Hotel de Souriant Boutique Hanoi

We made this hotel the Basecamp of our trip in North Vietnam. Friendly and helpful staff. Very good breakfast with a good selection of fresh fruits and Vietnamese dishes. Main landmarks of Hanoï are within walking distance. The only thing is the noise until late in the night. Should be fine if you can bear earplugs or if you go late to bed.

Best location. Near to all the cool places. The hotel personnel was so professional and nice welcoming.

Unfortunately we did not have the best start to our trip, but things fortunately settled down and got better as the stay progressed. When we arrived we were greeted with bad news that our hotel had a wiring problem and that we were going to be moved to a “5 star” hotel. All they did was move us to another branch of May De Ville - where we had to walk to with our luggage before checking in. Secondly, the first two nights we complained about guests who were making a noise past midnight, including partying in the passages with their doors open. After day one they moved us to a new floor. And guess what, it continued to happen the following night. After complaints to reception failed to help or solve the issues, my wife and I dealt with the problem ourselves and had to deal with the unmannered guests. The reception told us to put in earplugs they had given us and tried to blame the noise on outside parties, (wonderful hospitality right?) although it happened on both levels we stayed in and was clearly people in the vip rooms partying with their doors open. We also continuously asked for our aircon to be changed from heat to cool, which they took all 4 days of our trip to get right before we had one night of cool air to sleep with. Due to TET, everything including room service was closed, and all prices increased without any prior guidance, and most meals in the hotel were never in stock. A great location, but honestly we much preferred being outside of the hotel as much as possible.