Kazy International Youth Hostel Harbin Reviews

Funky hostel with lovely star of david windows in several of the rooms. The common area is small, but cozy and they sell beer by the bottle for nearly as cheap as the corner store. Very good value for the money, though the private room we stayed in did have fairly hard beds. One funny thing is that you're staying at an old synagogue, but one section of the common room had a Christmas CD playing on repeat. for our entire stay... in May. No big deal, we like Christmas music! :)

Showers are not great. Everything else is very nice. The staff are all very friendly and helpful. I like the cats. I also like how the hostel sells local beer for a reasonable price, instead of making the foreigners pay 20 yuan for a beer.

I had a very pleasant stay here! :-) Charming place with helpful staff!

I stayed here in a female doorm. The room was cozy and warm, but not very clean (long hairs and dust every where). They do not have a reading light at the beds, which was quite annoying because when ever someone came in late at night they turned on the bright light. Also the bathroom facilities are very basic, they are OK. Just one thing, you have to bring your own toilet paper (or buy it at the reception)! The location great though. Everything is almost in walking distance.

The private room is clean, but dorm is so dirty and has many dust. There are only 2 shared bathroom and 3 restroom, They 're not enough for guesses. And bad ventilation.

basic cleaninig of the rooms would be nice.

Very interesting to stay in an old synagogue. 3 bed private room was fine. Bathroom wasn\'t amazing, but was sufficient water pools a bit while taking a shower. Bring towels & toilet paper. There was sufficient room heating & hot water. Staff were very friendly and helpful, particularly when I called en route from a taxi from the airport (when the driver was trying to massively scam me). Discount tickets to snow & ice festival were nice.

Could use a bit of help in terms of cleanliness, but everything was very smooth, from check-in to Ice Festival tickets/transport. No major complaints.

Very well located! Very, VERY nice staff and very welcoming too! At Kazy Hostel, the staff is always there to give youb advise and to help you whenever you need it and they are VERY friendly! This hostel is also a good place to meet other travelers from all ages and from all nationalities.

Wouldn't have had it any other way. Cheers guys

Very well located and very friendly staff. Additional tourist information in English would help. Really enjoyed our stay when minus 20 degrees outside, warm and cosy inside.

Staff was not very helpful. My room wasn\'t ready when I got there, so I waited. After a few hours, I asked again if it was ready, and it had been for a while, but they hadn\'t told me, so I wasted an hour of daylight (when it\'s sort of warm) sitting around for nothing. They\'re not familiar with all the buses that go to the Ice Festival. I was on the mezzanine in a dorm room, and the carpet looked like it\'d never been cleaned. The door on my locker was broken.

Kazy Hostel is great, not only the cheapest accomodation that you're likely to find in Haerbin but also the best for backpackers. Literally just 200m from the main drag and the bus to take you all the way to the ice festival stops right outside the door. The staff is really nice, we could only book for one person for one of the nights and they were really understanding and gave me a decent bed in the corridor regardless which was REALLY helpful. Highly recommend this place to anyone.

I stayed in one of the dorms and it was just fine. For the dorms, the bathrooms are squatters and it's BYOTP (bring your own toilet paper), the shower's hot water was a bit temperamental, and there was no hot water in the washroom for washing one's face in the morning, etc. Since it was artic-adventure-cold outside, it would be nice to have more dependable hot water. The rooms were warm though and the place, being in an old synagogue, has a lot of character and attracts an interesting crowd.

Fantastic hostel full of character. only issues were to do with the room lock. on more than one occasion I can back to find the door unlocked due to it not being locked by the cleaner.... However, character, location and overall atmosphere was good.

Perfect location, right next to the central street, Zhong Yang Lu. The old synagogue vibe gives it an interesting atmopshere. However I would voice a complaint about cleanliness. The dorm rooms were hardly ever cleaned, even when guests checked out and new ones came in. My friend even had an allergic reaction to the bed sheets. Also, toilets and showers were at the end of the un-heated corridor (ie. it was pretty freezing)! But overall, not bad value for money and I had a good stay in Harbin.

If not because I have joined their tour to snow village and don't want to change hostel, I will not stay here. Everything is dirty, toilet, shower room, dorm room are not clean. I feel a bit moist from the bed sheet, not dried completely. One of the staff is very rude. But one thing is good about the location, close to centre. I am quite sure the owner do it just for money, not for traveller. With this historical building, I think they should make use of it. Now they just waste it in this way.

Kazy was recommended to me by a friend. As far as character and location are concerned,Kazy is No1#.I booked a twin room. I've travelled China & Kazy has to be one of the dirtiest rooms I've ever stayed in.The floor were putrid and the bathroom had mould, hair and a foul stench. Closing the door didn't help. The shower pressure in both my private& the public shower terrible.Food was very expensive and poor, encouraging me to eat outside. I wont stay here again.One staff member was very rude.

Staff really tried to help me when the hostel was very busy at CNY. Although ppl complain about cold showers in review, i didnt have issue as i avoided taking shower at busy times like 8pm. If you take shower in the mornings, it is very hot and nice. The location is mostly walking distance to main sites, even to Taiyang Dao (Sun Island) which is across the frozen Songhua river and it is an experience to walk across!

Very good staff and great atmosphere. The location is also unbeatable, especially if you are planning on hitting up the Ice Festival. Sun Island and Zhaolin Park are easily within walking distance and there is a free bus service that takes you to Ice and Snow World. Staff doesn't kick you out of the common area at night so you can stay up for a nightcap as long as you don't go too crazy. All in all, a great place to stay in Harbin!