Wow I am so surprised at the amount of reviewers who have complained about the noise! I just stayed here for 4 nights and I had no problems. It was so quiet and peaceful.. Maybe because the hotel was not full as it is their quiet season I think? Anyways I slept easily and was never woken once. The service in the hotel was excellent, the staff ate so polite and friendly. I loved breakfast , they cook it fresh for you- you get a fruit salad, juice, tea/ coffee, a selection of bread , toast and croissants and then eggs and bacon.
The location of the hotel is nice. at first I thought it was a bit of a distance but Luang Prabang is such a small place and it is only a 10 minute walk to the main street.
I didn't eat in the hotel restataunt but there is a really nice German restataunt very close to the hotel- you come out of the hotel little lane and go left , then cross the road and go right and it's on the right maybe a two minute walk from there. The food is lovely and home made! The pancakes are fab!! And so is the ice cream :o)
overall, I would recommend this hotel, I really liked it and have no complaints!

The location of the Villa Maydou is very convenient, not in the very center of Luang Prabang but since it's a pretty small city you can go everywhere easily. It's located next to a Temple but I don't agree with those who say it's noisy. It's a very quiet place with a very nice garden where you can have a drink, dinner etc.
Rooms are spacious and nicely decorated. The staff is very friendly and they always try to help you. Food at the restaurant is also very well prepared and served. I highly recommend this hotel.

Knowing by former reviews there was a high risk for noise, we asked for a quiet room (we had booked an "superior room" - which probably means we had to climb a staircase.
We heard every noise from our downstairs' neighbors, even their most discrete cough. Come to think about it, we could even see their light through the cracks between the floor boards.

Notwithstanding our clear asking for a quiet room we got waken up every night at 03:30 and at 05:40 because of the bell ringing and/or the banging on the drum from the (very) nearby monastery. Moreover, the first night we "enjoyed" a kind of karaoke event held in a house just across a cycling/walking path. Conclusion : no sleep during our whole stay.

But : when booking via the internet we had to pay the whole amount in advance : in fact the owner has been very explicit about that. So we were obliged to stay there during our visit in the otherwise beautiful town of Luang Prabang, otherwise we would have moved out after the first night. Moreover it is situated at about 20 minutes - half an hour from the center of the city.

The breakfast is very basic : the kind of thing you expect in a guesthouse not in a quote unquote Boutique Hotel.

We paid 396,00 US$ for the 3 nights, while we paid 420 US$ for a four night stay at a Vientiane 5-star hotel in Vientiane (including a full breakfast - gym - swimming pool).

So price/quality is absolutely bad. We then compared to other hotels in Luang Prabang and the only advice we can give to other travelers to that wonderful city : stay out of it.

The only positive point we can mention is the gentleness of the staff.

We staid one night in this hotel. Of course it is very charming these old buildings but rooms are very very noisy! in evening, you can hear your neighbours speaking and upstairs neighbours walking... and during the night ( 4 or 5 AM), this is the wake up call ( bells ringing) for the monks next door... then they started to cut some wood... terrible night! we were very tired in the morning....
breakfast is average and service not very good for such high price hotel.
Staff didn t make a lot of efforts to arrange a good stay for us, I think they prefer group travelers, with people never complaining....