Hàn Huyên Homestay — Hotel in Hội An

Hoi An is a UNESCO World Heritage town, with more than 800 well-preserved historic buildings, among which there is no tourist accommodation to be had. Most tourist accommodations therefore are located further than an easy walk’s distance to the west north and east of the Old Town, and every day the Old Town is flooded with tourists coming in on a day-trip, all staying it seems for many hours. A remarkably better option, however, is to stay to the immediate south of the Old Town across the short pedestrian bridge to the small island of An Hoi, a quiet residential neighborhood a world apart from the tourist scene, with a number of homestay establishments dotted around. The Han Huyen Homestay itself is exceptionally well-located, conveniently tucked away peacefully within a four block radius of the Old Town bridge to the north, the very active brightly lit Night Market and restaurants to the east, and a row of covered open air eateries to the west, with a delicious meal to be had at any one of them for the equivalent of about five US dollars. ||||Han Huyen Homestay provides an excellent lodging, quite different from being at a hotel. It is a spacious three-story four-generation family affair, a very pleasant and well-run establishment where one feels like a welcome foreign guest of the family rather than a customer. Each member of the two middle generations does their part, from the oldest daughter’s prompt and clear correspondence arranging the room booking and pickup from the Danang airport (at a nicely reasonable rate), and the sons’ handling the day-to-day business side of things and giving tourist advice, to the youngest very pregnant daughter-in law sweetly serving the ample and tasty breakfast included in the rate, the other daughter-in-law keeping the large and comfortably well-appointed guest rooms and ensuite bathrooms spotlessly clean, the father’s seeing my need for an umbrella one rainy morning and producing one without my asking for it, and the mother inviting me to join the family for lunch on my last day there. I stayed for three nights in March 2018 and would very...

Firstly: the location is excellent. This homestay is definitely ideal for an easy location to the night market and old town. It’s easy walking distance to everything you need, with little shops selling water and snacks within a minute walk and all the restaurants and bars you could want within 5 minutes. For an easy point to get into Hoi An old town, this is a great place. ||Secondly: It’s not great for the service though, mostly due to what seemed like poor communication. For instance, mini bar items (including water) are not free, but this wasn’t posted anywhere nor where we told. It’s not expensive, just a bit weird that they didn’t provide drinkable water without a cost (or tell us that it had a cost).||There was also an annual family party happening when we stayed, which involved very loud music at the front of the property. Also fine, but there was absolutely no communication about it prior. There were multiple times we could have been just given us a heads up about the window-shakingly loud party, but we weren’t told at all. We only found out when we tried to get back inside at 6pm but found 40 guests in the front yard and the front door blocked.||Other than that, pretty spotty WiFi and not a lot of English. Would probably recommend eating out for breakfast as well, lots of much better options nearby. Hot water ran out after about 3 minutes each shower, but clean rooms and nice balconies. Definitely recommend getting a corner room with two windows! The rooms were great sizes.||We have stayed in other places in Hoi An, so the lack of hospitality was stark in comparison to the friendly, helpful nature of everyone else we had met. Overall, would probably not recommend, apart from...

This was my first trip to Vietnam and I didn’t even know what a “homestay” was, but I knew that I didn’t want to stay in some modern high-rise (I don’t think they even have those in central Hoi An). Fortunately for me, I stumbled upon Han Huyen Homestay and I’m very happy that I did. It’s a perfectly charming and inexpensive alternative that I found to be quite ideal. It’s owned and operated by a lovely live-in family, who couldn’t have been more welcoming and attentive to my needs. It felt like a sweet little boutique hotel, but with a family touch. Mine was a large room with a king-sized bed, quiet (sure, there’s the occasional barking dog and crowing rooster, but this is Southeast Asia. They go with the territory), comfortable, and squeaky clean. I really liked the shower and the wifi connection, two things that can be a little sketchy in similarly inexpensive places, but they were great at Han Huyen. It’s located on a lovely little back street, where kids play in the street and families gather. It’s far enough away from the bars and restaurants along the river that you can’t even hear them (there is the occasional wedding, of course, but you can hear those from miles away, it seems). At the same time, it’s within a five-minute walk of the Ancient City and the magic of the nightly lantern boat spectacle. The night market is also just a couple of blocks away. I found the location to be ideal, and the family is very sweet. I highly recommend Han Huyen...