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Yamen Hostel Reviews

69 Yamen Street, Pingyao, China

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87%Overall Rating

From 51 ratings
  • 95%Character
  • 82%Security
  • 95%Location
  • 84%Staff
  • 89%Atmosphere
  • 75%Cleanliness

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87%

This is a lovely hostel in the centre of the town. Free pick-up from the station and lots of space to relax inside after a hard day walking the walls. Definitely recommend. Excellent.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 24 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male 25-30
  • (8 reviews)


93%

A very nice place to spend some days in Pingyao. The hotels has the same atmosphere as the ancient city, and in this very old house, it\'s as if time had stopped. Fortunately, rooms are very comfortable, clean, and all the staff was very pleasant, kind and helpfull. Very good choice for this price ! (even if we\'re not so young...).

  • Novice Nomad
  • 22 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • (Country undisclosed)
  • (Gender undisclosed)


73%

Old hostel but clean, beds might be a little firm for some people. Luggage storage in dvd room and not locked in a very open hostel but we had no issue. Staff a little disinterested but all in all a good place to stay for 2 nights in pingyao

  • Novice Nomad
  • 17 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Ireland
  • Couple 31-40
  • (4 reviews)


90%

Great hostel with courtyard, good atmosphere. Although one night that was spoilt by a group who were partying outside our bedroom till we told them to shut up after they woke us up at 11pm. I did tell management & they said it was a "group". Well groups need to be managed. Fair enough it was a one off experience so a good hostel. The tour to the underground castle from the hostel was good value.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 16 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • New Zealand
  • Couple 41+
  • (12 reviews)


97%

Avail of the free pick-up, it was most handy :) The location is amazing, everything is a five minute walk away!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 06 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Ireland
  • Couple 18-24
  • (5 reviews)


93%

The place is amazin a bilion years old building in good shape. Is like sleep inside history. It´s not 100% because the place was not clean enough, but for a such old building, I even don´t know if it´s possible to be spotless. The staff and location are outstanding, wi-fi, hot water, a lot of facilities... Everything you need to a good stay. If anybode ask me a place to stay in Pingyao, Yamen it is!

  • Avid Traveller
  • 06 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • (Gender undisclosed)
  • (13 reviews)


97%

The Hostel has been the best place in china at all. the value is amazing for what you get. location and the courthouse at all is really nice and the stuff speaks good english and wants allways to give a hand. the food is good to and does a fair deal.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 02 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Male 25-30
  • (6 reviews)


93%

Fantastic!!!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 26 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Canada
  • Female 41+
  • (1 review)


97%

Very friendly, very cheap cold beer. good atmosphere

  • Novice Nomad
  • 25 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Male 41+
  • (1 review)


90%

Yamen hostel was very helpful with all of our needs, including arranging tours and transportation. They have an English speaking staff and made our stay very easy.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 18 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Couple 25-30
  • (1 review)


90%

This hostel has a really nice, relaxed feel to it. Staff are very helpful.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 16 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • New Zealand
  • Female 25-30
  • (17 reviews)


60%

Yamen hostel is easy to get to. There price is good, showers are not so nice. If your looking for an unique experience, you won't find it here.


83%

Lovely hostel location, gorgeous old courtyard. It's a bit cold, even when hot outside and the toilet paper bin wasn't changed during my whole stay (3 days). Staff are v friendly though. Internet comp is a bit unreliable and not a bril atmosphere for meeting others, but as Pingyao hostels go I'd say this is the best.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 12 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Female 25-30
  • (7 reviews)


93%

I really have no complaints about this hostel. It was a decent place to stay while in Pingyao. I would give this hostel a solid 9 on a 0 - 10 point scale.


80%

Hostel is centrally located with easy access to food. The staff are very friendly and helpful too.


67%

I had a double ensuite room. Room was big, bed was just thin foam on wood. Washroom smelled, the toilette looked like it has never been scrubbed. The staff were ok, not that helpful. Common area was good, cheapest beer in Pingyao.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 05 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Canada
  • Female 25-30
  • (15 reviews)


83%

The hostel is in the old city center next to all the attractions there. It's easy to reach and the staff speaks perfect English. They are very helpful and offer interesting tours. The atmosphere in the old courtyard is great, you can easily imagine the life there some hundred years ago.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 01 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Female 18-24
  • (2 reviews)


87%

On the plus side, this is one of the most beautiful hostels I stayed in. It's in an amazing location, in a gorgeous building, it oozes charm. On the other hand, the toilets are kind of smelly, should be cleaner. There were 2 computers, one was broken, the other had no connection for most of the time. Plenty of people had to use it to make further reservations, yet the staff was in no hurry at all to fix it. I thought the staff generally was rather unpassionate and uninterested. What a shame.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 25 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Belgium
  • Male 25-30
  • (1 review)


83%

Good hotel, great chinese atmosphere in a traditional house, was cold but they head heating, air conditioning and electric sheets!! Definetly worth it

  • Avid Traveller
  • 24 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • Couple 25-30
  • (10 reviews)


73%

Decent hostel, pretty nice food. The building was like the city, old china, which was nice.The facilities were rather smelly.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 08 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Netherlands
  • Male 31-40
  • (9 reviews)


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