Name: Ban Lao
Address: Thammamikalath Rd P.O.Box 888,Thammamikalath Rd, Luang Prabang, Luang Prabang, Luang Prabang, 06000, Laos
Rating: 6

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Luang Prabang International Airport

Ban Lao

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Staff in all areas were friendly and helpful. Rooms were large . Lighting was high tech! Beds were very comfortable. We asked for a quiet room and got one.

Staff rescued us a couple of times: we left our key in room, and large spider in room! Loved the shuttle service. Great fitness room. Best on our trip so far. Liked the informal book exchange.
One issue was lack of towels at pool.

Enjoyable experience in beautiful setting 

The upscaled, reopened My Ban Lao Hotel was a perfect place for my stay during the bustle of tourism for the end of Buddhist lent festivities in little Luang Prabang.

The  location; central, the grounds; spacious and peaceful (beautiful old frangipani trees) the hotel; clean with sustainable goals (electric vehicles and turtle conservation) the history; upheld (CIA headquarters during the Secret War) the team; very friendly and helpful.

Thank you for a lovely stay!

Peaceful, accommodating and green

Not the end of the world but nothing like the description claimed. 

Wifi didn't work in rooms
Safe didn't work
TV didn't work
Mini fridge didn't work

Full of mosquitos when we got there. 

After the first night we walked around town and found a place 100x better for less per night. 

If it was $25/night instead of $40-$50/night then it'd be more reasonable, along with not advertising things that they didn't have.

Wouldn't recommend

I thought I would go a little upmarket from Villa King Kham which was already very good, so I booked two nights at this hotel through Agoda.
What a huge disappointment.
The owner inherited this hotel. He is a very decent chap, and I am sorry that I must write this very poor review. 
I have spoken honestly to the owner, and I suggested he sell the place as it is in need of renovation, and clearly there are no funds to do this.
I slept one night, it was alright, quiet enough, bed comfortable.
The breakfast was two boiled eggs, and a piece of hard french bread with jam and butter. It was somewhat 'down market'.
It's a hotel the 'once was', decaying, and falling.
A fellow traveller said he stayed here a few years before when it was in a better state of repair, and a standard it was supposed to be.
I went into town and found a guest house with equal comfort for less than a third of the price, so cheap in fact, so convenient, that I did not stay the second night at Villa Ban Lao, rather accepted the loss, and went for a better experience.

A place in deterioration

Did not get off to a good start here, as I was given the key to a room which was literally opposite reception. I looked inside the room and it was very dark, even with the curtains open and the lights on in full daylight. I asked for another room and was given one that was in a block to the rear of the hotel. This was also dark even with lights on, but it was away from the ridiculous room I was offered before (reception being a very busy and therefore noisy area in any hotel) so i took it.  

There is standing water outside the front of the block and a stagnant water pool outside the window of the room, so I would not care to stay here in summer (I visited in December 2015) as the mosquitos must be at epidemic level. The shower was luke warm and the water pressure was a trickle on each of the two days I stayed here.

Sleep quality was good, and even though it is a 10 minute walk to the centre of Luang Prabang, I rather liked this as I like walking anyway, the streets are safe and it is lovely to see the people sitting outside their houses shooting the breeze in this rather lovely little village.

Breakfast is buffet style, and had a poor selection. The wi-fi only works well in reception, but there are plenty of comfy seats to choose from.

Ban Lao

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