P.Loft Youth Hostel

L'hôtel est très bien situé, tout près d'un métro. Le dortoir est propre, accessible grâce à une carte magnétique. Le personnel est arrangeant et essaie d'aider. Possibilité de booker des activités, notamment la visite de la Grande Muraille. Le petit déj' proposé est bon. Je recommande cet hôtel.

Rien.

La ubicación

Los baños y duchas tenían poca privacidad, limpieza superficial y había poca cantidad para el tamaño del lugar. El hostel olía a cigarrillo por todas partes porque la gente fumaba cerca de las entradas y el olor a cigarrillo entra al hostel. Las camas horriblemente incómodas. Era casi lo mismo que dormir en el suelo. Los “colchones” eran de 5 cms de espesor. Se nota que no reinvierten dinero en el lugar. Además tuve que dejar dinero en depósito por las sábanas y la llave. He estado en muchos hostel alrededor del mundo y nunca había estado en uno que me hicieran dejar garantía en efectivo por las sábanas. Definitivamente cuando vuelva a Beijing buscaré otro lugar.

Awesome location, decent hostel for the money

Not the most social hostel. Communal bathrooms a little dirty

This was an all-around amazing hostel! -The staff were great & incredibly helpful, answering any & all questions we had at any hour of the day. I really appreciated their flexible payment options as well. Having 24-hour reception was much-appreciated, for instance, when we needed a taxi to the airport @ 4AM. *Be sure to plan to pay 100 Yuan for a deposit for your bedding when you arrive.* -The facilities were clean & always in order; we really appreciated that the bathrooms/showers/sinks were constantly cleaned & that they provided soap/shampoo. I also liked that each room had a lock so you could feel pretty comfortable keeping your things in there; I never experienced any loss of valuables in my week-long stay at this hostel. -The location is great, couldn't be better, being walking distance to a lot of great spots in the inner loop of the city, & a short walk away from a metro station that'll take you literally anywhere in Beijing; anything closer to the center-center of the city would cost a lot more so this is the best in terms of budget-friendly & well-located. I admittedly didn't use the Wifi since I came prepared with an unlimited E-SIM but I'm assuming that worked well, considering everything else was great; I think my partner could access WhatsApp without an E-SIM so maybe they had it somewhat unblocked. All in all, the good aspects far outweighed the bad; we had a wonderful stay here & highly recommend it.

-The common room/space was a bit small so it got noisy when there were a lot of people in it; a lot of the times I resorted to sitting in the hallway which had a strong smoky smell that would give me a headache after a while if I wasn't wearing a mask (masks should be worn in Beijing for the air quality). -The hostel was also quite cold when we went (the cold part of the year, understandably), so I'd definitely recommend packing warm clothes even just to stay inside, if you don't want to be in your bed the whole time. -I would've appreciated mixed-gender dorms for budget-traveling partners. Traveling with my partner, it was a bit of a struggle being separated from her; especially with each room being locked (again, understandable), I felt awkward tapping on the window in the morning to connect with her to start our day. -Doing a tour to the Gubeikou section of the Great Wall on our own, farther away than the tours offered by the hostel, & seeing how easy that was, I was pretty underwhelmed by the tour offered by the hostel. We spent the majority of the day in the bus, longer than we spent in transport to Gubeikou & felt rushed when we got there to actually get up to the wall since we weren't going to pay extra for the cable car ride. I'd recommend offering transportation from the hostel with group rates available instead of roping people into a larger city-wide tour that moved so slowly.

Destul de usor de ajuns, nu foarte departe de centrul orasului.

A fost foarte frig. Cand ieseai din camera sa mergi la baie, aveai impresia ca iesi direct afara. Usile stateau deschide mereu, trebuia sa mergi cu geaca pe tine la toaleta.

Location is just amazing, right next to yonghegong lama temple and Confucius temple. And not too far from the palace and tianmen square. Friendly and supportive staffs.

I hope they would change the mattress one time. It was a little dirty. Luckily I had no problem with bedbugs etc but I guess it s time to change the mattress in the hostel.