Le Grand Pakbeng

I stayed one night coming from a boat tour on the Mekong. The hotel itself is amazing - stunning location, great sunset, nice pool area. The rooms were spot on, good beds, rain showers, well-equipped. This is definitely a good place to relax a few days on a trip through Laos. On the contrary, the staff of the hotel didn't really speak English and was not exactly friendly. The continental breakfast options were rather poor. Also, they charged $10 for a TukTuk ride to town, which was quite a bit overpriced given that it's like 2km away.

What a lovely hotel. Our only regret is that we didn’t book an additional night. The staff were absolutely fantastic, efficient and friendly. We had a lovely dinner overlooking the Mekong River and they had a bottle of Cava on the wine list that was chilled to perfection and reasonably priced. The room and shower had a fantastic view of the Mekong. The staff obviously work very long hours but were so happy, efficient and experienced. If you have a choice of hotels when on the slow boat I’d definitely recommend this one. If you have the chance, book an additional night.

Like virtually everyone who stops in Pakbeng, I was here strictly as an overnight on a Mekong cruise. The hotel is a bit of absolutely lovely luxury in truly the middle of nowhere (with apologies to Pakbeng). The hotel has transportation ready to go to make the quick trip from your boat to the hotel. Check in is unusually well organized, which is a real blessing, given that a fair number of people arrive at once, who are tired, and want to settle into their room. The rooms are simply lovely. Beautiful wooden floors. Very comfortable beds. Extremely nice bathrooms. The rooms have AC and fans to boot. Everything is extremely clean. Outside each room is a little sitting area with a view of the Mekong and the entire hotel is situated with a spectacular view just above it. I had both dinner and breakfast at the restaurant. Dinner is a set course meal that was lovely and fit the ticket perfectly. Very high-quality food but also didn’t take too long after a long day. Breakfast is a very nice buffet. I believe you could also get eggs or pancakes made too. The hotel has a small pool with a great view. Sadly, I didn’t get the chance to use it. I suspect this is common with guests who arrive late on the boat and leave early the next morning. I should mention that the hotel manager is completely on top of everything at this place. He really deserves full marks for making sure everything runs like clockwork, and is truly lovely in a place where I suspected as far from easy to do so. Thank you for a lovely stay.

Lives up to its name. The room was lovely. Seperate little chalet type with own outside terrace. The shower room overlooks the Mekong river with superb views. Unfortunately the pool was closed due to some problem. Had a lovely meal in the restaurant and the breakfast was also very nice. Staff very friendly and even knew your name which makes it that more special.

Lovely hotel above the town with wonderful views of the river. Beautiful room in an individual building with private balcony and a shower with a view. Very friendly staff who are always very happy to help. There are no accessible rooms, every part of the hotel is accessed via steep steps, but the views are wonderful. Nice infinity pool with river views. We stayed two nights and enjoyed having the hotel to ourselves during the day.

Wow, if you are taking the slow boat from Huay Xai to Luang Prabang, this is the place to stay for your overnight in Pakbeng. Beautiful complex, immaculate, well-appointed rooms with drop dead gorgeous views over the Mekong, good food and a pretty spectacular infinity pool to watch the sunset. The entire staff was great and the general manager checked in with us personally to ensure we were happy -- which we were!

Location location! Stunning views from the bedroom & small balcony overlooking the Mekong River. Excellent infinity swimming pool with bar facilities. Huge bedroom with large shower & separate toilet. (No TV but we didn't want one). Fabulous dinner & reasonable breakfast boxes as we were on a 2 day Mekong cruise. Would have loved to stay longer!

Excellent hotel in the middle of nowhere! We were cruising down the Mekong for 2 days and stopped here overnight. Very attentive staff, beautiful rooms looking down on the river. Infinity pool with the same view. Food of reasonable standard. Lovely.