Struggled to find accomodation in Vientiane & only after phoning around finally found a room here.
In serious need of a face lift, but staff friendly & helpful. Room clean & comfortable. Quiet but centrally located.

There was nothing extra special about this hotel. The more popular ones had been booked out and someone suggested trying it. They had tons of space and I finally ended up in a suite for $25. This suite was a very large cosy room with amenities. I never saw many people there but for the size of the hotel I wonder how they stay afloat. I was comfortable and the bath was clean. I had no view but there is not really much to see from that location.

I would like to think that the female receptionist was not trying to rob me with the rates quoted even though the sign on the counter was saying something different. The other staff members were cool and even went out of their way to get stuff done for me, deliver an important message, which I truly did appreciate, get me pizza from outside after the restaurant had closed and arrange transport for me to get to Luang Prabang at short notice. It was a nice spacious hotel and I cant figure why more people were not there as it is fairly centrally located in the town. They probably prefer the riverside.

One thing I realized later is that I should have bargained to lower the rate. It was affordable however and as I said before the staff was quite cool.

I stayed two nights at the Asian Pavilion in Vientiane in 11/2006. If you have other options - stay somewhere else. We stayed in their 'suite' for $50. I won't go into details but they tried to convince us a regular room was the suite first. The windows did not fit in the frames and there were no screens. I woke up with a dozen mosquito bites. There were little ants every where. I found the help dishonest and unpleasant. In short - if you have a choice stay somewhere else.

Whilst this was once one of The hotels of the region it has faded fast and cannot compete with the quality new hotels of SE asia and at first is a bit of a let down after being in a new hotel.

There were no traces - appart from the large room size - of the old style.

Important - it is still known as the Asian Pavillion not even the staff call it the Humduang Boutique, far less taxi drivers.

Great location 30 m from the Plaza Hotel and just round the corner from the fountain.

Run down but large rooms with working AC but only a few lights worked. The odd mozzie, some ants but no cockroches, The shower was disconnected but the one in the bath (for shorter people) worked.

Very seventies, uninspiring, fundamentally clean, friendly helpfull staff. Did not eat there.