Reviews of Ali Local Home
No 198 Pangkham, Chanthabuly District , Vientiane, Laos, 01000 Vientiane, Laos
#60 of 89 hotels in Vientiane
Guests' ChoiceReview score
Based on 190 hostel reviews
7.2Score breakdown
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Cleanliness
7.5
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Comfort
7.4
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Location
8.7
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Facilities
7.4
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Staff
7.9
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Value for money
7.9
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Free WiFi
10.0
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Reviewed: 3 May 2024
Paul
Laos60 reviews18 helpful votes7.0Good- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Bed in 8-Bed Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Its US$4 for a dormitory bed in an air conditioned room, with a basic breakfast supplied. There's nothing to complain about at this price
Stayed in May 2024
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Reviewed: 26 April 2024
Vlada
Russia8 reviews1 helpful vote6.0Pleasant- • Solo traveller
- • Double or Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Dirty
Good internet
Stayed in April 2024
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Reviewed: 2 April 2024
Janarthanan
India9 reviews7 helpful votes7.0“It's quite good for money”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Bed in 8-Bed Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Air conditions don't work properly
There is no disturbance in the hostel. Love breakfast.
Stayed in April 2024
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Reviewed: 30 March 2024
Dana
Greece34 reviews6 helpful votes8.0Very good- • Leisure trip
- • Group
- • Double or Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Location is good! Breakfast is great!
Stayed in March 2024
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Reviewed: 28 March 2024
Marvi
United Kingdom40 reviews8 helpful votes7.0Good- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Bed in 8-Bed Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
My stay was very peaceful.... Location was really good ...
Stayed in February 2024
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Reviewed: 26 March 2024
Ashish
India3 reviews6.0Pleasant- • Solo traveller
- • Bed in 8-Bed Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
Mosquito problem.
It is very cheap and good for solo traveller.
Stayed in March 2024
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Reviewed: 26 March 2024
Lambert
France19 reviews6 helpful votes6.0Pleasant- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Double or Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Sad that if you choose to pay in Laotian Kip (national monney) instead of US dollars, they charge you with a very bad changing rate. Mainly dirty but you know what you pay for. Scooter rental possible (but quite bad quality for the price)
The location, it is easy to reach every touristic places by walk.
Stayed in March 2024
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Reviewed: 11 March 2024
Franc
Slovenia5 reviews8.0Very good- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Bed in 8-Bed Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
Friendly staff and I slept well because the rooms work comfortably enough.
Stayed in March 2024
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Reviewed: 5 March 2024
Ciaran
Ireland44 reviews30 helpful votes6.0“Homestay type hotel”- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Triple Room with Private Bathroom
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Not very clean. The Laos kip rate they charged was very different to official rate, we discovered that this is common across Laos but it was a shock for our first accommodation.
The air conditioning worked, they had scooters to rent, short walk from central station, free breakfast was good each morning.
Stayed in February 2024
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Reviewed: 29 February 2024
Michael
United States10 reviews1 helpful vote7.0“Efficient and safe and secure (mostly..would have liked a lock-box, as requested) hostel experience.”- • Business trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 12 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Communications were a bit rough (it’s ok, I don’t speak the native languages there-so those differences can be tough on people.
Efficiency and ease of usage and coming and going. I had a few opportunities to be more social that was nice-but I was focused mostly on business and enjoyed a new friendship with/roomate.
Stayed in February 2024
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Reviewed: 27 February 2024
Sara
United Kingdom71 reviews11 helpful votes7.0“alright”- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
see above
We arrived after the nightbus, huge hotel hostel. Loads of rooms. We booked a room witu private bathroom (didnt need to as so many toilets/hot showers and nobody else on our floor (even dorms were empty). We couldnt check in until 12 although hotel appeared empty (buts thats okay) went to the room. the toilet bin had other peoples waste in it. We got a balcony (couldnt sit on it but we could dry clothes). Woke up with lots of bites on torso ? mosquiots ? bed bugs. lots of mosquitos in room. breakfast great big portions!. Bed had a blood stain (looked fresh - and we wernt bleeding ?clean sheets?
Stayed in February 2024
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Reviewed: 26 February 2024
Paul
Laos60 reviews18 helpful votes7.0“You get what you pay for”- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Cold shower Extremely dirty common areas Leaking water pipes in bathroom so that water was always on the floor
Breakfast was simple but tasty. Location is good Pleasant staff Inexpensive
Stayed in February 2024
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Reviewed: 7 February 2024
Anthony
United States96 reviews4 helpful votes7.0“Ok hotel, but don't purchase bus tickets through them!!!”- • Couple
- • Triple Room with Private Bathroom
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
We bought a ticket to Thakhek from the downstairs office. We paid for a 1st class bus ticket knowing that this was a long (8+ hours) and bumpy ride but after being picked up by the man who brought us to the bus terminal he escorted us to what was obviously not the bus we paid for. We don't mind taking the 2nd tier busses, we do it all the time, we just knew that for an extra few dollars we would have had a better experience. With no bathroom we had to make many extra stops. Mind you the road from Vientiane to Thakhek is awful, one of the bumpiest roads we've been on. On this bus we did not have seats, it's more like a thin pad, which normally we don't mind, but it's not what I paid for. We had to wear kn95 masks in the bus because the road was so dusty. Again, we've dealt with this also on other busses but it wasn't what the paid for. All in all the ride was fine given the nature of the roads we were just disappointed that what we paid for at this hotel was not what was delivered. I don't know if they even know about this scam, but someone pocketed the extra money. Either way we'll never stay here again or recommend purchasing bus tickets through them. Just thoroughly bummed we paid for one thing and received something else!!!
Close proximity to the nightlife but still relatively quiet. Access to a water kettle to make coffee in the morning.
Stayed in February 2024
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Reviewed: 2 February 2024
Viktor
Sweden31 reviews1 helpful vote6.0“Ok at best”- • Leisure trip
- • People with friends
- • Bed in 8-Bed Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
No curtains for the beds, no toilet paper in the bathrooms
The location was good enough. The host was nice.
Stayed in January 2024
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Reviewed: 23 January 2024
Noa
Switzerland31 reviews2 helpful votes6.0Pleasant- • Leisure trip
- • People with friends
- • Triple Room with Private Bathroom
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Pretty run down.. the room smelled like a smokers lounge when we arrived, the floor was dirty and the stench in the bathroom was really bad. But you can‘t really complain for the price Breakfast was allright, as it was free of charge.
Stayed in January 2024
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Reviewed: 13 January 2024
Stefano
Costa Rica3 reviews2 helpful votes8.0“No expectations..”- • Leisure trip
- • People with friends
- • Family Room with Shared Bathroom
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
A lot of mosquitos in the room, no mosquito net and no glass in the window 😅. Roof with holes This place needs more love , with some small things will be nice .
Good value and breakfast was ok . Free water
Stayed in January 2024
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Reviewed: 8 January 2024
Selina
Switzerland23 reviews1 helpful vote7.0“Good place for the price”- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Double or Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Everything is a little old.... and the shower/bathroom is a little dirty +wet all the time. They don't have soap inside the bathroom (they did give us one in the room - but you always have to take it with you). We had a private room but had to walk through the dorm in order to get there...
Room was very spacious, breakfast was okay, location was very nice and they picked us up from the airport for 10$. Staff also friendly and always helped us out. AC worked perfectly. We could book our minivan to vang vieng with them and used the laundry service. For the price we payed we are very happy.
Stayed in January 2024
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Reviewed: 6 November 2023
Matej
Czech Republic4 reviews2 helpful votes8.0Very good- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Double or Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Well in the main hall and also in breakfast room were dogs going around and we were not feeling comfortable because of this. There was a mess, hairs from the dog. But dogs are not going upstairs so no problem
It was really great stay, the room was clean with AC and breakfast was also good.
Stayed in October 2023
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Reviewed: 15 August 2023
Gt77
Australia67 reviews31 helpful votes8.0“Convenient”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Triple Room with Private Bathroom
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Breakfast was so-so.
Had a travel service desk. Very convenient to book for train, bus tickets, etc.
Stayed in July 2023
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Reviewed: 28 June 2023
Rebecca
United Kingdom48 reviews10 helpful votes7.0“Nice”- • Leisure trip
- • People with friends
- • Triple Room with Private Bathroom
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Basic stay but met our needs. Had private room which was clean and tidy, fine if u just want somewhere to sleep for 2 days but nothing fancy. Staff friendly, one spoke good english and helped arrange our taxis and transport. Breakfast basic but ok.
Stayed in June 2023
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Reviewed: 23 June 2023
Bela
Germany12 reviews6 helpful votes8.0Very good- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
The power is not the best and there was one water damage at night
Nice stuffs and cheap, included breakfast, comfortable beds
Stayed in June 2023
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Reviewed: 17 June 2023
René
Germany83 reviews17 helpful votes6.0Pleasant- • Leisure trip
- • People with friends
- • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Whole place seems more like a construction site than a guesthouse Water/electricity were gone several times Wifi is really bad Bathrooms were not really clean Beds as hard as the ground
Free water fill up Central and close to everything Price was good
Stayed in June 2023
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Reviewed: 18 May 2024
Athanasios
Greece8 reviews10“I would stay here again.”- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
The staff were amazing, always helpful and polite.
Stayed in May 2024
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Reviewed: 17 May 2024
Sun
China4 reviews1.0Very poor- • Business trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Bed in 8-Bed Dormitory Room
- • Stayed 1 night
the reception.
The breakfast is not so bad, but the hotel and its employees are really bad.
Stayed in May 2024
