Traveling with my 18 year old daughter. A real Thai neighborhood. Foreigners for the most part are not around, and prices cheap as locals are their customers. Great street food selection steps away. Tried a lot without worry of getting sick. Tony is an older Aussie with much knowledge of Thailand and very helpful. Bor is always smiling and laughing. The rooms are upstairs and connecting with a sliding door. Each has a good air con unit and a queen bed. One of the beds is newer and very comfortable. You have exclusive use of a bathroom on the ground level at bottom of the stairs. Free water throughout the stay and even did a load of laundry in their machine. Very convenient access to mini-buses which run up and down the street all the time and take you to the Skytrain which is about 10 minutes away. From there you have access throughout Bangkok. Highly recommend if you're looking to have a more local Bangkok experience.

Traveling with my 18 year old daughter. Our first homestay. Definitely different than a typical AirBnb where you meet the owner at check-in and get your key and then don't see him or her until checkout. Here you are staying in a home owned and lived in by Thong with his parents living there as well. Even though your bathroom is supposedly yours, you will be sharing it. Had a little hiccup at arrival as our room was not available as the guests scheduled to checkout were still not back from their tour. Didn't get access to a room until 7pm and it was not the room originally booked and thus had to switch the next day. Still, one has to expect this type of thing, especially in SE Asia where life is more laid back and times and rules seem to be more of a guideline and not hard-fast :). This is a local non-tourist area. Great opportunity to experience a real local Vietnamese neighborhood. As such the prices everywhere are cheap as the only foreigners you are likely to see in that area are those staying at Thong's. Thong's mom is the sweetest and always trying to feed you. Overall a wonderful stay and recommended!