Mao Pha Sok Riverside Guesthouse — Hotel in Luang Prabang

I stayed in double rooms for 10 nights. Rooms 777 & 888 - upstairs in the main reception building. Room 777 was dark but quiet. Room 888 was light, airy and had a nicer view of the river yet less quiet. ||What I liked about my stay - the guesthouse is clean, convenient to the main part of town (5min walk), beds were comfortable and you are located right on the Nam Khan River. There is a minimart, laundry & affordable places to eat just around the corner. ||What I didn't enjoy about my stay - whilst room 888 is a very nice light-filled room, you get all the noise of the local backpacker/tourist bar 'Utopia' until 11:30pm, so if you are a light sleeper or wanting to go to bed early this is not the room for you. I was glad to be leaving for alternate accommodation due to the noise. I also felt uncomfortable on occasions with one of the reception boys, he was unnecessarily sleezy & inappropriate at times (although I got the impression he is looking for other work from conversations I had with him). I was also a little concerned that my key could also open other rooms in the guesthouse, so do not expect your belongs to be completely safe. Also, even though the guesthouse is located right on the river, there is rubbish & building rubbish sitting around the access point so it isn't pleasant to sit there. ||Wifi was ok - not great.||In saying all of that, the family who I believe own the guesthouse appear to be lovely and they were doing some improvements while I stayed there. It is worth a look if you are needing somewhere to sleep for a few nights. I would stay there again for one or two...

I was looking for something on the quiet side of town and not ridiculously expensive||This worked out. ||The photos definitely look more glamorous. ||But the room was overall quite comfortable. ||The rooms facing the open side - have smoke smell wafting through. I am allergic to smoke and when I mentioned this, they helped me to change my room immediately. ||The surrounding is very serene - next to the river (not Mekong). The view if quite nice in the morning and evening. ||||Positives: ||Quiet & Serene||Friendly and helpful staff||Well kept ||The breakfast is basic but good and filling||Cleaning is done/ waste basket is emptied||Small water bottles are placed daily||Very basic tissue rolls (super tiny) - but they exist ||Places to eat / get coffee or breakfast at are close by||||||What might get to you/ Negatives: ||Wifi is a bit moody||The staff starts early with their activities - and you will hear noises as early as 530 AM||The white lights are a bit depressing in the room - Everyone should really switch to yellow lights ||The bathroom mirrors need some serious cleaning OR a change||The beds/cushions don't exactly feel too fresh - and this is more a function of this being a guesthouse than a hotel ||Walk to the main market is about 700 meters||||Amenities in the Room: ||Water bottles, tissue rolls, water heater in the bathroom, a towel, bathroom slippers (but not the one time use ones), mosquito repellant, air-conditioner, exhaust fan, bodywash gel and hair shampoo gel (did not use)||||Overall a satisfying stay for the budget I...

We stumpled upon this guesthouse because the one we wanted to stay was fully booked. The owner proved to be unprofessional and unpolite. Here some examples:|- the 7 bed dorm has only one key which is held in a basket on the table at the entrance, therefore potentially everyone could take it and access people's belongings|- I accidentally forgot the keys inside and I closed the door behind, locking myself out. In a normal guesthouse the owner should have a copy of room's keys, but he doesn't (and we didn't know he didn't have it, we discovered it only then). He then got upset and wanted to charge us 35,000kip to open it and, when we refused, he took a handful of tools and threw them on the table shouting to us "now you open the door!". We obviously refused and left for a bike ride and when we came back the door handler had been broken, and you couldn't close the door anymore, leaving it open the whole time.|- he didn't mentioned to us that the water doesn't run for most of the day due to pipe work and we discovered it when we wanted to have a shower.|- he was very insistent with money, pretending that we pay room and services immediately.|- ultimately, this morning he told us he wasn't going to serve us the breakfast, without providing any reason.||At least the bed are comfortable, but don't look under them, there are all sort of things and a thick layer of dust. ||Our suggestion: avoid...