THE BUILDING
Baan Pila opened its doors in March 2023. The actual building itself was finished in 1972. A Lao businessman had it built by Vietnamese workers in 1971 after this the building changed hands a few times until recently it was bought by a young Lao entrepreneur in Vientiane. He did the latest renovation - opening up the roof in the Mandarin and Mango rooms, he oversaw the amazing electric wire work. We saw the building for rent in February 2022 and set about getting furniture built and so on. So why Baan Pila ? Baan in Lao means home or village and Pila is pomegranate we have multiple trees around the property. Each room is named after a fruit tree that we have planted in the garden. Mandarin, guava, mango, lime, mulberry and papaya.