On arrival at Cat Ba we were greeted by a swarm of hoteliers offering us rooms for $6 a night, we checked out a few, including the duc tuan which is highly rated on trip advisor, and found them mainly to be a bit grim. This one however is quite newly renovated and clean, with a lift, which is quite... More

I am sitting on a soft double bed in total luxury using free wifi in my 4th floor room. It has fans, AC, is nicely decorated and best of all, has a huge panel of windows that open with a view of karsts jutting out of the bay, straight out of a dream. The staff here has been helpful and... More

During checkout there was some confusion about the number of nights we slept there (2 nights and the lady was constantly saying 3, I guess counting the days and not the nights). Then she couldn`t find our pasports any more. When she maid the check, she counted a different amount of how much she needed to give us back (only... More

I first passed by the Ngoc Hoa restaurant at 10:30 pm, at closing time. It was my first night in cat Ba, and the woman was nice enough to stay open so I could eat some food and have a beer. Since then I have come back 5 or 6 times, to meet with friends who are staying at the... More

We had hired motorcycle from Mr zoom for some hours, during travel we may scratch his motorbike, it just the plastic part, the motorbike is actually red and old, but he forced me to pay to an exorbitant price, we do not agree with him and immediately he ran into the hotel and get the knife to carry out to... More

According to the introduction of climbers, we had booked rooms at the Ngoc Hoa hotel for two nights. The hotel is located in a beautiful location, with windows overlooking the ocean Cat Ba. The first night in the bathroom up smelly sewers, the next morning before going hiking we report back to a woman, she just nodded, but not sure... More

We have stayed at this hotel for two nights, it’s worst that I have ever stayed in Vietnam, broken elevators, no wifi in the room although the owner told us to have free computer access, in a special room that smells of foods. Owner selling tickets for us to Ha Noi, he took a commission 40.000vnd for one ticket, it’s... More

Just came back from spending two weeks on Cat Ba Island, my wife and I found this hotel to be great value for money and the staff were very helful. We both had a good feeling that hotel and services were honestly priced. We took a day cruise and a day trekk through Cat Ba national park both these day... More