Kunming Hostellit

Plussat: Cloudland and Upland my two options whenever I go to Kunming

Plussat: The staff was helpful and friendly. The breakfast was good. The rooms are very comfy and clean.

Plussat: The rooms were clean (twin room). Only downside is no cleaning during our stay. Games downstairs. WiFi very slow in the rooms although reception fine.

Miinukset: No complaints

Plussat: I can't complain about the location, it's a 5 minute walk from the subway station, has a fantastic food market 2 mins around the corner, and is close to bus stops.

Miinukset: Quite a few things were wrong with this hostel, for example; the hostel has no cooking facilities or storage for food, we are not allowed to bring any food or drinks into the hostel, the bar is open to everybody including non guests so most of the time random Chinese people were hogging the pool and ping pong table all day and night. Also, when we did get to play pool or ping pong, at 11pm precisely the night staff employee (holding a torch) slowly approaches the common area, turns off the music and we aren't allowed to continue playing. And in an international youth hostel I find this pretty lame. It's like we had a curfew to uphold. We were however allowed to sit in the bar area inside until 12, but once the clock strikes midnight..... you guessed it, we were kicked out. Furthermore, one late evening I come back and I wanted some water, the night staff employee wouldn't open the fridge because apparently they aren't given a key! He was quite rude to me because I was disturbing his sleep so I ended up walking 15 to the nearest shop at 2AM alone to buy water. I found it very displeasing and unfair. I'm sure there were other things wrong but I'll leave it there for now.

Plussat: good food

Miinukset: Nothing to dislike just a great place with an amazing vibe!!

Plussat: simple accommodation with good price.

Miinukset: the electronic door of the female dorm doesnt work so well, need to try many times before it was opened successfully.

Plussat: Great big bed

Miinukset: A little walk from ditie and from the old Kunming street where the best food and atmosphere is.

Plussat: Layout, the vibe, the table tennis. Food was good. Nice bar.

Miinukset: Got bitten a lot by mosquitoes in the room. Mainly I think because others would open the door and leave it open letting them in. Cleaners come in around 9am making noise and talking.

Plussat: location was good, room was nice, food in the restaurant was ok. over all it is a good place to stay

Miinukset: the private shower is so small, and water pressure is not good also, when we arrived the guy at reception did not know how to give us a room, we had to wait for 20min for someone to check us in

Plussat: Very nice common room area with Billard table. Friendly Hostel owner. Room was fairly clean. Good location - 900 m to subway station. Near Walmart supercenter - best shopping experience ever :-)

Miinukset: Bathroom was chineese (not a problem) and smelly at times. It was clean enough but in old buildings you seem to have that problem sometimes in China. Sink leaked water in a sense that water went in on the top and came out the bottom to run over the bathroom floor into the drain from the shower. No toilet paper was given (however, we had our own and did not ask). Room walls could use a new painting. Owner does not speak english at all. You should not mind stairs. It is hard to find so here is a detailed description. If you are at the entrance of Walmart there are shops on the other side of the street selling kitchen appliances and electronics and similar stuff. There is a big restaurant (red letters or sign) on the corner with a counter before it. You see an Chinese archway (red, 3 " doors"). Walk through the archway. Go straight and up the stairs you see. There is no sign indicating the hostel - there is a sign about a spa or something similar. You will walk into a "golden" entrance hall with chandelier. Go hard right arround the corner and you will find the hostel reception. Behind the archway to the left, there is another archway leading to the shopping street with more little restaurants and jewelery shops. Do not go through that archway - you have gone too far then.

Plussat: The location was really good for exploring.

Miinukset: The toilet situation was just awful. Squat toilet never cleaned the whole time we was there. No toilet paper was ever given. Could never find staff, the whole place just stunk of poo to be honest. Couldn’t wait to leave, needs some serious cleaning there.

Plussat: The location was the only positive.

Miinukset: The room was dirty. There were open condoms in the night stand. There was no bathroom door which made the whole room smell. There was no toilet paper and when I asked the owner he seemed annoyed and gave me a roll with barely any paper on it. I suggest spending more money to stay anywhere but here.

Plussat: The staff is nice, along with the fact there are three floors of this inn with rooftop access sort of.

Miinukset: The location of the property isn't listed correctly on booking.com. I had to call and find out the exact place, which is in the middle of a plaza that's across the street from the Walmart to the west of it. Also the flooring in the bedroom is straight concrete.

Plussat: We really enjoyed the terrace where you can have a beer and play pool. the staff is very friendly and they try to help you with everything.

Plussat: The hostel was hard to find. It is located in the upper floor of a Chinese restaurant. Cheap private room for two persons.

Miinukset: Host was a bit surprised that we made a reservation for a room. Hygiene was not great. Bed was not comfortable. Bathroom was quite small.

Plussat: Lovely staff

Miinukset: The toilets are all squat toilets - which to be fair is to be expected in China, but still came as a surprise. There were also a lot of mosquitos that made it into our room. The staff gave us some bug repellent though which was helpful for the second night

Plussat: Great location, friendly hosts, well decorated. Clean room. Location is really fantastic!!

Miinukset: Hard beds and squat toilets typical of chinese hostels, but nothing unexpected.

Miinukset: A hole in dim toilet glass wall

Plussat: Good location close to metro station. A lot of places to eat nearby. Very close to Wallmart. Nice park is just a few minutes walk from there.

Miinukset: Most of staff don't speak English. The hotel is very hard to find if you go there first time.