The owner, Asri, greeted us by our names the moment we entered the hostel. That was customer service at its best. He was very knowledgeable and helpful in recommending places of interest and great food. Location of the hostel was perfect - we could pretty much walk anywhere. The back More

Very nice hostel, our room on 2nd floor was perfectly clean and had a riverside view. Owner Asri and his lovely wife made our stay in Melaka memorable as they invited us to celebrate Chinese New Year with them and their friends. Asri also provided us with useful information about buying More

Stayed for one night. The owners were really helpful and gave me an intro to the city and reccomended places to see and dishes to try. Stayed in a twin room and it was clean and really great! More

Friendly, clean and well located. We stayed three nights and wished we could've stayed longer. The cake was amazing. More

Thanks for a wonderful stay - we appreciated the security, location, cake and bananas :-) More

Excellent place! Raymond met us at check-in with an incredibly helpful map of sites and restaurants in the area--his recommendations were spot on. Though we also traveled to Penang, our best food experiences in Malaysia were in Melaka because of Raymond's advice. River View is clean, More

nice and welcoming hostel, friendly owner More

In terms of facilities, the hostel is very, very basic and simple except for the lounge, but it's cheap so that's no problem. The owner, Howard, was absolutely fantastic, really friendly guy. He makes sure everyone meets everyone and takes them out for dinner most evenings, as well as More