Boutique Hotel La Villa in Nha Trang

Not a great night at La Villa,

Firstly, excellent location. In an alley off main road, 100 metres to the sea.

First problem: I had to pay at reception on checking in. I booked through Agoda and, always previously (10 or 15 times), Agoda took the money. The receptionist quoted the wrong price. 94k Dong more than agreed. I had to find receipt before he believed me. A hassle I don’t need on entering a hotel. I prefer payment to be sorted before I arrive.

Then went to room 208 on second floor. No elevator. Key card did not work. Luckily maid was there and let me in and went to get new keycard. So it was a little dark as no electricity. Went to put on slippers (as usual much too small!) only to put my socked feet into half an inch of cold water. The room was half flooded, presumably from leaving the window open with the heavy rain?

Maid returned with new key card and mopped up the water. I then tripped closing the window on two broken and sticking up floor tiles. A real health hazard, especially for children. Put the lights on but it seemed only about half of the 12 or so light bulbs were working. Again a sign of poor maintenance.

There is a kettle (which I couldn’t plug in without assistance… the man in the restaurant said “you have to put plug in at 45 degrees then twist”!), two cups and a tea pot. Nice touch BUT no tea, coffee or sugar is provided?! Two bottles of water were left and there is a good refrigerator with small ice compartment.

Bathroom was okay. Very nice brass shower fittings. But honestly this was the only quality item in the room. Hot water tap didn’t function in sink but shower did have hot water at night and in the morning. It is NOT a walk-in shower, so water goes onto the bathroom floor around the toilet. Very annoying but typically Vietnamese. Two tiny sachets of shampoo left and two toothbrushes and a comb and hairdryer but no soap. Two large and two small towels left. One had several red, possibly blood or rust, stains on it, which I would not use. The second towel seemed okay.

Aircon worked well. Lots of hanging space for clothes. Bed was comfortable and clean… a large double.

Breakfast was adequate. An omelette with two small pieces of bread and fruit. Excellent coffee. My understanding was breakfast would have a far greater choice… When I messaged the hotel days before arrival, they indicated that a buffet would be available or ‘full English breakfast’. With vegetarian options. Perhaps a language issue as I only speak English and the hotel seems mainly of Russian speakers.

Also breakfast is only available after 9am. Fine for me but much later than almost all the hotels I have stayed in in Nha Trang. This is the seventh hotel I have stayed in in the past six weeks. They all started breakfast at 6 or 6.30am.

There was noise around my room. I could hear people shouting in Korean and Russian until 1am. Sound-proofing is not good but maybe I was just unlucky with neighbours on the day I was there (3-4 Feb 2026)

Overall, not a happy stay at La Villa and I doubt I will return.