MeKong Hotel

MeKong Hotel is a guest house in Hon Gai, 4.9 km from the centre of Ha Long, with family rooms that have balconies, air conditioning and private bathrooms. The rooms look out over the city, and the property has its own private beach area and a terrace, which makes it a practical base for families and small groups who want a quiet place to rest between days out.

Each room has a flat-screen TV, a bidet, free toiletries, slippers and an electric kettle, and the bathroom has a bath or shower and a hairdryer. Daily housekeeping, room service, laundry and ironing are available, along with a barber or beauty shop, and express check-in and check-out keep arrival and departure simple. Reception staff speak English and Vietnamese.

Guests get fast free WiFi at 100 Mbps, enough for streaming and video calls on several devices. The building has a lift, 24-hour security and key card access, and a designated smoking area is available for guests who smoke.

MeKong Hotel has two room types, and both are air-conditioned with a private bathroom and a balcony with a city view. Each one has two double beds and sleeps up to four guests, so a family, a couple travelling with a friend or two couples sharing can all stay in the same room. The rooms are fitted with a flat-screen TV with cable channels, a bidet, free toiletries and a hairdryer, and the balcony gives the same view across the city in both.

The Family Double Room is the larger of the two at 40 m², which gives more floor space around the beds. The Quadruple Room is 35 m² and keeps the same layout and equipment, so the choice comes down to how much room you need. Both bathrooms have a bath or shower, towels and slippers.

Daily housekeeping, room service, laundry, ironing and a barber or beauty shop are all offered at MeKong Hotel, and express check-in and check-out speed up arrival and departure. A lift, 24-hour security, key card access and a designated smoking area add practical reassurance, while the private beach area and the terrace give guests a place to sit outdoors.

The rooms have air conditioning, a flat-screen TV with cable channels, balconies and internet services. The bathrooms come with a bath or shower, a bidet, towels, slippers, a hairdryer and free toiletries, and each room has an electric kettle, a wardrobe and a drying rack for clothing.

The free WiFi runs at 100 Mbps, fast enough for streaming 4K content and video calls on several devices. Since there is no parking available, guests who travel by car need to plan their arrival in advance.

MeKong Hotel is in Hon Gai, the older centre on the east bank of Ha Long city, where the streets mix shophouses, small cafés and family restaurants. The Kênh Liêm canal junction is 350 m away and the Quang Ninh Museum is 750 m, so the old quarter is an easy walk from the guest house. The Ha Long Martyrs Memorial, 700 m away, and Chợ Cao Thắng market, 950 m away, are both within a kilometre, which makes the neighbourhood practical for both errands and sightseeing. Bai Chay, the main tourist area on the west bank, is across the water.

Since the property has no parking, a taxi is the simplest way to arrive with luggage. The public beach of Hòn Gai (Bãi tắm công cộng Hòn Gai) is 3.8 km away, and Bai Chay Beach, the main resort beach of the city, is 4.5 km away that links the two banks.

For sightseeing, Lan Be Park, 1.1 km away, is a green break from the traffic, and the Tháp Đồng Hồ clock tower, 1.4 km away, and the Đền Quan Sơn temple, 1.5 km away, make a short loop through the old quarter. The Quang Ninh Museum covers the history of the province, and the streets around it are a good place to see the older part of Hon Gai on foot. Bai Chay Beach suits a half-day by the sea, and the Bai Chay side of the city has the larger choice of restaurants and cafés for an evening out.