Pakse Hotel
(http://www.hotelpakse.com) near the champasak shopping centre offers a broad range of rooms. a great hotel with nice rooms, good service, helpful staff and a lovely roof-top restaurant. room comes with good buffet breakfast. an economy room for one person with ensuite was $us20 in january 2010. in aug 2011 $25 200,000 kip. can arrange tours to nearby sights.
Champasak Palace hotel
The former royal palace on road 13 is probably the most upmarket option in town.
Lan Kham Hotel
On road 13 opposite the lao development bank is clean and surprisingly has an ok lounge downstairs with large stacks of "time" and "newsweek" to help ease the boredom in pakse. twin room with fan, toilet & shower for 90,000 kip. twin/double with aircon, tv and fridge for 100,000 kip, free wifi but only at reception.
Arawan Hotel
Good location, right on the banks of the Mekong River. Stunning views from the outdoor pool. Great if you feel like a bit of a splurge. They also offer cheaper rooms for US$35, but the deluxe rooms are well worth the money.
Noknoi Guest House
Solid guest house. Clean standard rooms, complementary water and coffee. Some room for improvement but no deal breakers: woodwork is a bit rough, owners don´t really speak English. Cable TV is there but the signal is very noisy. Rooms from 50,000 kip. Air-con room with hot shower for 70,000 in January 2011.
Daovieng hotel 2
Good clean, smallish rooms with air-con and cable tv. wifi is available in the lobby.
Thaluang Hotel
good location, helpful and knowledgeable staff, rooms are fairly old and could use some renovating July 2011, air-con and hot water available, the most expensive room has four beds