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Giant Dragon Hotel
Due for refurbishment
173 Pham Ngu Lao St, District 1, Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City Province
Tel: (08) 836 1935
Fax: (08) 836 7279
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Description
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. Then there is the cleaner peeling her sunburned forehead in the lift and dropping the long strips of dead skin onto the floor. These points aside, rooms are reasonable though not great value, and overall the place feels due for a refurbishment, particularly the bathrooms. Many of the nearby mini-hotels represent far better value. Only the deluxe rooms have streetfront.
Standard - Double
20 USD (low season)
20 USD (high season)
Superior - Double
25 USD (low season)
25 USD (high season)
Deluxe- Double
30 USD (low season)
30 USD (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 14th October, 2005
Last visited or updated on: 13th April, 2007
Guest feedback
Not too bad ... - 
By boytaylor ( total comments: 3 
) Stayed here 12/2007
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.
Warm water. - 
By pinofrombrielle ( total comments: 3 ) Stayed here 10/2005
Didn't care much about the things as said in the description which are true. Finally a nice hot shower and some soft beds
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