Hotel Review — 2026

Naman Retreat Da Nang

5-Star Boutique Retreat · Non Nuoc Beach

“Vo Trong Nghia's bamboo architecture and a 250-metre pool unlike anything else in the city.”

9.1/ 10
Editorial Score
Rooms 9.0 Location 8.1 Facilities 9.4 Food+Drink 9.2 Service 8.7 Value 8.6
Best for
Design lovers & couples
Area
Non Nuoc Beach
Pool
250m infinity pool
Beach
Direct beachfront
Value
Premium but justified
Our Take

Naman Retreat was designed by Vo Trong Nghia Architects, the Vietnamese practice that has spent two decades proving bamboo can do things other materials can't.

The structures here aren't bamboo-accented, they're primarily bamboo: vaulted ceilings that rise overhead and filter light in a way concrete never could, natural stone floors, rattan furniture, an emphasis on ventilation rather than air conditioning wherever possible.

This is not a conventional hotel, and it isn't trying to be one.

If you're arriving expecting marble lobbies and glass towers, reconsider the booking.

If you specifically want somewhere that looks and feels unlike anything else on Non Nuoc Beach, you'll find something hard to forget.

The 250-metre infinity pool runs parallel to the beach and is the longest hotel pool in Da Nang, probably one of the longest in Vietnam.

In it, with the ocean just beyond the edge and the Marble Mountains visible in the distance, water and sky merge in a way you don't engineer with a regular pool, best experienced swimming the length of it early one morning before anyone else is up.

Naman Retreat is the hotel worth recommending to people who say they've stayed everywhere and want something that actually surprises them.

The bamboo vaulted ceilings do something to a room that's hard to describe without having been in one.

The Rooms

Sleeping in Bamboo

Seventy rooms and villas distributed across the bamboo structures. Beach villas sit close to the sand, pool villas have private plunge pools, and garden villas sit in more secluded spots across the grounds. All of them share the same quality of light and material, you're not in a box with a view, you're in something built with specific attention to how air moves through it and how natural light lands at different times of day.

The family-owned character shows in the details, no chain uniformity, what gets adjusted or replaced reflects people who care about the property rather than a brand standards document. Which room would we choose? A pool villa. The private plunge pool plus the 250-metre communal pool nearby gives you both the seclusion and the signature feature in one booking.

Naman Retreat Da Nang bamboo villa interior
Naman Retreat Da Nang 250-metre infinity pool
The Reason to Book It

The Bamboo Architecture + 250m Pool

Vo Trong Nghia's award-winning bamboo design and the 250-metre infinity pool make this the most architecturally distinct resort in Da Nang, full stop. The main restaurant's inverted conical bamboo pillars soaring into a cathedral-like roofline are worth seeing even if you're not staying the night, and it's the single most photographed interior in the city's hotel scene for a reason.

Standing in a room here for the first time, the reputation makes sense immediately. This isn't marketing language dressing up a standard resort, the architecture is the actual reason to book.

Pool + Beach

Pool + Beach

The beach is direct and quiet, part of the same tranquil Non Nuoc stretch that TIA Wellness and Furama share nearby. The 250-metre pool is the real draw though, swim it at sunrise before other guests are up and the ocean-and-pool sightline blurs together in a way a standard rectangular pool never achieves. Between the pool and the beach, there's no reason to leave the property for water time during a stay here.

Food + Breakfast

Food + Drink

Hay Hay restaurant has earned a reputation independent of the hotel, Vietnamese street food-inspired cuisine in a thatched open-sided setting, casual but not careless, with quality that sits well above hotel-resort-casual. Book a table here even on a night you're eating elsewhere in the city, it's worth the detour.

The Naman Grill handles beach dining, and a juice bar and yoga cafe cover the wellness end of things. Food quality is a genuine strength here, not just a supporting act for the rooms and the pool.

Naman Retreat Da Nang Hay Hay restaurant bamboo interior
Who It's For

Families, Couples & Who It Suits

This suits design-conscious couples first. There's no kids' club or large resort infrastructure, so it isn't the natural pick for a family beach week, though older kids who'd appreciate the architecture and the pool could do well here. It particularly suits travelers who've stayed at plenty of standard international resorts and want something that actually feels distinct, and Vietnamese-culture-focused travelers who want a property that reflects local design rather than a generic global template.

What We Like

What We Like

Bamboo architecture

Vo Trong Nghia's design, with a cathedral-like restaurant built from inverted bamboo pillars unlike anything else in Da Nang.

The 250m infinity pool

The best hotel pool feature in the city, running parallel to the beach with Marble Mountains visible in the distance.

Only 70 rooms

Small scale, genuine personal service, and it shows in how consistently well the property is reviewed.

Hay Hay restaurant

A reputation that extends beyond the hotel itself, genuinely worth booking even as a non-guest.

The Tradeoff

The isolation is real. Non Nuoc Beach is 13km from Da Nang city centre and about 25 minutes by taxi, so you're not stepping out for street food. That's the design, not a bug, but be honest about what kind of trip you want before booking. Seventy rooms means peak-season availability fills fast, book well ahead, especially October through February. Rates sit above the mass-market Non Nuoc resorts nearby, this is a considered choice, not a default one, and service consistency has drawn mixed reviews, good rather than exceptional when measured against the InterContinental or Hyatt at similar rates. There's also no kids' club or large resort infrastructure, so families wanting that shouldn't expect it here.

Location

Location

Non Nuoc Beach, about 13km and a 25-minute taxi from Da Nang's city centre, with Hoi An roughly 25 minutes south, easier for day trips than most city-centre hotels. What this means in practice: you're not stepping out for street food or wandering into town on a whim. This is a destination stay built for guests who want to settle into the property and the architecture rather than use the hotel as a base for city exploring. The Marble Mountains are a five-minute taxi ride, and TIA Wellness and Furama sit nearby on the same tranquil stretch if you want a change of scenery for a meal.

City centre: 25 min taxiHoi An: 25 minMarble Mountains: 5 min
Would We Stay Here

YES

Yes, immediately and without deliberation. Naman Retreat is the hotel worth recommending to people who say they've stayed everywhere and want something that actually surprised them. The architecture alone is worth the trip, the pool is extraordinary, and the bamboo vaulted ceilings do something to a room that's hard to describe without having been in one. Some places you check out of and immediately want to go back.

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