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Niras Bankoc Cultural Hostel Reviews

204-206 Maha Chai Rd. Samranrach, Phra-Nakorn, Bangkok, Thailand

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91%Overall Rating

From 159 ratings
  • 93%Character
  • 94%Security
  • 87%Location
  • 92%Staff
  • 90%Atmosphere
  • 92%Cleanliness

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97%

Really lovely hostel - stayed in both the dorm and private room and both were great. Great location - close enough to Khao San Rd but not too close. Staff friendly and helpful.


77%

Hard to find for the first time as tuk tuk or taxi doesnt know where it is even in very central. 25 min to metro or bst by walk - 15 min to khoa san road. Toilet can be dirty as they dont clean it very often (the carpet for the bathroom on 1st first was stained and they didnt change it but just changed it upside down). However, good character and not so far to main attractions.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 01 Feb 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Canada
  • Female, 25-30
  • (9 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for considering our location as central and for the comment about toilet, we will keep the eyes on it's cleanliness, as communal and shared facilities by toher guests, we have routine to clean them at least three times a day. Thank you for your review again and hope to welcome you next time.

97%

Extremely helpful and nice, thankyou.1

  • Novice Nomad
  • 27 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male, 18-24
  • (3 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you you both for the last stay and quick review after just leaving our hostel. Hope to see you again next time !

100%

Great place, lovely and helpful stuff, super-confy beds, great location if u feel like parting on Khaosan but far enough to sleep well (10 min walking) or if u want to walk to the main touristic attractions (Temples 10-20 mins away only!) Awesome street food right in front of the hostel. Showers are ok and the common area could be a bit bigger, but its fine and cosy. Only thing, if u decide to stay for longer you will have to pay more than if u book online beforehand - just so you know!


97%

Excellent hostel! facilities are very good, especially bathroom and bedroom. only thing need to change batter is, the door is little bit noisy when you open or close it every time. its quite good to walk to Khao San road from Niras~

  • Novice Nomad
  • 25 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • China
  • Male, 18-24
  • (3 reviews)


87%

Had a great time staying here - was my first stop in Thailand and the first time travelling on my own and I didn't really spend time without people. There's a lounge to hang out in and the staff are really great. - Would definitely recommend it!! It's in a good location too - easy to get to the temples and stuff and 15 mins walk to the crazyness of Koh San Road!!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 24 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Female, 18-24
  • (6 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for your kind review and coming back to stay with us again.Your recommendation is very meaningful to our hostel! See you again for the second stay !

97%

My friend and I had a great stay at Niras Bankoc Hostel.The room was really nice, clean, and comfortable. The staff is the most importatnt to me though. They were incredibly helpful and were genuinely interested in quality of our Thailand experience. The staff was accomadating even though we arrived incredibly early after taking the night bus and it really made our time in Bangkok go much smoother. Thanks for everything!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 23 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • All Female Group, 18-24
  • (2 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you so much for seeing the values of our service and facilities. We were pleased to be a part of our memorable trip in Bangkok !

80%

Lively staff , and nice place to chill

  • Novice Nomad
  • 23 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male, 25-30
  • (2 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for the fair comment regarding our staff and our relaxing place. Wish you great travels !

93%

Thank you Niras Bangkok Hostel for the wonderful stay. I really enjoyed my time with you - you realy keep the hostel and its facilities in good shape. I appreciate all the little details: from providing shampoo and soap in the showers to making sure quiet hours are observed. Great stay and will definately come again when I am in Bangkok next!

Owner Comment (Show)
We would like thank you too for being nice and kind guest . Thank you so muc h for seeing our values and nice extra features of our property. We do hope to see you again next time !

90%

Great hostel! We definitely recommend to stay there!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 20 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Mixed Group, 18-24
  • (4 reviews)


97%

Great place to stay, a bit pricy, but you get what you pay for!, huge lockers (for you big backpack), very clean, very nice style, very nice staff, good location inbetween khao san rd and the next skytrain (both about 25 min walk), great coffee in their cafe, wifi is a bit slow (but if you consider that you have to pay extra almost everywhere around khao san... ), fast laundry service (4 hours only) for 150b,and they let me cancel my 2.reservation eventhough it was closer than the 5 days!Thanks!

  • Globetrotter
  • 18 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Male, 25-30
  • (38 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you very much again for the honest review and sharing your opinion towards our property for other travellers Thank you for considering our hostel for the second time too. Have a nice trip!

97%

Excellent hostel, staff are extremely friendly and helpful. Only negative is ground floor room has a bathroom/toilet used by staff as well so can be occupied and unclean at times. Ground floor room is also next to the kitchen so it can be noisy. Otherwise brilliant stay and very sociable.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 17 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • All Female Group, 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Your review means a lot ot us and it shows your great appreciation .Thank you for your comments We will do improve our service and our property .Thank you both of you for extending the stay with us.

60%

Hmm... We came from a very good hostel in Krabi and some resorts earlier on so maybe my judgement is a bit clouded. I think the dorm was very dark, beds very hard, blankets and pillow very low quality. The lockers were big but with a very bad lock. Worst of all the staff was very bad at speaking english. The nightshift didn't understand that i wanted another blanket during the night?! I simply couldn't get him to understand. But for the price this is maybe what you would expect in most cases.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 16 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Denmark
  • Male, 25-30
  • (3 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Sorry that you talked to the guy is Security guard obviously with his uniform at the front gate not night shift receptionist,His role is mainly for security purposes and no authority to access our storage room . Furthermore, Since have checked in since afternoon , guest may contact our receptionists before 10 pm. it's impossible for a guard to provide you more blanket during middle of late night or for cold temperature, kind recommend you manually adjust it by remote control . We would like confirm that all facilities are still fine condition as just renovated recently. For pricing of the bed you paid 350 baht per night is standard for quality hostels in Bangkok.

93%

The hostel is located in a quieter part of town and still in walking distance to some of the main attractions (Grand Palace is about 10 min. away). The rooms are basic (stayed in a dorm) but lovely decorated as is the hostel itself. The staff is amazing, always helpful and friendly. I would definitly stay there again!

  • Avid Traveller
  • 16 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Austria
  • Female, 25-30
  • (10 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for the review of our location and decor .We are very pleased that you did love our service and hope to welcome you again next time!

70%

My overall rating for this property could have been "Very good" if it wouldn't have been for the key speech: "You have to pay now" every single time we were at the reception. You have to pay upfront for every little thing and this really pissed me off. When you're in a boutique hotel business with 99% of guest being foreigners, I really don't think that having your guests not paying for services is a concern. It's especially this reason that I would not go back to this place.

Owner Comment (Show)
We are very sorry that you copied all wordings from tripadvisor with the purpose to ruin our reputation with the same accusation. Because as hostel policy, we kindly ask guests considerately cooperate to pay room on arrival and most of them understand the rules, however, some cases, we need to repeat to some guests who didn't pay after using service or others like beverage & food .It's common that it's staff's role to finalize all payments by the end of their shift .

93%

Best place to start your trip. Walkig distance to Kaonsan and to MRT (metro) Food stal oposit is good too. Try the flat nudles in the pink soup

  • Novice Nomad
  • 14 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Russia
  • Male, 25-30
  • (2 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for choosing our hostel as the beginning of your trip. We were glad you enjoyed our location and food street at front of our hostel. Thank you again for your review.

100%

The location is perfect ! The staff is perfect ! the staff is very nice. Have security at night. It is very clean. The atmosphere is perfect! For me, it is the best hostel ! The breakfast is very good too. It is very near the subway, very near everything. You can go walking to Khao San Road. And it is a very calm place, don't have the noisy of Khao San Road. It is perfect !!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 11 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • Female, 18-24
  • (7 reviews)


97%

Staff was so great and even helped us get a taxi to the weekend market when a festival was on an we couldn't seem to get one ourselves. Lockers in rooms are roomy and everything was clean. Location was in a nice area walking distance to the grand palace and is a nice alternative to the Khao San road scene if you need a bit of a break from the hustle and bustle of Bangkok. Would definetly stay again.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 10 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Canada
  • Female, 18-24
  • (7 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
It's very wonderful to hear that you liked our service and our facilities.Thank you both fo you to stay with us last time. Hope to see and help you enjoy our city next time !

93%

Fantastic hostel. Nice quiet area. Staff give you directions to places in Thai which helps navigate Bangkok tremendously. Will definitely be back.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 09 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Female, 31-40
  • (4 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
First , thank you for your long stay with us and your positive comments and we're really happy to help you while staying with us in Bangkok. It would be great to see you again .

90%

I really liked this hostel. It was clean, it had a little cafe and it was super charming. Thumbs up.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 09 Jan 2013
  • Anonymous
  • Denmark
  • Female, 18-24
  • (1 review)


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