Huay Xai Hotels

Pros: Great little cozy hostel nearby the Gibbon Experience office. They sell SIM cards, slow boat tickets, tasty breakfast, and packed lunches for boat trips. The staff is awesome and very helpful. Note: ...

Cons: No A/C in the dorms, but there are fans so it isn't a big deal.

Pros: Nice place right in the heart of this little town. Great and friendly staff. Dorm is basic but good. good value for money.

Pros: it was all good really, you can book some breakfast for little money that was ok

Pros: Nice cozy hostel with comfy bed.good place to stay after 2 days boat trip from Luang Prabang. Little hostel is the only hostel in town. 2 rooms with 4 beds each so easy to get full.

Cons: Booking through booking.com charges 49,000 kip, while walk in just 40,000!!! Owner is nice but the staff is not helpful who keeps telling us she is work away only and doesn't know anything...

Pros: The staff was great.

Cons: Nothing

Pros: Staff were lovely, also book your slow boat ticket to Luang Prabang with them! They only charge you a tiny but extra ($1.50)- which includes the tuk-tuk and they get you great seats. The packed lunch ...

Cons: The toilet/shower combo wasn't ideal but not a big problem. Also the top bunk is a little hard to get up on, wouldn't recommend it for an older person.

Pros: Kind staff and very clean

Cons: -

Pros: The owner, Noke, is fantastic. Does a great job with helping book boat tickets (at a reasonable price) and SIM cards. Food is also good. A good place to spend the night. Also great for meeting ...

Pros: The best sandwiches I've had in Asia. So friendly and welcoming, a great place to kill a day

Cons: Nothing!

Pros: Very good guesthouse for staying one night . Near gibbon experience office .

Pros: Steps away from the slow boat pier, we were pleasantly surprised by the standard of this hotel. Superb room with really comfortable beds, hot, powerful shower, amazing views over the Mekong & ...

Cons: No family rooms available so we were split between 2 rooms - but we knew this at booking. Only wish we could have stayed longer!

Pros: Amazing location with commanding views of the Mekong and village pier. Room very comfortable, staff attentive and restaurant pretty good. Great (if not the best...) option for your overnight stay ...

Cons: Nothing, really. It was all very good, thanks!

Pros: The sheets were clean and you can tell the hotel put thought into decorating the bed.

Cons: The bathroom didn't look very clean, and there were ants crawling into the room from the closed windows and doors.

Pros: A good place to stay if you are taking a boat to Luang Prabang. The view was great from the room.

Pros: My room had a beautiful view of the water - it was almost like being on a boat. I could see the river from my bed. It was lovely, and I enjoyed waking up and seeing the mist rising on the river. The ...

Cons: It was all good.

Cons: Too expensive for what you get. Find another room.

Pros: Good location to the slow boat dock. Nice room and good reception. Lovely common balcony

Cons: Very little from staff after check in. Away from main town however easy to get a tuk tuk.

Pros: Had corner room with lovely view over Mekong River. Excellent location just above slow boat terminal - great help as we had heavy bags and no-one around to help carry them!. Free shuttle to Gibbon ...

Cons: Restaurant closed in the evening as it was Women's Day! Had a bad back so couldn't walk into town (15 mins) for supper! No Wifi because of problems with service from Thailand (?)

Pros: Very nice river view, close to the slow boat pier and very good restaurant.

Pros: good view of the river and the bedroom was clean. Young student girls volunteering were very pleasant

Cons: the restaurant experience was terrible. it had been taken over by the staff with a cot for sleeping in the middle. two restaurant staff were drinking heavily with at least 10 large empties on the ...

Pros: If the company spent a little more money on maintaining this property it could have a lot of potential.

Pros: Room was ok, but everything is very basic. Shower was warm, but not hot.

Cons: Bathroom floor was not clean.

Pros: The character of the hotel. French Colonial style. Easy access to restaurants and the river boat landing. The owners were helpful with money exchange and contacting our tour guides. The bed was ...

Cons: There was some disco music close so if you are making reservations ahead of time you might request a room away from the night noise--if possible. If a breakfast had been included in the price (coffee,...

Pros: Nice location, friendly staff (easy on changing room because toiletflush not working).

Cons: Rooftop restaurant closed, breakfast on quite small table in entrance lobby.

Pros: Very spacious room with a big bed! We were able to book our river cruise with the hotel (tuk tuk included) for a fair price. The hotel is set back from the main street but you can still walk ...

Cons: The room smelt like damp and there was a hole in the bathroom ceiling.

Pros: the hotel is quite new and

Cons: Well, the staff is not the best... They wanted to charge me another price, higher than the Booking one which I reserved. They were sleepy, not even saying hello, good morning and so on.

Pros: They upgraded us to an aircon room. Comfortable and clean space.

Cons: No English at all from staff. Restaurant next door (same owners aparently) had around 10% of what it said on the menu. Barely enough to have breakfast. Don't try anything with ice cream, it&#...

Cons: I have neer seen a recetion area this messy.

Pros: Quiet room

Cons: The damp was terrible.

Pros: - Good value for money in Houayxay, just off the main street. Quite a big room and no complaints about the cleanliness.

Cons: - It's not the kind of place you'll remember, but we didn't have any big complaints. We needed a room for a night and this did the trick.

Pros: Big room with view,big confortable bed, both a/c and fan, closet

Cons: a bit too far from main street to walk with heavy backbag, no hangers in closet, wifi was very weak in annex building across the street from main building

Pros: Got upgraded to the hotel... Slow boat pier is only 1km (10-15min walk) away.

Cons: Like many other we got a fan room with windows to the hallway. Room full of mold and disgusting smell. Do yourself a favor and upgrade to an A/C room (just because they got windows) or go ...

Pros: Great value and comfortable enough for a one night stop over

Cons: Concierge gave confusing info about border crossing but it was probably just a language mistake. Fyi the tuk tuk can only drop you to the Laos border (50kip for 2people). Then you get another official...

Pros: The purpose of our stay was to stay over one night before the Gibbon Experience (brilliant time, you should go) so we didn't fork out for anything fancy. The hotel is split into two buildings, ...

Pros: The owner spoke perfect English and order food for us since there was nothing to eat around. Nice place if you are tired of the town and want to see the sunrise (all cabins face east). The resort has ...

Cons: We did not get the concept of the place, huge estate far away from town, nice cabins from outside but boring looking inside, hard bed even harder pillow. Shower randomly placed in the bathroom. Huge ...

Pros: We stayed here before and after The Gibbon Experience and it was a nice enough place to rest up.

Cons: We asked in advance to check in early and everything was confirmed - but when we rocked up they were very angry and couldn't understand why we were there. Then our shower was broken (which they ...

Pros: Not much.

Cons: As soon as we arrived the staff were uninterested and not very helpful when trying to get a late check out. The room didn't look like it had been cleaned, the floor was filthy and the bath mat was...

Pros: New hotel. Nice room. Only stay 1 night.

Pros: Comfort of bed.

Cons: Bathroom was unclean, mould between the tiles. Very difficult communicating with the staff in English, tried to overcharge us upon check out. 2km walk from the slow boat pier. Requested for twin...

Pros: The location is fine, not too far from food and shops. The shower definitely got hot! And the air con was ok.

Cons: The staff seemed annoyed when we asked for things. There was no toilet paper in the bathroom, the wifi didn't work and they offered no suggestions, the bathroom was dirty and the sink leaked all ...

Pros: Location was good and place was basic and clean

Cons: All ok.

Pros: Pretty good location in the heart of the town

Cons: Bed not very comfy

Pros: The bed was super comfortable and the bedroom was quite sizable

Cons: One of the staff members seemed very unenthusiastic, it almost felt like we were a burden staying there when we asked questions etc.

Pros: We had a nice balcony. The bed was good. The stuff was nice.

Cons: The hotel was very big and empty.

Pros: Big room, in city center, good shower

Cons: Expensive, not that clean

Pros: Location, that's it..

Cons: Rude staff. Karaoke and loud music all night into the morning couldn't sleep

Pros: Majestic style hotel. Gorgeous view of the Mekong if on the right side of the building.

Cons: Two kareoke bars on the site. Outside of the main town. Poor breakfast. Kept awake by TV that was on four rooms away.

Pros: view on the river

Cons: far from the center, breakfast so so

Pros: Big bed and room

Cons: Far from everything and tuk tuks will scam you to go to town at night (not a short walk so no choice). The breakfast is basic and not worth it. They have a karaoke bar in the property so bring ...

Pros: River view Comfortable beds Clean Pad Thai in the restaurant

Cons: The bass pumping night club on the grounds that rages from 8 to 12 pm (hence low comfort score) Location is a bit out of town

Pros: the dtaff is very helpfull

Cons: Far from the city center we

Pros: Clean room with nice view from room's balcony. Staff are nice and friendly.

Cons: Breakfast was very basic.

Pros: This hotels appearance is very up market. The view of the Mekong River and Chaing Kong was spectacular. The rooms are very clean and comfortable. The location of the restaurant and the view was ...

Cons: Hotel is not in walking distance to the town and therefore you have to barter for taxi's to and from hotel. There was the town disco on Friday night which was very loud and unexpected. No coffee...

Pros: Ok hotel. Good water pressure and internet. AC.

Cons: Out of the town, some mosquitoes in the hallway and tons at the restaurant.

Pros: Big room, private bath, kind manager

Cons: Only western breakfasts

Pros: Quiet room. Friendly manager.

Cons: Batteries died in AC remote. Not enough toilet paper. One towel per guest only, no hand towel or wash cloth. Breakfast not to our liking- eggs, toast.

Pros: It was the best option in Houayxay. I only came to this part of Laos for the Gibbon Experience. It was simple and simple and met my needs on a very basic level. Not much to do or see around the town. ...

Pros: Great location

Cons: Difficult to find

Pros: The gibbons experience was geweldig!!

Pros: The location is good and the place serves its purpose, which for us was a two day stopover. It's 'rustic' but at the nicer end, in comparison with other places in houayxay.

Cons: The beds are very hard, but, hey, you are in the middle of the land that time forgot :)

Pros: Nothing to like here

Cons: River view was a roof on a rusty shed No chair in the room or on the balcony No tea or coffee although here was supposing Ly cups and a kettle No hot water TV did not work Internet didn't...

Cons: Customer Service- general condition of the rooms

Pros: Good location

Cons: Poor service-completely disengaged staff-rooms very poorly maintained - our air conditioner did not work

Pros: Very quiet hotel room and comfortable room

Pros: I cannot see something around here. So strange, not open to restaurant, Also at night, i can't find staff, because he is gone to here, i mean, close the reception. Gold, gold, and gold, but that&#...

Cons: We called them after arrival and they did not confirm the (supposedly included) transfer! They said we should walk 'it is very close'. It was NOT and finally we took a taxi. The hotel ...

Pros: The room was quite nice and it was a great price.

Cons: The hotel is empty and in the middle of nowhere. There is no restaurant, bar or casino. We had to pay around 10 usd to take a 20 min taxi to town to eat. We also never received our free breakfast.

Pros: The restaurant was closed, there was no bar, they are 7 miles outside of town BUT they did provide a free shuttle to and back for dinner and then back to teh town for our tour the next day. GREAT ...

Pros: Rooms are spacious

Cons: When we returned to the hotel after an evening in town we found the receptionist (the only member of staff on duty) passed out drunk in reception, empty beer bottles, etc. We couldn't even wake ...

Pros: It is very close to the Laos/Thailand border checkpoint. They take you there with their free shuttle (3 minutes ride), reason why we chose the hotel. Very spacious room and bathroom.

Pros: I liked the comfort of the bed as well as the size of the room and bathroom. It also has coffee making facilities. I was also impressed with the great van that took me to the nearby border.

Cons: This hotel is very strange. It is quite big but besides my room there was only one other room being used. It is definitely not a 5 star hotel with no food although I could get a beer although it wasn...

Cons: No restaurant, in the middle of nowhere.

Cons: Awful restaurant and breakfast, at night choice between fried rice and french fries. At breakfast, worst sausage of my life with greasy eggs, and a ham sandwich order came in as an omelette sandwich...

Pros: The hotel is beautiful, large, clean, and very empty! Out of about 60 rooms we were the only guests there. Our room was huge, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and small sitting area. Lots of heavy, gold ...

Cons: Since there were no guests, there was little food available and staff was hard to find. The town is 10 km away. It seems like a hotel that will go under very soon.

Pros: This hotel was close to the Gibbon experience.

Cons: This hotel was horrible. Extremely overpriced. The front desk attendants were apathetic and rude. I felt like I was in a scary movie- this was the filthiest place I have ever seen. There was mold ...

Cons: the rooms were very dirty, and the bathrooms very poor, mouldy, and old the staff were particularly unwelcoming.

Pros: Good location

Cons: Ac was advised then was an extra cost when we arrived.

Pros: The room had good aircon and no bed bugs.

Cons: Slow wifi, dirty bathroom.

Pros: Nothing, it was terrible

Cons: Our bathroom and bedroom were filthy.

Pros: We stayed here one night after the Gibbon Experience before making the lengthy journey to Chiang Mai via Chiang Rai. The bed was comfortable, the AC worked well and the shower was hot - all things...

Cons: The room wasn't the cleanest; for example the fan was thick with dust but the bed, its covers and the bathroom were absolutely fine.

Pros: Good situation in a crummy place.

Cons: Sheets didn't look too clean. Overpriced over full small village that's just a night halt on ones way to either the gibbon experience or the slow boat down the mekong. You're stuck there...

Cons: The bathroom needed a good scrub, because the whole room smelled of mildew. The night clerk told us he would book our tickets for the boat to Louang Prabang -- but he didn't do it. In the ...

Pros: I was pleasantly surprised to discover beautiful patio spaces where you could relax and read a book or catch up on emails. My room was also very clean and spacious, with windows that opened out and ...

Cons: Incidentally, a really bad fire broke out in the middle of the night, a few buildings down from Sabaidee. Obviously, this is a very rare occurrence, but I did feel that the guesthouse should have ...

Pros: directly in town center (conveniently located for Mekong river cruise and Gibbon experience) staff was very friendly and helpful

Cons: beds were very hard