Le Luxe Boutique Hotel

Simply put, Le Luxe Boutique Hotel is one of my favorite hotel in Vientiane. I stayed here since my first visit to the city (just a couple of months when the hotel first opened). The hotel is right next door to the super luxe Ansara. While it's in the city center, it's also tucked away in the small soi so that it's cushioned from crowd and noise. I love the location as it's walkable to a lot of nice restaurants, shops, and cafes that I frequent. Also, I get super good rate here. TIPS: You can contact them directly to book a room. I told them the price I got from online booking and I can usually get 20% lower price. The downside is that some of the rooms start to show its age. I had to stay in the superior room on my first night (since the other rooms were all booked). I could see that some paint starting to peel and the towels had frayed. I highly recommend Executive or Deluxe Room. Those are really nice and had that nice colonial airy design. I hope they will fix up some of those rooms. Besides a very good price, I really love the service. It's not your luxury chain type service but it's very personable. Even though the last time I stayed here was 2 years ago, the two staffs still remember me when I checked in. Wow. But it also speaks volume about how they treat their people when they still have the same staff since they first opened their doors. They just need to fix up some of the signs of wear/tear. That's probably my only quibble. Having said that, Le Luxe will continue to be my go-to place when I visit Vientiane...assuming they don't get booked out (which they seem to do more often than not on my past couple visits).