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Reviews of KAMP Houkan-cho Backpacker's Inn & Lounge - Hostel

2 out of 5
KAMP Houkan-cho Backpacker's Inn & Lounge - Hostel
3-1-35 Hokancho Kitaku, Okayama, Okayama

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 43 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 15 out of 43 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 43 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 43 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 43 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Michael

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
quiet stay here at KAMP, definitely nothing social about this hostel. Bar downstairs is quiet, great location to the city most things walkable
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jackson

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I really enjoyed staying here - the building style and layout was cool and creative, and I liked the bar/music element. Dozens of restaurants and shops were right around the corner - it was a cool area to explore. The staff were also very friendly and helpful. The only thing I would note, is that the room I stayed in was not very easy to keep warm. For the duration of my stay, I had the heater on full, which was only just able to get the room to a comfortable temperature (was there in winter). Other than that though, I would definitely recommend staying here!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This is a very average hostel. Positives: --Right by a shopping street so lots of food options nearby. --Very clean, including the bathrooms. --There is a nice bar/cafe located in the same building. --The AC in the bunkroom worked well and the beds were comfortable. I got great sleep here. --10 minute walk to Okayama Station. Negatives: --Towels cost 200 yen to rent, which seems silly. Every other hostel I've stayed in provides towels for free. --The bunkroom is a little cramped, and I did not feel there was enough storage room for luggage. Overall I thought it was a very average hostel experience. I would stay here again as it is cheap and in a good location.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

barry

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Roberto G

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dan, Osaka

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly staff and good service! Cute, clean and close to the station. Would recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Pete, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great spot close to it all
Only had a short stay for two nights. Found the place very clean, friendly and so conveniently located. To rate this any less Thant perfect would suggest you haven't stayed in many if any backpackers. I wouldn't bother looking anywhere else on my next visit. Oh, did I mention they have a great bar.

10/10 Excellent

Amelia

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great accommodation but haughty bar staff
I've stayed here 4 or 5 times and I really like it. The front desk staff are always super friendly and things are nice and tidy. The bar staff, however, is usually pretty horrid. They always put me in a bad mood because they're haughty and can't be bothered to take your order. You're supposed to get a free sake if you're a guest, which is a nice touch, but the bar staff always make me feel like a total dolt for even asking for it. They really ought to just bring it out to you rather than making you suffer having to convince the bar staff to give it to you. The last time, I decided to forgo the embarrassment and order a beer, (not free) which took 10 minutes to arrive, and fries, which took another 20 minutes to arrive. No customary "Omataseshimashita," ("thank you for waiting") just threw it under my nose and told me I'd have to pay immediately, even though I had asked to run a tab at the time of ordering since a friend was meeting me and was going to order something too. Just unpleasant and I'm kinda tired of it happening every time so don't think I'll recommend the place anymore. It's a shame.

6/10 Okay

Andrew , Japan

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Friendly enough staff but rooms are poor!
Stayed for one night in August (34 Degrees outside temp). Bar downstairs is nice and the staff are friendly. The shower and bathroom facilities are perfectly acceptable, but the room I stayed in let the whole place down. Air conditioning was weaker than an asthmatic gerbil and there was no window in the room (room 5). Woke up in the morning covered in sweat. In fact I think the room was basically an afterthough. Was probably originally a cupboard. When I checked in, the sheets were not on the bed and the member of staff just put the pillow case on for me and gave up. The bed above remained unmade for the duration. The last complaint was that room 5 is next to the communal area. Was woken at 6am by a rude family who let their child bang on every door he could and didn't shut him up for over 2 hours. Children will be children, but that is not an excuse to bother the rest of the paying customers. Staff on sight should have told them to shut him up or check out! You can't expect silence in a guest house, but a bit of consideration for the other paying customers is a bare minimum. For that reason alone, I wouldn't recommend this guest house. Price is 3500 yen, for around 1000 more there are hotels in the nice Nishikawa area where all the bars and Izakaya is.

8/10 Good

Hiroto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
二段ベットの上段だと、隙間があって物を落としてしまうのできをつけましょう 布団はフカフカでよく眠れました。
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Mikkel

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Accueil sympa dans guesthouse « bobo »
Seule dans une chambre japonaise double j’ai pu demander feux fuyons pour plus de confort et ai très bien dormi par contre les cloisons sont vraiment fines et cela suppose un grand respect des autres
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

FUMIYA

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

KAZUHIRO

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

YASUKI

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
場所的には便利な場所である。持ち物の収納場所に困った。
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

YASUKI

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Akiko

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
宿泊料の安さから、それほど期待はしていなかったが、シンプルにシャワーを浴びて、歯磨いて、寝るだけと考えると、充分過ぎます。
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021
Response from KMAPスタッフ on 16 Dec 2021
ご宿泊ありがとうございました。

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
非常に親切でサービスも行き渡っていました！また来ます！
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

satou

悪くないけど特別良くもない普通でした
受付の1階はすごくおしゃれ。暇だったのでバーで飲みました。バーに関しては宿泊のドリンク割引もありかなり満足です 宿泊スペースは清潔感もあり良かったですが、シーツの準備や狭いベッド、シャワー室など不慣れなこともありこんなもんかな。って印象でした。寝るだけならいいけどシャワーを浴びるならビジネスホテルの方が落ち着きます。まぁ当たり前ですが。
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Yu-Hsuan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
整體住宿經驗沒有問題，要注意的是這間hostel沒有電梯，樓梯又是旋轉式，大件行李非常不好搬。櫃檯小姐非常親切好聊。
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
カーテンくらいつけて
男女混合の部屋というのは折り込み済みですが、ベッド上段には、両方、下段も片方はカーテンがありません。私は下でしたが、着替えの時は躊躇しました。(足下側は丸見え)立ち上がると上段で寝てる人は遮るものなくすべて見えます。また、上と下の間が狭く座ると頭がぶつかります。 このタイプのホステルは何軒か泊まりましたが、個別空間の居住性については最悪でした。
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Yin Wai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
整體ok
Check in前比較難搵，其他都ok.... 沿奉元橫町行就到 隔離係婆婆家常煎魚做早餐 行前少少有local生果舖
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Mei-Chen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Anthony, Hong Kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Tidy and clean.
Tidy and clean place. Not close to JR station but acceptable. The instruction on hostel website talk about the Access to hostel not the shortest rote.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
スタンダードなゲストハウス
ベッドにカーテン等はありませんが、手頃な価格なうえ、シャワーとトイレも広くて清潔なので使いやすかったです。ダイニングはやや手狭でしたが、1Fのカフェ/バーでくつろぐのがいいかと思います。

8/10 Good

nuts, kyoto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
綺麗
清潔感のあるドミ。洗面・トイレ・シャワー室全部綺麗でした。ベッドも側面だけですがカーテン付いてます。駅から近いですが分かりにくいです。

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
上格跟下格床距離很少，被亦太薄。要提行李走很窄的迴轉楼梯

8/10 Good

JC, hong kong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
不錯的酒店，有空調，地點亦較近JR車站
酒店有免費水供應，以及包一款飲料，清潔度亦可以，只是房間地下較污穢，天花較差，其他都好好，酒店員工懂英語，有禮，樂於幫忙，又可以寄存行李，有齊沖涼用品，最不好的地方是枕頭太軟，訓得唔太好！

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
位置佳
乾淨但隔音不好

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
位置佳
乾淨舒適，只是隔音不太好

8/10 Good

tien-hui

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It is a very comfortable hostel. To be honest, it is a little far from the train station and the soundproof is not very good. However, I like their camping style decoration, and it is a good choice for people visiting Okayama.

6/10 Okay

YURI

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
耳栓が必要かも
スタッフの方が親切でした。壁が薄く、リュックサックのジッパーの音が聞こえるくらいです。耳栓が必要かもしれません。

8/10 Good

yql, tokyo,japan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
アットホームで清潔なホステル
若者が多く、部屋、トイレ、シャワーなどの設備は快適。2段ベッドの上から少々降りにくいのと、鍵のかかるロッカーが狭いこと以外は問題なく過ごせました。

10/10 Excellent

Chigusa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
はじめてのゲストハウス利用
周辺のビジネスホテルが満室で、生まれて初めてのゲストハウス利用となりましたが、施設は清潔かつおしゃれで、本当に快適に過ごすことができました。プライベートも守られていて、共有スペースでは世界各国からやってきている宿泊者同士の交流もできる、とても素敵な空間でした。今後は積極的にゲストハウス利用していこう！と思うようになりました。ありがとうございました。

8/10 Good

Hsin yen, Taipei

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
除了隔音，一切都好

8/10 Good

Hsin yen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
除了隔音，一切都好

10/10 Excellent

Hsin yen, Taipei

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
地點不錯
除了隔音不佳，其他都很好

10/10 Excellent

ErHau

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Chaeyoung, Korea

Disliked: Room comfort
불편합니다
별로였습니다 방안의 특유의 냄새도 이상하고 무엇보다도 2층에서 자게 되면 3층에서 쿵쿵거리는 소리가 너무너무 잘 들려요 늦은 시간에 들어와서 밤에는 잘 몰랐는데 막 6시부터 계속 사람들 걸어다니는 소리 장난아니더라고요 일부러 그러는건 아닌 것 같았습니다 잠귀가 그렇게 밝지도 않은데 너무 신경쓰였습니다 밤에도 가는 골목길이 좀 으슥하고요 주변에 가까운 편의점도 없어서 한 8~10분 거리의 편의점까지 가야해요 이래저래 불편했습니다 역에서 15분 거리라는점 빼고 다 불편합니다

10/10 Excellent

Yufan, Taiwan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location.
I will definitely stay here next time. It's very near the Okayama station( 5mins walk)

6/10 Okay

Eva

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort