Luang Prabang Residence (The Boutique Villa)

The location is really good. It is smack in the middle of the morning market which starts at 4am. There is a temple next to the villa and also close to the palace and the mountain. All are at walking distances. It is also close to the river where you can take a river boat for tours if you like. You can catch a beautiful sunset by the river. You can also catch the monks receiving alms by the main road which is about a 5 mins walk from the villa.

It's very near to the night market and easily accessible to food!

Unbelievable facility for the price. Location was outstanding. We will come back. S

The hotel has a very good location and the rooms are nice. An unpleasant aspect happened when we arrived at the hotel and asked hotels'reception to call a taxi for a small village near Luang Prabang. Although the taxi take 50,000 kips for this run, the boy from reception told us that we have to pay at the reception and asked us 100,000 kips. This is the reason why I consider that the staff was disappointing.

Perfect location between morning and night markets. Spotless and large room.

The location was excellent. The staff were friendly, nice, and helpful. The room was clean but a bit pricey for the type of property. However, I would definitely stay there again.

Staff is somewhat helpful, I get free airport transfer from airport to hotel but I have to pay 80,000 Kip for taxi to take me from hotel to airport. Breakfast has limited choices but can order more than 1 set each for each person.

Located in morning market area in the center of city. Easy to travel around.

Near to morning and night market. Need to bring along mosquitoes repellent.

The hotel is small, possibly 8-10 rooms a is only 2 floors. The rooms are huge and have a beautiful walk in shower. The 2nd floor was great stepping outside of the room, lots of outside sitting areas. This hotel is easily accessible to walk to many things and eat. Good restaurants all around. Lots of bars that are around or take a tuk yuk. Definitely recommend and would stay here again given the clean big room and friendly staff.

We stayed 4 nights at Ramayana / Luang Prabang Residence (people in town know it by the first name). The architecture, breakfast area, garden, comfort and cleanliness of the rooms, and overall location were excellent. We would have really enjoyed this experience were it not for the horrendous lack of basic customer service, primarily from reception. I could go on and on ranting my complaints but in summary, there’s absolutely no initiative from the staff to provide the bare minimum level of customer service one would expect from even the most basic accommodation - not a single greeting, no information, no attempt to remedy issues that arise. Nothing. No managerial presence during our entire stay. Mysterious additional charges showed up on our bill that were eventually removed after we pointed them out. Things got so bad that we had to seek out another nearby hotel owner for help with all the needs/requests our reception failed to provide

Nice and huge room. We loved this place.

Great location, but very expensive for a rather basic and impersonal guesthouse.. Room was large and clean, but also full of musquitoes. Breakfast poor. Staff didn’t seem too care to much.

Lovely room, quality bed, mattress, sheets, furnishings. Could be fabulous hotel. The good - airport pick up, quiet, location. Righ beside night/morning markets, and Mekong. Let down by moody, unsmiling staff. Get people with hospitality training. 5-6 mosquitoes in room. When asked about repellant... staff said , sorry. No help there! Same with booking transport back to airport. If didn't accept 120,000 kip price, they said, find your own way. Tuk-Tuk is 50,000 kip on street. No social aspect or lobby, so no socializing with other quests. Safe in room didn't work. Could be 5 star if properly managed, but at moment, software inst there!

This was much more than what i expected. The court yard was very nice and mellow, the staff was very friendly and helpful. They seem to know english, as there were other english speaker staying there, my group knew the language so we only talked in Laotian. Breakfast was great, and if you didn't like what you got at breakfast, the morning market is right there once you step out of the front gate. The night market is just a walk up. There was a mess up with the extra bed for what we originally booked, but we upgraded to the bigger room. The bathroom was very clean and nice looking. The shower pressure was a little lacking. DAM THE AC IS NO JOKE! that thing was a stud! Quick to get the big room cool! Oh keep in mind that the game closes at 11:30pm I think, you'll just need to ring the door bell to get back in. Not much places open that late anyways, but if you happen to find yourself back that late thats what you need to do.

if you like markets, this is the place. You will be surprise despite the close distance to the morning market, our rooms are not disturbed with the busy street right in front of the entrance. Our room is spacious and very clean. Town attractions are all close by (within 5 mins walk)

Unless you need a swimming pool or view of the river, this property is all you will ever need in Luang Prabang. The morning market is just in front of the property and the night market is half a block away. Location can't be beat. Excellent place!

Huge room, very clean and tidy, morning market at the front of the hotel, nice gardens, night markets at the end of the laneway.

The room was big for 2 persons. The morning market is right outside the hotel. Doesn't smell great after the market closes about 10 a.m. Fortunately the streets are cleaned promptly and back to smelling pleasant in the afternoon. They have a minibar price list but not sure if they have a checklist. We were told we had taken peanuts as we were checking out, when we did no such thing. When we denied taking the peanuts, we were told we had taken a bottle of Evian water instead (more expensive than peanuts). We adamantly denied taking anything from the minibar and were allowed to leave. Not the most pleasant check out experience. Not sure if the previous guests had taken anything and the minibar wasn't replenished or some other reason. Maybe take a picture of the minibar when you check in to avoid this confusion.

This villa is one of the many guesthouses/villas available in Luang Prabang (LP). However, I would say it is a higher end property as the rates are on the high side. But you are paying for quality and I must say this property is impressive. Location is great as it is located in a side lane from the famous Sisavangvong Road (where the night market is - sells clothes, bags, scarves, souvenir, food stuff). Just outside the unit is the morning market (sells fresh produce). It is walkable to everywhere, turn left is the night market, turn right is the riverside. Tip: the Riverside BBQ restaurant was very worth it and a great experience. It is similar to a Mookata Steamboat. As food is quite pricey in LP, this buffet dinner was really good value as you can eat as much as you want. The rooms are huge and comfortable, only 7 rooms in this unit. My group took 4 rooms. All amenities are provided i.e. bath robes, slippers, safe, full fridge with rather cheap drinks and tit bits, coffee & tea making facilities, free on daily basis 2 bottles of drinking water, TV and telephone. Wifi is also free but was rather limited as 2 routers to the rooms were down so some rooms could not receive wifi. Must comment on the super comfortable beds and pillow and the linen was wonderful, so smooth and white. And yes, the rooms are so clean, very well kept by the housekeepers. Air con was great, very cold but my friend's room (a suite - room 201 was a bit cranky where temperature could not be fixed). The drainage could also be improved as two other rooms 101 & 103 were clogged. Other than these small hiccups, the rooms were excellent. Breakfast was super yummy and of great value as it was included in the room rates. There is a selection of main course, juice, hot beverage, and fresh fruits. Best thing was, the hotel was super generous and you could order 1-3 mains if you like. The mixed fresh fruits was superb and very big serving. We enjoyed the breakfast immensely and it was