Les Jardins de Vang Vieng

Beautiful and good value, staff a bit hit and miss though - 28th February, 2006
We stayed at Les Jardins de Vang Vieng for four nights and had a beautiful air con bungalow, with a private hot water shower and western flush toilet. The bungalow was spotless and the bed a big white cotton number with a big mosquito net, although there weren't many mossies getting into the room anyway. The view was amazing and looked right out onto the river and the mountains on the other bank. We paid $15, which was a bit over our $10-12 budget, but it was good value considering the other places in Laos we have stayed. Initially, I rang the Thavisouk Guesthouse to book an air con room, and was quoted $15 but on arrival at the Thavisouk Guesthouse we were informed that we weren't booked in there and the tuk-tuk driver took us to Les Jardins, obviously we now know that they are in cahoots, but this wasn't made clear on the phone. The first two nights were very quiet, with a very distant hum of music from somewhere, but this died down about 10.30pm and was too quiet to keep us awake. The third night however, there was some really loud music coming from somewhere down the river, which didn't stop until 2.48am in the morning and kept us, other guests and even the staff awake. We are not sure what was going on, but it may just be a one off thing. One thing that did annoy me, was that I booked the TVS VIP bus through Les Jardins to Vientiane, we paid $5 dollars for the three hour journey and the information at reception said it would include free water, movies, air con and even cold towels, plus a tuk-tuk to the bus station. What in fact happened was that our tuk-tuk arrived late and we were the last few on the bus, my husband and I didn't even get a seat together until I kicked up a fuss and the landlady of Les Jardins (who obviously runs the TVS shabang as well)decided to move off two seats and give them to us. She and her four family/friends, then proceeded to sit on stools in the gangway, leaving the front rows no leg room whatsoever. It seemed like they were all cadging a lift to the capital city as well. There was no water,towels or film and just one toilet stop for barely 5 minutes, I was absolutely disgusted with this service, which is odd as the service at Les Jardins had been really good, but it seemed as if that all went out the window once she knew she wouldn't be making anymore money out of us. All in all a good place to stay, but they seemed a bit money grabbing to us.

Les Jardins de Vang Vieng reviewed by mrandmrsburke on 28th February, 2006, rated 3 out of 5.
Stayed here 2/2006
This is a Travelfish recommended reviewer
Total reviews submitted: 25.
mrandmrsburke also reviewed: Baan Lotus, Baan Sabai, Bella Bella House, Bounmy Guesthouse, Charlie's Huts, Chat House, CM Blue House, Friendship Guesthouse, Garden House, Heritage Guest House, Kampot Guesthouse, Ko Tao Tropicana Resort, LiThai Guesthouse, Mali Namphu, Monkey Republic, Nett Hotel, Prince II Hotel, Suncliff Resort, The Riverside Guest House, V.N.Guesthouse.

Terrific spot. - 5th May, 2009
Stayed here for 3 nights and were very pleased we did. The location is ideal, we stayed in a bungalow right on the waters edge, with lovely views of the river and the mountains beyond. It's a short walk to the centre of the strangeness that is Vang vien, just far enough out to avoid most of the noise from the riverside bars. The bungalows are basic, but comfortable. The beds aren't as bad previous comments suggest, and the cold shower was fine. There is however a lot of building work going on, but you'd be hard pressed to avoid this almost anywhere in Vang vien, There was some confusion about who owns the various different bungalow operations in this area, the office for the riverside bungalows is right next to them. There is another set of bungalows behind that are owned by another family, and furhter back still some brand new concrete bungalows under the same ownership as the riverside bamboo affairs we stayed in. It all seems to be under the same name, le jardin d'organique. Staff were always on hand to help, and spoke good english.

Les Jardins de Vang Vieng reviewed by trevorwallis on 5th May, 2009, rated 4 out of 5.
Stayed here 2/2009
Total reviews submitted: 7.
trevorwallis also reviewed: European Guesthouse, Kep Lodge, Khamphouy Guest House, Mrs. Noy's, Orchid Guesthouse, Star Guesthouse.

The hardest beds ever! - 30th May, 2008
We stayed only 1 night in Les Jardins de Vang Vieng. They only had one bungalow available, and the'd put in an extra matrass for our 3 kids. The beds were extremely hard, there was no comfort at all. We payed 8$ for the bungalow and 2$ for the big matrass. The food in the restaurant was expensive and nothing special. We moved to the neighbour, Villa Nam Song for much better beds! The garden and location of Les Jardins de Vang Vieng is very OK, it vieuws the footbridge and the mountains. The gardens are well kept, but the bungalows are missing comfort. At the time we stayed here there were a lot of building activitities, they were building bigger and more luxuary bungalows.

Les Jardins de Vang Vieng reviewed by boschgoesasia on 30th May, 2008, rated 3 out of 5.
Stayed here 7/2007
Total reviews submitted: 4.
boschgoesasia also reviewed: Suan Keo 2 Guesthouse, Villa Manoly, Villa Nam Song.