Hanoi City Hostel

You get what you pay for. The room, and especially the en-suite bathroom, is pretty run down. But does deliver all you need. The included breakfast is very basic. But overall it doesn’t get cheaper than this in old town city center. The staff is very friendly and helpful. Overall a good choice for the budget traveler.

We stayed here for four days which included a night away on a tour. The hostel is quite dated, but you get what you pay for. We were greeted by a great lady called Anna, whose English was really good. The other staff do not speak English, and to be honest sometimes appear uninterested if not completely rude. Our room had mosquitoes, a TV remote that didn’t work and very noisy air-conditioning. We left our backpacks with the hostel for a two day tour, and on our return they had been opened and the contents gone through. Luckily we did not leave anything of value in the backpacks, but zips were broken and the backpacks were not closed properly. It’s a shame really, but we would not recommend this hostel to other travellers. Perhaps with better staff the situation will improve. It’s a shame as we liked Anna.

We stayed there just for one night, but we were really satisfied. The room was clean, bed was really comfortable, the bathroom was fine, very nice staff - they upgraded our reservation to better room for free. We slept in Hanoi in free different hotels and this one was the best and the cheapest.