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Hoa's Place

A budget institution on the beach

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Sandwiched between Sandy Beach to the south and the Furama Resort to the North, Hoa's Place stands out as the single option for budget travellers wanting to stay on the sand. Thankfully, it's not a bad choice. Though the basic rooms are dingy, the mattresses hard, and the blankets a bit bare, this is overshadowed by the friendliness of Hoa, the owner. Fluent English-speaking Hoa (pronounced 'hwa') is a local institution. His small, family-run guesthouse is within steps of both the Marble Mountains and a practically deserted stretch of beach. While he only has a couple of rooms, Hoa serves as the manager for all the accommodation in the area (he and his wife are the only ones who speak English), and can easily arrange a room for you in one of the adjoining guesthouses. The rates are best described as variable and Hoa can cater to strict budget travellers if you don't mind sharing a room. Evening meals are communal, every night at 19:00 -- very popular and a great way to meet fellow travellers. Time and time again, Travelfish users have informed us that they showed up here planning to stay a few days and stayed a week. We've received a number of reports that booking requests to Hoa's by email tend to go unanswered, so you're probably best to just show up or telephone ahead.

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215/14 Huyen Tran Cong Chua St, China Beach. T: (0511) 3969 216 
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What we were quoted*

Type of room Low season High season Notes
Sgl fan private b'room 7 USD 7 USD
Dbl fan private b'room 9 USD 9 USD

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Added to Travelfish on: 4th November, 2005
Last visited or updated on: 15th July, 2009

Hoa's Place reviews

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Hoa is a freak - 7th February, 2010
Stayed in Hoa's place for around 10 days (and for Christmas 2009). A really family style place, Hoa helps everybody to get talking to each other. The price is lower than quoted above (was $5 for single room and $7 for dbl room). Was a great place to stay for Christmas after travelling for 3 months and missing some people at home. Had a funny Christmas tree and a bonfire on the beach afterwards. Sadly, Hoa seems to be drinking a bit to much. Hope he gets that under control - he's a really nice guy when sober :)

Hoa's Place reviewed by Magganpice on 7th February, 2010, rated 4 out of 5.
Stayed here 12/2009
Total reviews submitted: 3.
Magganpice also reviewed: Okay Guest House, Thuan Loi Hotel.

Cool dude. - 15th October, 2009
Like what the author and other people say this place is close to the beach and marble mountain, and so on. The rooms are okay, nothing special. What makes this place nice is the owner, who is a chilled out guy. He can help you out with almost anything and is really willing to help. If you want to go to a nice place and just chill this is definitely the place to go. They even have a family style dinner which is cool. The way you even pay is relaxed. when you order something what you do is write it down in a notebook under your section, when you want a drink you just grab it and write it down in the notebook. Its a system based on honesty. You can easily lie and not write it down and no one will really no. But no one does because hes such a cool dude and honestly why steal be that cheap?? At the end of your stay you add it all up and you pay the man. I would 100% come back to this place.

Hoa's Place reviewed by inkang on 15th October, 2009, rated 5 out of 5.
Stayed here 9/2009
Total reviews submitted: 5.
inkang also reviewed: Auberge Mont-Royal d'Angkor, Cozyna Hotel, Sea Star Resort, Tree Top Ecolodge.

Best little find in Vietnam - 17th July, 2009
Stayed first time in April then again in June and 3rd time in July 2009. That in itself says Hoa's Place is the only place to stay in the Danang - Hoi An area. Cant recommend it enough. What it lacks in luxury it more than makes up for in atmosphere, largely due to Hoa's kindness and generosity.

Hoa's Place reviewed by dirtypierre on 17th July, 2009, rated 4 out of 5.
Stayed here 6/2009
Total reviews submitted: 2.
dirtypierre also reviewed: Little Hanoi Hotel.

Excellent hospitality - 7th June, 2008
Staying here was exactly what we needed after visiiting so many busy coastal towns. Hoas Place is almost on the beach. While the accomodation is basic the family dinners encourage you to meet fellow travellers and create a great atmosphere. Hoa and his wife are very hospitable. Great characters to meet. We left sad that we couldn't stay and relax longer but with big grins on our faces.

Hoa's Place reviewed by Kezia on 7th June, 2008, rated 4 out of 5.
Stayed here 6/2008
Total reviews submitted: 3.
Kezia also reviewed: Barbara's Kiwi Connection, Jungle Beach.

Quiet spot - a rarity in Vietnam - 15th January, 2007
If you've had too much of tooting horns and roaring motorbikes, this is the place to be. It's cheap, basic and quiet. The owner is a nice guy and the location is close to perfect. This is way better than staying at the Furama! Dinner is communal and would probably be ''exotic Asian'' by Westerners' standards - still, it's good value for the money.

Hoa's Place reviewed by Conan on 15th January, 2007, rated 4 out of 5.
Stayed here 4/2006
Total reviews submitted: 3.
Conan also reviewed: Baan Lotus, Lopburi Asia Hotel.

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chillaxing - 9th September, 2006
this was a great few days that just kept being extended. beach is deserted--have books with you as there is nothing there to buy. rooms are basic but clean. food at hoa's is reasonable in price and tasty. plan the family dinner at night-- a great tasting meal in a communal setting. highly rec this vs staying in danang. Hoa is a sweetheart. surf boards for rent for cheap too.

Hoa's Place reviewed by carneykd on 9th September, 2006, rated 5 out of 5.
Stayed here 9/2006
Total reviews submitted: 5.
carneykd also reviewed: CM Blue House, Hong Di Bungalows, Levady Guesthouse.

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