Lasenta Boutique Hotel Hoian

Location & getting around — 1.7km to the night market, out past the paddies

The hotel stands on Ly Thuong Kiet, out where the town gives way to rice fields. Central Market and Quan Cong Temple are 1.2km away, the Phuc Kien Assembly Hall 1.2km, Hoi An Ancient Town 1.4km, the Cantonese Assembly Hall 1.7km and the night market 1.7km. The property lists itself as 1.6km from the centre.

Da Nang International Airport is 24.5km straight-line, about 44 minutes by car. An ATM is 720m away, the nearest convenience store 1.6km and the coach stop 2.1km.

How you leave the property is the whole question here. Reviews repeatedly describe a shuttle to the Old Town and the beach, and just as often mention free bicycles used on the lanes through the fields. Others simply put the old quarter at five or six minutes by car.

Two caveats. There is no walkable parade of shops — a store at 1.6km makes an evening errand a trip rather than a stroll. And Agoda’s location score is 8.6, against 9.1 to 9.5 for the walkable properties in town. The quiet is priced into that number.

Rooms & occupancy — Rice Field View, Superior Triple and a connecting family room

The hotel opened in 2016, seven storeys and 73 rooms. Check-in is 2pm, check-out noon.

Rice Field View is listed as its own room type, held separate from the city-view ladder of Superior Double or Twin, Deluxe Double or Twin City View and Suite City View. Above those sit the Grand Deluxe, Junior Suite and Grand Suite.

Party sizes are unusually well covered. Guest records show a Superior Triple and a Deluxe Triple with balcony, and a Family Connecting room for splitting across two spaces. Three adults in one room is awkward to arrange inside the walkable zone in town; here it is a listed type. Children up to eleven stay free on existing bedding, with meals for ages 5 to 11 at half the adult price.

The caveat is the floor. Reviews note that a low floor did not deliver the view guests had booked for. If the paddies are the reason you are choosing this hotel, raise the floor as well as the room type when you reserve.

Facilities — outdoor pool, spa and a hot tub

There is an outdoor pool, a restaurant, a café, a bar and lounge, a fitness centre, a spa with massage, a sauna, a hot tub and a shop. Two event halls seating up to 60 are listed, with a projector available.

What reviews return to:

• The upper-floor pool looks out over the fields, described as modest in size but well kept and worth the view.
• Cleanliness draws the strongest praise. Agoda’s cleanliness score is 9.4, and guests repeatedly describe the rooms as spotless.
• The basement massage appears in several reviews — plain surroundings, good hands, prices described as reasonable.
• Breakfast is praised for composition rather than scale, with an egg and noodle station and local dishes in the mix.

The same reviews flag limits. The pool water is described as lukewarm, and loungers run short in the afternoon. Reports on insects contradict each other — one guest found ants in the room, another described the hotel as spotless. Pool hours vary by season, so confirm at booking.

Compared & alternatives — 1.7km is not an extension of the walkable zone

On paper this sits only 600m further out than Little Riverside Hoi An at 1.1km. The difference is what the 600m crosses: a riverside street lined with shops in one case, open fields in the other. The choice a guest actually makes at 7pm changes, which is why the two are treated as separate areas here.

For evenings on foot, Allegro Hoi An is 480m from the night market and Almanity Hoi An 870m. For days on the sand, Silk Sense Hoi An River Resort is 330m from the beach. The way the areas divide across town is set out in Where to Stay in Hoi An.

Bottom line — trading 1.7km for quiet and floor space

1.7km to the night market, 73 rooms, a Rice Field View room type. The value here is the window, the silence and the fact that three adults can share without improvising. Cleanliness at 9.4 and value at 9.3 back that up.

Against it, every evening out is a shuttle or a car, and the nearest shop is 1.6km. Decide whether the trip in and out is one you want to make nightly. Rates move with dates and party size.