For Laos, this is a pretty reasonable hotel. Previous reviews didnt make sense when i read them :P but they were written awhile ago. But when we were staying there they were completing the last of the renovations. The walls of the lobby and hallways are beautifully painted in lovely oriental artwork. The room we stayed in was very beautiful... more

This hotel was taiwanese owned. They have new owners and is now called Ramayana Gallery Hotel. Currently they are remodeling so it might be better afterwards. So my writing is on the pre-remodeled rooms. My first room smelled like an ashtray so I requested a non-smoking room. The non-smoking room was better but it still smelled like smoke and had... more

probably the worst place i have ever stayed but they would not give us a refund. The rooms are old and mouldy. the walls in the hotel are all buckled so you feel like the hotel will fall down! the lamp shades are old and crocked the place is dirty. Do not stay here it's very bad and to top... more

A 15 year old building that appears to have been poorly maintained since its constrcution. The staff could not show me a room with working air conditioning and all lights functioning after an hour of trying. None of the staff knew when the air condiitoners had last been serviced but the accumulated filth in them indicated a considerable time ago.... more

TV may not be important to some travellers, but the Royal Dok was the first place I've stayed in three months of touring SE Asia that didn't have a single English TV station. I received CNBC but without audio. For 40 usd I found the Royal a tad high and too far of a walk late at night when returning... more

The hotel is very well located in Vientiane, close to the Monument. Everything OK, although nothing special to mention. We enjoyed the Morning Market, close from the hotel, where you can buy lots of traditional laotian handycrafts. Very cheap, but you have to bargain anyway! But it's even cheaper in Luang Prabang, if you are going there as well. more