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23 June 2018
Wonderful little cafe, we loved it so much we decided to return to it more than once. We came here a few times for the calm atmosphere and good coffee mostly to read books (history/philosophy)
This is not about the cafe however, but one personage called “Alice” who claimed to be friend of the owner, who acted a little strangely and made us feel quite unwelcome.
When we came in on Saturday afternoon, June 23, there was a family at one table and “Alice” at another, the cafe was basically full of free space. The family of about 5 people left approximately 15 min after we arrived, while exiting they said goodbye to “Alice” and also apologized to her for “disturbing her.” It was strange considering that this is a public cafe and not a private apartment. But this detail became clear to us a bit later.
You see, unlike the previous times the music which was playing wasn’t the soft, unobtrusive jazz and such from the previous times. You know the normal calm background you often hear in coffee places. It was lyrics heavy with lots of rising and falling notes, load singing, demanding attention and making difficult to concentrate on our reading. Bar music?
So we politely requested from the waitress (having no idea it was Alice in control of the music) to lower the music a little bit. After she did, we noticed the volume became even higher than before after a few minutes. We were puzzled but we began suspecting that someone else was in control of the music. So this time we decided to consult with the only other remaining “guest” whether it would be ok to turn off the music. When asked “Alice” confessed that it was indeed her controlling the music and began lecturing us about her high education credentials and how she can “help us” concentrate more effectively and proceeded to tell us some odd facts about her home in the country with grasshoppers and snakes and no music and how we are invited to go there, whereas here this is a cafe and many conversations and people are usually in a cafe and we shouldn’t request such ridiculous things. She also mentioned that she is an important person “de honour” and something about how we “shouldn’t be afraid.” (We weren’t planning on it)
This wasn’t entirely the response we expected as the whole reason we asked was to be polite and maybe find a compromise with the volume, not to be lectured or made aware of the high rank of such important people who inhabit the cafes in this town.
After a while “Alice” got up and turned off the music entirely saying “You win.” She came back 20 minutes later and resumed playing the music at a high volume again. She continued raising and lowering the volume, presumably for songs she favored more or less, etc until we left.
Wonderful cafe, but beware of certain pompous personages that treat it like their personal living room, without regard to other visitors, and be prepared to hear their resume and about snakes around their home if you dare speak up.response / report this review -
03 June 2018
Experienced a nice pleasant stay here. Fantastic location. On the main street and close to everything nearby.
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11 May 2018
It is a nice coffee Shop in Luangprabang that it is a good test of Laos coffee that it is conviniet to find this place. You will relax and enjoy your coffee at here
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31 March 2018
Lovely little place, great coffee
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17 March 2018
Loved the coffee here. I came back twice. Very nice setting, and good service. The woman working the coffee bar is very friendly. Check out the hallway in the back or the upstairs hallway and back deck to see some really nice interior design. I wasn't staying there but they let me walk around and take photos.
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09 January 2018
expensive food. But nice coffee
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24 December 2017
Delicious coffee.
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30 June 2017
We have only been here for coffee. Coffee here are really nice, we had tried café latte and steaming brew which were really nice. Try to get a seat on the store-front to enjoy the view of Luang Prabang together with sipping nice coffee.
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30 May 2017
The foods not bad not good. The rooms for sleep okay if you're haven't got vehicles. But everything so expensive for this location. Have a lot choice with that price in Luongprabang.
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29 April 2017
Good coffee but wayyyyy overpriced, even for the quality.
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02 March 2017
Didn't stay in the hotel, but enjoyed their great coffee a few times. The coffee always tasted that great. The interior is very charming and with a lot of attention to the details.
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18 January 2017
Lovely boutique hotel, not fancy but charming, great location
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30 April 2016
Nice room with a vintage design + good services from staff
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