Victory Road Villas Reviews

Excellent place. The owners of Victory Road also own the Phong Nha Farmstay. We stayed at Victory Road but also visited the farmstay. Both are really nice. If you want to be in town, close the river and be within walking distance to town, stay at Victory Road. If you want to be in a more secluded location, stay at the farmstay (it's out in rice fields, about 10 minutes from town). We stayed in the penthouse at Victory Road, which has three bedrooms and a large common space. It was great for our group. Very large space, plus kitchen amenities. The hotel only has about 6 rooms overall, so it is small. We ate several meals at the hotel restaurant, which was very good. Best part overall was the staff. So friendly, so accommodating. They gave us several great recommendations for activities in the area. And the service is just excellent overall, partly because it's a large staff at a small hotel. Laundry, for example, is done within a couple hours, and costs hardly anything (by western standards). We talked to the owners, and we learned that many of the staff have been there for many years, stuck it out through covid and the flood of 2020 and so on. They are very loyal and dedicated. (Honestly sort of regret that we didn't leave an even bigger tip.) I see that in some of the reviews -- both of Victory Road and the Farmstay -- that people complain about them being too expensive. It is true that these are more expensive than most places in town -- but town is full of cheap/dumpy hostels and homestays. So yes, if you are trying to tour Vietnam on $20 a day or something, you should stay at a hostel, like the central backpackers' hostel. If you want to stay someplace a bit nicer, Victory Road and Farmstay are great options. And even though they are some of the most expensive places in Phong Nha, they are still a great value by world/western standards. Like a beer at the hotel restaurant is about $1.50. Just one last example. We were over at the Farmstay having a beer. At the end of the afternoon, we decided it was time to come home. Ben, one of the owners, loaded us up in his truck and drove us home. Was great to chat and hear about his life in Vietnam. That's the kind of place this is.