Bann Kun Pra Guest House and Restaurant

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Rated 3 out of 5

Based on 3 ratings and 3 reviews

• Equal Parts Good and Bad

  My wife and I decided to stay here following a good recommendation by Rough Guide and this website. Some aspects of Bann Kun-Pra are awesome, and others are just downright unpleasant, leaving me with mixed feelings. Here's a short rundown: Good: - Amazing location, amazing place. Old traditional building with real character, right on the riverfront (if you pick the older building at the back.) I usually like modern, but this place just charmed me. - Very friendly staff. - Very clean shared bathrooms and toilets. Bad: - Noisy. As other reviewers have pointed out, this is not a quiet place. I used to think I didn't mind (I can sleep through a jackhammer), but Ban Kun-Pra features a mix of barking dogs and heavy traffic; plus, the large boats that go by on the river even at night are really noisy, on the level of a freight train. - Smelly. This is really a disappointing aspect of it. There's a huge pile of garbage right on the other side of the fence, next to the restaurant. You can smell it from the rooms upstairs, and from the restaurant. Why the owners don't try to fix this is beyond me, as it's seriously unpleasant. (As with the noise, this is not usually something I mind, as I lived in China. But here it was too much.) Overall, I liked my stay here, but I couldn't be bothered to stay much longer. I was still glad to be away from the backpacker ghetto, but I wish the experience would have been better. About the rooms in the old building: the single fan at 500B is a bad value. It's by far the noisiest room in the lot, plus it's right next to the worst of the garbage. The three rooms along the outside wall smell of garbage pretty strongly during the day, too. The room with the balcony is very good, and so is the other one. No smell, and a lot less noise.

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  Bann Kun Pra Guest House and Restaurant reviewed by Triseult (Total reviews: 1) on 6th January, 2010
  Rated 3 out of 5. after a stay here in 12/2009

• Very noisy

  Because there is only a thin wooden wall separating you from a busy road. But the food and the setting on the river is nice. Relax on the terrace but bring earplugs or sleep elsewhere. I wrote this report already 4 weeks ago but it seems to have vanished...

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  Bann Kun Pra Guest House and Restaurant reviewed by RotPickup (Total reviews: 38) on 26th October, 2008
  Rated 3 out of 5. after a stay here in 8/2008

• Bring Earplugs

  Because there is a very busy street just behind these shaking thin wooden walls. But the setting on the river is very nice and so is the food.

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  Bann Kun Pra Guest House and Restaurant reviewed by RotPickup (Total reviews: 38) on 11th October, 2008
  Rated 3 out of 5. after a stay here in /