Saigon Hotel

Great location, easy walking distance to all District 1 attractions. Plenty of choices for breakfast and the restaurant was never crowded. We even had a view of the river.

Every member of staff that I met on a daily basis was very friendly and informative. Not everyone spoke great English but on the whole, the frequency of good verbal English language skills was superior to some other neighbouring countries. Keep up the good work Vietnam ! It is much appreciated.

Yes, there was some construction noise during the working day, probably due to renovations in an adjacent wings (this happens at many hotels around the World and I guess it is just unlucky if it happens during your stay). Also, there is a famous historical Mosque across the road from the hotel, built in 1935. That is all great and very interesting but some people like ourselves, who were in a room facing down at the Mosque, were woken up around 04:30 in the morning due to "Call to prayers". I have no issue with that, as it does not last ling as I have experienced this in Muslim countries. I just was not expecting it in Vietnam, thinking (albeit wrongly) that it was a communist country with a few Christians, Bhuddists and some other religious denominations. I just thought I would mention it in case some guests do not like being woken up early in the morning.

I was staying in room# 602 for two nights, but the Vietnamese family next room were very loudly at 11:30pm night time. After I called the reception, they became very quite. So, I wanna say thank you to the reception staff on 8/12th night.