Mango Home Riverside

From the start there was confusion about rooms, our friend was allocated an older room that was damp with paint peeling off the walls. She was then given our room and our luggage was dumped outside a room further up the path, Our room when we finally moved in was clean and quite large. There were 2 beds, both mattresses were very hard to be honest I've never slept on a harder bed then this . There was no mosquito nets at all. It would have been nice to have one over the bed. The bathroom was clean with new tiles and a good shower, but what was totally ridiculous was the ceiling as this was partially uncovered, allowing small insects like mosquito to come in. We constantly had to spray the bathroom and bedroom with insect killer, also when it rained the floor in the bathroom became soaked and very slippery They did supply a large can of insect killer which was left in the room. The staff are extremely helpful The 2 main problems for me staying at this resort was the food, and the unevenness of the pathes I'm sure it's very difficult to cater to everyone's taste The breakfast was good on the whole but I had to ask repeatedly to have hot a omelette not one that had been cooked earlier and was being kept warm The portion they gave us were stupidly big meaning we left more then half, we had to ask for smaller portions The food was bland with no real spices being used in the process of cooking, not even salt and pepper sometimes The meals like chicken soup had tomato and pineapple and yellow pepper. Combination was Yuk. One meal that got a massive thumbs down was a large fish that was deep fried so that the scales were falling off it, but it looked like it had maggots crawling over it. I have eaten in all sorts of restaurants good and bad and this was no at all good. I went to bed twice feeling hungry as I had hardly eaten anything as the flavours were too awful for my pallet Other guest were equally surprised with the food, one family chose to only have chips because the meal they were offered was so awful The second reason I didn't find this resort particularly good was that I have Parkinsons and found the place difficult to get around with many trip hazards, the tiles in the bathroom became slippery when wet the dining area outside was so slippery when it rained I had to be super careful. I'm uncertain if anyone in a wheelchair would be to use thus resort as the paths are all gravel or stone chips

Wanting to escape the noise of HCMC we took a 2.5 hrs taxi ride on a rather boring drive to the Mango Home Riverside. on arrival we opted for a late lunch to the noise of a coconut factory across the river. The only available soup was utterly tasteless and the fish dish totally over salted. We subsequently had ‘’dinners’’ in the lounge consisting of Springrolls and Banana Fritters, hardly what we wanted but better safe than sorry . The so called Sunset Cruise was an expensive rip-off and included a plate of chips with the Coconut Juice to be paid for extra. The river is sadly over polluted and the riverbanks lined with noisy, smoke belching factories. No romance to the ‘cruise’ but a 4% surcharge on our payment by CC - better carry tons of cash….. Let’s not talk about ‘breakfast’ but the staff with only some friendly and welcoming. Given the small number of guests more effort could have been made apart from the obvious lack of training One final note of caution. The water from the shower is not only hot but BOILING hot, a waste of energy and so was our trip to the NO Mangos ‘home’ which lacked any homely feeling and management

A hidden gem of tranquility We loved our stay here, so calming and restful! Just what we needed after HCMC! Excellent service, great food, clean spacious rooms with good beds and a lovely chilled pool area. Wasn’t bitten to death by mozzies although was expecting to be. What makes the place so special are the staff! A huge thanks to Ben (he really was so helpful) good English and very helpful with local information and transportation to onward destinations. Can recommend the local white wine really not bad! and goes well with soda as a spritzer. Highly recommend this place, the sunset cruise was good. Borrowed their bikes FOC and had a good ride around the quieter lanes, nice to see local village life. Good value!

There are many options for staying in Ben Tre. We choose Mango because of the lovely surroundings. We are only spent one night. Pros: beautiful natural surroundings in the river with a nice view of sunset, sitting by their sunset lounge . Played Pool after dinner and was told we could play as long as we like, same as the pool, swim as long as we like. Small and adequate pool. Room was nice with good outdoor shower. Bicycle was nice for a ride once you got off the busy main road. Cons: We were greeted by a welcome drink but then hounded us to pay our bill right away for the night. They didn’t tell us times for breakfast or dinner. Dinner was just fair, I ordered the fried rice with squid and shrimp which were hard to find and seasoned blandly. Meat dishes just ok. Breakfast was buffet but they ran out of banana bread . Eggs or noodle soup was offered but small amount of fruit. Just ok, not a bigger spread like in most hotels in Vietnam. Right after I checked out I wanted a little water to bring along for the trip back, one staffer directed me to the restaurant to buy a small bottle of water. I was surprised and asked another staffer and she offered to fill my water bottle up,which was just fine. So I don’t know if I would stay there again but I did like the environment and pool and playing pool and the bicycles.

This is a perfect place for both relaxing and experiencing the Mekong Delta. Don’t hesitate to book this, it’s really a steal for the price, and a family owned and community oriented business. Its an intimate resort experience, but very clean and the service is impeccable. I highly recommend the tour they offer as well.

We had a wonderful stay here. It was our first few nights in Vietnam, so it was great to arrive to such a warm welcome - plus a nice chilled fruit drink and some cooling towels. The room was as expected, good air con, comfortable bed. We overlooked the pond area, it was very quiet, don't think we saw or heard any other people whilst we were in the room. The bathroom was partly covered and partly open to the elements, so you did have to remember to fully shut the bathroom door each time you went in, so as not to let in mosquitoes. But that was not a problem, I liked the quirky bathroom with its resident lizard! Food here was fantastic. First night we were jetlagged and just wanted to eat quickly and go to bed. We were given a riverside table, service was great, food came quickly and was delicious. In fact every meal was really good. One breakfast was buffet, including a fresh egg station, the other 2 days breakfast was a la carte. We enjoyed both. Staff very regularly checked up on us, came to see if we were still enjoying our stay, and also reconfirmed our trip bookings. We did the sunset boat trip - which we ended up having to ourselves as no one else had booked. And also did the half day trip around local areas and industries, which was really enjoyable. We were very well looked after. We took advantage of the provided bikes. They gave us a clear map of a good route to take, which mostly avoided main roads and went around the countryside areas. We really enjoyed our morning out, and stopped for lunch at the Family Restaurant just outside the hotel on the way home. All in all we had a fantastic stay, can't speak highly enough. Thank you so much to all the staff for looking after us so well and being so friendly.