La Folie Lodge

Very good boutique hotel at Don Daeng island with its own transport from and to main land. Perfect location to enjoy the sunset on the south of Laos. The restaurant in the hotel offers good variety of dishes and the chef is very flexionad would make an effort to please your needs if any customization required. We stayed in the Ban Lao suit, a traditional house Lao style room, very comfy and well distributed. The bar offers extensive quantity of drinks and well prepared. There are bikes available for customer at free cost. All these good things are only improved by the personalized and charm treatment from the staff.

This was our third stay at la Folie Lodge over the last 10 years. I think management would be hard pushed to find more enthusiastic guests. It is a wonderful place and, located on an island in the Mekong, is quite literally out of this world. The entire experience is simply superlative. The rooms are lovely, the vista from the balcony over the river to the sacred mountain of Vat Phu inspiring, the pool immaculate, the restaurant excellent and Mr Alom's staff charmingly attentive. Special thanks must go out to his second in command, the genial Mr Sam from Pondicherry who raised our enjoyment of this visit to even greater heights. His apparent ability to be everywhere simultaneously when you needed him coupled with his friendly, courteous and discreet assistance transformed our days. Thank you Mr Sam!

What a fabulous hotel; this is a real gem! The hotel is set in a beautiful location on the banks of the Mekong. The hotel is very well maintained and the staff are extremely helpful and pleasant. Sam the manager was delightful and helped us with transfers etc. we used the bicycles to explore the island and the nearby town of Champasak on the mainland. Where we found two lovely cafes. The food in the hotel was excellent and there was plenty of choice. There was a nice but basic little restaurant on the island called Mr Mees where we ate a couple of times. We will definitely return when we visit southern Laos again. Sadly no fridge in the room; this would have been a nice addition. We enjoyed the pool area very much but our only gripe was the yoga teacher seemed to conduct her calls on loud speaker in this area which was distinctly irritating for the guests. It would have been nice if she could have considered others!

The property is located in the Don Daeng island and the hotel picked us up by boat in Champasak in front of the island. We absolutely loved the rides on that small boat across the Mekong River and the views from the hotel. The swimming pool is beautiful and we were very happy to support a hotel with such sustainability and community support standards.

Loved the location, the setting, the view, the quiet nature of the lodge. Restaurant was lovely, staff was great.