Our room was a very good one. Facing the Mekong, very big and clean. The hotel has a nice restaurant for the evening and the food was good. Breakfast was ok for the ones who like Asian style breakfast. The location of our room near the gas station and the car washing facility is less of an advantage, though the windows are if very good quality so it blocks most of the noise.
The engines of the air conditions are hanging in the corridors, so all the rooms along the corridors get this noise. A nice clean hotel with restaurant and a river view coffee shop. The food isnt bad. You can enjoy the river view with a calm atmostphere.
The staff are ok. This can be a decent selection for your stay. We spent a couple of night at The River hotel. We booked a suit which is quite big, including a bedroom, a living room and a big bathroom, all designed in a modern style as the whole hotel. Except the price, cheap, and the nice view on the Mekong, I don't see any other positive point that deserve to be hilighted.
In another hand, there are a few negative points that annoyed me: The hotel is very noisy. Not sure if it was the maids or some kids but every early morning I was awaken by loud noises while the air conditionning in the bedrooms seemed to have been powered by a jet turbine all night long.
The restaurant hosting the breakfast is way to small to accomodate all the customers indoor so you may have to go outdoor to have your breakfast but in this case you will have to accept the trash smells as the bins are stored less than 5 meters. Also the buffet wasn't sufficient and on my first day I decided to leave the restaurant after waiting almost 10 minutes for the toast basket to be refilled My conclusion is that this hotel just offers the minimum service just like a gas station: come in, we give you what you pay for nothing more and leave.
