The Colour Hotel Yasothon — Colour-Block Walls and the Town-Centre Hotel Drivers Keep Stopping At
Drive into Yasothon and the first time you spot the The Colour Hotel sign, you remember it — the logo is a little stack of multicoloured blocks, like a child's box of paints. Step into the lobby and the theme gets louder: a tiled feature wall in yellow, orange, brown and cream, one long sofa carrying four colours at once, and ceiling boxes in yellow and brown overhead. It's a small 3-star hotel that opened in 2015, and the two things guests keep coming back to are simple — a central location within a short walk of the Giant Toad Museum and free, easy parking out front. For anyone road-tripping through Isaan, those two count for a lot.
The Colour Hotel opened in 2015 as a small town-centre hotel of 45 rooms that takes its 'colour' theme seriously, from the name right through to the fittings. The lobby in the photo tells the whole story — a tiled block wall alternating yellow, orange, brown and cream, a single long sofa carrying four colours at once, yellow-and-brown ceiling boxes hanging overhead, and a polished black-and-white checkerboard floor. It isn't trying to look expensive; it looks bright, clean and easy to remember, and in a small town like Yasothon where the choice of places to stay is thin, that alone makes it stand out.
Rooms are simple in the way you'd expect from a 3-star — a large bed, clean linen, a big LCD TV, a minibar, free bottled water, and a shower bathroom with toiletries. The thing past guests agree on is that the beds are comfortable, the air-conditioning is cold, and the rooms are clean. Wi-Fi runs smoothly in the rooms and the public areas. There are no gimmicks here, but everything you need for a night or two between stops on an Isaan trip is present — which is exactly what most people coming to Yasothon are after.
One guest sums it up as "a hotel in town that's easy to park at, the staff are friendly, the room was clean and the bed was soft — for this price in Yasothon it's genuinely good value."
Location is the strong card here. The Colour Hotel sits on Witthaya Thamrong Road, right in central Yasothon. A short walk gets you to the Phaya Khan Khak (Giant Toad) Museum — a 19-metre-tall toad-shaped building in Phaya Thaen public park that tells the legend behind the rocket festival. Next to it stands Wiman Phaya Thaen, a naga-shaped structure included on the same 40-baht ticket, so you can see both for one entry. Restaurants, the evening market and Yasothon's souvenir shops are all within a five-minute drive.
A couple of things worth knowing before you book so there are no surprises — the hotel takes cash only for bookings and payment at the desk, so bring enough with you. There's a coffee corner and a lounge area on site, but it isn't a hotel with a full breakfast buffet. If you want a proper Isaan breakfast, the rice-soup and old-style coffee shops in town are an easy drive away. And because it sits on a town street, front-facing rooms can catch some traffic noise in the early morning — ask for a room on the inner side and it's quieter.
Price is what puts The Colour Hotel near the top of most people's list for Yasothon. Standard rooms start at around ฿650/night, rising to roughly ฿800–1,200 for a larger room or during busier spells. During the Bun Bang Fai Rocket Festival in mid-May, when visitors pour into Yasothon from across the country, rates climb and rooms fill fast — if you're coming then, book a month or more ahead. Outside festival season there's almost nothing to worry about; rooms are available nearly all the time.
The bottom line: The Colour Hotel suits road-trippers through Isaan who want a clean bed, free parking and a central location at an easy price. It isn't a luxury resort and there's no pool, but it's a solid base for a night or two in Yasothon. If your reason for coming is the Giant Toad Museum, Phra That Anon, or the rocket festival, you can walk or make a short drive to all of them from here.
Summary from Booking & Agoda
- ✓ Central location, walk to the Giant Toad Museum
- ✓ Free on-site parking, handy for drivers
- ✓ Clean rooms, comfortable beds, cold air-con
- ✓ Friendly staff, 24-hour front desk
- ! Cash only — no cards accepted
- ! No full breakfast buffet
- ! Front-facing rooms catch some traffic noise in the morning
- ✓ Bright colour theme, photogenic and memorable
- ✓ Low rates, good value for a town hotel
- ✓ Wi-Fi runs smoothly in rooms and public areas
- ✓ Ranked #1 of the Yasothon hotels on TripAdvisor
- ! Basic facilities — no swimming pool
- ! Rates climb and rooms fill fast during the rocket festival
- ! Some rooms are compact, as is normal for a town hotel
- 💡If you plan to pay by card — this hotel takes cash only, both for the booking and at the desk → bring enough cash, or withdraw from an ATM in town before check-in
- 💡If you want a quiet room — ask for one on the inner side away from Witthaya Thamrong Road → front rooms can catch traffic noise in the morning since it sits in the town centre
- 💡If you're coming for the rocket festival (mid-May) — book at least 1–2 months ahead → during the festival visitors arrive from across the country, rooms fill quickly and rates rise noticeably