Hilton Hanoi OperavsInterContinental Hanoi Westlake
Both properties are recommended by expert writers. Overall, Hilton Hanoi Opera is preferred by most writers compared to InterContinental Hanoi Westlake. Hilton Hanoi Opera is ranked #2 in Hanoi with recommendations from 11 publications like Concierge, Rough Guide and Travel + Leisure.
Hilton Hanoi Opera Show All Reviews
1 Le Thanh Tong St., Hoan Kiem Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam
From $146/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Concierge
"This luxurious property, adjacent to the Opera House, has an impressive faux-colonial exterior and a sumptuous lobby. The hotel offers five-star accommodation at a great price."
Insight Guides
"An architecturally impressive hotel built to complement the neighbouring Opera House. Rooms are large, airy and modern."
Lonely Planet
"Built in 1998, this impressive neoclassical edifice blends in well with its surroundings, especially the adjacent Opera House." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"Business hotel with a neo-Baroque façade in a prime downtown location adjacent to the Hanoi Opera House, just steps from the central business district." Full review
Rough Guide
Star
"Arguably Hanoi’s top city-centre address for all-round value, this five-star hotel is carefully designed to blend in with the neighbouring Opera House."
Star Service
"This Hilton offers an unbeatable location in the southeast corner of the bustling Old Quarter where the French influence is strongest." Full review
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The staff speaks English well, and takes pride in the hotel and level of service, often jumping on the chance to handle special requests.
DK Eyewitness
"An extraodinarily elegant structure built to mirror the Opera House next door, the Hilton Hanoi Opera offers superb service and every conceivable amenity."
Afar Magazine
"Rooms feature locally made furniture, double-glazed windows that promise quiet, wool carpets, and bathrooms that have separate tubs and walk-in showers." Full review
Oyster
Upper-middle-range
"Hilton Hanoi Opera is a three-and-a-half-pearl hotel situated in the French Quarter next to the Hanoi Opera House." Full review
Fodor's
"A stone's throw from the Hanoi Opera House, this was arguably the city's top hotel for many years and is still a solid bet today, offering easy access to the French Quarter, while Hanoi's old quarter and modern central business district are also nearby." Full review
InterContinental Hanoi Westlake Show All Reviews
1A Nghi Tam, Tay Ho, Hanoi, Vietnam
From $109/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
- Laundy Room
Concierge
"Sublime settings among city hotels are rare, and none outdoes this site."
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When to go: Avoid the rains that fall daily in July and August.
Condé Nast Traveler
"Overlooking the 800-year-old Golden Lotus Pagoda on Hanoi’s largest lake, it is ten minutes by car from the city’s hip historic center (an excellent city map is presented along with your room key)." Full review
Star Service
"Located in the neighborhood of the Golden Lotus Pagoda and flower market, this sprawling hotel is 40 minutes from Noi Bai International Airport and 10 minutes from the city center." Full review
Lonely Planet
"Unquestionably the most luxurious address in the north of the city, this hotel is setting new standards in the luxury sector, with a contemporary Asian-design theme running throughout." Full review
Oyster
Luxury
"Located outside central Hanoi, this sprawling, 318-room luxury hotel benefits from a lakeside setting." Full review
Fodor's
"In a tranquil setting, over-the-water pavilions house spacious rooms with balconies and great views of West Lake and Hanoi, helping guests feel removed from the urban bustle of the city center, even though the hotel is only a couple of miles from the Old Quarter and Hoan Kiem Lake." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"This luxe urban resort is uniquely set on the edge of Hanoi’s largest lake." Full review
Afar Magazine
"The city’s largest lake, known locally as Ho Tay and situated just northwest of the Hanoi Old Quarter, plays home to this whitewashed hotel whose layout mimics the form of an open lotus flower." Full review
Independent
"One of only two Hanoi hotels that are actually built on the water...the “over-water” rooms are particularly appealing, as they fan out on small man-made islets from the central sunset bar."
Frommer's
"All rooms have great views from the balconies, but the suites are particularly appealing as they are perched right out over the water...rooms are decorated with dark timber, cream walls" Full review