Ancient Huế Garden Houses

The rooms were lovely - we booked a king pool room and a twin French room. V comfortable and stylish and furnished with antiques Grounds and both pools were lovely

The country houses of the Imperial Court Mandarins were the “garden houses”. This outstanding hotel is an elegant conversion of one of those. Furnished with taste and respect for tradition, surrounded by a spectacular garden, is managed by a professional, courteous and helpful staff, careful to anticipate every need. They granted me an unexpected upgrade to a luxurious apartment: it seemed to me to sleep in one of the ancient pagodas I visited in Hue. Fabulous. The restaurant alone, for its furnishings and accurate reconstruction of the interior of a typical “garden house”, for the view of the garden and for the everyday changing mis-en-place, as well as for the menu, is worth trying if you are in Hue.

We stayed for 2 nights in June. we had one room in the old-style part of the hotel for us and one room in the French-style part of the hotel for our adult children (as they can't do twin beds in the old-style rooms). Both rooms were spacious, clean, had lovely bathrooms. The hotel had two lovely swimming pools - one in each part of the hotel and neither were busy. Breakfast was all ordered (i.e. not a buffet) but you could order over and over if you wanted more of anything, and it was all very tasty. We didn't eat dinner in the hotel but they had complimentary afternoon tea - which was a lovely break in the day. The location is excellent - located centrally in the area of the main sites. Grabs were easy to get. We did the local sites ourselves and then hired a car+driver (arranged ourselves although the hotel offered) for an afternoon to go around the sites that were further afield (the three main tombs and the abandoned water park). The hotel team were very friendly and helpful. This was one of the nicest hotels we have stayed in and we would definitely stay there again.

This hotel was our luxury Hotel stay while in Vietnam and it looked and felt sumptuous. The beautiful and old architecture and antique furnishings were complimented by a conscientious staff and service that you would expect of a fine hotel. Our large room was everything we expected with a balcony overlooking the garden and pool and a large soaking tub in the bathroom. The included breakfast was made to order and included both Vietnamese and Western offerings. We had excellent eggs benedict one day and good pho noodle soup the last day. We stayed in one night for dinner and again it was excellent. We also partook of the high tea one afternoon with an interesting choice of Vietnamese treats and the free 30 minute foot and leg massage at their spa. The hotel is fairly close to the Perfume River and we enjoyed and evening stroll along the river front and felt safe walking back to the hotel after sunset as many people were out and walking about.

Ancient Hue Garden Houses is one of the best hotels we’ve ever stayed in. Tucked away from the busy centre of Hue, the hotel is an architecturally stunning, calm retreat that makes you feel like you have stepped back into historic Vietnam. We stayed in one of the the traditional ancient ‘imperial’ houses and were blown away by the beautiful details like the mother of pearl inlaid designs in the furniture and ceiling and enjoyed the large hot tub in our room too! What really made this place stand out though is the service, staff got in touch before we arrived to make sure we had food ordered and ready for us as we were arriving so late in the evening, for instance. The food itself was exceptional too and there’s a choice of two restaurants - one serving Vietnamese food and the other French cuisine. We would happily return here!