La Ong Dao Hotel 2

The little shop out front is nice. The girls running it are pleasant, polite, and helpful. The construction next door is awful, with grinders, cement mixers, hammer drills, and sledgehammers being the sounds that stand out most. I've stayed in much worse places, but the staff there were always friendly and cooperative. Here, I'm not getting any cooperation, and it's unfortunate we couldn't come to an agreement. This review would be very different if we had, and maybe that will happen later. Right now, though, I have food poisoning, can't sleep, can't work, and feel bad for the proud CEO, CFO, CMO, and others whose pictures are on the lobby walls. I'm Canadian, and it seems I've found the one place on earth that doesn't care about that. I'm a white guy, so I expected racism to be a thing, which is fine, I'm not a snowflake or political, but I do expect professionalism. The front desk day guy, if the owners knew, I don't think he'd have a job much longer. Honestly, I don't think they check in often, which has given him more freedom than he should have had. I don't ask for fresh things every day. I clean up my room and don't ask for much at all. Once a week, cleaning staff can come in and do what they need, but here things are different. My wife chose this little place, and in hindsight, paying twice as much for a better hotel was the only choice. I would have done that. I'll put in my time, leave when it's time, and hope never to see this hotel again. I've been all over the world and have several million followers. Many people seem to plan vacations around what I review, and I can't in good conscience lead them astray. I would have preferred to leave a much better review, and I can steer you away from this hotel. I hope this helps people coming to Laos, but I promise you'll have a much better time literally anywhere else. Please do so.