Hostel Cuore Kurashiki

The staff is nice, but not many staff can speak English very well, but they try hard to explain. The location is excellent.

Expect to stay in the same building of the bar tends to stay in another with nothing (no public space/elevator /other services). The reason I booked this room is what I saw the atmosphere of this hostel from the pictures. If we need to transfer another new building, the polite way that the hostel need to email us about this situation before we departure I was quite disappointed what we were lead to another building with nothing, only the business like style room.

Very cute hostel, nicely decorated, cool bar space.

They offer western breakfast for 500yen which is really just some toasts and a sort of vegetable soup. I’m not sure I would have called this western breakfast, we were expecting eggs at least, etc. The room was also quite dusty.

Our room was very clean, nice decor, lovely toiletries

Our room was very clean but The common area and stairwell/entry were really grotty and dirty. Dead or dying potplants everywhere. Overflowing ashtrays. Dirty rubbish bins. Even the entry to the hotel was dusty, with dead plants. Doesn’t take much to water plants and make a better impression. Breakfast was disappointing. Only soup and bread on offer. Had to ask for a knife for spreading jam. Management need to spruce things up.