Dozy Hostel

What reviewers say

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• ★ 5a year ago

  I loved my stay at this hostel. The first night I was alone, and the second night there was just one other guest. The lockers are big enough, I loved that. The bathroom was very spacious. And I loved their wooden staircase. The was also a table - very practical for working on the laptop. The rate is very OK (135k dong per night). I do recommend this hostel and I wish more people would know about it.

• ★ 52 years ago

  Hostel above from the 1st floor, below is a cafe bar with acoustic music on weekends. The room is spacious and comfortable, needs additional insulation in the hot season, the host is friendly and hospitable, suitable for backpackers

• ★ 32 years ago

  Gorgeous building, in a lovely old part of town, lots of cafes and restaurants (local and international) along the street and nearby and central to explore other attractions such as the market, citadel and beach. The owner is friendly and speaks good English, also runs the bar on the ground floor. The homestay looks as if it has seen better days, needs a really good spring clean to clear out the out the cobwebs and freshen up the place!! The top floor dorm room is basic, with big hard beds with clean sheets and towels and plenty of space, but quite warm at night even with the AC on. As a solo female traveller, I am slightly hesitant to recommend the dorm to other solo female travellers. There is a bus stop for the B4 bus to Phong Nha about 5 mins walk away, this bus goes at 9am and 3pm (bus driver confirmed the 3pm bus) there are also buses from the Nam Ly bus station, apparently at 6am, 9am, 3pm and 5pm, and definitely at 1pm,

• ★ 09 years ago

  The rooms are nice, nothing particularly fancy, but they have everything you need. For 250k/night we got a big room with two rather hard beds (that seem to be a standard here so we didn't really mind), a mini fridge, tv, working hot shower and a clean bathroom. The door opened to a balcony in front so there was enough daylight if we needed it. Everything was clean and fresh.|What I really can't stress enough is how welcoming and warm the staff was! The manager in particular was sooo eager to help; she immediately gave us the map of the city, poited to all the places she thought were worth seeing and the foods we should try. We also rented a bike with them and got a discount cards for the caves we went to see the next day. When we needed a taxi to the trainstation they had it all covered. Truly amazing, genuinely warm attitude. If I could give them more points than 5, I would!|

• ★ 08 years ago

  I stayed in Dozy hostel for two nights and was blown away by the warmth and generosity of spirit of the owner. When we arrived late from a bus, he went out of his way to make us food, gave us information about a tour of Phong Nha and made sure we had breakfast before leaving early for the tour the next morning. A few days after our stay, we realised that my sister had left her jacket in the hostel, but we were already in Hanoi, a 12 hour bus journey away. Tran organised for his friend to bring the jacket with him to Hanoi and deliver it to our hostel, at no cost and refusing payment. This was truly appreciated and just goes to show how special small businesses like Dozy Hostel can be.

• ★ 08 years ago

  i was planning to stay one night, i spent 3 nights in Dong Hoi. The city is quiet, with no western tourist, so was really nice to walk around, go to the beach and all people where really courios about me, coming to me trying to say something in english: an experience i never had in Vietnam, where everywhere is full of western noisy tourists. ||But what deserve 5 start was the hospitality of the owner of Dozy hostel, a young vietnamese guy which took me around the city with his scooter and took me to eat some of the best vietnamese food. I thank him even if I dont remeber his name, sorry!||Furthermore, the structure is nice, new, clean, friendly and with free bicycle! ||If you wanna visit Phong Nha Caves, my advice is to spend few day at Dozy hostel (Dong Hoi town) go to the beachs and to the desert dunes and to book a tour with them: better choice than sleeping in Son Trach town, which is closest to the caves but just a fake town built for tourists.

• ★ 011 years ago

  The old saying "home away from home" is what you get at Binh Duong Hotel.||||I have stayed at this hotel both in 2013 and 2015 and each time was for 5+ days. It is a small family run place that is an excellent alternative to the larger hotel loaded with amenities. Each level has a wrap around balcony with outdoor seating which makes the quiet side street setting that more enjoyable.||||The rooms and grounds are very clean and the family is always available to help you when needed. This is hotel is just a short 2 blocks to the river and the river walk. The fish markets are very close as well.||||Prices are very reasonable, and the standard room can be $8-12 /night.||||k-

• ★ 010 years ago

  Stayed at this little hotel for just one night while passing through visiting phong Nha. The owners went above and beyond to help us. They let us check into our room at 8 in the morning. They provided us with bikes, showed us an amazing local place to eat (best bun Thit nuong I have had in Vietnam), booked out buses and brought us to some local spots to see the sunrise. Room was basic but clean. Perfect for budget bagpackers or young travelers. Cannot recommend this place enough.