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Nestled in a peaceful garden, leading down to an uninterrupted view of the Nam Khan river, My Dream is an oasis of tranquility, just minutes from Luang Prabang's bustling town centre. Rooms and furnishings of natural woods and woven Lao fabrics blend seamlessly into lush surroundings. Sunshine streams through floor-to-ceiling glass doors, which open out to private balconies. You may choose a room in Sala, Chandara, or Latsana, or select your own bungalow – or bungalow suite. All are light, airy, and a reflection of Lao culture and design.
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HOTEL STYLE
Business
Boutique
Languages Spoken
English, Thai
Location
Ban Meung Nga Village, Meung Nga Street, Luang Prabang 06000 Laos
My Dream Boutique Resort
1,423 reviews
Getting there
Good for walkers
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Pluses: Nice grounds. Our room, 301, was above the dining room and had lovely view of pool and river beyond. Friendly staff. Owner, Stephane, circulates at breakfast. Wi-Fi speed about 7 mbps, occasionally drops. We didn’t hear noise from Utopia Cafe across the river but I was told it can still be a problem. We heard music from local celebratory events, but not after 10pm. Minuses: 15-20 minute walk to town across bamboo bridge (£1 crossing fee), bridge available dry season only. It costs £4 to take a tuktuk back from town, no tuktuks normally parked outside hotel to go into town. After a bit we quite enjoyed the walk to town, but usually got a tuktuk back. A hotel in the centre would probably not have the grounds/views. Air conditioning noisy and could not hold a selected temperature. Coffee at breakfast not to my liking, filter coffee often stewed, machine coffee over-strong. The entrance from the road is just a passageway, I thought “what have we booked?” when first dropped off, i.e. not imposing or charming.
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Date of stay: January 2020Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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We had a really great stay here. The hotel is so serene, and the staff is so polite and helpful. We really enjoyed that the hotel was outside of the main city area, but very easily accessible across the bamboo bridge. We had some really lovely mornings enjoying breakfast on the deck overlooking the pool, and we took advantage of the on-site masseuse too. They have reasonable bike and motorbike rentals at the hotel that made getting around really easy. They also have free shuttle drop off and pick ups in town at certain hours, which was really helpful for going to the night market. We had a late flight on the day of check out, and the staff held our luggage for us, allowed us to hang around the hotel as we liked, and still provided us free airport drop off. Overall, it was a really awesome stay for us!
The only downside was the hotel was having internet issues while we were there. I saw another review that mentioned the internet issue, so I'm not sure how frequently this happens. It didn't really affect our trip too much, but it was a bit of an inconvenience to go to the lobby for internet use on the first day.
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Date of stay: February 2020
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We stayed for 3 nights in a pool villa. The villa itself was beautifully and tastefully decorated. The high ceilings and trees made the rooms relatively cool and shaded during the peak of the hot month. Our villa was huge with a separate eating area and a beautiful large bathroom and a fantastic bath tub with a view of our private pool. The bed was very comfortable and wifi was easy to connect and fast. Our pool was beautifully set in the garden and remained mostly shaded even during the middle of the day. The only issue we had with the pool was that it was cloudy (perhaps it was due to the rains) but during the new year holidays, no one came to clean it... Maybe understandable. We were only able to jump in on our last day though the water was still pretty cloudy.
Other than the rooms, the setting is great... Lots of fresh air in a more local area. The breakfast could be better but given the price we paid for the rooms, anything additional is simply a bonus.
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Date of stay: April 2021Trip type: Traveled with family
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From the pick up at the airport to the fond farewell, this place was ace. We’d booked several different rooms for our 8 night stay as this was all that was possible at the time on Agoda. On arrival, one of the managers (San) had managed to streamline our booking & showed us to our garden room, which was delightful. We stayed in 3 different types of room. All good, with all the elements you need for a great stay. Really spacious & beautifully designed rooms, good bathroom & shower & huge, comfortable beds. We got the opportunity to upgrade to the Pool Villa. This is simply the best hotel suite we have ever stayed in. It’s absolutely stunning! Beautifully designed. This hotel runs like clockwork. it’s down to the hard work of all of the staff & to the eagle eye of Stefan, the manager. It is the attention to detail (including flowers in your room, scented oil burners in the bathrooms) that make this place so good. But it is the efficient, but absolutely charming team that make it excel. I haven’t even mentioned the beautiful, tropical garden leading down to the river, the great pool & wonderful, huge choice at breakfast! We loved the location. A 10 minute walk into the town over the charming bamboo bridge, but also free shuttle bus if you require. You can hear loud music some evenings from a venue over the river, but it finishes at a reasonable time & we got used to it. It does not detract from the peace of the place the rest of the time. This place is very, very special. Thanks Stefan, San & the team.
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Date of stay: February 2020Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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We stayed here for 4 nights and loved every minute. As a family of 4 we had 2 adjoining rooms, a twin and a double, which was great. The rooms are spacious and beautifully decorated. They all have balconies. The swimming pool was great for cooling off at the end of the day. The buffet breakfast was really tasty and the dining tables were a mixture of inside and outside, so you can sit with your croissant and coffee overlooking the gorgeous gardens. Just a short walk to the "bamboo bridge" which leads straight into town. Or take the free minibus from the hotel which goes a few times a day. Had a massage in the outdoor massage room which I loved - very firm! The staff and manager are really attentive and will do anything to help. Highly recommended.
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Date of stay: December 2019Trip type: Traveled with family
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We had initially booked 2 nights but decided to extend our stay for another 2 nights. The staff were really helpful at arranging this at the best price and also when organising our train tickets back to Luang Prabang. The complimentary bicycles were excellent and we ended up using them everyday when eating out. The pool is nice and there is a lot of beautifully landscaped garden. Don't expect to eat at the hotel, except for the buffet breakfast that is included, but we enjoyed going out and trying the local cafes and restaurants as a better option.
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Date of stay: July 2022Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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My Dream is a beautiful place, run by the most professional team of kind, hardworking staff.
My family of 4 stayed 4 nights and from the moment we arrived with the magical lantern lit entrance to the moment we left all was impeccable.
Many hotels would do well to learn from the quality of hospitality provided here, especially from the generous and dignified Khamsaen (Sam) who help arrange our tours (pottery village, green jungle, mandalao elephant sanctuary, train tickets to Vang Vieng) and personally offered to drive us to the alms giving ceremony at 5:30am even though by then we would be staying at another hotel. The staff showed a level of care and help that is exemplary.
I was also preferring to stay somewhere where we wouldn’t get woken by 4am monastery bells. It was hard to know this in advance as monasteries are everywhere, but I we couldn’t hear bells from My Dream. So good sleeps!
From my daughters “ everyone was so friendly, we love the cats, the pool, mango sticky rice, banana muffins.” I’ll add that the coffee was heavenly (strong) and the chicken fried rice (dinner) delicious.
This hotel is lucky to have Khamsaen.
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Date of stay: January 2023Trip type: Traveled with family
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A very disappointing experience. We chose this hotel after looking at all the overwhelmingly positive reviews. I feel this place is comparatively overpriced for the quality it offers.
Firstly, the positives. I liked it’s location on the quieter side of Luang Prabang and the staff were wonderfully helpful.
Now for the negatives. The Wi-Fi is atrocious. I was attempting to remote work from Luang Prabang but the Wi-Fi was so bad that it was basically impossible. I had to go to places in town to get better connection.
The hotel is also tired and in need of updating. The pool was closed for one day of our stay and even when it reopened it had weirdly cloudy water. Not enticing! The bathrooms are charmless and my door didn’t close properly to my room. We also kept having to remind them to clean our rooms as they seemed to get skipped.
I honestly just don’t get the hype from other reviewers - this wouldn’t even rank in my top 50 hotels in SE Asia. I’ve stayed in other much better places in Luang Prabang and would not return here.
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Date of stay: November 2022Trip type: Traveled with family
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Response from Somnuek Bounsa, Owner at My Dream Boutique Resort
Responded Feb 8, 2023
Dear London Viaggiatore, Thank you for taking the time to write a review for our property, we very much appreciate your praising of our friendly, helpful staff and indeed the location of our hotel. We are however, very sorry for the inconveniences you encountered during your stay regarding the Wi-Fi and housekeeping of your room, I would like to assure you that we will investigate and make improvements where possible to the WIFI and provide further training for staff. Unfortunately, our main swimming pool suffered an issue with the water supply system causing the pump to fail which meant we had to close the pool for 2 hours whilst maintenance carried out repairs. During this time, a sign was placed at the main pool inviting guests to use our second pool as a temporary measure. We welcome all comments and reviews and value your constructive feedback, may we assure you, we will use it to improve our service for the satisfaction of all guests. We hope you change your mind and decide to stay with us again in the future, you are most welcome. Mr Khamsaen Chankham General Manager MY DREAM BOUTIQUE RESORT
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I landed in Laos and checked into the hotel. They greeted me and were very friendly. My hotel room wasn’t ready so they said they would hold my bags and put them in the room when the room was ready. I got back 4 hours later and they showed me to my room. No bags. I asked where they were and they had no idea. After running around they realized they put them in someone else’s room. SERIOUSLY?! Strike 1. They didn’t even think it was that big of a deal. It was it’s my personal stuff and they people whose room it was in had been in the room and in and around my bags. In addition, they let me into that other room to get my bags so they let me into someone else’s room. Strike 2.
I very quickly realized the toilet was broken in my room. I went down and told them and they came up and fixed it right away. Next morning it was broken again. I let the manager know and they came and looked at it and said they would get the parts and have an engineer come fix it while I was gone. I came back and it wasn’t fixed. They never fixed it. Strike 3.
Other than my crappy experience I have to say that the hotel outdoor space and pool are nice and the breakfast buffet was quite good. However, their coffee is terrible which is weird considering Laos is a coffee region.
Anyway...I wouldn’t stay again. They lost my trust repeatedly.
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Date of stay: January 2020Trip type: Traveled solo
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Response from SomnuekLuangPrabang, Manager at My Dream Boutique Resort
Responded Jan 13, 2020
Dear Estimated Guest, First of all many thanks for your comment and sharing with us your experience. What happened as far as the luggage are concerned is just unacceptable and we still do not know how this could happen, but it happened, unfortunately. So apologies from our side, we are very sorry and we completely understand your concern. Sometimes the cover of the toilets is not exactly at its right place, it has moved a little bit so this is why water was leaking. So nothing broken at all just had to be replace properly. Anyway we understand this can be annoying and we fixed it already in between. At least about the coffee itself, "terrible", sorry we have to pass on that one as this is completely subjective. Some like it very much, others such as you don't. But the far far majority likes it so we will stand to our supplier for the time being. Again any thanks for your review which will certainly help us to continue improving. The Management Team
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Loved staying at this upscale ‘resort’. From the welcoming drink to the free ride to the airport (and everything in between), our expectations were exceeded. The property’s location is on the other side of the river from the historic area. We found that to be a total positive but it does mean that you take either the free shuttle or walk via the seasonal bamboo bridge to town. The real challenge is getting motivated to leave the hotel.
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Date of stay: January 2020
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ML's answer is spot on. Both of our visits to "My Dream" have been during the dry season. Walking over the river on the bamboo bridge to main LP is unique and our favorite path to the main part of Luang Prabang, This walk is about 15 minutes for two 67+ adults. My Dream also has a free shuttle into downtown LP. We have used the evening shuttle for special restaurant visits. The shuttle drops you near the night market and returns to the same spot for pickup later. I don't recall the timing. The manager and staff are true professionals. They may be able to provide more insight to your questions.
Warrington, United Kingdom61 contributions9 helpful votes
We stayed in a private bungalow and it was great - lovely view of the gardens and quiet! I think the bungalows are actually better situated than the villas - nearer co the pool
There is a free airport pickup and drop off. If the shuttle is busy the hotel will pick you up in a double cab pickup truck (that is how we were picked up.) Contact the hotel with your flight information.
London, United Kingdom22 contributions12 helpful votes
Sorry to answer so late but My Dream hotel organisé a free airport pickup from and to the airport. Just email them . Hope your stay there will be as enjoyable as ours was
There are more places to choose from in the Luang Prabang area.
PRICE RANGE
$55 - $81 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
LOCATION
LaosLuang Prabang ProvinceLuang Prabang
NUMBER OF ROOMS
35
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