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Giant Dragon Hotel

Badly in need of a refurbishment

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It's difficult to pick the biggest selling point here: the giant plastic red tree in the superior rooms, the plastic hanging gardens in the standards, or perhaps the sprawling chandeliers in both. Rooms are reasonable though not great value, and overall the place feels badly in need of a refurbishment, particularly the bathrooms. Many of the nearby mini-hotels represent far better value, but for an aging hotel, we've seen far far worse. Only the deluxe rooms have streetfront.

Contact details:
173 Pham Ngu Lao St, District 1, Saigon. T: (08) 836 1935 F: (08) 836 7279
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What we were quoted*

Type of room	Low season	High season	Notes
Standard - Double	30 USD	30 USD
Superior - Double	35 USD	35 USD
Deluxe- Double	40 USD	40 USD

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Added to Travelfish on: 14th October, 2005
Last visited or updated on: 11th August, 2008

Giant Dragon Hotel reviews

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Not too bad ... - 9th January, 2008
Very convenient location and if you can get a room on one of the higher floors it's fairly quiet too. The hotel is aging (comments about refurbishments are still valid) but it's clean and practical - if not luxurious. Staff were friendly and fairly helpful, and certainly not pushy.

Giant Dragon Hotel reviewed by boytaylor on 9th January, 2008, rated 3 out of 5.
Stayed here 12/2007
Total reviews submitted: 3.
boytaylor also reviewed: Classic Street Hotel Pho Co Hotel, Two Dragons Guesthouse.

Warm water. - 21st September, 2006
Didn't care much about the things as said in the description which are true. Finally a nice hot shower and some soft beds

Giant Dragon Hotel reviewed by pinofrombrielle on 21st September, 2006, rated 4 out of 5.
Stayed here 10/2005
Total reviews submitted: 3.
pinofrombrielle also reviewed: Ao Nuan Bungalows, Guesthouse Number 6.

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