Just a word on the Star Hotel. If you pay by credit card, they slap on an extra fee - probably the fee the credit card company charges them.

This is a bad practise and not allowed. Since we did not carry much cash, we had to by by card but complained later to the credit card company.

We are residents in Vietnam and are quite used to any standards of accomodation. The Star Hotel, we found, was the the unfairest deal regarding price compared to delivery we ever had. It's not even worthwhile to discuss the below-average breakfast, the overstaffing with more people playing with cell phones than actually caring about guests, nor would we discuss the dismal suite we were given having the size and appointment of any deluxe room in any lower standard hotel. For this we paid 90USD. In the same area are beautiful hotels for half the price such as the Spring Hotel, Medal Hotel, Bong Sen Hotel etc. The Star Hotel should be given a miss.

i stayed here twice within a few days, i found it to be in a great location, not too far away from everything, but far enough to get away from most of the noise.

the rooms where beautifully decorated, the foyer was stunning, breakfast wa ..ok ...staff...well mainly very broken english was spoken, the doormen where exceptional.

i stayed on the 10th floor both times, we had great views...but when they have a power outage for hours at a time.....those stairs can be deadly !

all in all i would stay there again, a very nice hotel!

This hotel is well located in District 1, just near the new Park Hyatt, Caravelle and Sheraton Hotels. The whole hotel is tiled, so the noise in the hallways just echoes into your room. Unfortunately when we stayed there was also building works next to the hotel, so there was drilling and banging from 8am onwards. Satellite TV stations were not tuned in and it took a couple of days to get it fixed. Great airconditioning, great shower, and breakfast was OK. Front of house staff were not always helpful.