Vietnam Backpacker Hostels - The OriginalvsHanoi Daewoo Hotel
Both properties are recommended by professional travelers. On balance, Vietnam Backpacker Hostels - The Original is preferred by most writers compared to Hanoi Daewoo Hotel. Vietnam Backpacker Hostels - The Original is ranked #13 in Hanoi with recommendations from 3 reviews including Lonely Planet, Frommer's and Rough Guide.
Vietnam Backpacker Hostels - The Original
48 Ngo Huyen, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi 0, Vietnam
From $5/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Laundry Service
- Restaurant
- Air Conditioning
Rough Guide
Star
"Usually packed to the gills with fun-seeking backpackers. With super-friendly staff, free internet access and breakfast... and quiet dorm rooms, budget travellers have all they need under one roof."
Frommer's
"Here's a budget choice and the first real-deal youth hostel in Vietnam." Full review
Lonely Planet
"An efficient, perennially popular hostel... impressively organised, with custom-built bunk beds and lockers, and the dorms all have en-suite bathrooms."
Hanoi Daewoo Hotel
360 Kim Ma Street, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, Vietnam
From $75/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Shuttle Bus
Frommer's
"The Daewoo has a popular guest list (heads of state and dignitaries including Bill Clinton and Jiang Zemin have stayed here) but an unfortunate location." Full review
Insight Guides
"This immense complex in western Hanoi has every conceivable facility. Rooms are large, quiet and comfy, and those on the uppermost floors have amazing views over Hanoi."
DK Eyewitness
"Steeped in opulence, it has every convenience and luxury, including an impressive collection of Vietnamese art hanging on the walls, and the largest swimming pool in the city."