Sen Hotel Saigon

Vietnam , Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and South
HO CHI MINH CITY, 82 Le Lai Street
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75 reviews shown

10/10

Exceptional

08 Mar 2026

Anh

great location and room is clean and nice.

10/10

Exceptional

06 Mar 2026

NICHOLAS

It was nice , about 15 mins from center town . Had plenty of restaurNts and stores within a few mins

Self

6/10

Pleasant

20 Feb 2026

André

La chambre est bien. La dame de ménage est très gentille et super polie. La réceptionniste est très professionnelle

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

20 Jan 2026

Kim

Rooms were very dated and not very clean. No hot water first few days. Staff were not very friendly. I would give this hotel a 2 star

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

13 Oct 2025

Gregory

Great for short stays (from my Tripadviser review)

At first sight the 'tunnel' entrance looked a bit daunting but fear not! The entrance staff are welcoming and lead you the the main reception.
I found this hotel to be a well-run, reasonably priced place to stay for 4 days. Although I had asked for a room on an upper floor I was asked to wait in a 2nd floor room for a couple of hours until an 8th floor one was available. No real issue.
Room 802 was larger than average with safe, refrigerator and a shower room with ample hot water (sadly no waterfall shower). a couple of bottles of water and sachets of tea/coffee were included but beware the 2 sneaky bottles of branded mineral water in the fridge....they will cost extra and yes! they check the room before you check out.
Bed was firm but comfortable. Bed linen and towels were clean and good quality.
Excellent Asian breakfast menu; about 10 food warmers as well as a bar for freshly made item (omelettes etc). Europeans had cereals, toast, French bread, cakes and fruit in abundance from which to choose. Staff kept the tables clean and food replenished at all times.
TV had a wide choice of international channels (CNN, BBC, Discovery, Japanese Korean etc). WiFi was very good with no drop-outs while I used it.)
The local area is typical Ho Chi Minh City. Easier to walk than risk a motor scooter taxi to places of interest; but start early before it gets too hot.
There are restaurants, cafes, street-food, convenience stores at every turn as soon as you walk out of the hotel.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

02 Aug 2025

Aileen Ng

There wasn’t enough phone chargers for 2 persons stay as 2 out of 3 plugs power socket were spoilt.
The toilet door also spoilt cannot locked.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2025

Simon

Good place to stay . Family owned hotel where you get all the care and attention.

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2025

Paul

Nice hotel. Clean rooms with comfortable beds and a decent bathroom. Friendly helpfull staff and came with a good breakfast. Short Grab ride to many attractions. Would recommended.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

02 May 2025

Ken

Easy access to many authentic, local restaurants. Affordable hotel for travelers. Wish Hotel replace old, discolored towels with new ones in the near future.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Nov 2024

Michael

The whole establishment is very well presented, clean, great staff, room is very comfortable, we recommend this hotel.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

04 Sep 2024

Ngoc

Good

6/10

Pleasant

29 Jul 2024

huy

i like mostly everything except the bed is old hurt my back and the smell from sewage inside the bathroom super strong smell

2/10

Poor

15 Jul 2024

Thuy-Trang

Hotel need to update their pictures and info. Online stated their 8-minute drive from the airport. That’s not trụe, it at least 40 maybe more with baby traffic. The picture online must been 20 years ago when they first opened. The hotel looks old and towels provided to customers also look old and dirty. The air condition doesn't even work.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2024

They are very good

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Mar 2024

Richard

👍

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

20 Feb 2024

tham

Friendly and very helpful staffs.
Blanket and pillows are very clean.
But the the shower sprays very slow (weak water pressure?).

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jan 2024

Nutty

Good price, good location, safe

Near the hotel there is a minimart. If you're going anywhere, you can conveniently call Grab to pick you up.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2024

Joseph

Great staff! Very friendly and helpful

Business_and_leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 Dec 2023

despina

Nice hotel for the price. Far from main attractions but still a nice area.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

30 Nov 2023

Jennifer

Nice hotel with excellent staff.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

26 Nov 2023

Tomas

Good hotel with affordable price

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Nov 2023

John

Nice hotel

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

08 Nov 2023

Jennifer

Nice hotel with good breakfast and excellent reception.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Oct 2023

philip giang

Reasonable price. Good friendly staff and service. Plenty of choices for food. Safe to walk out at sunset time.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

08 Oct 2023

Richard

Safe and clean the price is good

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

25 Dec 2020

Hanoi

Friendly staff, ok breakfast, a good and convenient room- surely value for the price!

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

08 Feb 2019

Linda

Reception staff was so friendly.

Friends

8/10

Excellent

08 Feb 2019

Shawn

Clean room with good wifi and air conditioning lots of hot water, the staff was helpful there was a variety of food at the hotel breakfast buffet. It is located in district 3 but a short walk or inexpensive cab ride to district 1

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

For the money is a very good hotel. The rooms are nice and clean. Everything was working during our stay and nothing went wrong. Big breakfast area and lots of choices for the buffet. The only problem was that the receptionists could not speak English properly and not very helpful.

6/10

Pleasant

10 Aug 2018

Verified traveler

the staffs is very friendly. the wifi is very poor

8/10

Excellent

04 Jul 2018

Andrew

Nice hotel in district 3

Nice and quiet hotel in district 3. This is definetly the best in the area as I always stay in this part of the city to stay close to the in-laws. It has a surprisingly good breakfast Buffett. However if you solely want to be closer to the buzz of the tourism area and walking distance to Benh Thanh markets etc I recommend staying closer to district 1.

6/10

Pleasant

06 May 2018

Verified traveler

Basic

Basic and old facilities, but staff are nice and helpful.

10/10

Exceptional

17 Apr 2018

Verified traveler

We are very satisfied of our stay in this hotel

The hotel is a little far from the center, we like to wake, so we did...

6/10

Pleasant

17 Mar 2018

Verified traveler

Just ok

Everything is just OK. Nothing to complain. Good location though.

10/10

Exceptional

13 Feb 2018

Sal

Very quiet hotel in busy Saigon

Had a great 2 days at Sen Viet. The room was clean and quiet. The breakfast was an excellent buffet with many options. Very glad we stayed at the Sen Viet.

8/10

Excellent

09 Aug 2017

Verified traveler

A little gem

Quite area of HCMC but everything you would want to find is here.
Staff great, thank you

Partner

8/10

Excellent

06 Feb 2017

Verified traveler

The sen viet hotel is fine and suitable for family to for short or long stay. I only I am not very happy about is theair condition all the room is old and not really cold when it turn on maximum speed. Also in the morning the room cleaner is a bit noisy outside when you trying get a bit more sleep.

10/10

Exceptional

05 Jun 2016

Scott

Everything was good. Once when I returned to the hotel and I needed my key card for my room, the night clerk was on the phone and did not understand that she should give me my room key NOW, while she was talking. I waited patiently for a time, then motioned for the room key.

Also, when I first arrived, the porter did not show me where he put the room key (in the energy saving card pocket by the door). I searched high and low for half an hour . . . thinking that it was in my pockets or on a table . . . before I spotted it near the door. Some 3 star hotels in Vn have this feature, some do not. I had only seen this once before. He could have save me some agony by just pointing out where he was putting the keycard.

Otherwise, the staff helped me learn a few words of Vietnamese and was very responsive.

6/10

Pleasant

24 Apr 2016

Gemma

Reasonable hotel in a bustling area

Decent hotel. Clean room. We had to ask for shower gel and shampoo but housekeeping provided them. Reasonable breakfast. If you want 5 star luxury, this isn't the hotel but if you want a decent, clean room in a busy area of Hi Chi Minh, with sensible walking distance to the tourist attractions, it ticks the boxes. The staff didn't seem amazingly warm and welcome but they were helpful when asked and booked tickets for the water puppet show for us.

6/10

Pleasant

23 Apr 2016

Michael

Nice location but the staff is not good

During I stayed in there, one of my friends (who came to join the trip later) would like to book additional room. However, the staff said that the hotel was fully booked. We were ok for that, but one of the staffs followed us to recommend nearby places to stay for my friend. Along the way, he mentioned that the hotels nearby Sen Viet Hotel were expensive, so lastly he took us to one motel. We found out later that the motel he recommended was too expensive (about double price). Luckily, we refused the deal and found the hotel near Sen Viet Hotel which had lower price a lot as we expected.

The room and environment were quite good, but the staffs in there made me and my friends quite disappointed.

8/10

Excellent

27 Feb 2016

Tommy

Not very nice hotel, but it is ok to stay

It was ok for us to stay at this hotel even it is not close to shopping mall, but there are a lot of restaurants nearby.

6/10

Pleasant

06 Dec 2015

Fiona

A abit far from town

Family

6/10

Pleasant

10 Oct 2015

Nyla

Good value hotel

We needed a place for a short stay in-between flights, and this was perfect. I wish it had been closer to the airport, but it worked out fine. Good room, great breakfast and the hotel had great value for the money.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

09 Apr 2015

Kim Ngoc

Good service

Very good

Partner

8/10

Excellent

30 Mar 2015

ken

Nice hotel close to the town

The hotel is clean and tidy,all the staff are friendly and helpful,the restaurant foods is yummy and clean,Internet at the room abit slow

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jan 2015

Junelle & Debbi

Good value for money

Helpful, friendly staff. Delicious breakfast with lots to choose from. Large room, clean and tidy. A great spot for a short stopover!

6/10

Pleasant

01 Jun 2014

Verified traveler

Needs improvements

This is the first hotel I've stayed at where the room did not have a clock. If I didn't have my phone, I wouldn't have known what the time is. The free wifi isn't reliable at all. Sometimes it works, many times it doesn't. The water pressure/temperature isn't consistent. You can easily hear the outside noise since the hotel is located on a busy street. I would say the only good thing about this hotel is the air conditioner is good.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

16 Feb 2014

chlo

Fine but no pool, breakfast below par

10/10

Exceptional

13 Feb 2014

Arno1111

Arno1111

it is the best new 3 star hotel
the best with 3 star in HCM

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

10 Feb 2014

Quite a nice hotel

Overall: It's quite a nice hotel. The rooms were spacious. Would be better if they would keep it a bit cleaner and do better with the restaurant food. No complaints with all other things except the bed comforter. Mine was dirty. There were stains on it that looked like it came from makeup or tanning products, which tells me they didn't wash it thoroughly.
Staff: Some weren't friendly. Some were very helpful. Overall, can't complain on this part. It is a tough job.
Food: They don't seem to really keep up with the breakfast buffet. It's like a matter of luck. You could enter and there would not be many options, or you come in and there's a lot of options. They need to keep up with what's out. Overall, the breakfast foods were good. Got Western and Vietnamese varieties.
Don't bother eating at the restaurant, though. The foods were really bad considering how pricy they are. You're paying about 3 or more times the price of restaurants outside and the quality is really bad. My pork was hard, rice was cold, and portion was small. Ate there 3 times because I was too tired to go out and all 3 times the food weren't good. Really NOT worth your money for the restaurant food. Go eat out.

I'd still recommend staying here. Just stay out of the restaurant when it comes to lunch and dinner.

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jan 2014

Kendall

An older hotel. Didn't have much around it to see or do, and not many restaurants nearby at all. We went to eat in the restaurant at the hotel and no one greeted us at the door, the staff were sitting at a table and did not come over. We did not want to just walk in as it looked like there was a big group there and we weren't sure about where to sit. So after standing there and trying to get the staff attention for a few minutes we opted for the Vietnamese seafood place a couple of doors down. The hotel is clean, rooms are basic but clean and for someone just staying s night or two, it would probably be fine.

6/10

Pleasant

23 Oct 2013

tt0383

Wouldn't recommend. Noisy rooms w/ no massage.

The hotel is situated in a very noisy area, even with all windows shut I could still hear the noise from KTVs across the street till 2300. They had close down their roof top spa, and there was only \"gentlemen massages / KTV\" in the neighborhood, I was super disappointed. Also the front desk lady barely understands English. Most of all there was no hot water in the room (I stayed in 503). The stay in all was not so pleasant.

8/10

Excellent

22 Sep 2013

Leny

Very Impressed

Fabulous staff from the security, who met us up at the airport; to the front desk staff. Housekeeping did a good job in cleaning the rooms. I am very particular with the bathrooms wherever i travel to and I am super impressed with the overall cleanliness and maintenance of the bathroom. Water pressure was great. No mold on the bathroom walls. Everything works!

Room was also very big, enough for three persons to bunk in. And there was a good selection of cable channels. Although not in District 1, location of the hotel was not too bad with shops and restaurants around the vicinity.

Only downside was breakfast and lack of other facilities. Other than that, it was a great stay.

8/10

Excellent

26 Aug 2013

Nicholas

Large room

Spacious room and good eateries surrounding, especially bakery shops. Construction noise after 8am but opposite karaoke, weekday stay is fine.

10/10

Exceptional

30 Mar 2013

McCombs

Very accommodating

We booked a particular room but as it was available at the time we were given an upgrade. Cannot complain about the room, the restaurant downstairs or the service we were given. It was centrally located to the city and the general sight seeing places. All in all the hotel was very accommodating and we would recommend it to all who decided to go there. Thank you San Viet for making our stay in Saigon very memorable.

6/10

Pleasant

22 Dec 2012

Colin

Wear and tear

This is my second time staying at this hotel after 2.5 years. The room showed sign of wear and tear. The air con in my room is not working very well as it took quite sometime before the room get cooled. However the problem was rectified immediately after informing the staff. Overall quite worth the money paid as the room is quite big.

8/10

Excellent

14 Nov 2012

Jonathan age 25

Sen Viet

Very good hotel. Reception does not have great English. There is no swimming pool.

6/10

Pleasant

23 Mar 2012

ErinO

One night stop-over in Ho Chi Minh

We only spent one night in Ho Chi Minh on our way to Hong Kong and the Sen Viet was good value for money with a buffet breakfast included. Check in was fine, the staff were friendly enough, breakfast was a standard 3 star buffet breakfast and check out was fine. Apparently District 3, where Sen Viet is, isn't the tourist area, which was ok because we had organised a 2.5hr \"Saigon by night tour\" with XO Tours which was fantastic and highly recommended!! So we really only needed a bed and breakfast.
Regards,
Erin
p.s Apparently District 1 is the tourist spot.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Dec 2011

The Comrade

A very pleasant hotel

As above. A minor problem. They need to keep the burners under the breakfast food going all the time. Sometimes the food can be cold.

6/10

Pleasant

10 Dec 2011

RobertSt

Value above all else

If travelling on a budget, this is a clean, comfortable hotel which offers excellent value but few frills.

Breakfast is included but in our experience much of the food had run out by 9am.

The location is not within easy walking distance of the city, but you can walk to coffee chain (Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf) and western style food (NYDC) if needed (adjacent to Hotel Nikko, a landmark in the neighbourhood).

Be wary of laundry service. On day one we organised for laundry to be collected at 9am (an hour prior to the 10am cutoff for return by 6pm). It took two days to be returned.

The next day we had a plastic bag of laundry we left on the floor beside our case removed and laundered without us completing paperwork or putting it into the laundry basket. It was returned cleaned the next day - along with a US$25 bill! When we refused to pay an argument ensued... we won in the end but it marred the visit.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Nov 2011

Dave

value for money

only negatives are poor wifi signal & noisy karaoke bar outside

8/10

Excellent

21 Oct 2011

joej

Stopover

A very good hotel for the money and district seemed very safe and central. My booking showed the wrong date due to crossing the dateline and as a result one night had to be cancelled. This also affected my pre paid airport hotel transfer as the service was provided a day early and of course I was not there. There is no recourse on this point so I lost the price of a transfer because it was paid in advance for a specific date.

JOEJ

Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jul 2011

Lee

It was our first visit to Vietnam

It was our first visit to Vietnam and was unsure as to what to expect, on our arrival at the hotel we were warmly welcomed and were speedily dealt with on the check in and accompanied to our room. The room for the price far reached our expectations and was very cormfortable and was a welcome on our return each day from our escapades. Breakfast each morning was from a well stocked buffet and afforded itself to setting us up sufficiently for the day. Staff were always very polite and efficient and the addded bonus of a member hailing for taxis and reccomending places of interest helped no end. All in all in very good place to stay but most importantly very affordable for level of service and hospitality, well worth a stay.

10/10

Exceptional

31 May 2011

Anonymous

Great central location, friendly,

Great central location, friendly, helpful staff, great value for money.

10/10

Exceptional

24 May 2011

Terry

famliy stay in ho chi city was

famliy stay in ho chi city was made better by stay at hotel,service was good,breakfast was good upgraded room which gave us a lot more room,will stay again

8/10

Excellent

21 May 2011

Anonymous

We had a nice, peaceful sleep

We had a nice, peaceful sleep at this hotel. The personnel are very friendly and patient. They give immediate response to your needs. The foods (breakfast) taste good.

10/10

Exceptional

19 May 2011

Tina

we enjoyed our stay at this hotel,

we enjoyed our stay at this hotel, the rooms were clean and tidy, buffet breakfast had a great variety and was very fresh, the staff were very helpful and informed us of safety in the city. The girls on reception were helpful and spoke reasonably good english. We did enjoy our stay and would recommend this hotel

10/10

Exceptional

26 Apr 2011

Elizabeth

A very good family hotel. Clean

A very good family hotel. Clean and efficient
And staff very helpful. Highly recommend as a mid range hotel.

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jan 2011

Albert

excellent hotel,staff very caring,

excellent hotel,staff very caring, food good, cannot fault except that taxi required to get to city centre but not expensive. Would recommend
as plenty shopping nearby.
had problem as hotel not aware of extended booking made in september and Hotel fully booked for New Years Holidays but made room available eventually.

8/10

Excellent

27 Nov 2010

Anonymous

Great hotel, very pleasant and

Great hotel, very pleasant and homely entrance lobby and restaurant, friendly staff and excellent value for money. However the location is a bit far from most places of interest.

One negative was that it advertised as having a health club, in fact there wasn't one.

8/10

Excellent

26 Nov 2010

Aaron

A positive experience overall,

A positive experience overall, neat clean room and friendly service. Only negatives were that reception charged a big commission on my cu chi tunnel tour angst the hotel is about a ten minute walk from the tourist traps but in a way that's good as each night you can walk home through the real non touristy HCMC

8/10

Excellent

16 Nov 2010

Anonymous

Was in Ho Chi Minh for three nights

Was in Ho Chi Minh for three nights and selected this hotel based on reviews.This is an excellent hotel, the rooms are comparable to four star rooms, very big...

8/10

Excellent

18 Oct 2010

Douglas

Good hotel ok value for money.

Good hotel ok value for money. Its set back off the street so noise level is ok for Saigon. The staff are nice. Everything worked they way it should. We stayed 2 times the first time we booked a deluxe double the second time premium double. They were the same room, the latter only 150 tbt more expensive. So short sighted trickiness all of Vietnam the same. Very boring to have to be on your guard all the time

8/10

Excellent

05 Sep 2010

Vanessa

Good hotel and very clean. But

Good hotel and very clean. But the service was average. staff not overly friendly and the internet was very unreliable.

But in all great value for money

10/10

Exceptional

24 Aug 2010

Ang

Good experience and nice ammenites.

Good experience and nice ammenites. Will definitely stay there on my next visit!