 2010. Surrounded by greenery, it is a peaceful place to relax. The hotel is located only two kilometers from the city center and a short stroll to Chao Fa Ngum Status. While lodging at this family-owned property, guests can enjoy many facilities, such as bicycle rentals, a car park, Wi-Fi in public areas, laundry service/dry cleaning, together with friendly service and hospitality from the staff. The hotel provides a cooking class activity on request as well. For those who are looking for calm and tranquility after a long day in Vientiane, make Villa Lao your home away from home.
Decent Property, Appalling Access Road, Miserable Location, Below Average Service
Reviewed By JayaJoshiThis time, I got royally conned by the pictures. After staying in hostel dorms, I decided to treat myself to a nice traditional Laos Villa in Vientiane. What they show in the pictures is true. What they don't show is the appalling access road and the sad, depressing location of this hotel. I reached at night. It was 9 pm. I'm a city girl so 9 pm is okay for me but for Vientiane and for that particular place it was almost like way past midnight. As my taxi turned into this slummy looking lane, I was greeted by two butt naked, pants down locals (possibly drunk) from the seedy looking bar in the corner. Didn't look good. NOPE!! Especially for a girl traveling alone also, pretty scary. Anyway I had traveled from Bangkok on this long train journey so obviously also very tired and hungry. I asked for food. They politely refused as the kitchen was closed and the chef had already gone home! One of they guys at the reception did manage to get me some crisps and a bottle of juice. The breakfast was included but was very average. My room was nice but I could not open the blinds in the morning, which I really wanted to. So there was no natural light, even though the villa was so beautiful outside.The air conditioning in room kept going off every now and then. I had a disturbed sleep. Another incident which makes me mad even now, thinking about it is the one night I went out to explore the town. I had a nice meal, took a massage, met some interesting people, went to the night market and I think by the time I got back, it around 11.30 pm. To my shock, I found myself locked out of the hotel gates with big fat iron chains. There was no bell to ring or a phone to call the reception, which was a little distance away. So here I was, a legitimate paying guest of the hotel, not allowed entry, because like cinderella, she was too late to be back in time. I swear I saw red. I started banging those iron gates like a crazy person. The guy at the reception came running with a big kitchen knife pointing at me!!! Obviously, I could only use the words, I will not repeat here. Having a reasonable conversation, unfortunately due to the English language barrier is next to impossible. I'm sure he was doing what he was told to do by the management and he sadly became the recipient of my anger and I feel a little bad about it. To be fair, it's the management's fault. It's a stunning property but quite poorly run. So no, it's a big NO to Villa Lao and all in all, money not well spent :( For me, the lesson I have learnt is that when I go to a new place I now only book for a night because I need a place to sleep and I'm too tired to look for a place after a journey. But once I'm rested, It's nice to go out and about and see the place and get a the vibe of what feels right for me. I wish I had done the same in Vientiane. Vientiane is a really nice place and the next day when I went out to the city centre, I found so many lovely hostel, which were obviously way cheaper and had great energy and were located close to the river and the night market. Ah, next time. You live and learn!
3. Lakeo Belle Villa
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 4 reviews
WARNING: APPALLING CONDITIONS! AVOID RESERVING!
Reviewed By E rA brief background: I have traveled all over the world to over fifty countries, staying at numerous hotels / guesthouses. I have also lived in a number of various Asian countries for a number of years. However, the Lakeo Belle Villa hotel has is by far the absolutely worst hotel and overall business establishment I have ever had the displeasure of dealing with. For starters: After walking into a small, unkept and dirty lobby area with bags in hand, I went up to the front desk and stated I was checking in to the one young man behind the counter. After looking at me quickly and without saying a word (as in “Can I see your ID or what is your name?” etc etc as is generally expected…) he merely grabbed a room key, started walking towards the stairways and motioned for me to follow him upstairs (was I the ONLY customer they had booked for the day – or even the entire week?! – BTW, no offer to help with my suitcase – and no elevator available… not that I needed it but the offer would have been at least cordial). Quite accustomed to the language barrier / cultural differences from my travels, I simply shrugged this off as yet another occasion of a staff member simply not understanding - or worse - able to speak rudimentary English – even though he was the ONLY person behind a hotel desk – or even in the entire small lobby area. I dared to think perhaps he may have been able to speak English but simply unwilling – but that generally has not been my experience while traveling in SE Asia. So, you should be prepared for attempting to communicate through sign language or colorful drawings – whatever is your cup of tea – that is if you can get through the cultural differences and misunderstandings – let alone the education gap. The room: Although I was not expecting much as the room fee was moderately priced for a SE Asia country, I had another thing coming after getting settled in the room (remember, still no words had been exchanged or papers signed in getting the room – quite strange if you ask me – but again, “Welcome to Lao PDR” and “Just roll with it!” is what I thought to myself). First, neither of the provided Wi-Fi passwords functioned, although two were posted in the room. I tried both several times and with different e-devices (phone, tablet and computer) still no luck – bummer No. 1. Next, every time the toilet was flushed, it leaked profusely all over the small bathroom / shower / sink area, as all three are located immediately adjacent to each other as is often found in SE Asia bathrooms – bummer No. 2. Next, crazy-ants (my name for them and commonly found in nearly everything inside and outside to include your food) were everywhere – even though there was no visible trace of food in the room and I had not brought any in. They even started crawling over my computer keyboard as I tried to connect to the Internet. Even though I admired their tenacity and ‘can-do’ spirit (Lol), they quickly grew annoying, especially when they are all over you for no apparent reason – bummer No. 3. Next, the old refrigerator emitted a high-pitched tone making any attempt at sleeping nearly impossible (especially when you have been traveling since 4am) and it was located less than a meter from the bed. Only immediate remedy was to disconnect it – bummer number 4. Next, the small, old bathroom had a small ‘open’ fan located on the wall to the outside – meaning every time the fan was switched off and the blades ceased spinning, mosquitoes and other unwanted insects welcomed themselves in to generally annoy and/or feed on you. And with Dengue Fever a concern in the general SE Asia area, and the Mekong river just a few kilometers away, this easily represents bummer number FIVE. After all of this (and especially the Internet issue - believe it or not), I had had it. Enough was enough and I was going to check out, figuring that many if not all the other rooms at this older, marginal ‘Hotel’ were much the same (note: there are only 12 rooms at this hotel). With the obvious communication issues and the fact that so many things were just ‘remarkable’ (in a bad way that is) I was going to get a room at another hotel. Downstairs, trying to communicate with the same young guy behind the desk, I stated I was checking out and that I would like the hotel to refund my paid-in-full reservation (I had stayed less than an hour in the room). As the reservation was made through Agoda (an online travel booking site) he simply said he could not contact Agoda (he had tried calling them). I said, “no worries, can you try emailing them?” In which he looked semi-puzzled but half-way nodded that he understood. At this point an older local lady had arrived that from her actions appeared to either own the place or was somehow much higher in authority (owner/manager). After briefly talking to the desk clerk, she walked away. After going round and round with the desk clerk, I merely said to the clerk to contact Agoda through email and walked out to begin my hunt for another room somewhere else - suitcase in tow. About five meters away from the desk was the very dirty street, in which I attempted to find some sort of taxi (but none were available). When I returned back to the desk clerk, I asked if he could call a taxi for me and again, no response but a few light nods (he did not pick up the phone). The older local lady that had arrived earlier was standing at the desk, along with some local older man and the man said to me, “It will be hard to get a taxi” – implying I was better off flagging down one of the many, common tuk-tuks on the street (much more noisy, smoky (air pollution from exhaust and street dirt / dust than a taxi). I replied that with a large enough offer, a taxi will ‘magically’ appear - a phenomenon not unique to SE Asia but very effective - LoL. At this point, I simply walked out again, onto the street with luggage bag in tow. What a joke. In about 15 minutes I found another hotel much closer to the Consulate that I had to be at the next morning – for the same price per night (after finding a taxi in five minutes). Not only was this new hotel’s room much, much bigger, cleaner and functioning, but its in-room Wi-Fi connection worked! Surprise, surprise! And like I said, it was much closer to my AM appointment (within walking distance). As soon as I connected online, I requested that Agoda ask the hotel to refund my three-day reservation fees after they confirmed that I did not stay overnight at Lakeo Hotel. They said they would contact the hotel and then contact me afterwards. The next day, after not hearing from Agoda, I asked for a status update. They said they would call that morning. Later that evening, I received an email stating that this hotel (Lakeo Belle Ville) would NOT refund ANY of my reservation. A following email from Agoda stated that although the hotel would not refund the money, Agoda would “absorb the charges” and refund my reservation IN FULL. YES!! THANK YOU AGODA!! YOU ROCK!! Moral of this long-winded story – STAY AWAY FROM LAKEO BELLE VILLA – You have been WARNED! Happy traveling and best of luck to you on your journey (ies)!
4. Asirada Apartment
5. Green Tea Villa
