Mường Thanh Quy Nhon Hotel — Hotel in Quy Nhơn

I stayed at this brilliant and very under-rated hotel for two weeks, and I have nothing but praise for the staff of the hotel, and the hotel, and rooms themselves: my stay was everything I hoped for...and more.|||| I wanted to be away from the main touristed area, and chose this hotel on the eastern end of Quy Nhon Bay accordingly, and I was not disappointed: I saw only two foreigners the entire time, and that suits me fine, as I want to spend as much time with the Vietnamese people as possible.|||| When I arrived at Phu Cat, which is some 30 kilometers from the city, I found the transfer driver waiting patiently for me outside the airport, and that was an early indication of the hotel staff's efficiency, Phu Cat is sufficiently far from the city that it does pay to organise the transfer before hand, for the distance, the price was extremely reasonable, and the driver was very safe. ||||Upon arrival, I was warmly welcomed by Ms Trinh and Mr Dung, and I was escorted to the room, which was spacious, very clean and well-maintained, and at night, extremely quiet, which is always a bonus anywhere in Asia. The room also had a great view, everything worked perfectly in the room, and it was spotless, plus there was a great view of Quy Nhon Bay just outside. ||||I went out and sat in the lovely, cool, shady outside garden settling which is part of the hotel complex, and had a great meal of pho and a couple of 333 beers, and just sat and watched and listened, I was the only foreigner there, so it was great to be among all Vietnamese people. The beach out front of the hotel is as good as any of the others I saw in the area, so there is literally no need to go searching for a 'better beach'...it is right across the road from the hotel!||||Next morning, I met the other two reception staff, Ms Thuy and Mr Hao, and they were also wonderfully friendly and extremely helpful with anything I needed. I also spent time with one of the hotel's drivers, Mr Bao, and he was a very careful, thoughtful young man, even though my Vietnamese was not sufficient to communicate freely, we had the best time anywhere we went, he was great, ask for him if you want to go anywhere!! The staff is one one of the great assets of this hotel, their English put my Vietnamese to shame, so conversing with them was easy...there was never a morning where I was not greeted by name, and when I returned from a walk each day, it was the same, they always made time to have a chat if their work allowed. ||||I felt part of a family at the hotel, not just a guest passing through, and that's a rare thing.|||| Breakfast is really great value, there was so much terrific food on hand, I hardly ate during the rest of the day, nothing was too much trouble for the wait staff in the large and well-laid out dining room: the chef cooks the best omlettes and eggs going, just perfect to go with the pho, noodles, rice and fantasticly fresh baguette bread rolls and various other local Vietnamese foods.||||The hotel's location is also perfect, just a short walk down Nguyen Hue will take you into the centre of town and the beautiful boulevard D Lo Nguyen Tat Thanh, which is where the original airstrip in Quy Nhon was located in the early years...it is now a spectacular, open and very beautiful part of the city....walking back to the hotel from there, one can take any of the small side-streets and see a Vietnam not seen much at many of the more touristed areas.||||I cannot recommend this hotel enough if you want to be away from the madding crowd, eat traditional Vietnamese food and be among the Vietnamese and not cut off from them as you are if you stay at the south-western end of the beach in more western-style hotels.||||My only regret is that I have to wait a year until I can get back...

I have stayed here on numerous occasions, and I can highly recommend it. The whole 'khach san' - Tieng Viet for 'hotel' - has been recently refurbished and a great job has been done: the hotel represents superb value: a great breakfast is included, the staff at Le Tan reception desk are just wonderful and can't do enough to help. I used Quy Nhon as an exploration base to the Central Highlands for a long time, and the staff got to know my needs, and without them, I would not have managed to find the places I was looking for as the driver they set me up with spoke no English, I spoke no Vietnamese, but all I did was give a hand-drawn map to the wonderful staff at Reception, and I never had a problem. I went with Mr Bao for many years, and we because very good friends, even though we could not actually talk to each other in a common language: but then, good mates don't require a lot of words, just feelings is a universal language. For many years, I had that city to almost myself, as it was extremely rare to see a foreigner, which suited me perfectly, as I travel alone and like to be in a completely Vietnamese world. I see things many others never get to see because I am so closely related to the Vietnamese families I know there, but of late, I am beginning to see the beginning of the end of my solitude: the hordes from Nha Trang and Da Nang are moving towards the true Central Viet Nam, and alas, it is a sad thing to see. Of course, I am as guilty as anyone else in trying to find a place where I can be among Vietnamese completely, but I do my best to blend in. I have blended in so well evidently that one Vietnamese family has 'adopted' me, as I am old and their wonderful tradition is such that they take care of the elderly, so I am 'bac Kim', or 'Uncle Kim'. Kim is a rather common name in Viet Nam, so I use that for their comfort. I, on the other hand, do my best to blunder trying to pronounce their names correctly....but they don't mind:...

The hotel manager, Mr. Ho Le Vuong, arranged pickup at the airport (former Phu Cat AB) roughly 43 Km from the hotel, a day trip in Binh Dinh Province to visit some of the Champa Kingdom Stupa Towers, Tay Son and to the rail station in the suburb village Dieu Tri for departure to Nha Trang. This was arranged through advance contact with him by myself and Buffalo Tours Saigon aka HCMC office. He arranged for a hotel employee (English speaking assistant manager) and a driver to view several of the Champa Towers (Hindu Khmer Stupas) in the Province along with the old palace at Tay Son. The hotel lobby is well appointed, the staff was also friendly. The breakfast buffet was primarily Asian oriented but if requested eggs for a western style breakfast would be made to order either chicken or duck eggs available. The lunch and dinner menus were somewhat limited, I was disappointed with the Seafood selection especially since Quy Nhon is a fishing port. The room was adequate certainly not modern, no ocean front rooms are available in the hotel. I had worked as a civilian contractor in Quy Nhon in 1972 and 1973 and wanted to see the changes. Back then Quy Nhon had no modern hotels, it does now and is striving to become another beach resort...