Alagon D'antique Hotel & Spa

“Classy hotel with nice details”

We had a good experience at the Alagon d'Antique hotel (5 nights). It was attached to another Alagon hotel and shared dining space and roof areas. The front desk service was extremely polite, attentive, and helpful. Both check-in and check-out were pleasant experiences (and we were provided tea and… more

We had a good experience at the Alagon d'Antique hotel (5 nights). It was attached to another Alagon hotel and shared dining space and roof areas. The front desk service was extremely polite, attentive, and helpful. Both check-in and check-out were pleasant experiences (and we were provided tea and candies at check-in). The location is in district 1 and conveniently located for walking to the palace, museums, the markets and malls, and the Bui Vien walking street. The front side of the Alagon is on an active street but it is not crazy busy and the there wasn't much street noise. The rear entrance does go to a much busier street. I liked the location since we could get around to major things without having to cross some of the larger roads. I felt very safe walking around at all hours, even by myself in the middle of the night. The room was very nice with a comfortable (medium firmness) king size bed, chaise lounge, desk, robe and slippers, safe, mini-fridge, and coffee/tea station with an electric kettle. The bathroom had a large tub. When we were there, the water pressure wasn't great but it was functional. As with much of Southeast Asia, they do ask that you not put tissue in the toilet. They had some nice touches like providing fresh cut flowers on arrival. Three people would definitely be comfortable in the room if you are traveling with others. We made a lot of use of the roof top offerings. There are multiple layers depending on whether you want to swim, use the hot tub, eat, sunbathe, or lounge around and talk. We used the hot tub a lot and the view on to the rotary and up the streets was nice. We received a number of coupons on arrival for meals, drinks, and a 30-min foot massage. The breakfast buffet was satisfying and offered both international and Vietnamese dishes. It had enough variety and they changed some of the dishes every day so it never got boring. The Vietnamese pastries were really good (the croissants still need some work) and they had a soup station. Some dishes were definitely better than others so you kind of have to find what you like. The massage coupon comes with an upsell. The spa in the hotel is not owned by the hotel but I suspect that a lot of their business comes from Alagon clients at the attached hotels. They were reluctant to book without an add-on of an additional 30 mins for another massage type. So, we got an hour massage for about the same price as you would get an hour at a place on the street (caveat all the massages we tried in Vietnam were about 50 mins even when they said an hour). Lots of restaurants in the area, we particularly enjoyed Hong Phat next door. It took about 30 mins to get to/from the airport. Grab taxi was about $6 for the airport each way.

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