Where to stay in Ubon Ratchathani?
8 Hotels Chosen
by Real Guests!

The highest score in this list at 9.6 — Yuu Hotel is a 38-room boutique in the heart of Ubon that sells café-and-design atmosphere at a price that would be a fraction of the same thing in Bangkok. The white six-storey building on Uparat Road is fitted out French-colonial style throughout, with walls of blue-and-white Willow-pattern plates. The standout is the in-lobby café serving house-made ice cream in 10 local flavours, and the location: walk two minutes and you reach Thung Si Mueang park. Many rooms have a private balcony; some feature hammocks, others have a mezzanine level via rope ladder.

Centara Ubon is the newest hotel in this list, opened in 2023 as part of the CentralPlaza Ubon Ratchathani development, scoring 9.5 from 594 reviews — the most reviews of any hotel here. The lobby connects directly to the mall's supermarket, restaurants and cinema without stepping outside. The feature guests mention most is the rooftop saltwater pool with wide city views, and the breakfast buffet that many reviewers call well above what you'd expect from a provincial hotel.

The Vela Warin is the most characterful property in this list — a Chinese-influence shophouse row in the heart of Warin Chamrap market, carefully restored into a hotel, scoring 9.4. The owners kept the original teak posts, wooden shutters and tiled floors, layering in Isan folk-craft textiles and custom-made wooden furniture. There are only 11 rooms, each named for a season, some with exposed timber beamwork overhead. VELABAR, the in-house café, draws the most consistent praise — guests call the hand-brewed coffee unexpectedly good. It's walking distance from Warin Chamrap train station, making it ideal if you arrive by rail.

Sunee Grand is a 222-room 4-star hotel with a direct indoor walkway into Sunee City mall, scoring 9.2 from 378 reviews. Rain or shine, you can walk from the lobby into the mall's shops, restaurants and cinema. Rooms start at 35 sqm — generous for the price — with large windows on upper floors looking out over the Ubon skyline. The outdoor pool, children's pool and water park make it particularly well suited for families. A large convention centre and ballroom means the city's major events are often held here, and a free airport transfer runs the 4 km to the airport.

Tohsang Khongjiam is the only true destination resort in this list — set on a hillside above the Mekong in Khong Chiam, every room facing the river with Laos hills as the backdrop, scoring 8.8 from 241 reviews. Open the curtains in the morning and the Mekong fills the window. Cafe de Khong is an open terrace on the cliff edge where at night you can see the lights of Lao villages flickering across the water. River cruises, kayaking and cycling around the village are all arranged by the resort, as are pre-dawn trips to Pha Taem cliff for the first sunrise in Thailand. The tradeoff is distance: it's 75 km and about 1.5 hours from Ubon city by car.

Tohsang City Hotel has been in Ubon since 1992 — one of the city's pioneer hotels — and still carries real character, scoring 8.5. It went through a major renovation in 2022 and rebranded as Tohsang Heritage. The rooms take a contemporary-vintage approach: warm timber tones, handwoven rugs, hand-stitched Isan-pattern bed throws and pillow covers made by local craftspeople. The Isan breakfast buffet is what guests mention most — reviewers on Trip.com and TripAdvisor call it the best breakfast of their entire Isan trip. Free parking with EV charging points is a practical bonus.

Ubonburi delivers the best baht-for-baht value in this list — stand-alone garden bungalows from ฿700 with a genuine 50-metre lap pool, scoring 8.0. Most of the 110 rooms are single-storey Thai-style cottages in a green garden, at around 35 sqm — noticeably more space than hotel rooms at the same price. The pool is the headline feature: it's long enough to actually swim laps in, which is almost unheard of at this rate. The resort sits in Warin Chamrap, 4.5 km from the airport and a short drive from Wat Nong Pa Phong, Ajahn Chah's famous forest monastery that draws visitors from around the world. Be upfront with yourself: the buildings are old and show it, but if you can accept that, the value is hard to beat.

Laithong is the cheapest hotel in this list at ฿600, and it comes with a free airport transfer, scoring 7.8. The white tower with a Thai-style entrance portico is a familiar sight on Phichitrangsan Road in the city centre. What keeps guests talking is not luxury but room size that outruns the price — several rooms have large corner windows looking out over the city skyline and temple rooftops. Breakfast is included, and there's a large free car park: practical if you are driving through lower Isan. This is an older Thai-style hotel, not a modern chain property, and should be chosen with that expectation.