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Happy Inn

Happy indeed!
Mini-hotel alley, 40/13 Bui Vien St, District 1
Ho Chi Minh City Province
Tel: (08) 836 9048, (08) 920 1525
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Description
Happy Inn has two locations on Bui Vien. This one, on mini-hotel alley, has 10 rooms. The guesthouse lobby actually looks like a real hotel, suggesting you may have successfully avoided a 'backpacker category' joint -- and you have. The rooms have air-con, cable TV and fridge, and the furnishings look sparkly. A big highlight here is the bathrooms -- undoubtedly the best on the strip, being very spacious and modern, and including a separate shower cubicle. Choose a room at the front and receive an excellent balcony with plenty of room to sit and watch the street life below -- for only a dollar more it's well worth it.

Total rooms: 10

Dbl A/C private b'room
15 USD (low season) 15 USD (high season)
$16 with a balcony

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Added to Travelfish on: 23rd December, 2006
Last visited or updated on: 13th April, 2007

Guest feedback

Friendly staff and good value -
By suziea ( total comments: 7   ) Stayed here 1/2008
We enjoyed this hotel right on Bui Vien. The rooms were on the small side but perfectly comfortable with a great shower. Our only complaint was that they were doing some renovations and hammering went until 10pm at night and started fairly early in the morning. Still, the staff were lovely and were happy for us to leave our bags at the hotel when we went to Phu Quoc Island, allowing us to only take an overnight bag. As mentioned in another review, Stella across the road had great food as did the cafe next to the hotel.

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Nice place -
By Mulch ( total comments: 6   ) Stayed here 11/2007
Good Points: Great room with aircon and a proper shower! Good location.
Bad points: should include brekkie for the price although there is a great cafe called Stella across the street.

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Good spot -
By stilltravelling2007 ( total comments: 11   ) Stayed here 9/2007
We stayed at the newer one as well, and it was really nice.

Pleasant and clean rooms and friendly, helpful staff.

A little more expensive than a lot of the fleapits in the area but then, hey, it's not a fleapit. Worth the little extra.

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Bargain -
By shinynewcoin ( total comments: 4   ) Stayed here 10/2007
For what you pay Happy Inn is great value. We stayed at the new branch so I don't know about the other one but I was so surprised to be in a new hotel, with a lift, balcony and brand new bathroom for $20.

The only complaint we had was that the air conditioner blew air straight onto our faces during the night - which is a pretty paltry complaint.

Definitely worth checking out.

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Clean and stylish -
By amuckinasia ( total comments: 2   ) Stayed here 2/2007
I stayed at the newer branch (Feb 2007) and although the room was on the small side, the lighting, furniture and the amazing bathroom (fluffy towels and powerful hot shower) made up for it. The staff were super sweet. If you could cough up a few extra bucks, then I think it's worth it.

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Great value for money -
By dldorne ( total comments: 2   ) Stayed here 2/2007
We thought Happy Inn was great, there are two locations, so be clear which one you intend to stay at. There is a new one which is bigger and has an elevator, but the original, in the picture is where we stayed. It's very cute, clean and good service. The rooms with the balcony are worth it, we paid 18 dollars for our room over Tet (Chinese New Year). It's not the cheapest place on the street, but I would bet its one of the better deals.

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