Golden Crown Hotel — Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

My first time in Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City. The first this I want to make all traveler to this city is, SCOOTERS! This city is drowning in them. It is best you pay close attention when crossing the streets here. ||||Second is the smell. I can actually count the times we smelt fresh air. The traffic and the smell of exhaust is everywhere. Besides that the city was okay. We came here thinking it was going to be great savings, I will say our hotel was the only place that we considered cheap. ||||The Golden Crown Hotel Ho Chi Minh was very close to the airport and 10 minutes by taxi away from “downtown”. I read many review how bad the hotel was, but I will differ. ||||Yes, it did have a moldy smell in the elevator but that was it. Our room was small but very clean. The. Bed was hard but still got a good nights rest. The bathroom was acceptable but the sink drain took for ever to drain the water. Lastly the refrigerator did not work but that was okay.||||The breakfast was sub par but doable. Also, the staff was very very friendly. I had no problems communicating in English and they where very helpful when I had any questions. ||||Overall this was a doable 2 star hotel at a goodwill price. If you go to this hotel looking for top star accommodation, don't. I would recommend this hotel for short stays or if you're planning on seeing the city a lot. ...

Hotel room was nice and tidy and spacious. Location was convenient. But I had two problems. I have booked hotel rooms online there was not check in time written in the receipt only date was written. When I went to the Hotel at 10am they said I have to wait until 2pm because my check in time is 2pm. I requested receptionist that I am tired travelling by long way from Sri Lanka to Vietnam. Cant wait till 2pm and there is not time written in receipt. So she asked me to pay extra bugs to check in. Also there were lots of bugs, fly and mosquitos on morning breakfast items. I noticed them but it was same next day two. So need to organize breakfast from somewhere else. Their breakfast is not healthy and even they put the lid on top even they show there are lot of bugs running over...

What an awful experience this hotel was. My wife and I stayed here for one night during an 8hour layover in the city.|Our room was dingey, the sheets on the bed smelled damp, and we were joined by a number of uninvited mosquitos and a dead cockroach in a windowless room.||This nightmare continued when the fire alarm went off at 2:30am! A loud and antiquated ringing woke us up and scared the living day lights out of us. But as we scrambled to get our clothes on and get ready to evacuate, it stopped. Angry but tired, we climbed back into bed and just as we dozed off, the alarm started again!! This happened a total of 3 times throughout the night.||This was a complete waste of money as I barely slept. I would have got a better nights sleep on the floor...