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Prince 1 Hotel
The original
51 Luong Ngoc Quyen St, Hoan Kiem District
Hanoi Province
Tel: (04) 828 0155
Fax: (04) 828 0156
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Description
There are many copies but this is the original Prince Hotel in Hanoi. It's in a cute little location at the crook in Luong Ngoc Quyen Street where it bends. The staff here have a reputation for being friendly and relaxed, and they don't seem to 'hard sell' their guests on tours. The better rooms have bigger balconies and are ideal for families who can put up with some noise and dodgy ceilings. Cheapies have no windows. The rooms range quite a bit in quality, so if the first one is no good, ask to see another. The Prince can get pretty busy -- in high season a reservation is a good idea. All rates includes breakfast and internet. One Travelfish member warns not to use their airport taxis as the drivers charge an extra fee on top of what you pay to the hotel.
Total rooms: 20
Standard - Double
20 USD (low season)
20 USD (high season)
No windows
Superior - Double
25 USD (low season)
25 USD (high season)
Some have balconies
Deluxe- Double
30 USD (low season)
30 USD (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 16th February, 2006
Last visited or updated on: 22nd April, 2008
Guest feedback
I wouldn't again - 
By celianz ( total comments: 11 
) Stayed here 2/2008
rooms ok but overpriced (one at 17 had the roof caving in and full of mould). Ours at 22US ok, but bathroom no ventilation.Linen/towels smell of smoke, I used my own. arrived after cleaning but took another day b4 dead cockroaches were removed from hall.2 reception staff nice but reception dirty (full ashtrays, sweet wrappers left etc). Free net but staff playing games so much you feel like you cant go on. DONT TAKE THEIR AIRPORT TAXI ''no, you pay me $12 no pay more'' but sure enough the driver would not open car boot until I had paid him extra 5. I showed him the receipt to the hotel and he said ''hotel mafia'', throwing it in my face yelling etc. Funny thing was, we had shown him and explained at the beginning and the dude from the hotel spoke to him too...all in it together I'd say. We stayed at Tung Trung also and they were great. Don't bother with this place honestly. Also it is ''Prince I'' now - same address, phone etc as ''Prince'' listed-added the I recently.Crap way to depart VN
laid back friendly staff - 
By jackfamily ( total comments: 1 )
We (me and my husband and our 3 children) stayed here. huge room over looking street. Noisy but then that is the joy of Hanoi. Spent many a happy morning sitting at the window looking down at the hubbub on the street below. reasonably clean and reasonably well kept. few lights didn't work etc. But we found the staff to be very friendly, laid back and helpful. There was no pressure to book anything. It felt like coming home at the end of a busy day!!
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