Riverview Bungalows & GH

The host is great but the trick of the Trip.com which bought the room from *********** and not communicated with the Bungalow and they give our room for another guess.

ห้องพักสะอาด เหมาะสมกับราคา ที่นอนนุ่มจนยุบตัวไปหน่อยทำให้ในกลางยุบเกินไปเป็นหลุมนุ่มเกินไป แต่เงียบสงบดี โดยรวมดีครับ เจ้าของน่ารัก friendly มาก แนะนำทุกอย่างทั้งการท่องเที่ยวและอาหารการกิน

The room’s are great, but the owner treats everything as a potential sale to try and squeeze more money, seems the village dislike her because she makes a scene when she discovers you have bought anything from the village that she doesn’t own. Muang Ngoi is very charming however, despite her efforts.

We booked for 1 night via a booking engine while heading north up the river. Reviews on there said it was next to the boat dock- it’s actually a ＜10 min walk along the village street. We were shown to a room in a modern block set slightly back from the river front bungalows. It was on the 1st floor so had a river and Mountain View over the bungalow roofs and a shared balcony rather than a private one in the bungalows. Not sure why others off our boat got a bungalow- there was only one type of room available on the booking engine and they used the same as us. Maybe as we were staying only 1 night? The room was a good size, clean and had a comfy bed. No need for the fan as it was chilly at night in late January. The hot water worked if you didn’t turn it on fully. The walls were quite thin so you could hear neighbours coughing etc. In general the room was ok but a little expensive for Laos. The owners (European and local) speak good English which is unusual for Laos but they seemed a little distracted (they own a few businesses in the village). In summary, it was clean and comfy enough but for rural Laos $15 would have been a fairer price.