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Backpacking Club Hostel Reviews

269/19 De Tham St., Pham Ngu Lao Ward, Dist 1, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

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65%Overall Rating

From 15 ratings
  • 56%Character
  • 68%Security
  • 87%Location
  • 55%Staff
  • 59%Atmosphere
  • 67%Cleanliness

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100%

Stayed in five bed mix dorm. Beds were spacious and clean and so were bathroom and shower. Cleaning staff came every morning to empty bins and make beds. Free breakfast (nothing special but you can't go wrong with free!)

  • Novice Nomad
  • 20 Mar 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Japan
  • Male, 25-30
  • (1 review)


90%

Weak wifi signal sometimes, err to they benefit

  • Novice Nomad
  • 19 Mar 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Canada
  • Female, 41+
  • (5 reviews)


57%

I was expecting to pay with credit card. The reception had the Visa logo. When I ask if I could pay with credit card the recpionist at the desk said you must pay cash up front. I then said I will go to another hostel, and can I please have my passport back. She refused to hand over my passport, and said that I must pay her four days of room rate which I had booked for. She would not hand over my passport until I paid up four days worth of booking.


27%

this is my worst ever experience,the staff is very unfriendly. And I booked a 5 bed female room,when I arrived they sent me to a 9 bed mixed room, when I asked to fix it, they ignored my request completely.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 04 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • China
  • Female, 25-30
  • (2 reviews)


47%

The Lady who runs the place is just not able to manage it. Stayed there 2 nights and she had both times overbooked the room so we stayed with 11 in a 9 bed dorm. She seemed very stressed and was rude to a lot of people

  • Novice Nomad
  • 30 Dec 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Male, 18-24
  • (8 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Dear customers. we have chaos in the hotel by guests staying voluntarily convert non-consent of the owner of the hotel ... We can not control all the unwanted inconvenience caused by customers affecting other customers

30%

The rooms are okay, but the owner is certainly not. During our stay there we encountered many difficulties, but the biggest one happened when we checked out. We were overcharged by 150 %, and when we were calmly trying to explain this (having all the receipts to prove it) the owner went ballistic. She ripped our receipt and started screaming false accusations at us. She got so aggressive we (as 3 young girls) got scared and went to get help. We didn't get our money back, though.DO NOT GO THERE!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 26 Dec 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Sweden
  • All Female Group, 18-24
  • (1 review)


63%

Hotel was OK but not that good. Can be lived for 2 days max. Breakfast will be given.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 26 Dec 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Pakistan
  • Male, 25-30
  • (1 review)


37%

This place is not only disgusting but the owner is rude and aggressive. The toilets and showers are in the bedroom separated by only thin plastic. They all leak and smell. Hence when you step on a floor board in the room brown dirty water oozes out. When we said we would only stay for the one night the hostel owner went crazy. Screaming, throwing things, refusing us our passports. There was also another couple there who she had sold a fake trip to and was refusing a refund.A very bad experience


67%

Excellent location; good air-conditioning and shower, couldn't ask for more with this price; good value for money!!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 21 Dec 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Hong Kong
  • Female, 31-40
  • (6 reviews)


87%

this place was great ! could of found a few places a little cheaper but once we got their it felt like home, airconditioning was good and was such a luxury to have hot/cold shower !


57%

Ok accomodation with free breakfast

Owner Comment (Show)
hank you for visiting our hotel and thought more than 10 years, with the competition of today, with much truth, distorted, comments lack true of some people, toopoor to Vietnam, and other guests, the hotel has hired a comment false, in order to kill the faith and the effort to try, a staff, we, as well as the enthusiasm andenthusiasm of the leaders in the hotel, would like to know the truth in our hotel, invite you to take a look in detail from images posted on the site and confirmed the view and comments from theyou do not need to listen to the public l



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