Name: Mr Tho's Bungalows
Address: Ban Dondet ,Khong district Champasak Province, 06000 Don Det, Laos, Khong Island, Khong Island, Khong Island, 06000, Laos
Rating: 7

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Restaurant

Snack bar

Bottled water (at extra charge)

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Car rental

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English

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Barbecue grill(s)

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Sun Deck

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Mr Tho's Bungalows

Khong Island

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Our double deluxe room was a good size, timber floors with large windows/ doors and curtains for privacy, opening onto the shared balcony each room with its own hammock to laze the day away or rest after a bike ride around the island. Lyn and Ting were very welcoming and easy to communicate with, good with banter and helping to arrange travel and scooters. We ate in the restaurant several times and the food is freshly prepared made to order. The restaurant consists of a lovely timber deck overlooking the river and a perfect place to sit with a drink/meal.  Would definitely return and recommend it, we also liked that the buildings and gardens were looked after and clean and it was located away from the busier part of the island. The cheaper bungalow rooms looked good at a glance.

Good quality all round

We booked this place because it was away from the main town area of the Island so it would be quieter. When we arrived we knew we had booked a wooden bungalow but then got shown a double room out the back which was a nice surprise because somehow we got a free upgrade 👍🏻 No aircon because we didn’t want to pay more for the room but the fan was enough. Slow wifi in the room but as soon as you step outside it works really well! 
After looking at what the other accomodation looked like on the Island I think Mr Tho’s is one of the best! 

Basic but good

Its a lovely place to stay , room has balcony and hammock , its very spacious and has a floor standing fan .Accommodation has its own restaurant , laundry and tour service .I dont recommend getting your laundry done here as we had other peoples clothes , they had ours and it wasnt really clean .
Some of the staff dont speak or understand english but they do try and manage to take food orders etc .
Its a little more expensive than a lot of places and quite far away from the main area for bars and restaurants but it makes a nice walk on an evening .

Good accommodation

Thanks to its location on sunrise-side, the restaurant is a nice place to chill during the day. But the food is average and breakfast is disappointing: If you stay at the guesthouse your breakfast is included in the price. However you chose between 3 set-menus which are either eggs, pancake or soup - all served with a quite small fruit plate and either Lipton black tea or Lao coffee and a glass of water. The menu shows other interesting options (musli, other drinks, ...) but for these ones you would need to pay extra! Considering the high price of the rooms, this breakfast policy is disappointing.
The fan room in the main building is good, though too expensive (elsewhere in Laos you would get the same quality for half the price!). At least the rooms should be cleaned and the bin emptied every once in a while (which didn't happen during my 5-night stay)! The fan was broken (still working though) and the moskitonet had holes. 
They also scam people with the bus tickets! For some reason I had to pay 10,000 LAK more than a fellow traveler who booked the exact same trip! And they try to make money with an over-average laundry price.

The conclusion is:
This would be a nice place to stay at if it was half the price! It is too expensive for what you get. Also, buy your ticket elsewhere on the island and use other laundry services.

Nice place but too expensive/scam

Its really far from the centre, the new bungalows are nice but the toilets don't flush all the time, really nasty! They charged me twice, by creditcard (booking.com) and cash. After I found out they only said, we can give you cash back but I was already somewhere else. Bad service! Would not recommend this, there are a lot of other places!

Far away from centre and bad service

Real shame with this one. First rooms we booked looked idyllic on the river front but are sauna-esk, forcing us to upgrade to the aircon rooms. Air con rooms were much better in fairness and is why this gets a 2 not a 1. 

Breakfast however was shocking, ants in the food AND mouldy bread, difficult to find this acceptable.

Check-in included a 40 minute wait in mid day heat and post 20+ minute walk with bags.

Lastly, reception was run predominantly by children which meant it lacked any real strong operation or service. 

I should add that we stayed here whilst Mr Tho was away and can only hope this is why there was issues, however if you leave on business you should ensure your staff can handle it!

Lacking

We arrived at checkin time, and had to wait an hour for an adult to show up and point vaguely towards our rooms. We initially booked to stay in the waterfront bungalows, however as soon as we set foot inside and realised they were provided with a weak fan, and not air con, we decided to upgrade. The bungalows are overpriced considering how basic they are and the lack of air con. 
There rarely seems to be an adult at reception, instead there is a gaggle of children who are expected to run the place with little to no English. 
The breakfast is substantial and nice enough. 
Quite far away from the main village. 

Overpriced and run by children 

Do not stay here: the rooms are dirty, the beds have bed bugs and they refuse to help you with solving these problems. We booked with Mr. tho's through Booking.com two bungalows with riverview for three nights. When we arrived yesterday (February 2nd) at 1300, they had given our bungalows away to other guests and only had garden view rooms left. These were dirty and smelled disgusting. We took the rooms anyway and paid. Today, after coming home from dinner around 2200, we found one of the rooms infested with bugs and bed bugs all over the bed. We refused to let our children sleep in the room another night. We couldn't find anyone who spoke English; apparently, they put their children in charge at night. When they called the "boss," he told us he was in the hospital, but we heard karaoke in the background. Anyway, they refused to help us, refused to give our money back for the two remaining nights and refused call a new hotel for us. We had to arrange for a new hotel at 2300 on a Friday night with two children. Stay away!

Stay away: dirty rooms, bed bugs and dishonest service

The bungalows were not clean, especially for the bathrooms it is urgently necessary to renovate them.The flush of the toilet was fixed with a temporary arrangement (a dirty string!) The electrical socket in the room was an adventure! 
The staff does not speak more than three words of english and don't look motivated at all. 
The owner-lady did not show any hospitality as we asked for another bungalow even that we were waiting for a change already since three days. And we were always friendly and patient. Instead of another bungalow  she offered us a room at the backside.  She just tries to fill up all her rooms and looks only for the money. 
Mr. Tho is friendly but that doesn't help out of the uncomfortable atmosphere which the lady  is spreading.
Also the location is quite far away from the village so you depend on a bicycle-rent ....otherwise you walk and walk and walk......
We did regret that we did not move out earlier....there were many other places for less money and not that far out.....

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