The Elegant Suites Westlake Hotel is located in - the among expats - popular Tay Ho district five k North of Hanoi downtown. The location is really good, the hotel is located in a quiet street - but still close to restaurants, cafes etc.
It's a 5 star property. The lobby is huge, marbelled and very empty and quiet. I guess many of the guests here are long stayers - and they do not hang around in the lobby. The staff was exellent. Breakfast very good indeed. Lots of choices. We did not try the pool and recreational areas.
Our apartment on the second floor was quite big and featured a full kitchen, two bathrooms, bedroom and living room. At first sight the apartment seemed a bit hollow and sparsely furnitured. But we learned to like it and enjoyed it a lot. Only downside: no tv in bedroom!! Wifi was exellent though.
We had a very nice stay - out of Hanoi's burstling downtown.