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Chengdu Lazybones Backpacker Boutique Hostel Reviews

16#, Yang Shi Jie, Chengdu, China

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92%Overall Rating

From 119 ratings
  • 92%Character
  • 91%Security
  • 94%Location
  • 97%Staff
  • 93%Atmosphere
  • 85%Cleanliness

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  • Avid Traveller: 10-20 Reviews Added
  • Globetrotter : 20+ Reviews Added
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100%

It is such a cozy and lively place in the center of many activities. They serve great food and cheap beer, even make great pan pizza with lots of cheese. Very helpful, lovely staff. This is a well-designed hostel, always kept clean. I had a great time here.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 03 Apr 2013
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Male, 41+
  • (5 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
So glad that you also enjoy staying at our sister hostel Lazybones, anytime you come back to check out our Mix Hostel?:) Good luck dude!

83%

After a week of staying in a couple different types of places in Chengdu and Jiuzhaigou/Huanglong, it was a delight to arrive at Lazybones for our final night in Sichuan. I just wish we'd come sooner! The staff were fantastic, especially compared to the standard level of service one receives in budget hotels across China. The rooms were really nice and clean, the bar and common area lively and friendly, and the facilities very nice in general. 1 recommendation: In-room wifi would be great!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 03 Apr 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Canada
  • Couple, 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
We are glad that you enjoyed staying at our hostel, we might set up a wireless wifi system later this year to cover whole hostel :) Thanks for your suggestion. Best regards,

100%

Great hostel with great staff and great/cheap food. Awesome location!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 02 Apr 2013
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Mixed Group, 18-24
  • (2 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you~~~:) Best regards,

93%

Great hostel with friendly and informed staff. A place where you can relax and step out of madness for a while.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 02 Apr 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Canada
  • Male, 25-30
  • (2 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Glad that you take our place as your relaxation, welcome to back anytime :) Best regards,

80%

Very nice place, definitely an improvement on the Mix Hostel (same owner). Large, roomy and airy with lots of sunlight. Two things: The only toilet not in a private room is a Chinese squat toilet, and almost all the towels we got in our double room were uselessly thin and full of holes. Staff were helpful and friendly above and beyond, bar had a decent selection of food and drink to while away the evenings with. Bar staff seem quite content to play pool during the day and mingle with guests.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 02 Apr 2013
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male, 31-40
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thanks for your review, we'll go to check all the rooms in hostel to find out the worn-out towers and will replace them by new ones. Thank you:) Best regards,

90%

The staff are very helpful here. And the common room is great too. The location of the hostel is couldn't be better.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 01 Apr 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Ireland
  • Female, 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
We agree, we always are proud of our location!:) Best regards,

80%

Good staff and place, near subway

  • Novice Nomad
  • 22 Mar 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Thailand
  • Female, 31-40
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank for taking your time to review us, we hope to have you stay with us again in near future, Have a nice day!

90%

We had an excellent time in Lazybones Hotel. I am recommending it to all backpakers who want to visit Chengdu. Friendly and helpful staff. Excellent location in the city centre. Great visits organized by the hotel. Really really perfect!


77%

Not the best hostel, very anti-social common room and would have been a lot emptier had there been wi-fi in the rooms.

Owner Comment (Show)
Right, I always believe the IT tech ruins the atmosphere, it seems everybody now are using their computers or pads instead of talking with other travelers...Pity~ Have a nice day,

100%

Very nice hostel located in the center of Chengdu just next to a metro station. We used a double room/ the bed was comfortable and the private bathroom was nice. The common areas had a nice atmosphere. The staff were really useful in giving indications to go around the city and away. We went to the panda research center with their tour and it was good. The guide did not speak much English but walked us around and looked like he knew what he was doing ;) Definitely we would stay here again.

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you, and we hope to have you stay with us again in future:) Best regards,

100%

wow! I cant think of a hostel in china that's closer to the subway than this one! very professionally run, with a very cosy lounge, excellent for meeting fellow travellers, soothing background music. (lazybones has got it right, unlike some other hostels who think young western travellers prefer non-stop loud disco/motown music). lovely young friendly receptionists, welcome coffee or beer, close to the top malls and a popular noodles restaurant right across the street. oh, and clean bathrooms!

  • Globetrotter
  • 16 Mar 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Singapore
  • Male, 41+
  • (33 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
We are very glad that you enjoyed your stay here, we all hope to serve you again sir:) Have a nice day,

67%

The hostel is ok. It's in a good location and the advice they gave about the bus to Leshan was good as was the Panda trip we booked through them. Food was cheap but not amazing. Wifi is only available in the common area so this is over run with Chinese people with their heads buried in their laptops/ipads so not massively social. Private room felt a bit run down and bathroom while newly refurbished was a bit smelly. However on all of the four nights we stayed we were woken up several times by

  • Avid Traveller
  • 13 Mar 2013
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Couple, 25-30
  • (19 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
We are very sorry that you had an unpleasant stay in our place, you are right nowadays travellers (actually both foreign travellers and Chinese travellers) seem all having their computers (either laptops or pads) on the way, the modern technology does ruin the social atmosphere in hostel, they seem eager to share everything in cyber social circle instead of the real one...Pity. You said in your comment that you were woken up several times by something however your comment is not completely displayed, we'll send you an email to find out more about your problem. Again thanks for your review, we'll try to improve our place accordingly, Have a nice day:)

100%

The location is superb! Nice staff , room,is value for money and kitty cats are cute but a lil bit annoying at night time ^^

  • Novice Nomad
  • 12 Mar 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Thailand
  • Female, 25-30
  • (4 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
lol, our cats are okay, the stray cats around are sometimes annoying in spring time, anyway soon the annoying sound will be over when summer come :) Thanks for reviewing us and we are really glad that you enjoyed your stay here with us. Best regards,

100%

Best staff ever!

  • Avid Traveller
  • 06 Mar 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Hungary
  • Couple, 31-40
  • (14 reviews)


100%

Great hostel, terrific location, and comfortable rooms. If you're going to the giant buddha make sure that you get your tickets early like 7:30 am. I tried to book a tour through the hostel and they told me to get a ticket by myself. After going to the bus station at 9:30 they told me that they didnt have any more tickets available.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 25 Feb 2013
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Male, 25-30
  • (8 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Oh, that's not normal unless during the national holidays as there are many scheduled buses head that way every day...It would be always better to book the tickets ahead anyway. Thanks for your full score, really appreciate :) Best regards,

100%

Lazy Bones is the best place we stayed in China. The staff are incredibly friendly and helpful. The room was spotless and really nice (stayed in a private twin). The whole place had a really nice chilled out and friendly vibe. The breakfast was particularly good- you have to try the French toast!! Would definitely stay here again and hope I do!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 22 Feb 2013
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Female, 18-24
  • (9 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
We hope so to meet you again in near future:) Have a nice day,

90%

i highly recommended

  • Novice Nomad
  • 20 Feb 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Peru
  • Female, 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you:) Appreciate!

100%

I really enjoyed my stay at Lazybones, so much that I didn't want to leave! The location is great, right opposite the metro station and within close reach of many major attractions in Chengdu. Staff were fantastic and very helpful. I very much enjoyed the free cycle tour of the city and the dumpling party. Big thanks to Kaye, Jennifer and all the staff. I would recommend this place to anyone visiting Chengdu.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 20 Feb 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male, 25-30
  • (9 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thanks for kindly spreading the word for our hostel, we all had great time with you, and hope to see again in future, Best regards,

100%

Excelent staff!! Jasmine rules :D

  • Novice Nomad
  • 16 Feb 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Chile
  • Male, 25-30
  • (6 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
We'll let Jasmine know it, thanks:) Best regards,

83%

two cats r very cute but too noise on the night time . We are not sleep very well every day.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 14 Feb 2013
  • Anonymous
  • China
  • Female, 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Those cats made noise are not "Lazy" and "Bones", somehow our hostel have become the paradise for cats cause our guests gave too much love to them, spring has come, it's also some of cats' mating period, that's why :\ lol, We hope next time you come back to hostel they have done their relationship ^^ Best regards,

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