1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Floor, Lot 133, Jalan Gaya , 88000 Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
#58 of 157 hotels in Kota Kinabalu
Guests' ChoiceBased on 121 hostel reviews
8.3Cleanliness
8.6
Comfort
8.6
Location
9.3
Facilities
8.4
Staff
9.1
Value for money
8.9
Free WiFi
8.1
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End of dialog contentReviewed: 1 January 2024
Gabriela
Romania- dark and small room
- very nice staff - good location - nice common area
Stayed in October 2023
Reviewed: 22 December 2023
Kase_nino
MalaysiaNo bed curtain in the female dorm
Large common area was really beautiful. Was really comfortable and easy to meet hang out with other travller there. Clean Bathroom & toilet
Stayed in November 2023
Reviewed: 17 December 2023
Alice
MalaysiaThe bed might need to have a deeper cleaning dim light for the room, might need to have extra lighting for the room
All the facilities are sufficient for a basic travel like the lobby area very much since its perfectly cosy with comfortable interior design with warm hearted services simple breakfast with home-like infrastructure would recommend for solo or family travellers convenience and perfect shots for the gaya night markets and gaya sunday market with walking-distance shoplots a highly recommend stay at KK!
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 8 December 2023
Harrison
MalaysiaRooms not sound proof. Closings and openings of doors could be a nuisance.
Staff were friendly and helpful @ Lita Location great for food hunters.
Stayed in December 2023
Reviewed: 15 November 2023
Kavitra
MalaysiaClean and comfy
Stayed in November 2023
Reviewed: 13 November 2023
Melissa
AustriaUnfortunately the wifi didn‘t work in the bedrooms but in the common room it worked quite well!
We loved the staff!! Very friendly and helpful! Great location and common area!
Stayed in November 2023
Reviewed: 12 September 2023
Or
MalaysiaThe location is very strategic, the locker is provided
Stayed in September 2023
Reviewed: 12 September 2023
Jasmyn
United KingdomReally friendly and helpful staff
Stayed in September 2023
Reviewed: 1 September 2023
Sarah
United KingdomStaff were amazing and took care of our every need in a gracious helpful manner. Helped us book trips and taxis and helped us with directions, food etc.
Stayed in September 2023
Reviewed: 21 July 2023
Abdelaziz
MoroccoIt would've been good to maybe have a bigger shelf to put clothes and other things on in the showers but other than that nothing much.
Very friendly staff, great ambiance, clean rooms and good location all make this a great hostel.
Stayed in July 2023
Reviewed: 4 July 2023
Simone
TaiwanThe floor does not allow slipper so when the floor was mopped, got to walk carefully. Space between lower bunk bed and the upper one is small so often bang the head. Had night market for two nights during the stay, it is a bit noisy because night market is just downstair.
Has a big sharing space. The bathroom is clean and big enough. Water pressure is fine. Offers basic breakfast such as toast, boiled eggs, instant noodles, coffee, tea etc.
Stayed in July 2023
Reviewed: 3 July 2023
Yap
MalaysiaStaff are very helpful.
Stayed in July 2023
Reviewed: 26 May 2023
Mohammad
Malaysiaaircond was turn off on the day... its not comfortqble and hot for us ...
clean
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: 23 May 2023
Rachael
MalaysiaNone
Room is comfortable and location is great.
Stayed in May 2023
Reviewed: 23 April 2023
Miguel
PortugalBreakfast.
Location, price.
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: 7 April 2023
Paweł
PolandBreakfast could be a little better, now it's just toast, 1 egg per person, jam, instant noodles and instant coffee - but really can't complain for that price. We were buying something extra at the market each day and getting it's warmed up in the morning :)
Everything was good. Nice common space, fully equipped kitchen, some basic breakfast. Bathrooms were clean. Room was basic, but very clean and has a great ventilation. Location is just perfect. It was a nice stay, we even had prolonged it by 2 days.
Stayed in March 2023
Reviewed: 6 April 2023
Jana
GermanyAt the evenings in the weekend the hostel was loud due to it's central location next to the night market.
I recommend staying at the hostel if you want to try special kinds of street food, since it is located next to the night market. On sunday morning takes another market place, also next to the hostel, where you can buy animals and clothes. I found the atmosphere welcoming and calm.
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: 22 March 2023
Lisa
Sri LankaWe chose to stay in a hostel as we were hoping to get chatting to other guests and find out some information and ideas on our trip in borneo. This was not that place. This is fine and not the hostels fault of course. But also the staff gave us wrong information on how to get to kinabalu national park. And different staff members giving different information. We had read online we could get a minivan or shared taxi from a stop just round the corner from the hostel but when we asked the staff she said there were no shared taxi or minivan and had to go to the main bus station (8km away) and take a bus. We thought we would check out the shared taxi anyway and got to the area and within 5 minutes we were on our way to the national park, arriving within good time to have a full day at the park. So although its nothing to do with the accommodation itself I'm just glad we didn't listen to the information given to us there and went our own way. Also our room didn't have a window which we are getting used to, but the listing didn't specify no window which some of the other places do. Apart from that, good hostel.
Really good shower, good and comfortable beds. Breakfast was good enough - Toast, eggs (1 per person) noodles. Staff were friendly. However...
Stayed in March 2023
Reviewed: 13 March 2023
Elliott
SingaporeLoud Friday and Saturday night markets - not sure if they’re a regular occurrence but not great with a room on the front.
Amazing staff, lovely common area, clean.
Stayed in March 2023
Reviewed: 9 March 2023
Izabela
United Kingdomnothing
the staff is amazing, v helpful. I loved the location literally walking distance to the jetty for day trips to the islands. clean beds, comfortable. very basic but clean bathrooms. air con and internet working perfectly well. nice table in the mixed dorm and a chair which is always very helpful to have.
Stayed in March 2023
Reviewed: 7 March 2023
Niklosey
Malaysiastaff is good, clean & comfortable for sleep
Stayed in March 2023
Reviewed: 14 February 2023
Mikkel
DenmarkCan get quite noisy on the evening, where there is nightmarket on the street.
Good rooms and great common room. Good hostel to operate from in KK. Nice and helpful staff.
Stayed in January 2023
Reviewed: 25 December 2022
Ranizah
MalaysiaShare bathroom..😔
Good servis, very clean
Stayed in December 2022
Reviewed: 19 December 2022
Sarah
Germanythe bathrooms were a bit old but still clean
the location is perfect, everything you need is around you, bars, restaurant, night market
Stayed in December 2022
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