Born Free Hostel

Location: Soi Samsen 6, Bangkok, th

Star Rating: 8.4 Stars

Property Type: Hostel/Backpacker accommodation

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 02:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Check-out: 11:30 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Non-smoking rooms
• Air conditioning
• Luggage storage
• Tour desk
• Private check-in/check-out
• Shared lounge/TV area
• Board games/puzzles
• Concierge service
• Shared kitchen
• Evening entertainment
• Badminton equipment
• Fire extinguishers
• 24-hour security
• Television in common areas
• Front desk (limited hours)
• Free wired internet
• Internet access
• Housekeeping on request
• Bicycle-friendly property

Rooms Available

• Superior Room

  3 Large Twin Bunk Beds

  Internet - Free WiFi

  Sleep - Bed sheets

  Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, free toiletries, and towels

  Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping

  Need to Know - No housekeeping, no cribs (infant beds) or rollaway/extra beds available

  Non-Smoking

  Max Occupancy: 6 (6 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Private bathroom
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Free WiFi
  • No rollaway/extra beds
  • No cribs (infant beds)
  • Bedsheets provided
  • No housekeeping

• Bed in 12-bed in Mixed Dormitory Room

  This 12-bed mixed dormitory room features air conditioning and a shared bathroom. Each bed comes with a reading light, a personal pouch and a blanket. For extra convenience, each bed has a divider which can be removed to allow couples or friends to sleep next to each other.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Toilet
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Lockers
  • Reading light

• Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room

  This 10-bed mixed dormitory room features a shared bathroom. For your comfort, the room comes with a ceiling fan for guests staying in the top bunk beds, while there is a small private fan for guests staying in the bottom bunk beds.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Mosquito net
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Lockers
  • Reading light

• Family Room with Balcony

  This family room features 6 bunk beds, air conditioning and an private bathroom with hot shower facility. Each bed comes with a reading light, a personal pouch and a blanket. Guests can relax at a balcony equipped with sofas.

  Max Occupancy: 6 (6 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Seating Area
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Lockers
  • Reading light

• Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room

  This 6-bed dormitory room features air conditioning, a balcony equipped with sofas and an private bathroom with hot shower facility. Each bed comes with a reading light, a personal pouch and a blanket.

  Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)

  • Shower
  • Air conditioning
  • Seating Area
  • Toilet
  • Private bathroom
  • Sofa
  • Linen
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Toilet paper
  • Trash cans
  • Socket near the bed
  • Lockers
  • Reading light

Guest Reviews

• Moris (1/5): BED BUGS: MANY. - BED BUGS: MANY. BE AWARE: BED BUGS: MANY. YOU WILL BRING THEM HOME. STAFF TOOK A PHOTO OF ME SLEEPING. I woke up accidently. They did not deleted it! HOT - NO AC. EVEN AC ROOM THEY SWITCH OFF DURING DAY!
• Moris (1/5): BE AWARE: BED BUGS: MANY. - BE AWARE: BED BUGS: MANY. BE AWARE: BED BUGS: MANY. YOU WILL BRING THEM HOME. STAFF TOOK A PHOTO OF ME SLEEPING. I woke up accidently. They did not deleted it! HOT - NO AC. EVEN AC ROOM THEY SWITCH OFF DURING DAY!
• Moris (1/5): IT WAS GOOD TILL IT WASN'T - BED BUGS I LIKE. ALL OF THEM. THEY KIND A "FIXED THEM", BUT THESE BUGS LIKE TO HIDE AND THEY DEFINATELY WILL SHOW UP AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY RUN NO DESINFECTION PROGRAM TO ELIMINATE THEM. THATS WHY THEY HAVE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. HOSTEL STAFF FILMING ME (OR TAKING A PHOTO) WHILE I SLEEP IN A LOBBY LOUNGE. THAT WAS WEIRD, BUT MAYBE I AM BEAUTIFUL PERSON, THAT'S WHY? HOT, NO AC, EVEN AC ROOM IS SWITCHED OFF DURING DAYTIME SO IT'S REALLY HOT. IT'S OVERPRICED BECAUSE FOR THE SAME PRICE YOU CAN HAVE ALL DOUBLE ROOM WITH AC ON THE SAME STREET IF YOU LIVE BIT LONGER THAN COUPLE OF DAYS.
• Moris (1/5): OVERPRICED AND BED BUGS - It's overpriced because for the same price you can get a separate AC room near by (7000THB/Month). If you take it for 2 people it's even twice cheaper than staying in this overpriced hostel room with 12 people. Because it's overpriced, it never gets full, so that's what I liked. BED BUGS. MANY. I FOUND THEM EVEN IN MY ALWAYS KEPT CLOSED BAG. NO AC. AC room they switch off the AC during day and it gets super hot. THERE ARE NO BED BUGS IN FAN ROOM, BUT FAN ROOM IS SUPER HOT NOW. I LIKED IT FIRST, BUT AFTER SOME INTERACTIONS WITH A STAFF I DON'T ANYMORE.
• Braeden (7/5): - Good spot near Khaosan but not noisy
• Egle (10/5): -
• Thomas (9/5): -
• Heuser (8/5): - - sehr schöner Aufenthaltsbereich - nettes und unterstütztendes Personal - super Lage - große Betten - keine Trennwände oder Gardinen in den Schlafsäälen
• Nader (10/5): - Best hostel for a traveler with low budget and also very nice cats
• Olivia (6/5): Pour une nuit après un bus de nuit c'est bien - Petit hostel dans une rue calme, a 10min a pied de la rue des bars mais loin des nights markets. Toujours très propre. Attention, pas d airco dans le dortoir de 10. Possibilité pour 100bath de faire le check in a n importe quelle heure (très pratique pour avoir un lit a 6h du matin après un bus de nuit) Le dortoir de 12 personnes est composé de trois structures de lits superposés, avec une séparation en bambou entre les lits. L’espace entre chaque structure est inférieur à un mètre. Concrètement, on dort collé à un autre matelas d’un côté, avec seulement une séparation en bambou d’environ quelques millimètres, et à moins d’un mètre d’une autre personne de l’autre côté. Je n’ai jamais dormi dans un dortoir où les lits étaient aussi proches latéralement. Les lits sont très durs et les oreillers très mous, avec des morceaux de remplissage peu confortables. L’hostel est globalement très sombre (hors chambres), ce qui rend l’utilisation des miroirs peu pratique par manque de lumière. Attention également aux chats présents sur place, certains peuvent mordre (vraiment fort).
• Marco (10/5): - Position staff
• Susanne (1/5): Creepy - Nothing Soo creepy! I left early because the place was so creepy, weird people hanging around, dirty, felt like a place for drug addicts rather than a normal hostel
• rodolfo (4/5): - the experience was nice, the place is nice in general and has a nice location, the staff are good people and i feel in a secure place in general They change the room price after you check in. For example, if you stay several days, they keep charging you 170–190. But then you see the online price drops to 130 for new guests, while existing guests are still charged 170. They only adjust one day to the lower price and keep the rest at the higher rate. On top of that, they told me it was high season to justify charging 190, but this was in August, when high season actually starts in November. I found this dishonest and very disloyal towards guests who have already been staying there for several nights and want to stay longer. That left me with a bad impression.
• SHUYANG (7/5): it's Ok if you are into this kind - The decorations looked interesting. The bed sheets seemed to be clean. At least I saw them changed after guests left. I found long blond hair on blanket though–to be fair, hair can cling to blanket even after washing....The real problem is, the vibe here was a little too "free" for me. No curtains on the beds. Topless guys here and there. Dark light in the common area. Personally that's not my thing.
• Juan Andres (10/5): -
• Martin Práznovský (6/5): -
• Étoile ~ (10/5): -
• Étoile ~ (10/5): -
• Étoile ~ (10/5): -
• Luiz Paulo (10/5): Bom pra cacete. Principalmente se vc for gente boa - Eu gosto muito desse hostel, é um espaço aconchegante, tem violões as pessoas sao simpaticas e a localização é muito boa. Perto da Kaosan road apenas poucous minutos andando... Venha sem medo de ser feliz
• Daniel (9/5): - Cool vibe, good people, great location just a 5min walk from the Khao San Road. Would stay again if I was in Bangkok
• Nadir (8/5): -
• Nadir (9/5): -
• Klaudia (7/5): -
• Luiz Paulo (10/5): - I really like this hostel; it's a cozy space, it has guitars, the people are friendly, and the location is very good. It's near Khao San Road, just a few minutes' walk... Come and enjoy yourself!
• Radim (9/5): -
• Teodor (8/5): I can recommend if you’re looking for a place to sleep without extra facilities or privacy. Still just hostel. - The location is great. No train nearby, but not needed. Would be taking taxi or tuktuk anyway. Everything is super close. Everything good except running AC in the room. It was almost snowing in there.
• Betsy (8/5): This is a good choice if you are looking for a hostel stay in Old Town Bangkok - This hostel is extremely conveniently located to tour around Old Town Bangkok on foot. Within easy walking distance you can reach the river, a variety of canals that are pretty cute to walk along, as well as Khao San Road. It is a basic hostel, so that should be what you are looking for - numerous people in each room sleeping in bunk beds. There are lockers provided and you can either bring your own lock or buy one there. I never had trouble finding a shower available when I wanted one. there are also a couple of common spaces with outlets and cushions with linens that get changed daily. All in all, this hostel suited me fine :). I mean - a couple times I wished I had a space to myself where I could close the door, but that's not what a hostel is :).
• Pazdaj (10/5): -
• Luiz Paulo (10/5): -
• TATSUAKI (10/5): -
• Thomas (10/5): -
• Miha (9/5): -
• Crystal (8/5): - The atmosphere was vibey and cozy. Lots of social spaces. Plenty of lockers. Clean bathrooms, hot showers. Fans for top and bottom bunks in the rooms. For the price point, I was quite satisfied. The stairs are quite steep and small as the fan room is on the 4th floor and the wifi didnt work in the room (for me).
• emil (10/5): - just a perfect place!!
• HODAKA (8/5): -
• Paola (5/5): Si tienes presupuesto bajo está bien - La ubicación lo mejor, el personal amable, te dejan dejar las mochilas si lo necesitas el tiempo que desees, muchos ventiladores y potentes para no pasar calor (mejor que el AC para mi gusto), venden una buena tarjeta SIM con bastantes GB a 500bhats por 1 mes, los baños se ven limpios (aunque al ser un hostel tan barato sentí que iba gente bastante sucia y lo dejaban todo un poco hecho una mierda…). Muy barato. La cama horrible es como una colchoneta de clases de gimnasia, por este motivo no repetiría este hostel porque no dormí bien ninguna noche, y yo normalmente duermo en cualquier sitio. Al ser un hostel barato atrae a todo tipo de gente, había mucho fumeta de marihuana y gente poco limpia…
• Harbhajan (8/5): - Location is very good. I got bites by bugs.
• Daniil (10/5): -
• Pu (10/5): - 有小猫咪耶~~~~~~
• Anas (3/5): -
• ابومحمد (8/5): -
• Minori (5/5): これまでのホステルとは次元が違った。 - ボディソープがあった。コンビニもわりと近くにあった。 王宮等にも歩いて行けるくらいの距離にはある。 ベッドにはカーテンはないが、ところ狭しと2段ベッドが並ぶ中、男女の部屋の区別もなく、女性が普通に着替えていて目のやり場に困った。男女の部屋は分けるかカーテンをつけてほしいと思う。よくも悪くも長期滞在系の人達かいて、貴重な体験ができた。
• Rob (9/5): - Great Atmosphere. Low lighting, nice music, welcoming and very helpful staff - allowed me to stay on for the afternoon after check-out until my Evening flight!!! ✌️🙂 Very Grateful for that!!! Good location. 10 mins walk to Khao San Road and 711 and lots of little restaurants etc. very close by. Beds were comfortable but very close to each other and some only separated by a very thin sheath. No real privacy therefore BUT for the Price and everything else was Perfect!!! Would definitely stay here again 👍🙂
• Brittany (5/5): Not like photos - Location was close enough to central area. Very cheap. Front desk was very nice and helpful. Doesn't look like the photos. No AC. The plugs are wobbly so even the fan would go on and off. Could be cleaned.
• Aliya (8/5): Very good - Simple and cheap accommodations for a one night stay Bathrooms were very small and common areas were not the cleanest
• Kok (8/5): Very good -
• Marjolaine (10/5): Exceptional - I loved the laid back atmosphere, the location. The staff were kind to us and the cats absolutely remarkable. I booked for one night and ended up staying for a whole week. Delightful! Great value for money
• Chiara (3/5): Poor - bed bugs and mosquitoes
• Bernard (10/5): Exceptional -
• Maria (8/5): Very good -
• Monika (10/5): Exceptional -
• Quentin (9/5): Awesome staff, great atmosphere and a good stay overal - I love the aesthetics! There are a lot of communal areas. The main one has places to lie down (or sit at a table) and listen to relaxing music, and in the front you can watch how two massage parlors compete with eachother for customers. And there's also a couple of balconies. There's a couple of bus stops in the big street very close by, and you can also take boats to go places, because it's right next to the river. Within 1km there's everything you need, and I think it's around 2km to reach Khao San Road. BTS and MRT are reachable at around 3 to 4 km. There's plenty of taxi's and grab options though. The only reason why I give a 9 instead of a 10 is because at the top floor the shower doesn't really output much water and there's a couple of tiny ants making their way through the crevices. This is the first hostel I've been to that doesn't have cockroaches! :)
• ‪tomer (9/5): Superb -
• Richard (8/5): Nice place to stay on your way in or out of Thailand. Easy acces to airport by cab or .. - Location and very well taking care of. 24 hrs surveillance Nothing
• Connor (8/5): Great hostel for solo traveler in Bangkok - Great value for money, staff are helpful and it’s pretty clean. Relaxed vibe and lots of cats haha
• Jo (9/5): Superb -
• Gabriela (8/5): I super recommend this but not the room with fan - Super cozy set up. Nice places in the building for staying together with others. Aesthetically pleasing, chill and creative atmosphere. The fan in the room was authomatically set on around 23 degrees, way too cold
• Parth (10/5): Exceptional -
• Liberatore (9/5): Superb -
• Anastasia (7/5): Funtional but pleasant - Very nice 24h reception, hospitality is great. Fantastic location walking distance from a lot of cool sightseeing points. Cleanliness of the accommodation was not at an all time high but nevertheless an alright stay.
• Vojtech (10/5): Exceptional - Good atmosphere and friendly
• Loni (8/5): Very good - Beautiful and cozy! I really enjoyed it here! Only thing is that there is lots of mosquitoes and the sheets at my bed wouldn’t hold.
• Abba (10/5): Exceptional - Best hostel in Bangkok and probably Thailand! Staff is super friendly and helpful. Really relaxed vibe and everyone you meet is really friendly. It's also really clean! Can not recommend enough. 10 out of 10 everytime I stay here!
• Ogulevicius (7/5): Good -
• Gabriel (9/5): Superb -
• Diogo (5/5): Passable - Showers
• Florian (7/5): Good -
• Rut (10/5): Feels like home - Best vibes, best staff, chill and comfy, great music BEST HOSTEL
• Parth (10/5): Exceptional -
• Danny (7/5): Good - Central and good value for money. Quality ok You have to be barefoot inside - the same as the temple policies - absolutely ridiculous! Narrow mattresses
• Clara (9/5): Superb - Very lovely atmosphere Good common spaces Very happy to help.with things to do Many stairs
• Marcio (9/5): Superb - The staff is very helpful, the chill out spaces are good, there are board games in every table, the ambient music is nice, and it's located near Khao San Road, chinatown and some temples. And there are 2 lovely cats that are always around. The only complaint I have is they should have a black-out curtain on the windows and curtains for the beds. Sometimes I went to sleep at 2 am and at 5 am it was already day. I'd say it's not a hostel for family, more like for backpackers.
• Eden (9/5): Superb -
• Kathrin (10/5): Trank you so much for all the good <3 -
• Tylar (9/5): Superb -
• Mara (9/5): Superb -
• Suparak (6/5): Pleasant -
• Luciano (10/5): Exceptional -
• Øynulvson (10/5): Exceptional -
• Erik (7/5): Good - Nice location No AC
• Elena (9/5): Superb - The staf and the atmosphere All good
• Annabel (8/5): Very good -
• David (9/5): Superb -
• Ohad (8/5): Very good -
• Susanne (10/5): I had a very good start to my travel in this hostel - The location was great Nothing :)
• Juan (8/5): Very good - near the centre. chill spaces. kettle to boil water no water t refill
• Valerie (10/5): Exceptional - The dorm was very comfortable and quiet. The AC was never too cold only cool so it was nice to sleep. The common areas were comfortable and there was enough space for everyone. Bathrooms were clean and they had shower gel dispensers as well as toilet paper. They have lockers but bring your own lock. It was great to have a kitchen, just to warm up some snacks, make some tea/coffee etc! The location is great, very calm but close to the river and several bus stops so you can easily go everywhere using public transport. They have cats so if you're allergic keep that in mind.
• Samnang (8/5): Very good - Common area was very hot
• Blake (9/5): Superb -
• Taran (10/5): Exceptional -
• Lila (6/5): Pleasant -
• Michal (10/5): Exceptional - Really enjoyed our stay. Good location and nice staff. Would definitely recommend.
• Ahmed (8/5): Very good -
• Vladislav (10/5): Would recommend to friends - Everything was perfect and clean, safe place! Nothing
• Baran (8/5): Very good -
• Savuth (10/5): Exceptional -
• Sheikh (7/5): Good -
• Musa (8/5): Very good -
• Bota (6/5): Pleasant - Good location, near to the center but still quiet. Comfortable space on the first floor. The smell of the weed, it's not that strong but we feel it. Our dorm was on the 4th floor and the steps are very narrow, so it can be uncomfortable if you have luggage. It's too hot in the room, no ac, but you book the upper bed fan right in front of you, so it can be dangerous if you are sensitive to the cold.

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