Hotel berhampiran Don Khone Island, Khon

We rented a floating room with a terrace on the Mekong, which could have been simply sumptuous. The problem is that the owner takes no care of his establishment and is content to maximise his current monopoly position on the island. Indeed, the hotel is the only establishment currently (July 2022) open for the whole of Khone Island and Det Island (the 2 islands communicate via the French Bridge) and also has the only restaurant open on both islands. The bathroom is not clean (like the rest of the hotel), one bed smells of urine and the springs of the other one are coming out, the arrival to the room by a small bridge is simply littered with plastic bottles that the owner does not even bother to fish out. The service in the restaurant is very slow (45 minutes waiting time for each of the 3 meals we had there per day as there is no other restaurant open on the two islands), the portions served are very small and some dishes are downright bad, the best ones not exceeding the ”ordinary” note. The restaurant is lit with white neon lights, the tablecloths are dirty, and the owner just shakes the dirt on the floor. For a so-called sunset inter-island tour (the pilot told us at 17.30 that the sun was hidden behind clouds, while sunset was at 18.30 and the inter-island ride was limited to a standard super slow crossing to the port from where we had left to reach the hotel on the day of our arrival) he charged us 360000 Laks, which is exorbitant. The bikes he rents have no brakes, no bell and have badly inflated tyres. I'll stop the list of my complaints here, but for every other service, we got a terrible price-quality ratio. We are all the more sorry to give this opinion as the place could be superb with a minimum of involvement from the owner, as well as respect for his customers.

The Laos people are a bit more reserved than Cambodians and Thai, however when they get to know you they are warm and welcoming. The cook owner is self taught in many cuisines she admits to using cook books and UTube. The Snitzel and salad to die for, pasta and pizza fantastic and to top it all you are a guest in there house to go to the loo. An all round fab experience.

พนักงานทุกคนของโรงแรมให้การต้อนรับเป็นอย่างดี เมื่อเราเข้าพักที่โรงแรม ม่วนม่วน บูติคเรารู้สึกประทับใจมาก เราประทับใจกับการตกแต่งของโรงแรม รวมถึงคุณภาพของอุปกรณ์ในห้องน้ำที่มีครบครัน อาหารเช้ายิ่งประทับใจไม่มีที่ติ เราแทบจะไม่เคยเจอโรงแรมที่คุ้มค่าคุ้มราคาแบบนี้มาก่อน สิ่งอำนวยความสะดวกของโรงแรมมีรสนิยมที่ดีมาก คุณสามารถใช้และเพลิดเพลินกับทุกสิ่งในที่นี้ได้ แม้แต่นักท่องเที่ยวคนหนุ่มน้อยก็คงจะรู้สึกสบายใจกับที่พักที่นี่ เราจะแนะนำโรงแรมนี้อย่างแน่นอน