We stayed here 4 years ago and enjoyed our stay at the La Residencia so much we decided to return for a week in Hoi An. A lot has happened in the last 4 years, Hoi An itself has become extremely busy, mainly with Chinese tourists and the area this hotel is in, unfortunately, has become a giant coach car park in the daytime, when the tours come in from Da Nang added to this a new hotel has been built completely surrounding the hotel, which has now lost its river view, the rooms they describe as lantern view are rooms that have a balcony but have the wall of the newly built hotel covered in a sort of fence with lanterns hanging on it about 6 feet from your balcony, see photo, making the rooms dark and claustrophobic, we stayed only one night in one of these rooms and asked to be moved to a room at the front, the lantern view rooms are only any good for one or two nights, it really is a shame as the staff are wonderful and the rooms are nice and comfortable and the ambiance of the hotel is good. The only other thing is there are no decent restaurants in the surrounding area, these have all gone since our last visit and now become Spas and massage places, it's such a shame as Hoi An itself is still a lovely place to visit.