Villa Malida

The dog was easily the most frustrating part of this stay. It’s cute, and I love pets, but the hotel owner’s dog started high-pitched barking and yapping around 7 AM every morning, then did it randomly through the day. That made it hard to sleep in or nap. They also let the dog onto all the dining tabletops, including the ones where breakfast was served. Management asks guests to remove their shoes before entering the lobby, which I understand as a Laos custom tied to cleanliness and respect, but dogs on dining tables felt neither clean nor respectful. Breakfast was just toast, jam, butter, sliced fruit such as watermelon, apple and/or dragonfruit, orange juice, coffee, and one omelet. There’s a filtered water dispenser for filling bottles, and you can keep them in the room fridge. When the dog wasn’t yapping, the rooms were quiet. I liked how dark the blackout curtains made the room. The bed was large, clean, and comfortable, the A/C worked great, and there were clean blankets in the closet. There was no safe. The bathroom was clean and the shower water hot, but they only provided two tiny soaps and two tiny shampoo packets. I had to ask staff for more after the first night. The hotel is in a nice neighborhood, though about an 18 minute walk from the main roads, like the night market street. I would NOT recommend it.