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Region: Northern Laos> Province: Udomxai> Location: Pakbeng
Donevilasack Guesthouse
Vientiane
Stylish and spacious, bargain priced rooms in downtown Vientiane.
Air-con rooms: US$22
Has slid down hill
Tel: (081) 212 315
Description
Donevilasack, split between two buildings, offers a choice between cheap basic rooms with a shared bathroom and hot shower, or newer rooms with private bathroom but a cold shower. The old building offers the plain wooden rooms with a fan, mosquito net and shared bathrooms and a small balcony with table and chairs overlooking the main street. Rooms in the second, new building are made of concrete and tiles, and there is a decent sized balcony. This was once one of the better options in town, and still tends to fill up quickly, however we've received a string of recent reports describing the Donevilasack in appalling terms -- better to look elsewhere it seems.
Total rooms: 18
Sgl fan share b'room
3 USD (low season)
3 USD (high season)
Dbl fan share b'room
3 USD (low season)
3 USD (high season)
Sgl fan private b'room
8 USD (low season)
8 USD (high season)
Dbl fan private b'room
8 USD (low season)
8 USD (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 16th June, 2004
Last visited or updated on: 21st April, 2006
Guest feedback
Appalling - 
By Beckiboo1983 ( total comments: 8 
) Stayed here 2/2007
We specifically chose this place because it was listed as the best of the budget options in our guide book - how wrong could we be.
Dirty, small rooms in the old building. Spiders, rats and lot of mosquitos. The shared toilets are like something out of a prison. The beds are hard and the covers moth-ridden.
The extra ''bonus'' is the bar directly opposite that blares music until gone 11pm at night - not good when you want to have a decent night's sleep in preperation for the boat ride in the morning!
Avoid at all costs!
Don't stay here -
By rlove ( total comments: 5 ) Stayed here 3/2006
The rooms at Donevilasack are small and not clean. The bathrooms are also small and dirty. Don't buy any food or drinks here because they will overcharge you. If you need a sandwich or roll for the second day of your boat trip, buy them from the many street vendors who sell them. But avoid this place.
Abominable -
By mollyandjason ( total comments: 14 ) Stayed here 12/2005
This has become the place which we use to make all the bad places we stay seem good. Very filthy (don't think the linens get changed between guests) and rats, rats, rats. If you have ANY other choices take them.
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