Mingtown Suzhou International Youth Hostel Reviews

perfectly situated in a beautiful small touristic street, among boutiques and restaurants.

Almost everything was fine aside from the fact that a rat dropped from the ceiling while one of my friends was sleeping. Also, when we arrived, our rooms were still dirty from past guests so I had to wait 2 hours for them to clean it.

If a place to sleep with a great location is only what you need then this is the place. If your looking for more, then chose somewhere else. The dynamics of the hostel are troubling. There are only two chairs and one table in the lobby area if you want to talk or use the wifi. The hostel is separated into two parts separated by an alley. There is only hot water in the morning and at night, There is a washing machine that is never free and refrigerator that doesn't work.

I think it should be better to tell the guests the thing that even if you are only 3 people you don't get to be sure that u will stay in the same room. This never happened to me before, we were split into 3 different dorms.... we had things we had to share, and we had to go from a floor to the other every time to get it...

Just on the touristic street. The only good thing about this hostel is the location, otherwise the staff is not very helpful, cant speak english! Also the rooms are very very dark with just one very bad lightbulb. Shower and bathroom were dirty.

i like the idea to creat a hostel in a old suzhou house. but unfortunately i had a lot of probelms (water everywhere) with the bathrrom and it was not so clean the rooms are small but like chinese style so it's ok for me and the staff was nice

good atmosphere,good staff

The location couldn´t be better.

This hostel is located in the middle of Pingjiang road, a pedestrian street, right next to a small river. The hostel has tons of character, is clean, perfectly located at walking distance from several gardens and tempels, PLUS, we had a four poster bed! Only slight disadvantage was the lack of internet in our room.

It's right at the center of the famous street, where there's night market and everything worth seeing. The bed was astonishing, and the atmosphere was great too! However, it's a pity that there's no any public place where you can sit down and chat to the other travelers. But overall, it's the best hostel I've ever stayed in China so far!

Location is really great but hot water for shower from 1900 to 2400 is really inconvenient. Also the water is just warm and not hot enough. Light in the room is very poor. I can't pack my bag at night.

Young staff with excellent english. Wonderful canalside situation in pedestrianised historical area. Room would be perfect for a single person and as there was one cup and one glass I suspect it was often used for that. For two a bit more crarmped. We had booked months ahead anf the hostel had no trace of the booking.. Book exchange useful. There was no kitchen or common room. The hostel owns a tearoom 50m up the canal but ther is an excellent restaurant 10m over the bridge.

I really liked this hostel, everyone was so friendly, welcoming and helpful. The actual location is a charm, right on the canal and so close to the gardens and a street market. The building has so much character - I loved it. Really recommend it.

like its competitor for value for money budget dorm hostel, mingtown could do with some renovation work in the bathrooms and toilets. its closer to suzhou's arguably biggest attraction, the humble administrators residence (50rmb) much better value than master net (20 rmb). give the later a miss. the hostel is situated beside a waterway (more like drain) where wedding couples get their photos took. very interesting to look at their off-camera expressions, says yours truly, a humble divorcee.

I stayed at this hostel recently. It was an okay stay but the room was very cold. The bathroom also wasn´t that clean. However, for a cheap stay it does the job. The bed was comfy and the location is fantastic.

When we arrived, they didn't had a key to our room, so you had to ask for someone of the staff to open it everytime you arrive. The room wasn't bad, but one of the lockers' door was broken. There's no wi-fi on the room, soyou have to go to reception. Strangely enough, there's no wi-fi signal at the Mingtown cafe next to it (still, there are some disappointing western-style dishes there), so the staff recommends you to go to the cafeteria next door. Otherwise, location is great.

location is excellent, could not be better! building itself is very nice, worth seeing. i met many really nice people there - other travellers, but the rest is poor. staff is horrible. not willing to help at all, not even able to provide basic info about the city. won´t provide any map, not able to show you how to get to the museum etc. I had problems when wanted to have the discount breakfast. staff is really unpleasant , probably themselves have never been to a hostel. the room was cold

Heating didn't seem effective in the room even on full blast, very dingy bathrooms/showers.

This is my go-to hostel--I liked staying in the private room this time around. It was nice and quaint and I felt comfortable: that's the most important part.

Although greatly recommended by lonely planet, but I definitely recommend other hostels instead of this one. A very poor hostel with rude and strange staff, sorry to say that, but I really have to say this. Staff is very impolite and don't seem friendly and helpful at all. Facilities are quite poor, only one toilet shared among two mixed bedrooms which could somehow cause kiosk in the morning and evening times. I am sorry to say that this is the worse hostel I've stayed in China ever.