Name: Pan's Residence
Address: Mekong Road, Ban Don Khone, Don Khong District, Khong Island, Khong Island, Khong Island, 01000, Laos
Rating: 8

Air conditioning

Currency exchange

Ticket assistance

Garden

Terrace

General

Room service

Fridge

Family room

Hairdryer

Shower/Bathtub

Shower

Mosquito net

Rooms

Laundry

Safe-deposit box

Wake-up service

Services and amenities

Breakfast

Breakfast in the room

Restaurant

Bottled water

Kettle

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Airport transportation

Car rental

Transfer services

Transfer

English

Japanese

Languages Spoken

Tour assistance

Tourist services

Bike rental

Barbecue grill(s)

Fishing

Sun Deck

Ping-Pong

Recreation

Free Parking on Premises

Parking

Beach facilities

Beach/pool towels

Pool and beach

Massage

Beauty and wellness

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Location

At the hotel

Room amenities

Pan's Residence

Khong Island

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

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king-bed

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limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

The bungalows are a little away from the residence and offer a great opportunity for relaxation and watching the Mekong River. They are built along the waterfront so the reason for coming here, the Mekong is right in front of you. Comfortable, clean and well serviced they offer a good deal with breakfast included in their nearby restaurant.
The staff are superb, particularly Bounmie who will truly go out of his way to ensure you have a tremendous vacation. There are trips to see the sunset over the Mekong (a must do), to see rare Irrawaddy dolphins, and around the island. 
As you would expect, the accommodation is rustic, but just what you want in such a setting. Highly recommended. 

Pan's Bungalow - didn't want to leave

It's a nice basic hotel on the river front to sit and watch river activities and a perfect location for the boat drop off / pick up as literally a few steps away. It's a reasonable price so the room is nothing fancy. But it was clean and the bed comfortable. Lots of noise from the stairs and you can hear guests on the adjoining rooms. Great view for breakfast which was great one day and hopeless the next. Oddly enough for the choice on the island and the kindness off the staff we would probably stay again or up the budget and stay elsewhere but they didn't seem to flash either! 

Good choice 

Most accommodations lined the northern part of the island with almost all of them facing the river.  Pan’s Bungalow wasn’t even a five minute walk from the boat dock and it’s six simple bungalows we’re facing the river with a nice balcony with hammocks.  Despite the remoteness, we were pleased that the bungalow was equipped with AC, hot water, and a fridge.  Other than two or three properties that actually looked like hotels, most accommodations looked similar.  The bungalows are too close together but luckily we were the only guests so we enjoyed the isolation.  We had to walk a few minutes to another property for breakfast but we didn’t mind as the Panoramic Restaurant had one of the best views from the island.  The omelette and pancakes they cooked to order were tasty and filling.


Bungalow

Pros -- conveniently located within steps of the "ferry" dock; clean by SEA standards; the bed was decent only because there were two in the room and we chose to sleep on the mattress not the box spring.  Asians haven't figured out that the two actually go together.  Two beds for the price of one?  The shower was separate from the toilet.  A HUGE plus!!

Cons -- The "office" was never occupied.  We never officially checked in, but some random girl brought a key and let us into our room.  We had reservations for two nights but, after losing electricity (in the entire town) two nights in a row, we left.  When the electricity goes out, so does the water because the pump won't work.  When we checked out, we suddenly met Pan, who spoke decent English.  Up until then, we didn't see one person who seemed to understand us or care.  With lots of sign language, the breakfast server finally understood that we had no power -- when the rest of the building did.  Did anyone check on us?  NO!  The WiFi works better from the restaurant across the road so we bought a coffee to get the password, then walked back to our room to use theirs instead of Pan's.  If we'd broken an ankle trudging through the mud and potholes, where would we have gotten help?  Not from Pan, that's for sure.  Thank God for Fred at Chez Fred et Lea, up the road.  He fed us great food and got us tickets to escape the end-of-the-world island.

My husband was looking forward to seeing the history of this area.  By this point of our trip, I was ready to find the nearest airport that could get me back to the first world.  We aren't young and we should have done this kind of crazy travel 40 years ago.  Now that we are safe at home, I can honestly say I am glad we did this crazy trip, but my husband owes me a luxury trip to Europe!!  After 6 weeks in Africa next year!!

Does Pan care about the wellbeing of his guests?

This hotel is just at the quai but doesn´t have a reception. You´ll find it only around the right corner at Pans restaurant. The rooms are crammed with beds and an open cupboard and quite dark thanks to the porch and the dark wooden floors and ceilings. You´ll definitely will get to know your neighbours better since the walls are quite thin and you´ll here probably a lot. And all the rooms have an identical layout. The bathrooms have seen better times but they are spacious though dark too. WiFi never worked.

The breakfast buffet is too small to be called that way, uninspiring and practically free of any taste. The servicing girl is slow.

It´s an ok place for Don Khone if you eat breakfast somewhere else.

Not too inspiring

I booked his stay on booking.com as a basic deal. 
I booked this hotel because they state that they have a swimming pool. When I arrived I was shown to my room and given the WiFi, I tried connecting to the wife and it did not seem to be working. 
When I asked about the swimming pool the young girl checking me in laughed and said “no pool” and then showed me a swimming pool with no water inside. The manager was away. 
I decided I was not going to stay here and booked myself into a hotel up the road with a fully working pool for the same price. 
As the manager was away I said to him over the phone that I would come back later that evening when he was back. 
I told him that I wanted a refund as the property was not as advertised and it’s expensive compared to other properties without a pool. He laughed and said “not expensive” “not for you” he then walked off. I did not get my refund. 
Booking won’t help with this issue also as it
Was a basic booking. 
Very disappointed in the hotel, staff and general whole experience.

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