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Sunshine Hotel

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The six-storey Sunshine Hotel is a spacious enough affair with tiled floors throughout and ornate Chinese-looking furniture. The front rooms have small balconies, making the rooms a bit noisier, though bear in mind this is not the noisiest street in Hanoi, so it could be a lot worse. The rooms feature brightly-coloured bedding, vanities, desks, tile bathrooms, and they've recently introduced desktop computers, standard, in all the rooms, which is probably why the prices have risen. All rates include breakfast and free internet.

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42 Ma May St, Hoan Kiem District. T: (04) 926 1559 F: (04) 926 1558
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What we were quoted*

Type of room	Low season	High season	Notes
Sgl air-con private b'room	30 USD	30 USD
Dbl air-con private b'room	35 USD	35 USD

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Added to Travelfish on: 16th February, 2006
Last visited or updated on: 22nd April, 2008

Sunshine Hotel reviews

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Not so bad - 27th June, 2009
We stayed at Sunshine 1. Despite all the reviews of rude staff, we had some quite helpful and friendly staff during our stay. The rooms were spacious ($22 twin) with a speedy PC and a bowl of fruit! We reserved our room in advance (paid a 300,000 dong deposit), before a trip to Sapa and Halong Bay. They let us have much needed showers the day we reserved, even though we were only staying there three days later. Breakfast was ok: bread, bacon and coffee, and we were greeted with smiles every time. Maybe they have improved!

Sunshine Hotel reviewed by jules78 on 27th June, 2009, rated 3 out of 5.
Stayed here 6/2009
This is a Travelfish recommended reviewer
Total reviews submitted: 11.
jules78 also reviewed: Ban Thai Guest House, Dreams Hotel, Garden Home, Happy Inn, Na Inn, New Siam II Guest House, Royal Hotel, Sayo Guesthouse, The Billabong Hotel, Thuy Duong 3 Hotel.

Try elsewhere - 24th January, 2007
Can't comment on the Sunshine 1 - but stayed in the Sunshine 2.Staff weren't the friendliest,and their travel desk charged us $20 extra to get Thai visas for us - I didn't have a passport photo on me,and was charged an extra $1 for them to scan my passport.The $20 room was clean but extremely small,no outside windows,and we had problems with the hot water.

Sunshine Hotel reviewed by baquinn on 24th January, 2007, rated 2 out of 5.
Stayed here 1/2007
Total reviews submitted: 7.
baquinn also reviewed: BAP Guesthouse, Dara Reang Sey Hotel, Heritage Guest House, Lanta Bee Garden Bungalows, Thaveesinh Hotel, Vong Duern Villa.

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