A 3-star hotel in the heart of Hanoi's Old Quarter, a short walk from Hoan Kiem Lake, with a restaurant, terrace, 24-hour front desk, airport shuttle and free WiFi.
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Hanoi Exclusive Hotel is a 3-star city hotel set right in the historic Old Quarter of Hanoi, on Hang Dieu Street in Hoan Kiem District. It puts you within a short walk of Hoan Kiem Lake, the maze of craft streets and the buzz of Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square, with cafes and street-food spots on the doorstep — a practical, well-placed base for a first city trip.
Rooms run from doubles and twins to family and quadruple rooms and several suites, most with air conditioning, soundproofing, a private bathroom with a walk-in shower and city views. Larger connecting and honeymoon suites add separate living space for families and couples who want more room.
The hotel keeps things easy with an on-site restaurant and terrace, a 24-hour front desk, concierge and tour desk, room service, an airport shuttle, currency exchange and a lift. Guests rate it 8.6, with strong marks of 9.6 for staff and 9.2 for its location.
Hanoi Exclusive Hotel has a wide spread of room types, from compact doubles and twins up to spacious family rooms and multi-bedroom suites. Most rooms are air-conditioned and soundproofed, with a private bathroom, a walk-in shower, a flat-screen TV with cable channels and city views, and several open onto a balcony or terrace. Couples can pick a Deluxe or Superior double, families will find quadruple and family rooms sleeping three to five, and the Connecting, Executive and Honeymoon suites add separate bedrooms and living space. Bed setups and sizes for each type are listed below, straight from the property.
Hanoi Exclusive Hotel is built around its Old Quarter location, with the kind of practical services that make a city trip smoother. An on-site restaurant and a terrace handle meals and downtime, while a 24-hour front desk, concierge and tour desk help with plans, tickets and questions at any hour. Getting in and out is easy thanks to an airport shuttle, car hire and currency exchange, and everyday needs are covered by room service, laundry, dry cleaning and a lift. Rooms come with air conditioning, heating and soundproofing, and the whole hotel has free WiFi. Guests looking to explore can book cooking classes, bike tours, walking tours or a local-culture experience through the desk.
Hanoi Exclusive Hotel is at 40 Hang Dieu Street in the Old Quarter of Hoan Kiem District, the historic core of the city. From Noi Bai International Airport, about 24 km north, allow roughly 40 to 50 minutes by car or taxi; the hotel can arrange an airport shuttle if you book it in advance, which saves haggling at the arrivals hall. Ride-hailing apps like Grab work well across Hanoi and are usually the simplest way to move around. Hanoi Railway Station, with trains south to Ninh Binh, Hue and Da Nang and the scenic line up to Lao Cai for Sapa, is about 1 km away, a short taxi hop or a 15-minute walk. Once you are in the Old Quarter, most of the sights are best reached on foot: the lanes are narrow, one-way and often clogged with scooters, so a car is more hindrance than help. Note there is no parking at the hotel itself.
You are staying in the most atmospheric part of Hanoi, so start by simply wandering the "36 streets", each historically tied to a trade, and pausing for egg coffee or a bowl of pho. Hoan Kiem Lake, with its red Huc Bridge and Ngoc Son Temple, is a few minutes' walk south, and at weekends the surrounding roads become a lively pedestrian night market. Within a kilometre or so you will find Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square, the Hoa Lo Prison museum, St Joseph's Cathedral and the Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre. A little further west lie the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Temple of Literature and the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum complex. Come in the cooler, drier months from October to April for the most comfortable sightseeing; mornings and early evenings are the best times to beat both the heat and the thickest scooter traffic.
