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North of the lake - budget

This covers the area roughly to the north of Hoan Kiem Lake, so everything north of Hang Bong, Hang Gai and Cau Go Roads. This is the heart of the backpacker district. For more mid-range places, see North of the lake - midrange.

  • A25 Hotel

    A25 Hotel

    Eclectic but excellent value

    38 Hang Thiec, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3923 3796; F: (04) 3923 3795

    Opened in January 2010, A25 seems unsure as to what type of hotel it is. The glass frontage, bold silver sign, non-traditional name and funky metallic wallpaper in reception suggest it's going for a ... View details

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    4 stars USD 10 to 20 2 votes Flashpacker
  • Hanoi Gecko III Hostel

    Hanoi Gecko III Hostel

    Popular for good reason

    27 Bat Dan, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3923 3898; F: (04) 3923 3830

    After a major makeover, this place has reinvented itself as a truly worthwhile and popular backpacker hostel. They offer 42 very clean dorm-room beds with an egg breakfast included, along with free ... View details

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    4 stars Under USD 10 1 vote Backpacker
  • Camellia Hotel

    Camellia Hotel

    Decent rooms

    16A Trung Yen Lane, (off Dinh Liet), Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3926 0119; F: (04) 3828 2404

    This place sits right next door to the awful Victory Queen Hostel and is where you should head if you wind up there by mistake and need a room. It's popular with expats who come and go through Hanoi ... View details

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    4 stars USD 10 to 20 4 votes Flashpacker
  • Phu Hoa

    Phu Hoa

    Old-style Hanoi

    16 Luong Van Can, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3828 5173;

    Sweet and sincere were the words one Travelfish user used to describe the owner of this place, and we couldn't agree more. We know it sometimes seems like all Vietnamese tourism industry people are ... View details

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    4 stars Under USD 10 3 votes Backpacker
  • Little Hanoi Hotel

    Little Hanoi Hotel

    Changed for the better

    48 Hang Ga St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3828 4461; F: (04) 6270 2010

    Forget everything you may have heard about the Little Hanoi. A top-to-bottom remodel has resulted in a price jump, predictably, but the rooms here are now excellent, done up in a tasteful, ... View details

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    4 stars Under USD 10 9 votes Backpacker
  • Hanoi Youth Hotel

    Hanoi Youth Hotel

    Popular and getting even better

    33 Luong Van Can St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3828 5822, (0167) 274 2493; F: (04) 3828 5862

    In 2009 this place went under new ownership and management. It was good before, and now it looks to be getting even better. Donald, an affable Englishman, is now running the place and making some ... View details

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    4 stars USD 10 to 20 2 votes Flashpacker
  • Boutique Hotel

    Boutique Hotel

    Authentically Vietnamese location

    16 Thanh Ha Lane, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 6670 0300;

    Let's get one thing clear: This is not really a 'boutique' hotel. Another thing: The street-front of this particular property has at least three different names (The World, David and Boutique) so it ... View details

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    3.5 stars USD 10 to 20 1 vote Flashpacker
  • Tung Trang Hotel

    Tung Trang Hotel

    Welcoming and comfortable

    13 Tam Thuong St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3826 6267;

    We must confess that we have a warm place in our hearts here at Travelfish.org for the Tung Trang. The family-run spot, on a hidden alley that's both quiet and full of local colour, has friendly ... View details

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    3.5 stars USD 10 to 20 41 votes Flashpacker
  • Real Darling Cafe Guesthouse

    Real Darling Cafe Guesthouse

    Cheap but you get what you pay for

    33 Hang Quat St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3826 9386; F: (04) 3824 3468

    The Real Darling Cafe is a long-running, backpacker-orientated place with cheap and grotty dorms and better-conditioned single, double and triple rooms. It's popular for budget travellers, and if you ... View details

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    3.5 stars Under USD 10 2 votes Backpacker
  • Thu Giang Guest House

    Thu Giang Guest House

    Budget hideaway

    5A Tam Thuong St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3828 5734;

    You'll find some of the cheapest rooms in Hanoi at the Thu Giang Guesthouse, but you need to be prepared to get what you pay for. Rooms are all small and in need a coat of paint, but clean. What ... View details

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    3.5 stars Under USD 10 9 votes Backpacker
  • Blue Star Hotel

    Blue Star Hotel

    Does the job

    21 Bat Dan St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 2219 0351; F: (04) 3923 3063

    The Blue Star Hotel looks from the outside like many other budget hotels. And it is. The reception area is messy and tatty but the welcome is friendly enough and reasonable English is spoken. The ... View details

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    3 stars USD 10 to 20 1 vote Flashpacker
  • Indochina Queen Hotel

    Indochina Queen Hotel

    Good rooms, though exercise caution

    8 Dao Duy Tu Lane, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3926 2564; F: (04) 3926 4585

    After numerous name changes (was previously Bamboo Central Stars II) and numerous owners who have run the place badly, a new regime has, once again, taken over here, remodelled, re-branded, and is ... View details

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    3 stars USD 10 to 20 3 votes Flashpacker
  • Dong A Hotel

    Dong A Hotel

    Cheapest and quite good

    50 Ma May St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3828 2249; F: (04) 3926 2567

    Sandwiched among some middling, tourist-oriented hotels, the Dong A has been offering the cheapest dorm beds in Hanoi for nearly two years. Strangely, they have had surprisingly few takers. The beds ... View details

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    3 stars Under USD 10 1 vote Backpacker
  • The Prince

    The Prince

    Basic and cheap

    53A Luong Ngoc Quyen, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3926 4686; F: (04) 3926 4609

    This is the newest place to trade on the Prince name, and it apparently has nothing to do with any other Prince of which you may have heard. Rooms are pretty basic, but cheap, and couples and small ... View details

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    2.5 stars USD 10 to 20 1 vote Flashpacker
  • Prince 57 Hotel

    Prince 57 Hotel

    A top budget pick

    55-57 Hang Be St, Hoan Kiem Districtt
    T: (04) 3926 4900;

    Recent mixed feedback on this place has us scratching our heads. On our visit, we received a very friendly, casual reception. When we asked to see a room they tossed us the key and let us go up on ... View details

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    2.5 stars Under USD 10 3 votes Backpacker

North of the lake - midrange

This covers the area roughly to the north of Hoan Kiem Lake, so everything north of Hang Bong, Hang Gai and Cau Go Roads. This is the heart of the backpacker district. For budget places, see North of the lake - budget.

  • Hanoi Elegance 2 Hotel

    Hanoi Elegance 2 Hotel

    Lives up to its name

    85 Ma May, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3926 3451; F: (04) 3926 3452

    The entrance of Hanoi Elegance 2 Hotel lives up to its name: the door is opened by a uniformed attendant and a smart reception area awaits. Even the internet stations are classily designed to be ... View details

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    4.5 stars USD 20 to 50 1 vote Midrange
  • Hanoi Cozy Hotel 2

    Hanoi Cozy Hotel 2

    Cozy indeed

    58 Hang Be, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3926 4761; F: (04) 3926 4761

    This place demonstrates how choosing a good name for a hotel can go a long way towards putting potential guests in the right frame of mind. It has no street frontage, only a sign above a long hallway ... View details

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    4.5 stars USD 20 to 50 1 vote Midrange
  • Sunshine Palace

    Sunshine Palace

    Not as pricey as it looks

    52 Ma May St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3926 4920; F: (04) 3926 6423

    Opened in January 2010, Sunshine Palace is a new addition to the Sunshine Group of hotels and its fresh white frontage stands out among the surrounding tired-looking buildings. The airy lobby houses ... View details

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    4 stars USD 20 to 50 1 vote Midrange
  • Bach Tung Diep Hotel

    Bach Tung Diep Hotel

    Noisy but interesting spot

    25 Hang Thiec, Hoan Kiem
    T: (04) 3923 2979; F: (04) 3923 2956

    Unique in Hanoi, this 16-room hotel has decided to offer, in addition to rooms and eats, a banquet for the ears. Hang Thiec means 'tin shops,' and even though the name goes back centuries, tin and ... View details

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    4 stars USD 20 to 50 1 vote Midrange
  • Hanoi Gecko 2

    Hanoi Gecko 2

    Great value for great rooms

    11-13 Trung Yen Ln (off Dinh Liet St), Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3926 4120; F: (04) 3926 4119

    This newish place, with eight floors accessible by lift, opened in August 2008. It boasts a prime location for the Old Quarter, on a relatively quiet lane right in the centre. Staff are really great, ... View details

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    4 stars USD 20 to 50 2 votes Midrange
  • Classic I Hotel

    Classic I Hotel

    Tallest hotel in the Old Quarter

    22A Ta Hien St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3826 6224; F: (04) 3828 1727

    Like so many hotels in Hanoi, this place has undergone a top-to-bottom overhaul in the last year. Rooms are now spacious, with good bedding, recessed lighting, large wood-carved armoires and ... View details

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    4 stars USD 20 to 50 1 vote Midrange
  • Classic Street Hotel Pho Co Hotel

    Classic Street Hotel Pho Co Hotel

    A fine choice

    41 Hang Be St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3825 2421; F: (04) 3934 5920

    This place remains a flashpacker slam dunk. We've never received anything but rave reviews about it, and everything we saw on our recent revisit tells us this is a place that knows how to maintain a ... View details

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    4 stars USD 20 to 50 4 votes Midrange
  • Classic 2 Hotel

    Classic 2 Hotel

    Good family rooms

    49 Luong Ngoc Quyen, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3926 1106; F: (04) 3926 1107

    The rooms here aren't inspiring, but they're good, clean, mostly spacious and affordable. Be warned: There are seven floors and no lift. Still, the place has plenty of takers, though from the looks ... View details

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    3.5 stars USD 20 to 50 1 vote Midrange
  • Lucky Star Hotel

    Lucky Star Hotel

    Shines brightly

    11 Bat Dan St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3923 1781; F: (04) 3923 1782

    We were happy to see on our most recent visit that Lucky Star is now shining a bit brighter. The whole place has been spruced up: the floors are done in attractive mosaics, there's backlighting ... View details

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    3.5 stars USD 20 to 50 1 vote Midrange
  • Rising Dragon

    Rising Dragon

    Off-putting reception area with average rooms

    61 Hang Be Street, Hoan Kiem
    T: (04) 3926 3494; F: (04) 3926 3493

    Rising Dragon looks like a standard-sized Old Quarter hotel from the front but inside it's like the Tardis, opening up into a large reception and dining area where the internet stations are also ... View details

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    3 stars USD 20 to 50 3 votes Midrange
  • Tien Thuy Hotel

    Tien Thuy Hotel

    Feels more local than others

    9 Hang Thung St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3934 3608; F: (04) 3934 8502

    Finding this place was the result of a quest. Is there a hotel that's affordable, close to the lake, not in the dead centre of the Old Quarter, that's comfortable, well run, and doesn't participate ... View details

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    3 stars USD 20 to 50 2 votes Midrange
  • Hanoi Phoenix II

    Hanoi Phoenix II

    Under new management ... again

    10 Dao Duy Tu Lane, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3828 1711; F: (04) 3926 3745

    The phoenix supposedly rises, reborn, from its own ashes, and never was there a more fitting name. We've always thought that this was a decent hotel: small, but good value and in a great location on ... View details

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    2.5 stars USD 20 to 50 3 votes Midrange

Around the lake

This is the roughly triangular area with Hoan Kiem Lake at the centre. Bordered to the south by Hai Ba Trung, this has a mix of mid-range to upper lodgings.

  • Maison D'Hanoi

    Maison D'Hanoi

    Delivers on luxury promise

    35-37 Hang Trong, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3938 0999; F: (04) 3938 0989

    We spied this new place which opened up next to The Golden Lotus, and while the name struck as a bit snooty, we walked in and were bowled over. It's very new, which helps, but the interior design ... View details

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    4.5 stars USD 100+ 1 vote Luxury
  • Hanoi Metropole

    Hanoi Metropole

    Splurge if you can: Outstanding!

    15 Ngo Quyen St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3826 6919; F: (04) 3826 6920

    If you love to travel in comfort and luxury, and have the green to spring for it, you don't need to shop around: This is the place. Dating back to 1901, the Hanoi Metropole is without doubt Hanoi's ... View details

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    4.5 stars USD 100+ 1 vote Luxury
  • Joseph's Hotel

    Joseph's Hotel

    Boutique hotel in a quiet location

    5 Au Trieu, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3938 1048; F: (04) 3938 1046

    Opened in 2009 and Western managed, Joseph's Hotel is not a budget option but offers 10 simply decorated, comfortable rooms in a quiet location on Au Trieu St, near the cathedral and away from the ... View details

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    4 stars USD 20 to 50 1 vote Midrange
  • Hilton Hanoi Opera

    Hilton Hanoi Opera

    The business travellers' best option

    1 Le Thanh Tong St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3933 0500; F: (04) 3933 0530

    Voted Vietnam's Best Business Hotel in 2000, this five-star property remains a favourite among the business-traveller crowd. Sitting next door to the Hanoi Opera House, the Hilton Hanoi Opera does a ... View details

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    4 stars USD 100+ 1 vote Luxury
  • Golden Lotus Hotel

    Golden Lotus Hotel

    Excellent value for money

    32 Hang Trong St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3928 8583; F: (04) 3928 8584

    The Golden Lotus was always good but recent renovations and the addition of a second location across the street at 39 Hang Trong St have made it into one of our top picks for its price range. The ... View details

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    4 stars USD 50 to 100 7 votes Toprange
  • Thang Long Hotel

    Thang Long Hotel

    Comfortable but not dazzling

    1C Tong Dan, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3824 4775; F: (04) 3824 4784

    If you're headed here already, it's likely you were booked in on a group tour, which seems to be Thang Long's bread and butter. It's a three-star outfit, and compared to the Sofitel around the ... View details

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    3.5 stars Under USD 10 1 vote Backpacker
  • The Church Hotel

    The Church Hotel

    Clean, spacious rooms

    9 Nha Tho St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3928 8118; F: (04) 3828 5793

    The cathedral windows, and its proximity to St Joe's, give this place its name. It's a good example of the new trend in boutique hotels located in the town centre, and while it isn't the best of the ... View details

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    3.5 stars USD 50 to 100 1 vote Toprange
  • Zephyr Hotel

    Zephyr Hotel

    Losing its shine

    4-6 Ba Trieu St, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3934 1256; F: (04) 3934 1262

    The Zephyr used to be the only boutique hotel option in Hoan Kiem, but no more. It is now clearly outshone by the revamped Golden Lotus, the new Maison D'Hanoi, and places like Cozy Hotel which offer ... View details

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    3.5 stars USD 100+ 1 vote Luxury
  • Hanoi Backpackers Hostel

    Hanoi Backpackers Hostel

    Outstanding budget option

    48 Ngo Huyen, Hoan Kiem District
    T: (04) 3828 5372;

    Located on a sidestreet near St Joe's cathedral, this was for years the only real hostel in Hanoi, but now cheaper, almost-as-good places are springing up like daisies. It's still good value though ... View details

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    3.5 stars Under USD 10 15 votes Backpacker


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