Yamen Hostel Reviews

Good: location, character Needs Improvement: bathrooms, cleanliness Stay Again?: No

Very authentic! Hutang living in original china at its best. A great experience.

Excellent hostel, wonderful staff in amazing Pingyao!!!!

Thank you very much. All staffs are very kind. It makes my stay in Pingyao happy.

Great setting in the old buildings, and really friendly and helpful staff too.

Very nice location from many stand points. However, the staff -who is a little bored during the winter- keeps on listening to a loud TV in the lobby. That creates a bit of a nuisance and affects the otherwise wonderful atmosphere.

Beautiul setting around a courtyard inside the city walls. Very unique town and hostel to visit. Staff were helpful throughout and our room was very warm and of traditional Chinese style. For a 2 / 3 day trip Pingyao this is as good an option as you are likely to get. Food in hostel is only ok but loads of nice places around! Free train station pick-up and good wi-fi! Would recommend this hostel!

Really good place. Beautiful building, and great location. The staff were incredible in helping me sort out my itinerary (making phone calls to find out bus timetables etc). Decent heating would have been a bonus, but what do you expect when you come here in Winter? Electric blankets were good compensation. Certain items in the restaurant weren't overly impressive (the tuna sandwich was terrible), but some other stuff was very good. Loved this place. Would stay here again in a second.

Great stay at Yamen hostel, it was clean, tidy and the staff were very helpful. We were able to check in early in the morning and then store our bags after we had check out for free. It was great service. Only thing was that the main area was a little cold, to be fair though it is the middle of winter.

Nice hostel in quaint little Pingyao. Room was warm, hot water reliable - good fun overall. Town was a bit quiet being winter and bitterly cold - wild be very different during the summer months. But Yamen provided a good cozy base for exploring the alleyways of the old town.

An excellent place to stay - very helpful staff and a nice atmosphere.

Nice hostel, live in chinese traditional house and eat breakfast is perfect.

Beautiful hostel in a perfect location in Pingyao with friendly and helpful staff. One of the most beautiful hostels I've ever stayed at!!

Hostel is centrally located for Pingyao. Good base for a short tourist trip. Looked like it had a lot of potential for fun activities, but since it was off-season there was not so much fun there. Great service at the bar and restaurant. Bathroom was pretty ancient China dirty, but there wasn't much they could do there unless they totally renovated and modernized that part of the facility. Overall a nice experience!

Pretty straightforward hostel; don't expect anything overly fancy, but it's a definite value for the price. Great location for the city and probably the most lively place in Pingyao.

The staff were not so friendly, infact we seemed an inconveinience to serve

Great location in the center of Pingyao, walking distance from all the major points of interest. Comfortable beds (traditional Kangs) and well heated. with friendly staff. The kitchen in the bar is a bit slow, so if you plan on having breakfast try and get in a bit early!

The hostel by itself is great, very good location and very beautiful old house, what a pity the staff was so unfriendly and lazy.

Absolutely top notch, and literally the best hostel that I have ever stayed at. Wonderful English speaking service with constant Hello's, Ni Haos, and "Hi Steve's". Facilities would rank as nearly one of the best HOTELs I've ever stayed at, with brand new dorms, wonderfully comfortable beds, amazing showers. Attention to detail is very high. They even woke up their chef early to make us a pre-hike omelette before we ascended Hua Shan. Thanks Tom, Mikki and Fox for the friendly smiles.

Great location, nice, old building and tasty breakfast :) Overall cleanliness average but as for the price it was awesome!