Savvanahkhet trip

[zoolander]

Off to do my annual visa in Laos and would appreciate any updates on best places to stay and eat in both mukdahan and savannakhet. Hotels within walking distance of restaurants would be a bonus.

 

 

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[Essecola]

Macchiato de Coffee is not a bad place to eat in Savannakhet. But they are closed on Wednesdays for some reason. About 300m from the consulate. Down the road from there is Aura Residence Hotel. Also not too bad. Both easily found on Google maps. If I ever need to go to Savannakhet again, I plan to stay at Dao Savanh Resort. A little more pricey but saves walking around the main town which is overridden with stray dogs and few eating options. Would need a tuktuk to go anywhere I guess. But the point of a Savannakhet trip is that the consulate is relatively easy to deal with. 

[Windynoi]

I stay at Riverfront Hotel whenever I am in Mukdahan. Good clean rooms, decent price and places to eat in walking distance.

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[Andyfez]

Riverfront hotel is the nicest hotel IHO, but in the evenings there's not much food within walking distance.

However there's usually a samlor or two hanging round to take you to the night market.

Natpob Rim Khong restaurant is the nicest restaurant by the river. Almost directly behind the Mukinter Hospital.

 

 

[Laza 45]

3 hours ago, Windynoi said:

I stay at Riverfront Hotel whenever I am in Mukdahan. Good clean rooms, decent price and places to eat in walking distance.

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I stayed there not long ago and thought it was good too.  We had a nice room on the 2nd floor overlooking the river.  Across the road from the hotel with the revolving restaurant there is a food market in the evenings.. businesses set up in old containers... very nicely done and a good variety of food available and not expensive.. very nice atmosphere.. 

[crazyk]

4 hours ago, Windynoi said:

I stay at Riverfront Hotel whenever I am in Mukdahan. Good clean rooms, decent price and places to eat in walking distance.

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It is ok there.decent restaurant & bar next door.also nice place on the river to the right as you walk out about 5-10min walk

[zoolander]

Thanks for the tips.

I stayed at the river front hotel last year and while ok I found there wasn't much within walking distance. Are some people confusing this with the river view hotel which I haven't stayed in yet


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[Bredbury Blue]

Exit the Riverfront hotel, river in front, turn right and within 200m there's a bunch of restaurants. We went to the first one 'Sukhawadee Restaurant' and another night we walked past that and found another decent one overlooking the river but I don't recall it's name. Take a look on Google maps. 

[zoolander]

Exit the Riverfront hotel, river in front, turn right and within 200m there's a bunch of restaurants. We went to the first one 'Sukhawadee Restaurant' and another night we walked past that and found another decent one overlooking the river but I don't recall it's name. Take a look on Google maps. 

Thanks will check it out


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[Isansapper]

My last couple of times I've been to Lisa Cafe just by the square with the evening food market (close to the big Catholic Church). Reasonable food and a nice place to spend the obligatory few hours in Savannakhet. 

 

Lisa cafe
Savannakhet, Laos
https://goo.gl/maps/WfPfAiEe6xq

[PJPom]

Only been to Savannakhet once, forgotten the hotel but can’t forget The White House restaurant. Fabulous breads and pastries, a rarity here in Thailand.

[Shaunduhpostman]

For Savanakhet, the last 2 years I've stayed at Pilgrim's Guest House and for me its about the best place to stay anywhere in the region including Thailand. Its in the old town near the night market and near some good restaurants. The guest house itself has very good Indian, western and Asian food and coffee is excellent, its also not too far from many restaurants in central Savanakhet and not far from the river where there are some other bars and restaurants. They have bicycles you can rent for a few bucks a day which makes all of downtown Savannakhet a breeze to get to. The guest house is in a nice building, a recently renovated old French colonial mansion. The  managers are an American woman and her Indian husband, both fairly young and quite back packerish which the place caters to. Some people seem to not like backpackers, so that is the only thing I can think of that might be a disadvantage. Even if you don't like back packers I think even still this place is far better than similarly priced  guest houses in Savanakhet which are quite often not particularly well run, but the management at Pilgrim's have it very well together as well as being quite relaxed friendly helpful people.  The place is spotlessly clean, newly painted and furnished, almost beautiful. They even go out to the hills and buy their own coffee beans from Lao coffee plantations and  roast it themselves. Last year they had an open mike in the evenings on Thursday in their rather spacious downstairs cafe restaurant. I think every other place I've stayed and a good many of the restaurants in Vientiane and Savanakhet, staff seem to have a chip on their shoulders and more often than not are quite difficult or unpleasant to deal with, not so with this place, even the wait staff and other hired help are reasonable and interrested in doing their jobs. It has been a year since I have been there, I hope its all humming along as it was the previous 2 years.

[zoolander]

Macchiato de Coffee is not a bad place to eat in Savannakhet. But they are closed on Wednesdays for some reason. About 300m from the consulate. Down the road from there is Aura Residence Hotel. Also not too bad. Both easily found on Google maps. If I ever need to go to Savannakhet again, I plan to stay at Dao Savanh Resort. A little more pricey but saves walking around the main town which is overridden with stray dogs and few eating options. Would need a tuktuk to go anywhere I guess. But the point of a Savannakhet trip is that the consulate is relatively easy to deal with. 

Thanks

Been to macchiato and is a very nice place. Even had separate ac in the loos. Didn't know that they're closed Wednesday's.

Also stayed at aura which is ok but it's just so boring around there.


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[youreavinalaff]

23 hours ago, Essecola said:

Macchiato de Coffee is not a bad place to eat in Savannakhet. But they are closed on Wednesdays for some reason. About 300m from the consulate. Down the road from there is Aura Residence Hotel. Also not too bad. Both easily found on Google maps. If I ever need to go to Savannakhet again, I plan to stay at Dao Savanh Resort. A little more pricey but saves walking around the main town which is overridden with stray dogs and few eating options. Would need a tuktuk to go anywhere I guess. But the point of a Savannakhet trip is that the consulate is relatively easy to deal with. 

Just got back from Savannakhet. Had a lovely walk down to the SavanLaoDerm floating restaurant, did not encounter anywhere over ridden with dogs. Great meal for 3 for about 800 baht. Stayed in the Avalon, always a great place to stay.

 

Second day, while waiting for Consulate to open, ate in a small fried chicken place 400m from the Avalon on the way to Consulate.

 

 

[sanemax]

18 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said:

 

Second day, while waiting for Consulate to open, ate in a small fried chicken place 400m from the Avalon on the way to Consulate.

 

 

This place ?

[doctorbailey]

I recommend Lin's Cafe, Pilgrim's Kitchen and Inn (also very clean looking and perfectly located rooms though didn't stay there and a very nice, helpful, and intelligent youngish American female owner), Macchiato de Cafe (bizarre closing times on occasion - not just Wednesdays), SookSavan on the old town plaza for night time beers (Beer Lao is excellent), snacks, music, and people watching, Miga for excellent Korean BBQ with non-Thai beef if you know what I mean, and Masa for Japanese and sushi. There is a wine shop across the street with a good selection and hard liquor as well if interested.

 

I am also looking for a nice place to rest my head. Savan Vegas Casino is terrible and poorly located, Hung Huang and nearby hotels cater to bulk tour bus tourists, many of the other larger hotels in the central area also cater to tour buses of Chinese, Thais, Vietnamese or other Asians which might be fine for the owner of the hotel but not good for independent travelers in my overall experience. Riverfront and Pilgrim's kitchen come recommended.

 

As for Mukdahan I stayed in the Ploy Palace and it was OK but not really a great value (maybe 1500-1800 THB). It is somewhat the old grand dame of Mukdahan and some rooms have been renovated. Ploy Palace location was OK and near a night market and about 1-2KM to the river market (which closes around sun down). I have stayed in other places on the river before that were fine but unremarkable beyond and super hard beds, lazy staff, and unappealing breakfast.

[puchooay]

1 hour ago, sanemax said:

This place ?

That looks like it, yes. 

[youreavinalaff]

24 minutes ago, puchooay said:

That looks like it, yes. 

Yes. Agreed. There are two near each other. One looks a bit more restaurant like. The one in the picture is more of a take on KFC.

[sanemax]

28 minutes ago, puchooay said:

That looks like it, yes. 

They have some very nice local food in the forecourt around the corner , very reasonable at 11 000 K

[transam]

How far is Pilgrims Kitchen from the consulate...?

[Nong Khai Man]

When I Go to Mukdahan I Stay in Hop Inn, O.K It's Basic,But Cheap ( 550 Baht )with FREE Coffee in the reception & Very Clean with Comfortable Beds & Good Showers in the room.....

In Savanakhet We stayed in The Avalon ( 800 Baht ) It's O.K But Not a lot around the area,The Aura ( Next Door ) has Good Food & Relatively  Cheap Also NOT Too far from the Thai Consulate.....10 Minutes Walk or 50 Baht in a Tuk-Tuk....

 

Both places do for us,After all we don't go to see the sights !!!

Edited April 29, 2018 by Nong Khai Man

[roobaa01]

kindly revert swiftly with details, i need the full style of a visa tour operator in pattaya, who is offering tours directly from pattaya to savannakhet.

 

cheers

roobaa01

[sanemax]

1 minute ago, roobaa01 said:

kindly revert swiftly with details, i need the full style of a visa tour operator in pattaya, who is offering tours directly from pattaya to savannakhet.

 

cheers

roobaa01

 

Have you considered going into travel agents in Pattaya and asking them ?

Its quite straight forward, just go into a travel agents and ask whether they do trips to Savanah

[roobaa01]

@sanemax  thats the first thing one must do without much avail only offering pattaya to vietianne. i require savannakhet for the non-o m.

 

wbr

roobaa01

[ubonjoe]

11 minutes ago, roobaa01 said:

kindly revert swiftly with details, i need the full style of a visa tour operator in pattaya, who is offering tours directly from pattaya to savannakhet.

 

As far as I know there are no companies doing runs from Pattaya or even Bangkok to Savannakhet.

You will have to organize it yourself.

[Swimman]

1 minute ago, roobaa01 said:

@sanemax  thats the first thing one must do without much avail only offering pattaya to vietianne. i require savannakhet for the non-o m.

 

wbr

roobaa01

 

I think you will discover that you will have to make your own arrangments - AFAIK  there are no 'visa run' companies who go to Savannakhet 

[sanemax]

2 minutes ago, roobaa01 said:

@sanemax  thats the first thing one must do without much avail only offering pattaya to vietianne. i require savannakhet for the non-o m.

 

You could go to Pattaya  bus station and get on a bus from Pattaya to Mukdahan , although you may have to change bus somewhere along the way , like Udon Thani or Khon Kaen and then get a bus from Muk to Sav.

[transam]

1 minute ago, sanemax said:

You could go to Pattaya  bus station and get on a bus from Pattaya to Mukdahan , although you may have to change bus somewhere along the way , like Udon Thani or Khon Kaen and then get a bus from Muk to Sav.

Yep, there is a bus from Pats to Mukdahan...Easy from there..

[sanemax]

10 minutes ago, transam said:

Yep, there is a bus from Pats to Mukdahan...Easy from there..

So there is , I just did a websearch and came up with the timetable and prices

 

http://www.iloveyellowbus.com/en/roots.html

[roobaa01]

thk u very much folks that what i needed to know.

 

cheers roobaa01