This hotel is in a small laneway in the heart of the backpacker area. The hotel is small and the staff were lovely. They spoke excellent English and were very helpful. They suggested lots of local restaurants and food to try. We found lots of places where we were the only non-veitnamese - so lots of places we would not... More

Perfect service, the staff can't be faulted. In a great location, and the little alleyway beautiful with local kids playing football. I loved HCMC. Our room was the least nice that we'd stayed in during our trip. The photos of white and blue furnishings aren't what we saw. We were in room 301. The window looks onto the wall next... More

Booked for 2 nights at Blue River 1, stayed for 6 nights. $27 for 2, including A1 air-con, TV, b/fast. Room made daily, hotel super clean, friendly staff, good security. Very quiet, spacious room, very comfy beds. Well located in District 1. Maybe not the best place to book your tours.

The staff were very friendly, and very helpful. They gave me advices on where to go and what to do since i was travelling alone. They even booked tours for me. All in all, my travel to Vietnam alone is one of the best experience in my life.

Very friendly and helpful staff. Very spacious, clean rooms and excellent wifi. In a trendy part of the city close to centre. Stayed for five nights altogether. In a very busy laneway so there was some street noise and construction noise from another hotel.

This hotel is a fake. Pictures of the hotel room shown on their Web site present some dream-rooms, with nothing between them and the reality (at least for those we could see). We stayed at the Blue River Hotel for two nights March 25, 26 2013 and it was an awful experience. The room was tiny and very dirty. The... More

Clean , friendly staff , tucked away from the main road so the noise is not an issue . The breakfast is simple but fine .. Rooms are clean and of a good size . Its run by a lovley familiy who are more than happy to advise you of what to do in HCMC .. The airport transfers are... More

Blue River was great for us. We booked through agoda and had no problems with the booking. As we were arriving after dark we emailed Blue River to arrange a pick up at the airport - a bit dearer than a taxi but no worry about being ripped off or not being able to find the place - this was... More

The location is great, and the room was reasonably quiet, down an alley off the main street. And the staff were kind, helpful, and pleasant. However, my room #303 was quite shoddy, the walls were filthy, dirty and in desperate need of a scrub and new paint. Faucet was completely loose, shower faucet barely worked, towel bar almost ready to... More