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Tanh N.
Couples
United States of America,
May 11, 2011
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Lovely hotel with a smile
Friendly and professional
9.3
my first stay of my multiple point trip in vietnam. it's very important on the first stop to feel like you are welcome to vietnam. i chose riverside hotel because its staft and its location. the staft are very nice and very professional. especially lien, thi, my, hanh, ngan. the location of the hotel is close to everything for your purposes in saigon. besides the riverside picturesque in front of the hotel is second to none in saigon city.
recommend for all to the first stop in vietnam.
Travel tip:
You can find good an affordable Vietnamese food right on the corner of Dong khoi and Ngo duc Ke street.
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Tsz Y.
Solo travelers
Hong Kong,
May 9, 2011
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Nice Hotel and good location
8.7
Me and my friend are very impressed, good location, clean and nice room, and people are nice too.
Good security, even we 2 girls felt comfortable during the stay.
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Kia Y.
Groups
Singapore,
May 9, 2011
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Great location
Walking distance to many places we wanted to visit in the cty.
8
with a good map, it is easy to locate places in the city and able to get there by foot. the hotel was just ok for us since we were out most of the time. only good point about the hotel is that it is located at the city center which made it convenient to move around to other parts of the city. i do not find the staff friendly or helpful. they were just doing their own things most of the time, never offered any assistance or help. on the whole our stay was pleasant.
Shopping Tip:
Although Ben Than market is a good shopping place, it has too overcrowded with shops and takes too much time looking around for good bargains. However, when the market closes at 6pm, the night market opens (which is near to Ben Than market) at 8pm and has better bargains. Make sure you look around before buying anything. There's always something cheaper at the next stall. Never agree to the salesperson's first offer. You can try slashing the price by as much as 75% and work your way up. You can usually get your item for 50% of the price they offer or even less.
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Thai B.
Families with young children
Vietnam,
May 3, 2011
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Great location, cleaning.
I will be back this hotel for the next trip
7.3
We booked 5 room for my big family in thí hotel, good time for us, staff helpful, warmly style.
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Huong T.
Couples
Vietnam,
May 1, 2011
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we had a good stay at the riverside hotel saigon. the room rate was reasonable and the staff were very helpful. good location to explore saigon.
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Supachai S.
Business travelers
Thailand,
May 1, 2011
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Welcome, smile service, convenient location
good location which closed to shopping center, restaurants, benthan market, other public area, ferry
8
selected this hotel from agoda and got help from hotel to navigate taxi driver from airport to the hotel. warm welcome, clean place, recommendation a tour package to suit ur stay period, fantastic & beautiful. good taxi service to airport been provided.
most of services and condition were good but could improve more in area of i.e. breakfast service. smoking area can also be rearranged to satisfy both smoker and non-smoker. sale for basic things would make small profit but convenience to tourist (maps, etc.)
Sightseeing/Attractions Tip:
1. Pre-planning is required if you do not purchased tour package. Though the hotel is closed to ferry but sometimes could notget round trip ticket.
2. Try make sure of your mobile roaming service is available but careful for data roaming which to be costly especially for Smartphone, upon where is your original mobile service country. Wi-Fi is available at many place even in public area.
3. Ben Than market is closed at late evening so be there before night.
4. HCM on ceremony day like liberation day would impress you.
5. Lots of lunch and dinner place in the city with various kind of Vietnames (Pho), Western , Thai, Japanese, Korean restaurant are well and available there.
6. Closed to shopping center, restaurant, wine shop (BACCHUS) no time to go but will be there next trip, pub (121 is quite good)
7. Do not miss Guchi Tunnel which take just half day tour package.
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Joseph N.
Groups
Australia,
April 28, 2011
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Nice hotel. Friendly helpful staff.
Nice breakfast. Big safety box
10
I had a good time there, no problems. Just had to ask for kettle and cups, but no coffee / tea supplied. Excellent internet speed, although Facebook doesn't work in Vietnam. LOL
I would use their airport pickup service for $25 as I got scammed for $65 by dodgy taxi driver with fast meter and fake $15 airport exit fee and child locks enabled on car.
Enjoyable stay overall.
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John C.
Solo travelers
New Zealand,
April 27, 2011
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Old style building,with plenty of character.
Handy to places at river end of district 1.Quiet considering outside traffic.
7
Used this hotel mainly, to give easy access to ferry terminal.Found that location was handy to some well known restaurants and sights at this end of town.Managed to walk from hotel to History museum, Zoo and Re-unification Palace.Walk not too demanding if not in a hurry.
Hotel staff friendly and breakfast was reasonable.This old building would benefit with a bit of a face-lift but this old style suits my preference.
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Glen W.
Solo travelers
Australia,
April 24, 2011
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All the front counter staff were great but the other staff were a bit unfreindly
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Russell P.
Solo travelers
Australia,
April 23, 2011
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Good River front location
5.3
This hotel whilst having a great location is dated and needs an upgrade. Rooms were dark and dingy and I had to pay for an upgrade to get a room that had a window and faced the river. Restuarant meals were good.
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