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Hostel Cosmopolitan Reviews

No. 73 & 75 Jalan Haji Hussein, Off JalanRajaMuda Abdul Aziz,Chow Kit/Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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83%

If you want to use toilet tissue you have to buy it O_o (1 RM)

  • Novice Nomad
  • 26 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Russia
  • (Gender undisclosed)
  • (7 reviews)


83%

Nice area, not to touristic. Aircon rooms without windows, but not to small. Friendly staff, different places to eat and easy to go to the airport.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 25 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Female 41+
  • (4 reviews)


100%

its our second home

  • Novice Nomad
  • 09 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Malaysia
  • Male 41+
  • (6 reviews)


76%

ok, good, near to mosque

  • Novice Nomad
  • 08 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Algeria
  • Male 31-40
  • (1 review)


100%

Thanks god, good

  • Novice Nomad
  • 07 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Malaysia
  • Male 41+
  • (6 reviews)


66%

The hostel is located quite far from the downtown and you will rely on public transport however. the room rates were not really cheap when i was staying there even though with free breakfast because i still could get decent rate in Bukit Bintang which is in the downtown.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 29 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Indonesia
  • Male 31-40
  • (20 reviews)


66%

thin walls.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 25 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Denmark
  • Male 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for extending your stay for another 3 nights from the original 2 :)

76%

Apparently the walls are thin (sorry, dude). Security: coded door, great, staff is present when not locked. Location: seedy, but right next to monorail that goes directly to train station. Also within 10-minute walk of train to Batu Caves. Staff was nice,a family, a bit distant at times, but helpful. Lots of showers and toilet stalls. Room was small but mostly clean, had A/C, and Wifi. This hostel is a little pricey, but I don't know about other KL hostels. There was also a cat! :]

  • Novice Nomad
  • 23 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Couple 18-24
  • (2 reviews)


70%

Good hostel in KL in a non-tourist area, I've stayed here a few times. Good Wi-Fi and free breakfast/coffee.

  • Globetrotter
  • 07 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male 25-30
  • (65 reviews)


76%

Convenient location to metro and major bus routes. The elevator to the top was an EXCELLENT bonus... as I was dreading carrying my bags up all those flights. =]

  • Novice Nomad
  • 02 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female 25-30
  • (4 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
We're glad you finally realized that we have a rather good hostel & came back to stay with us :)

63%

The staff members were rude and inflexible about everything. My reservation was for an A/C room, the room was quite cold and they refused to give me a blanket. I asked to be changed to a fan room, and they told me I'd have to pay for that room (in addition to the payment already made for the A/C room). The computers were constantly breaking, and they refused to repair them. It's okay if you don't have other choices, but I'd suggest finding a different hostel with a better location.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 23 Nov 2011
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female 25-30
  • (4 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Funny, but guest actually booked & came back to stay with us again on 2nd Dec & left a better review ... the one above :)

76%

A nice cosy place if you want to spend time indoors, lots of books and internet + TV. Dorms with A/C better value as no windows. The area is great by day - cheap food and local market. However, at night not so good if you are female. Hostel housed 4th floor in an old warehouse block, not good for fire safety, in fact there was a small fire in kitchen when I was there, caused by an accident with a guest and stove. Owner was not sympathetic and made her pay for replacement stove!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 13 Nov 2011
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Female 41+
  • (1 review)


80%

Very good value


30%

Terrible!. The ´"walls" of the room were thin as paper (cardboard type) and we could barely sleep because of the noise. The rest of the rooms were no better, as one of the dorms didn't even have a door - just a courtain. The A/C in the room didn't work properly and to top it all, there were bugs all around. The staff was completely unhelpful and at one point even shouted at us(!) and threatened us (!) for complaining. We left 1 night earlier and switched to Step Inn GuestHouse, much much better.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 23 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Bulgaria
  • Couple 31-40
  • (3 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Our investigations revealed that quest was complaining about some noise made by some other guests outside their room when checking-out. This was beyond our control & complainant start shouting to our front-office staff & the other guests (as seen on our CCTV footage). We are simply glad that this unreasonable & intolerant complainant has left us.

80%

nice hostel, meet fun people there :)

  • Novice Nomad
  • 07 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Indonesia
  • Female 25-30
  • (2 reviews)


86%

The owner is a very nice guy. I got 10%discout because I am from China. Thank you haha:)

  • Novice Nomad
  • 27 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • China
  • (Gender undisclosed)
  • (1 review)


90%

It's a typical hostel with kitchen, big common room and a lot of interesting things from all over the world. It's located quite near the Monorail station (2 min walk) so you can easy and very quickly reach the city centre and the main places of interest. There are some shops an Indian market near the hostel which make it possible to buy food, drinks and much more even in the late evening. The staff is always ready to help you. And there is a funny and very friendly cat in the hostel :-)!


83%

Very good value - private lockers, free internet/wifi (good computers available) and fans in the dorms. Clean enough. Very close to Chow Kit rail station - good information on tourist stuff around Malaysia. Good social area and Hostel "feel" Free breakfast is tea and toast - but that's good enough for me. Kitchen needs a fridge!

  • Avid Traveller
  • 04 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male 25-30
  • (11 reviews)


96%

Bonjour..almost perfect..if u can take charge of outside cleanliness, i will give u 100%..but i would like to give your staff more than 100%..hand will help you to promote your hostel to the world..he really wanted me to enjoy my short stay..merci..i will always come back

  • Novice Nomad
  • 29 Aug 2011
  • Anonymous
  • France
  • Male 25-30
  • (6 reviews)


83%

Not the best of locations but easily accessible from the Monorail. The night staff were fantastic and very helpful, in contrast the lady working during the day seemed unenthused and constantly raging! Clean rooms, wifi and basic breakfast a bonus. Value for money.

Owner Comment (Show)
Thanks for your positive review ! Sorry about the lady staff though, she had a bad hair day that day ; )

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