Reviews of Viengchalern Guesthouse
Kingkitsarath Road 04, Luang Prabang, Laos, Luang Prabang, Laos
#58 of 68 B&Bs and Inns in Luang Prabang
Guests' ChoiceReview score
Based on 54 hotel reviews
8.2Score breakdown
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Cleanliness
8.1
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Comfort
8.3
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Location
9.1
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Facilities
7.8
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Staff
9.4
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Value for money
8.0
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Free WiFi
8.0
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Reviewed: 27 March 2025
Maria
Sweden12 reviews9.0“Great value for money stay in the centre of the city”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
Check in was welcoming. The room was clean and communication with the owner was great.
Stayed in February 2025
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Reviewed: 12 February 2025
Luis
Portugal208 reviews45 helpful votes9.0Superb- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
Nice place run by a family very simple and honest. Good price.
Stayed in February 2025
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Reviewed: 23 January 2025
Polina
Russia57 reviews16 helpful votes9.0Superb- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Standard Twin Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
The location is very good.
Stayed in January 2025
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Reviewed: 25 December 2024
Cabral
Portugal46 reviews2 helpful votes8.0Very good- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Standard Twin Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
Cold room to basic and small
Good location . I thought about moving and I found near by rooms much bigger and confortable by the same price, but the couple who runs it is so sweet and friendly that I've decided to stay
Stayed in December 2024
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Reviewed: 9 March 2024
Ryoji
Japan35 reviews1 helpful vote9.0“This guesthouse is very frienly and comfortable.”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Single Room with Bathroom
- • Stayed 3 nights
I do hope the room with refrigerator.
All family members of the staff are very frienly. The location is convenient. They reserved the seat on the express train to Vientian for me kindly. You can see Japanese Intenational TV(NHK) in your room.
Stayed in March 2024
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Reviewed: 22 February 2024
David
United Kingdom67 reviews37 helpful votes8.0Very good- • Solo traveller
- • Single Room with Bathroom
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Room was small, with little space around the bed and no hooks to hang clothes. Luang Prabang accommodation felt overpriced, but the town was very busy in Chinese New Year, so this guest house is just charging market rates
Good location. Ok room with window AC, no fan, ok bathroom.A pleasant, small breakfast, hangout area.Very welcoming and helpful owners.
Stayed in February 2024
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Reviewed: 15 February 2024
Ilona
United Kingdom64 reviews58 helpful votes8.0“Nice stay for a nice price”- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Twin Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
The location is 10 minutes walking distance to the nigh market or 5 minutes to the entrance of Phousi Hill. Breakfast was nice - you can choose one of the options from the card they have attached pic (like on the picture). Comfy beds. It is quite old buildind and usually it comes with some kind of dirt, but not here and it is nice to see - cleanless should not be apart of the price. You can get unlimited tea and coffee.
Stayed in February 2024
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Reviewed: 10 February 2024
Kelly
Netherlands86 reviews8 helpful votes7.0“Great location”- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Twin Room
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
First night we had a really small, noisy room without window on the ground floor. Next morning we were able to switch without any problems when we asked. The new room was perfect, spacious and a lot of daylight. While checking in we asked the total amount and they were ok with us paying at checkout. Whilst checking out they firstly tried to use a very bad $ rate. But after some discussion and phone calls we paid the original (fair) price.
Very good location, close to night market. Breakfast is simple but good! We really liked the provided free drinking water.
Stayed in February 2024
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Reviewed: 5 February 2024
Beatrice
Italy43 reviews2 helpful votes7.0Good- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Kindly staff! The description of the room is real so really small, but they changed immediately the room when we asked to change it!
Stayed in January 2024
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Reviewed: 13 November 2023
Mauricio
Spain238 reviews17 helpful votes9.0Superb- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Todo muy bien!!!
Stayed in November 2023
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Reviewed: 10 November 2023
Lucyorton
United Kingdom17 reviews2 helpful votes8.0Very good- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Staff were nice and have a really cute dog! Breakfast was good. Beds were comfy.
Stayed in November 2023
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Reviewed: 15 October 2023
Portia
Australia66 reviews25 helpful votes8.0“Good budget hotel”- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
No toilet paper in the bathroom, we had to request some.
Good mid tier budget hotel. Good location. Comfortable room but nothing special. The staff were super helpful, making sure we got into our correct transportation the morning we left. Laundry service was 25k/kilo collected same day. Breakfast was fine. There were some very friendly dogs to play with.
Stayed in October 2023
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Reviewed: 7 April 2023
Keith
Australia77 reviews8.0“Really enjoyed my stay with these nice people.”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Nothing really, this is an old guesthouse and you get what you pay for.
This is nice quiet place. In a good location. Very comfortable bed and good hot shower. They give you a nice breakfast every day. Easy walking to markets and restaurants nearby. Plus they lock my motorcycle up under there house at night.
Stayed in April 2023
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Reviewed: 15 March 2023
Stacey
United Kingdom12 reviews9.0Superb- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Great location, powerful shower, quiet room, lovely staff (although they speak limited english), overall great stay.
Stayed in March 2023
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Reviewed: 8 February 2023
Chao
China10 reviews1 helpful vote9.0Superb- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Twin Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Great location,great breakfast,nice host
Stayed in February 2023
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Reviewed: 23 October 2022
Louis
Netherlands65 reviews4 helpful votes8.0“pleasant”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Standard Twin Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
no problems
clean
Stayed in October 2022
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Reviewed: 10 February 2025
Genna
Canada12 reviews1 helpful vote10“Great location and helpful staff”- • Leisure trip
- • Group
- • Standard Twin Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
The family went above and beyond to help me with a personal emergency. They really saved me and I am so grateful!! They also offered to upgrade us to a bigger room but we were happy with our original 2 bed room. Beds were clean and comfy. AC and clean private bathroom. Little closet to hang clothes and water bottles and fountain for free. We had a corner room so we could see the Phousi Hill from our window which was cute. Central location you can walk to everything.
Stayed in February 2025
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Reviewed: 16 March 2024
Tim
United States11 reviews8 helpful votes6.0“Friendly”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Single Room with Bathroom
- • Stayed 4 nights
room on check-in smelled terrible, remainder of stay switched to another room which was ok. No tourist booking .
small guest house but friendly. Simple breakfast. does not take credit cards so be prepared with cash.
Stayed in February 2024
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Reviewed: 3 March 2024
Ramchandra
India32 reviews4 helpful votes5.0“GUESTHOUSE IS GUESTHOUSE”- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Average guesthouse
Location
Stayed in March 2024
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Reviewed: 24 February 2024
Csaba
Hungary61 reviews18 helpful votes6.0“For one night OK”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Standard Twin Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
My room was very small and not too light, although there was a window. There was hardly any space around the bed for your luggage (no cupboards). It is not a room you want to spend too much time in, it is good literally only for sleeping. Wall plugs are placed in awkward positions. The price, when I booked, was much higher than I would expect, but it was the holiday season, and I booked anyway, afraid I would not find rooms in the centre. Turned out, they had quite a few available rooms, so I would have been better off without booking and trying to book in person.
Location is good, everything is walking distance, including the night market. The staff members are nice, and you get free coffee and bananas. For one night, it is fine, if you spend most of your time outside.
Stayed in December 2023
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Reviewed: 17 January 2024
Samir
United Kingdom35 reviews3 helpful votes10“Great people great location great value for money!”- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
nothing
Amazing location just off the main road near the famous night market and food market. Checkin was nice and easy to do considering we arrived in the early morning. Thank you for your help and advice and breakfast was perfect too. We loved Luang Prabang and our stay with you
Stayed in January 2024
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Reviewed: 22 November 2023
Aleksi
Sri Lanka17 reviews4 helpful votes6.0Pleasant- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Room was super noisy and pretty dirty.
Location was really good. Just a quick walk to night market etc.
Stayed in November 2023
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Reviewed: 17 February 2023
Yasmina
Italy89 reviews22 helpful votes5.0“Rude staff”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
The lady at the receptions is incredibly useless and also rude. She doesn't speak any english, but that's not an excuse not to help the customers. When I arrived they gave me the wrong room and when I asked for a change, the other one was dirty. I asked her to call me a tuktuk for the airport and instead of helping me get a fair price (which they usually do in hotels and guest houses) she asked me for twice the normal price and then told me to just go look for a tuktuk on the street, with luggage and all. Compared to the kindess and hospitality that I've usually found in Laos, this was quite shocking.
Eggs, bread, fruit and coffee for breakfast. Hot water available for coffee at any time. Good location, less than 10 minutes from the river and the night market. AC worked all right.
Stayed in February 2023
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Reviewed: 13 February 2023
Claire
Malta34 reviews5 helpful votes10“Amazing location and amazing host!”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Standard Double Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
The pillows were a bit hard, but it's tolerable if you're just there for a few days.
Everything. The host was very welcoming and always had a huge smile on her face. It was easy to communicate with her despite the language barrier. There is even a great same day laundry service. The location is also ideal as it is in a quiet area but it's just 10 minutes away from the night market. Totally recommend!
Stayed in February 2023
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