Beware of the Phuong Nam hotel in Hanoi

External Since: Oct 03, 2006 Posts: 2

My girlfriend and I were taken to the Phuong Nam hotel at 16 Bao Khanh
St in Hanoi by the airport mini bus. The receptionist told us that
they were the Freedom Hotel and so did the driver and other guy (?)
that sat in the front with him. The hotel wasn't that bad but the
night life in there was.

The hotel is a short time hotel for very young boys and mainly fat old
western men. The staff were really horrible and after we complained
seemed to want to tease us about it. Lots of sneering and whispers as
we came and left. We stupidly paid for two nights in advance because
we had booked by email the other hotel. We checked out and into the
real Freedom Hotel and it was very nice with no ugly and horrid
business. Please be very careful.

These monsters make me sick. Lee Mathews.

External Since: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 17

mehere wrote:
> My girlfriend and I were taken to the Phuong Nam hotel at 16 Bao Khanh
> St in Hanoi by the airport mini bus. The receptionist told us that
> they were the Freedom Hotel and so did the driver and other guy (?)
> that sat in the front with him. The hotel wasn't that bad but the
> night life in there was.
>
> The hotel is a short time hotel for very young boys and mainly fat old
> western men. The staff were really horrible and after we complained
> seemed to want to tease us about it. Lots of sneering and whispers as
> we came and left. We stupidly paid for two nights in advance because
> we had booked by email the other hotel. We checked out and into the
> real Freedom Hotel and it was very nice with no ugly and horrid
> business. Please be very careful.
>
> These monsters make me sick. Lee Mathews.

Wow, I'm sorry to hear you had such a bad time in Hanoi. I imagine I
would have also been unhappy if I'm correctly interpreting what you're
saying.

We stayed in Hanoi for a very short time and luckily, the place we
stayed (can't even remember it's name) wasn't bad at all. That was via
the Saigon Tourist travel agency, which to the best of my knowledge is
basically the Government's tourist agency.

Most of our trip was based out of Saigon in a small hotel right in the
middle of town. It was really nice. I hope your next trip is much
better than this one appears to have been because Vietnam is a really
great place with great people.

Charles R. Whealton
Charles Whealton @ pleasedontspam.com