Champton Hanoi Hotel: An Old Quarter Base on Hang Bong Street

Champton Hanoi Hotel is a 5-star property at 128-130 Hàng Bông Street, on the western edge of Hanoi's Old Quarter, with 91 rooms over twelve floors, a rooftop pool and a sky bar. St Joseph's Cathedral is a five-minute walk and Hoàn Kiếm Lake eight. It is the kind of address that saves a group twenty minutes of traffic twice a day.

Where exactly is Champton Hanoi Hotel?

On Hàng Bông Street in Hoàn Kiếm, the street that runs south-west out of the Old Quarter towards Cửa Nam. This is the quieter end of the quarter: you are one block from the silk and tailoring shops of Hàng Gai, a few minutes from the cathedral, and far enough from the Tạ Hiện beer corner that the noise is somebody else's problem.

Note on the address: Vietnam removed the district tier on 1 July 2025, so what older listings call Hoàn Kiếm District is now Hoàn Kiếm Ward. The hotel's own website still writes it both ways on different pages.

How far is the hotel from Hanoi's main sights?

Distances and walking times below are as published by Expedia's property listing, checked November 2026.

The practical consequence for a tour group: everything in the Old Quarter core is walkable from the door, so a half-day Hanoi walking programme needs no coach at all, and the coach only matters for the Mausoleum area and the airport.

What rooms does Champton Hanoi Hotel have?

Nine categories across 91 rooms. The hotel does not publish how many rooms sit in each category. The outlook column below comes from the hotel’s own accommodation photo library, which labels each category by window and view — it is more specific than the website’s room pages, and it is where the no-window categories become obvious.

Two things to read carefully before you book. The Deluxe is larger than the Executive and adds a bathtub, but the hotel files it in its own photo library as a no-window category — a bigger room with no outlook. Fine for one night, worth avoiding for four. The Executive is the smaller room that has the window. And the Family Connecting Room is the biggest non-suite in the hotel at 45 m² and sleeps four, but it is explicitly windowless. If daylight matters to your family, book two Junior rooms instead.

Every category is sold as Double or Twin, which makes this an easy hotel to room a mixed group in.

What is there to eat and drink in the hotel?

Three outlets, all in-house:

• Champton Restaurant — Vietnamese and international, set and à la carte, serving through the day. This is where the daily buffet breakfast is laid.
• Bar Lounge — the lobby lounge, in Indochine style.
• SOHO Rooftop Bar — the twelfth-floor bar, open air, with live music.

The hotel publishes no opening hours for any of the three, and no menu prices beyond a set beer package at 449,000 VND++ per set. Whether breakfast is included depends on the rate booked, so check your own confirmation rather than the website.

What facilities does the hotel have?

A rooftop swimming pool with city views, SOHO Rooftop Bar on the twelfth floor, a garden café on the eleventh, Senté Spa for body and foot massage, and a fitness centre on the mezzanine floor. The building runs to twelve floors.

Be aware that the hotel publishes almost nothing about the pool — no floor, no dimensions, no hours, and no statement of whether it is heated, which matters in Hanoi between December and February. Treat the pool as a fine-weather facility until the hotel confirms otherwise, and do not promise a swim to a group arriving in January.

How much is the airport transfer?

The hotel publishes its own fares, and they are asymmetric — a pick-up costs more than a drop-off because it includes meeting the flight.

The hotel's stated procedure is that the driver holds a welcome sign in arrivals and shows a pick-up code matching the one issued at booking, and that guests should not travel with a driver whose code does not match. That is a sensible rule and worth passing to clients arriving alone.

As of November 2026 Expedia lists a different shuttle arrangement — 565,000 VND per vehicle one way, maximum two guests — so the two sets of numbers do not agree. Book transfers through us and the question does not arise.

When should you choose this hotel over another Old Quarter 5-star?

Choose it when the group wants to walk. The Hàng Bông address puts the cathedral, the lake, the water puppets and the night market all inside fifteen minutes on foot, which is the single thing that makes a two-night Hanoi stay feel unhurried. Choose it, too, when you need uniform twin rooms for a group — nine categories all sold as double or twin is unusually flexible.

Look elsewhere when the group needs daylight in every room: three categories — Superior, Deluxe and the Family Connecting Room — have no window at all, or when you want a published, verifiable spa and pool operation, which this hotel does not yet put online.

Is Champton Hanoi the former The Light Hotel?

The major booking platforms list Champton Hanoi Hotel under URLs and identifiers belonging to The Light Hotel, the hotel's own lobby bar still carries The Light name in places, and its photo gallery still files one room category under "The Light Suite". Everything points to a rebrand of the same building rather than a new property, though the hotel does not say so anywhere on its own site and we have not had it confirmed.

Why it matters: online reviews, photographs and star ratings under the old name describe the same address, so a client doing their own research will find two names for one hotel.

What does World Mate Travel use this hotel for?

Old Quarter stays where the client's priority is location rather than resort facilities — a first or last night in Hanoi before Ha Long or Sapa, a short city break, or a group that will be out walking all day and wants to come back to a pool and a rooftop. We hold a direct contract here, so ask us for the current rate rather than reading one off a booking site.

Champton Hanoi Hotel questions

What are the check-in and check-out times?

Expedia's listing gives check-in from 14:00 and check-out by 12:00. The hotel's own website publishes neither, so treat those as indicative and confirm early check-in or late check-out — and any charge for them — at the time of booking.

How many rooms does the hotel have?

91, according to both the hotel's own accommodation index and Expedia. The hotel's About page says 100 and its home page says "over 100", so three figures are in circulation. We quote 91.

Is the hotel suitable for families?

Yes, with one caveat. Superior and Deluxe rooms allow two adults plus a child under six, and the Family Connecting Room sleeps four — but that room has no window. For families staying more than two nights, two connecting Junior rooms are the better arrangement.

Where is the nearest metro station?

Cát Linh station, about three minutes by car, on the Cát Linh–Hà Đông line. It is walkable but not pleasantly so with luggage, and for most Old Quarter sightseeing you will not need it.

Is there a rooftop bar and pool?

Yes, both. SOHO Rooftop Bar occupies the twelfth floor with live music and open-air seating, and the rooftop pool looks over the Old Quarter. Hours for both are unpublished, so confirm at check-in rather than planning an evening around them.

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