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Nam Hai 1
Wooden floors and good sized front rooms
37 Ma May St, Hoan Kiem District
Hanoi Province
Tel: (04) 926 3632
Fax: (04) 926 3633
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Under new ownership, the old Anh Dao Hotel has been renamed and remodelled. And the prices have doubled, of course! The cheapest rooms are a bit cramped and have no windows, though all the rooms now come with mini-bars and some even have Jacuzzis and desktop computers. The furniture motif is all heavy wood and faux pearl inlay, but it's all kinda pretty. The front rooms are very well-sized with small shared verandas overlooking Ma May St. The location is the main selling point here. The revamp has done it good, but the price jump has made the cheaper rooms less competitive, while the more expensive rooms now represent a decent mid-range option. The new Nam Hai has got some good feedback in terms of staff and room quality, though one common complaint is street noise bombarding the street-facing rooms. Bring earplugs or opt for a room at the back. Rooms include free breakfast and internet.
Total rooms: 40
Standard - Double
29 USD (low season)
29 USD (high season)
At rear of hotel
Superior - Double
35 USD (low season)
35 USD (high season)
Streetfront with veranda
Added to Travelfish on: 4th March, 2006
Last visited or updated on: 1st May, 2008
Guest feedback
Changed ownership - No rating given
By celianz ( total comments: 11 
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Apparently has changed ownership in 2007, no longer part of the camellia group: ''Dear guests,
Thank you so much for your interest in our Camellia hotel Group in the past years.
We would like to inform you that Anh Dao hotel- 37 Ma May Str. HN and Camellia 3 hotel- 31 Hang Dieu Str. HN will not be under our management from Feb 15th 2007.
We will not be responsible for everythings from the customers such as: complaints, criticisms about their services.
In order to meet the customers’ demand, we are now going to open the new 4 star hotel with an international standard in Hue City named Camellia hotel.
We are going to upgrade the service quality and working style for all the rest hotels: Camellia 2, Camellia 4 in Hanoi and Orchid hotel in Hue.
We hope to have a chance to greet and welcome all customers in all over the world to our hotels in the coming years.''
Nice place - just renovated - 
By gott_jini ( total comments: 4 ) Stayed here 8/2007
We stayed there for the last night before going back home. After spending some nights in the Central Stars hotel at the beginning of our trip (where we were not satisfied with the cleanliness of the room) we were looking for a cleaer place, thats what we found here
IMPORTANT: The hotel has a new name: NAM HAI 1 Hotel.
It must just have been renovated since we had an absolutely new bathroom, great new a/c, TV, fridge.
Paid 20 USD for the night, good breakfast included. Staff friendly.
Noisy but friendly - 
By nugsy ( total comments: 11 ) Stayed here 1/2007
Agree with flowers23 that the front rooms are very noisy and now cost $25. However, since you should definitely have brought you earplugs with you to Vietnam this is not too much of a problem. Otherwise the staff are very friendly and the tour agency they use is ODC which was excellent. The rooms are huge, if slightly tatty, and the breakfast was okay. Recommended, mainly for the friendly staff and ODC tours.
Stay away from the front rooms. - 
By flowers23 ( total comments: 3 ) Stayed here 5/2006
Took the advice to go for the front room with a balcony, well its great if you have earplugs and can sleep through incredible noise. Had one night in a front room with no sleep then we moved to the back rooms that were small but functional and quiet!!!!! Plus they were $15 a night a real bargain. Breakfast and internet included not a bad deal. Would not stay in the old quarter again if we were to visit Hanoi, too noisy.
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