Located within a 11-minute walk of Thang Long Water Puppet Theater and 0.8 miles of Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi Backpackers Lodge provides rooms with air conditioning and a shared bathroom in Hanoi. The property is around a 19-minute walk from Trang Tien Plaza, 1.3 miles from Hanoi Opera House and 1.4 miles from Quan Thanh Temple. The property is 0.6 miles from the city center and a few steps from Hanoi Old City Gate.
At the hostel, each room includes a desk. Featuring a shared bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer, rooms at Hanoi Backpackers Lodge also offer free WiFi. Guest rooms include a closet.
With staff speaking English and Vietnamese, guidance is available at the reception.
St. Joseph Cathedral is a 18-minute walk from the accommodation, while Imperial Citadel is 1.9 miles from the property. Noi Bai International Airport is 15 miles away, and the property offers a paid airport shuttle service.
"One of the worst customer services we have had in more than 6 months in Asia. Upon arrival, the receptionist assigned us two upper beds, despite us arriving at 6:00 AM and having booked weeks in advance. Politely, using both English and a translator, we asked to change to bottom beds, as we noticed upon entering the room that out of the 6 beds, only the two of us had checked in, and we asked if we could be near each other since we are a couple. Her response? ”Impossible! We are fully booked! The system does not allow changes.” Repeatedly. We innocently thought it was a system problem.
Since we had a second consecutive reservation, we managed to get her to agree to change us for the second booking. When the day arrived, she moved us to another room, much worse, with bottom beds but separated. We complained to stay in the same room, negotiating for just one bottom bed since it seemed ”impossible” to have both, even though it was 9:00 AM and almost all the beds had been vacated by guests! At first, once again ”impossible,” but after insisting, she agreed to only one bottom bed. When asking to change the top bed because it was right next to the door—which rattled and practically didn't let me sleep for two nights—again: NO, IMPOSSIBLE. After having to ask her several times, she reluctantly agreed and did both changes in ONE minute. Was it THAT difficult? And also, clearly it was NOT a system issue in the end, which was very dissapointing.
The beds are comfortable, but if you have a bed in room 3A next to the door, the door mechanism does not cushion the impact and the door makes the entire wall next to your head in the cubicle rattle VERY loudly. They should have a way to muffle the door noise. A LOT of street noise comes in through the balcony door. If you are a light sleeper, better look for another option.
The cleaning staff makes a great effort to keep everything clean, as it is a hostel where they don't give you ”slippers”; therefore, all the dirt from the street comes in with your shoes, and when stepping on the wet bathroom floor from the shower, it gets spread everywhere. They give you clean towels every day, which is an interesting plus.
In the end, it was a mixed experience, with a very dissapointing aftertaste because of the receptionist treatment. If you are looking for cheap facilities for a short stay, it is good. If you have problem with noise, be careful of room 3A.
Location and neighborhood is nice."