36 Phô Cô Hotel & Suites

This is a unique experience among hotel-like accommodations, situated in the center of Weimar at a short walking distance from most interesting tourist sights. I arrived for check-in at the end of the luncheon service in the Vietnamese restaurant across the street from the guesthouse, explaining some glitches in the check-in efficiency. Once available, the staff kindly showed me to my room and instructed me on the rather complex access procedures I was required to follow. My room was large in size and featured a private roof-top terrace over the inner court. There is no air condition as far as I could understand. The bed and hygiene facilities are excellent and you have the possibility to make tea or coffee in your room free of charge. Breakfast is not included in the room price and can be composed from an extensive number of options in the restaurant. Count on at least 25 EUR/person for a decent breakfast to add to your room price. This is still excellent value for money compared to a classical four star hotel room in the center of such an interesting city. Also, the guesthouse has a couple of paying parking places about 7-10 min walking distance from the hotel through the center of Weimar that you should reserve when booking your room. This guest house is strongly recommended.

Amazing experience. Friendly and helpful host/staff, clean room and across the street amazing food from one of their restaurants (we tried pho burgers). Even though we picked it to get a good stay in Weimar, the fact that is is ment to make you feel like your are in Vietnam is interesting but great! If we are in Weimar again we will stay at their place for sure again 👏🏽

I stayed in the upper apartment, which is not in the building of the hotel. It is across the street and completely different. Much less elegant, and much less comfortable. Also very isolated. First, when I made the reservation by telephone, the manager did not tell me that the apartment is on the fourth floor with no elevator/lift/Abzug. In the US we would call it the fifth floor so it’s four flights of steep spiral stairs to the apartment and from the apartment. Second, the parking is about a seven minute brisk walk from the hotel, and in a very muddy lot that did not look very protected for security. These were both surprises to me and I was not informed of these when I made the reservation via phone. So quite a surprise. Parking is $15 per day. Almost got a ticket dropping off the bags, nowhere to pull up at the hotel unless you're lucky. Someone alerted me to the ticket being written, as I was unloading. No secure drop off of luggage, manager wanted me to leave my bag in the restaurant next to the front door, unsecured, while I parked the car, which took about half an hour. It had in it in my laptop and passport, etc. So I said no. It really shocked me. In the end, I extended the apartment one day, but it was a nightmare to negotiate with the manager. He’s very very slow and kept doing calculations telling me how great a deal I was getting. I just wanted to know the price and terms. Every single interaction was very slow with him. The apartment is spacious. It has a nice step in the middle that is easy to trip over. I caught myself a half dozen times. The edge should be painted or otherwise marked. Someone will get really injured. Food smell wafting up the staircase, and into the apartment throughout my stay. Road noise and revelers were audible but not too bad. When we did the walk-through at the beginning, I was not told there’s a washer/dryer, which was very helpful to me. I found it on my own. There was no laundry detergent. The manager told me to use rinse agent for soap. When I looked it up, and translated it, I complained to him that he misled me, and that was not soap. He said it would’ve given the laundry a nice smell. He then gave me some detergent. Kind of strange. Because the apartment is not in the main building, I was very isolated. And it was a hike every time to go up or down from the apartment. The stairway is not by any means elegant. It was a bit dirty in front down at the entrance. Complete contrast to the hotel. The external was also left unlocked throughout the day. I never saw another person there in day long. It’s used by the restaurant. .