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Yellow House Hostel
Labyrinth with a youth hostel
31 Bui Vien St, District 1
Ho Chi Minh City Province
Tel: (08) 836 8830
Fax: (08) 836 8829
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Description
Yellow House has an all-round great service for the needy traveller. The lobby contains a foreign exchange desk, a tour/travel desk including bus and train ticket bookings, and also a visa extension service. The guesthouse is a real labyrinth in which footsteps echo through hospital-like corridors. Almost unheard of in Vietnam hostels are dormitories -- YHH is an exception. Their mixed dorm sleeps eight and is 'cosy' to say the least. Two bathrooms are housed directly outside the door. All rooms are drab, uninteresting and basic. Many are tucked deep inside the building and hence are windowless -- maybe the free breakfast and numerous services will swing the decision. Another good option could be to share the four-bed room -- at $22 a night, you do the math. The upstairs rooms overlooking Bui Vien St catch a lot of traffic noise.
Total rooms: 20
Dorm Fan
7 USD (low season)
7 USD (high season)
Sgl A/C private b'room
10 USD (low season)
10 USD (high season)
Dbl A/C private b'room
13 USD (low season)
13 USD (high season)
Triple A/C private b'room
17 USD (low season)
17 USD (high season)
Quad A/C private b'room
22 USD (low season)
22 USD (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 23rd December, 2006
Last visited or updated on: 13th April, 2007
Guest feedback
nice enough - 
By milkfish08 ( total comments: 5 
) Stayed here 4/2008
The place is popular with backpackers so it's always full, especially during the high season. We stayed at the Bui Vien branch, not the one off De Tham St.
For $15 in a double room that was spacious enough and had a/c and TV, it's okay. But our room being located right by the staircase is not conducive to a good night's sleep when people come and go at all hours. The room had high ceilings and was pretty tidy. Bathroom was okay too. The mattress was a bit thin and my back wasn't exactly happy about that. Free brekky was lovely and the free internet was not too crappy. The place has currency exchange at the lobby with good rates and even though they have all sorts of tours, they won't hound you about it, which is great.
This is also alright if traveling alone and you have no one to share expenses with since they have a dorm which is cheaper than booking a private room.
But if looking for really good value for just $15/night, try Madame Cuc's. They have 3 branches and we stayed at the one with the 184 address tucked away in a quiet alley in Pham Ngu Lao.
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pleasant but simple - 
By abbothompson ( total comments: 4 ) Stayed here 10/2007
Hi
Stayed here for 3 nights at 13US$/ night, with AC and TV, in a very small room. We stayed at the sister hotel in a side alley off De Tham, The room was at the back, very quiet and clean enough to get a decent nights sleep. It has simple breakfast and internet access included, safe and clean, we were very comfortable, and the staff did their best to help with our requests.
We could have done more, but were really only passing through- good enough for me to go back there if in Saigon again.
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