[Review] Golden Rose Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

I am in the mood of writing now, so I will review one hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, where I stayed on my trip to Vietnam May last year. This hotel is located in District 3, and is quite close to War-Remnants Museum and Reunification Palace.

The hotel's name is Golden Rose hotel, and it's quite new. We booked the Premium Deluxe Twin Room for 2 nights stay through agoda.com. The price is reasonable, about US$50 per night, including breakfast. Although the room is a little bit small, but the amenities in this room are great. The bathroom is modern and quite spacious, and provide cold as well as warm water. The bed is comfortable and the air-con works well. 

Breakfast is wonderful, it is a mix of American and Asian buffet. The drawback is that the location is quite far from district 1, where all major attractions and shopping center are located. Although we can walk, it takes about 20 minutes to district 1, and since we are always in a hurry we have to take a taxi. Taxi fare from this hotel to district 1 is about 20.000-35.000 dong. Staffs do not speak fluent English, especially the female ones. Sometimes it is hard to understand what they are saying, but they are very friendly and they are trying really hard to help us in finding the way and other stuffs.



In conclusion, I was happy with my stay at the hotel. Recommended? Yes!


Short info about the hotel:
Address: 3A Vo Van Tan Street, District 3, Tao Dan Park / Re-unification Palace, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Taxi Cost to District 1: 20.000-35.000 dong.
Price: Around US$50 per night for Premium Deluxe Room (via agoda.com)
Nearest attraction: War-Remnants Museum and Reunification Palace (around 5-15 minutes walk)
Hotel website: http://www.goldenrosehotel-hochiminh.com

Practical tips in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam:

1. Take only Vinasun or Mai Linh taxi (we tried these two taxis and have no problem at all). 
2. When walking on the streets, be careful with all your belongings, especially necklaces, because sometimes there will be a robber driving in a motorcycle, who is trying to grab your necklace (we are witnessing one, someone on the back of a motorcycle grabbed the necklace of a foreign man). 
3. Try to bargain all things you buy in Ben Thanh Market, start from 40-50% of the price. 
4. For daily seat-in-coach tour, we recommend Saigon Tourist, we used it and the trips were very pleasant.