RP City Hotel — A Small Central Yasothon Hotel with Wide Rooms, a Shady Garden and Free Parking
If you want a cheap place to stay in town that doesn't cramp you into a shoebox, RP City Hotel is one road-trippers across Isan tend to note down. The thing guests mention again and again isn't the design — it's the rooms that come out wider than the price suggests, with a soft king bed, and the leafy front garden with frangipani trees and a small fountain. The hotel is compact, just 34 rooms, run with a friendly local touch. It sits about 0.5 km from the town centre, a few minutes' drive from the Ban Singha Tha old town and Phaya Thaen Park, the well-known venue for Yasothon's annual Rocket Festival.
Here's the overview first — RP City Hotel is a peach-coloured building of about four storeys on Prachasampan Road near the edge of Yasothon, with a red-roofed entrance canopy and a wide car park out front. To be straight with you, this is a simple provincial hotel, not a design-led property — but what brings guests back is the floor space, which runs wider than the rate implies. Rooms come with a soft king bed, a sofa, a flat-screen TV, a fridge, two bottles of water and a proper hot shower. For a hotel that starts around ฿550/night, that's more than you'd expect to walk into.
What sets RP City apart from the usual small in-town hotels is the front garden. It's a green, shaded space with frangipani trees, shrubs, decorative earthen pots and a small fountain whose trickle is genuinely relaxing. Several guests say their favourite moment is sitting by the garden with a morning coffee before heading out. The lobby is a bright, open room with glossy tiled floors, white leather sofas and large glass walls looking onto the garden and car park — it feels airy rather than cramped, which is not a given at this size of hotel.
There's an on-site restaurant serving à la carte dishes and a simple Thai breakfast. That matters more than it sounds, because restaurants in town close fairly early — if you roll in after dark and you're hungry, having a kitchen on the premises saves you. Other facilities are modest but real: a small gym on the ground floor, free parking out front, free Wi-Fi in the rooms and public areas, airport transfer and room service. It's enough for a one- or two-night stop on the road — not a long list, but everything on it actually works.
Guests consistently describe it as a quiet, welcoming hotel — friendly staff, clean rooms wider than expected, and very cheap for what you get, with one calling it the easiest base they found for the Rocket Festival.
A few honest things to know before booking — there is no swimming pool, and this isn't a brand-new property; some corners are plainly furnished in the small-town style. If you're picturing a resort stay with a pool to laze by, this isn't it. RP City's job is to be a clean, wide, safe and affordable base for people in town on errands, attending an event, or breaking up an Isan road trip. One more thing: the hotel is close to Ruamphaet Yasothon Hospital (around 300 m), handy if you're here for medical reasons, though street-facing rooms can catch a little passing traffic at night.
The location is a genuine plus. The town centre is only about 0.5 km away, a few minutes on foot or by car to the Ban Singha Tha old town — the strip of Sino-European shophouses that's the city's main photo spot, roughly 0.7 km off. The Phaya Khan Khak (Toad) Museum is about 0.6 km away, and Wiman Phaya Thaen and Phaya Thaen Park, the Rocket Festival grounds in May, sit just 0.7 km from the door. The nearest airport is Roi Et, about 55 km away — roughly an hour's drive.
The bottom line: RP City Hotel works best for travellers who want an affordable base in central Yasothon with wide rooms, a soft bed, a garden to sit in and free parking. It holds a 4 out of 5 on TripAdvisor and ranks first among the town's small stays, which paints a clear picture — not a luxury hotel, but a well-liked, good-value one. If you're coming for the Rocket Festival, book several weeks ahead, because in-town rooms fill up fast around then.
Summary from Booking & Agoda
- ✓ Wide rooms and soft king beds — comfortable beyond the price
- ✓ Leafy front garden with a quiet, calm feel
- ✓ Free, generous parking — easy if you drive in
- ✓ Central location, walkable to the town centre
- ! No swimming pool
- ! Some corners plainly furnished, small-town style
- ! Street-facing rooms catch some traffic noise at night
- ✓ Very low starting rate for the room size you get
- ✓ Friendly staff with a warm, small-hotel touch
- ✓ On-site restaurant helps when town eateries close early
- ✓ Close to the Ban Singha Tha old town and Phaya Thaen
- ! Bathrooms are simple, no bathtub
- ! Wi-Fi is solid in public areas but weaker in some rooms
- ! Breakfast choice is limited — simple Thai dishes
- 💡If you're coming for the Rocket Festival (May) — in-town rooms fill up fast as crowds pour in → book several weeks ahead and expect rates to climb above the usual price that week
- 💡If you want the quietest room — ask for a garden-facing room away from the road when booking → street-side rooms on Prachasampan Road can catch passing traffic at night
- 💡If you're set on a pool stay — there's no pool here (just a small ground-floor gym) → it suits a budget base in town better than a leisure resort