Green Hotel (Vung Tau)

Right across the street from the Back Beach, Green Hotel is conveniently located for the ones who mostly go to the beach during their holidays in Vung Tau, but it is quite far from the hydrofoil station or from downtown Vung Tau.

However, this is a very good 3-star hotel. Rooms are large, air-conditioned, clean, well furnished and equipped. We stayed in a superior double room and paid $30/night. Free wi-fi is available in the entire hotel.

Service at the reception has been quick and effective. I can't say the same thing about the two bartenders in the lobby - do not order more than one cocktail at a time. We asked for five and it took them the same amount of time and concentration it usually takes a brain surgeon to perform an operation.

A free buffet breakfast with plenty of choices is served every morning from 6 to 9 in one of the three restaurants.

Green Hotel - 147C Thuy Van, Thang Tam ward, Vung Tau, Ph: 0646 251003, Fax: 0646 251006; http://www.greenhotel.vn/ Major credit cards accepted.

David Pizzeria (Vung Tau)

The most advertised, the best located, the most popular, and maybe the best pizza place in Vung Tau is David. I say maybe because we haven't tried them all. But if you crave amazing thin-crust pizza, this is the place.

David Pizzeria belongs to an Italian from Florence, Marco, and his Vietnamese wife. Marco does his job really well - the place looks like an Italian trattoria and the food tastes like home... his home.

If you want a table with a view to the sea on the first floor, it's better to make a reservation. The place is always busy, the waiters are crazed, and the owner is probably in Ibiza, spending the profit. Well, no, he is not. Rumor has it that both his wife and him work hard in the pizzeria.

They serve both local and Italian dishes: pizza, pasta, antipasti, Mediterranean salads, home bread, deserts, as well as a nice wine selection, out of which il vino de la casa (red, brought from Sicily) is amazing (210,000 VND / 0.5 l). Their fish is also a treat and comes in many glorious versions: wahoo tuna steak, baked sea bass, deep fried perch, etc. But the real treat for most patrons was the slow roasted lamb/pork shank, served with new potatoes.

Pizza Napoli

 The helpings are huge and the food is really, but really good! Pizza comes in three versions: small (around 140,000 VND), medium (160,000 VND) and large (180,000 VND).

Insalata di frutti di mare

Mediterranean salad

David Pizza was located at 130 Ha Long St., West of the ferry terminal, but in December 2012 they moved to 92 Ha Long St (East of the terminal). I really wished we could have paid by credit card once they moved to this new location...

David Pizzeria - (address above), Ph: 064 385 6612.

Ha Long Hotel (Vung Tau)

Double room, garden view

Located on the street bearing the same name, next to Dua Beach, Ha Long is a spotless 2-star hotel that sells for $21 per double room (garden view) - 102 Ha Long St.

All 36 rooms are equipped with flat TV screens, complimentary wi-fi connection, air-conditioning, and mini-fridge. Prices for all the drinks in the minibar or available for room service vary between 10,000 VN and 15,000 ($0.5-$0.7).

The bathrooms are also large and spotlessly clean, fitted with brand new amenities.

It's a very quiet and clean 7-story place, on the shore of the ocean, with stunning sea view or views to the lush green hills behind. It offers room service and  a restaurant located at the first floor, but there are lots of dining options within feet of hotel.

View from the hotel

View from the courtyard

We booked the room in advance and paid by credit card on Agoda. It seems it's not listed on booking.com, so any reservation must be paid at the moment of booking.

Ha Long Gotel - 102 Ha Long Street, Ward 2, Dua Beach, Vung Tau, Vietnam.