This is a small boutique hotel, very comfortable and with amazing staff. It you want to stay where things are happening, this is the place. All staff was very, very attentive. Just to give an example: My wife needed soy milk with the coffee. Well, soy milk is not popular in Vietnam, and they did not have it on the buffet. However, Ha (yes, her name is Ha), figure out what it was and had someone go and buy some soy milk right away and had it just in time.
Jenny at the front desk actually booked all the transportation to/from airport and even the HaLong by cruise, even for transportation to/from another hotel when I first arrive. Jason, the manager is also very active and anticipating our needs all the time.
We noticed that generally speaking staff service is very personal in Vietnam and other Asian countries. Makes me wish that American hotels would consider more than just making an effort to give their change in brand new bills as a standard of service quality.