La Beaute Boutique Hotel & Spa in Hanoi

2. An air compressor goes off every few minutes for about 10 seconds. 3. The bathroom faucet also leaks constantly, dripping into the plastic tub, which is quite noisy. 4. The room's signal is terrible, so I couldn't even use the Wi-Fi! I had booked two nights, but it was too noisy to stay. When I checked in, a Korean couple was checking out for the same reasons – no Wi-Fi, no hot water, and too much noise! They also booked two nights but only stayed one before moving to another hotel.

There's absolutely nothing about this place that deserves a high rating.

The location is right in the middle of a bustling downtown area, and being in a small alley isn't necessarily a drawback. However, if your room isn't on a high enough floor and has a window, you'll be staring directly at a wall, getting no sunlight or ventilation all day. Even if you force the window open, all you'll get is the exhaust fumes from nearby restaurants pouring into your small room, which is quite suffocating.

The facilities are also terrible. The slippers are plastic, broken, and stained. The duvet has unknown stains. The showerhead makes noise, the bathtub leaks, and there's a sewage smell that comes up, along with small flying insects from the drain. Because it's an old building in this area, I suspect the water pump isn't strong enough; the water turns cold after just two minutes, and you have to turn it off for a long time to get it hot again. It's like showering in a public university bathroom from fifteen years ago.

Other issues include, but are not limited to, the staff coming into our room to clean at around 8 AM while we two girls were still sleeping, startling us awake.

For a room like this in Vietnam, they charged over 1800 RMB for three days over New Year's. Considering the cost of living in Vietnam, I'm practically itching to ask Trip.com for an 800 RMB refund.