Name: Settha Palace Hotel
Address: 6 Pang Kham Street, Vientiane, Lao PDR., Vientiane, LA

6/10

Pleasant

21 Apr 2025

Verified traveler

Charming old guest house. Rooms are very dates as are bathrooms. Our room opened to outside hallway - had mosquitoes in the room all the time. no bueno

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Nov 2024

James

A blast from the past Yeah, is that you want to st

A very beautiful and small hotel from Laos colonial past
This hotel has been lovingly brought to former glory
Having drinks we almost expected Humphrey Bogart to drop in
Staff were super friendly and helpful
Just loved this place

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jul 2024

Sujiro

Wonderful boutique hotel with the character and charm of the past, combined with the comfort and the service expected nowadays.

Nice pool, perfect for laps, small but functional gym, welcoming bar with a solid selection of drinks and convenient restaurant.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

24 Jun 2024

Yee-Kwong

A digital TV broadcast station is just next door with a tall broadcasting tower. This colonial building hotel has great character and a nice swimming pool. It is located within the city area where embassies, presidential palace, hotels, eateries mekong river etc are located

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 May 2024

james

Excellent service and very clean conditions

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

19 Apr 2024

Richard

This is the third time we have stayed at this property. The staff are always extremely friendly and the hotel itself is a beautiful traditional building which is finished to a very high standard. Very quiet and relaxing with a restaurant and bar as well as an outdoor swimming pool in the gardens. A hidden gem in Vientiane.

10/10

Exceptional

30 Mar 2024

Matilda

I arrived early and expected I would need to leave my luggage and return later. Instead I was greeted by friendly and attentive staff who quickly checked me and showed me to my room. My room was beautifully appointed, spacious and very clean. I enjoyed swimming in the beautiful pool. I would absolutely stay here again.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

28 Nov 2023

Kar H

Pro - near airport
Con - Can be noisy.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Nov 2023

Lorna

Lovely colonial style building, the rooms are large and have nice comfortable beds. The staff are lovely - my first room had a strange smell and they moved me immediately without any issue. Nice breakfast, nice pool. the fitness centre is small but serviceable

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

21 Apr 2023

Louise

This is a gorgeous place to stay in, particularly during hot season. The pool is very large and surrounded by beautiful gardens. The rooms have high ceilings and extremely comfortable beds. I can honestly say that I have never slept on better linen-so soft and luxurious. The staff are extraordinary-they go above and beyond to help you, particularly important when trying to organise anything in Loas.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Lovely setting and staff were exceptional in their dedication to our service and needs.
Very quiet setting.
Great pool.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 Feb 2019

Mary

Beautiful old hotel. Well kept up. Great staff. An amazing restaurant. One of the best hotels we have stayed in.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

18 Feb 2019

Verified traveler

We loved the hotel. It was beautiful and the staff were so good and friendly. My only worry was the breakfast buffet. I am gluten free and therefore cannot eat any of the breads and pastries on offer. I don’t like curry for breakfast so I had eggs most days which is fine but I would have loved more fruit available and some plain not sugary yoghurt on offer.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Dec 2018

Marie

Well needed respite and relaxation

The room and the hotel itself is beautiful and provided a well needed place to relax and unwind after 2 weeks travelling through parts of Laos. We wished we could've stayed longer and if we wouldn't hesitate to recommend this hotel to friends. Breakfast was a nice variety and the dining area is again relaxing. The breakfast coffee could be better. For the room, it was lovely and my only criticism is that the hairdryer could not be plugged/used in the bathroom. The hotel is walking distance to the city restaurants but of course, could be closer. The hotel transfer at USD15 seems steep given other hotels do it for free but the hotel car is worth the experience .

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Sep 2018

Francene

Wonderful experience

We stayed for five nights and it was wonderful. Even with two boisterous little ones, we were made to feel very welcome. Nothing was too much trouble. The rooms were excellent and the pool area and breakfast were fantastic. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

16 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

Quick stay, great choice

A great boutique hotel in downtown. Walking distance to most places. Very helpful staff. Recommended stay while in the area.
Bonus that it is also recommended in \"1000 Places to See Before You Die\"

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2018

Andrew

Beautiful hotel, fabulous pool, excellent location

Staff here were amazing. So friendly and helpful. Take a book though, speed is not their strong point! Definitely will stay here again though. Set that Delice cocktail worth a stay on its own!

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jun 2018

Damien

Beautiful

Beautiful colonial hotel with excellent staff and good restaurant. Good location and very nice room.

10/10

Exceptional

30 May 2018

Adrian

Style and tranquility

A beautiful colonial style hotel, with wonderfully friendly and competent staff. Good location and delicious, well cooked food. The lovely pool area and beautifully decorated interior is the perfect antidote for the hustle and bustle outside. Throughly recommend this hotel.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jun 2017

Dave

Friendly staff, good atmosphere.
Nice hotel

10/10

Exceptional

10 Dec 2016

Olivier

Nice hotel well situated - poor English

Very original and big rooms using the 20s style French colonial type of decorations. Shower and bathroom extremely nice and one of these hotels where you sleep very well thanks to amzaing bedding and curtains.
Wifi an issue - working erratically and very slow - not so much an issue except when you want to post your daily photos :)
Staff helpfull but level of English is rather poor (apart from main management) and might bring some surprises.
Pool site is lovely and very relaxing... but the karaoke bar next door can spoil your time as you hear it as if it was next to you. Air con system is extremely noisy as well.
Recommend to visit their shop - you can find Caruso in Luang Prabang at slightly lower prices but if you want something really different, signed (ie unique items) then go for it, you will want to buy absolutely everything.
One really good aspect is you can walk to most of the secondary temples to visit, and a lot of good restaurants are around - recommending especially Herzog bakery for your breakfast about 10 min walk away.
However, very far from the interesting restaurants on the Mekhong river - well far in terms of time as traffic is horrendous. Be very careful when walking on the pavement as it is extremely damage and dangerous as you could end up disappearing through a ditch very easily.
Overall good but staff needs support and upskilling on their English.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Nov 2015

Christina

Colonial relaxing oasis

When checking in it was a very warm welcoming. The check-in was fast and we got upgraded and they had arranged a connecting room after a call just the same day (we had different bookings as we arrived different days). The bar is very nice and they made really great drinks. Just sitting there sipping the Dry Martini made the mind fly back to the 30s and how it could have been. The pool is really nice and the garden feels like an oasis in the city. The food was also good and do not agree that it was overpriced. At breakfast we had fantastic scrambled egg, omeletes and fantastic strong coffee that kept us awake (we love strong coffee). When at the pool we had appreciated if someone had passed by at least once in a while to check if we wanted to order something. Think that they even missed some orders from us due to that we were too lazy to dress and go to the bar for water and drinks. The rooms are nice but the beds are very hard. The rooms are also a bit worn and a little bit more finish could have been good. It was walking distance to the restaurants but still not in the buzz. We rented bikes and bicycled around the town. Could have been good if this could have been arranged by the hotel as we had quite a short stay and it took some time to find a place that had mountain bikes. There are not many rooms and the guests were in general westerns on business trips or expats with visitors.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

19 Oct 2015

Rhonda

Very nice hotel - an oasis in Vietienne.

Beautifully restored and lovely garden and pool. Staff very helpful and lovely service.
Great food and very nice restaurant.
We had an excellent stay and would recommend to anyone.

2/10

Poor

08 Feb 2013

Mike

dreadful

Especially Restaurant requires much of the attention.
If they charge high prices they must keep up with the professionalism.
I asked for medium cooked steak, I got raw meat, and over 100 bucks check.

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jan 2012

Verified traveler

A godo hotel, godo quality in a awful surrounding

The hotel is situated un a very awful street. Some of the employes does not understand English, some aré poli others not.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Mar 2011

Bob

Charming French Colonial

Absolutely wonderful, French Colonial hotel. Just 28 rooms, but has all amenities of much larger luxury hotel. Very well maintained. Great pool, bar, dining rooms.
Hotel staff very pleasant but a little slow responding and not too well informed.

8/10

Excellent

27 Nov 2010

Verified traveler

excellance at a price

Really well located for exploring the town. We could walk to everything. The attached restaurant is great, and like the hotel it on the expensive side.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2010

Arn

The Best in Vientiane

Vientiane is experiencing gradual change as the Loas government attempt to improve the country's economy and the outcomes for its people, English is spoken almost everywhere to different degrees. The Settha Palace Hotel is exceptional. The service is very courteous without being intrusive and the rooms, with their lofty ceilings and historic charm, are well appointed and spacious. The chefs at the Settha prepare a lavish breakfast every morning, so you are assured of finding something to stimulate your appetite. Situated centrally, the Settha is ideally located for tourism and of course they cater for the business community in style. It is pricey compared to the many other hotels in Vientiane, but the experience is considerably more rewarding than its competitors and as such offers value and high levels of comfort. I thoroughly recommend this hotel...

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jan 2010

Brigitte

Everything was just perfect!

Everything was just perfect! Nice pool, professional staff, beautiful room, good location.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

13 Jan 2010

ALAIN

COLONIAL DECORATION GOOD HOTEL

GOOD LOCATION ...ROOMS ARE A LITTLE OLD
INTERNET SERVICE IN ROOM VERY EXPENSIVE
RESTAURANT VERY GOOD

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 May 2026

Kazuhiro

非常に静かなクラッシックホテルです。改善点はベッド近くにコンセントがないこと、部屋全体でもコンセントが少ないことでしょうか…スパはとてもリーズナブルですが予約すべきレベルです。でも滞在を楽しむことができました。ビエンチャンはルアンパバーンと同様にフランス人中心に欧米人が多いのですが食事のレベルが低いのが難点です。

Self

8/10

Excellent

31 Mar 2026

CEDRIC

Hotel de style colonial avec 1 étage où nous étions.
Piscine agréable en raison de la température (> 36 °).
Petite salle de fitness avec 2 tapis de courses et des haltères ainsi qu’ un grand appareil que je n’ai pas réussi à utiliser.
Situé à 10 min à pieds du centre, il est calme avec un personnel souriant et compétent.

Family

8/10

Excellent

25 Nov 2025

Uwe

The colonial-style house and the attentiveness of the team is impressive. We only had sleeping difficulties due to a high level of nighttime noise in the neighborhood.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Feb 2025

Noriaki

The hotel welcomed us like coming back to my home. Staff was staying at each corner, so it was very easy to ask any requests to the staff whenever I want. The ambience is like 1930’s, which takes me back to the good old time, and it matches to the Laos’s calm & slow atmosphere.
The most grateful thing I’ve had was that the hotel staff arranged the one day tour from the hotel to Vang Vieng even though I’d asked them few days before. For me who didn’t know much about Laos, this one day tour arrangement made my entire trip unforgettable!
As the total experience, being in the good 1930’s era and having a wonderful hospitality from the staff was much more worth than the price. Definitely I’m gonna stay again when I visit Vientiane.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

08 May 2024

Hiroshi

スタッフがフレンドリーで、快適に過ごすことができました。天井が高く、アンティーク感にあふれた建物は素晴らしかったです。また館内には、ホテルオーナーが自ら選曲したスクリーンテーマミュージックが流れており、６０歳代の私たちにはぴったりで、この点もとても印象的でした。

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

03 Apr 2023

CHRISTINE

Havre de paix pour cet hotel colonial agréablement restauré, situé au centre ville

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jan 2020

Verified traveler

la disponibilita' nel sostituire la camera prenotata che non era di nostro gradimento

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jan 2020

Geau Tae

편안한 호텔

역사와 전통이 있는 호텔이라 큰 기대는 없었지만, 매우 안락하고 편안하게 쉴수 있었습니다. 모든 직원들이 친절하고, 조식 또한 만족스러웠습니다. 다음에 비엔티안에 다시 간다면 다시 머물고 싶은 호텔입니다. 감사합니다.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

20 Sep 2018

Ago

町中のリゾート

休暇を兼ねた仕事をするに最適
食事もいい
入って右側の部屋は、近くの食堂の音楽が夜中までうるさいので避けるべきか
従業員は、皆感じは良い
プールも着替え施設が整っていて良い

8/10

Excellent

21 Aug 2018

mathieu

Très bien sauf le wifi

Très beau petit palace. Bonne et chère nourriture, excellent service mais qui pourrait être mieux formés, très mauvais wi fi

10/10

Exceptional

20 Aug 2018

Hye Jeong

좋았어요.

체크인부터 친절했습니다.
조식도 괜찮았습니다.
수영장도 좋았습니다.
조용하고 여유롭게 보냈습니다.

8/10

Excellent

25 Jul 2018

にこ

趣のあるホテル

空港からのシャトルバスが目の前に泊まります。
低層の良いホテルです。
ホテル内ショップも趣味が良いです。
ただ、湯槽があるような説明でしたが、シャワーだけで、疲れが増しました。
外に出る元気がなかったので、ルームサービスを頼みました。
大味でしたが、満足です。
スタッフは明るく、好感が持てました。
庭も良い感じです。
朝ごはんは、郷土料理はなく、種類は少なめですが、
卵や肉などは、オーダーを取りにきてくれます。

4/10

Poor

27 Apr 2018

From

가격에 비해 비쌈.

호텔의 환율도 높았고, 디럭스나 스탠다드 룸이나 차이가 없었음.

( Exchange rate was hihg, the size fo deluxe room and standard roon was nealry similar size. Room fee was very expensive).

Not recommend ( ,추천하지 않습니다. )

10/10

Exceptional

19 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

I sandhed et palads - med skønt personale!

Fantastisk hotel og næsten familiært, (men dybt professionelt) personale.

6/10

Pleasant

29 Mar 2018

ROGERIO

Hôtel bien placé

Séjour dans un hôtel un peu vieillot ! Hélas, mais quand même agréable. La piscine n’est pas un atout vu l’antenne de réception internet jusqu a côté. Il est bien placé, ayant été renove, le personnel compétent et agréable.

10/10

Exceptional

04 Mar 2018

Alain

Very nice hotel

Very nice hotel, good standard, perfect location; staff very friendly and helpful, rooms of correct size, nicely furnished . Great swimming pool, very useful after a day walking across the city. Gym a bit too small/ not equipped enough. Restaurant / food at the swimming pool a bit expensive compared to same kinds of hotels. Nice breakfast.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

14 Nov 2017

ILDO

전반적인 서비스좋아요.조식 깔끔하게 나와요

서비스 좋아요. 항상 웃는얼굴로 맞이해주는듯

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jul 2017

Verified traveler

Wifi was slow.