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Reviews of BEAT. Arts Hostel Chinatown

2 out of 5
BEAT. Arts Hostel Chinatown
211A, South Bridge Road, Singapore

Reviews

6.2
Rating 10 - Excellent. 17 out of 94 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 22 out of 94 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 26 out of 94 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 11 out of 94 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 18 out of 94 reviews" "

6.4/10

Cleanliness

6.6/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

wisarut

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Unsafe and very noisy.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Location great, everything else not so great.
Excellent location, but promised free WiFi non-existent in rooms, had to go outside room. Very cramped room. If you want extremely basic accommodation in a great location, it's OK.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Wiktor

Travelled with group
Price per night was ok. 1h 15 minutes by metro from the airport. It’s an affordable option so expectations should be also low, however the hostel should improve cleanliness. Staff was not available after 5 pm. There was no information how to contact them after that hour. On the plus side: localization ok, close to dining options (i.e., Maxwell market) and to the ChinaTown metro station. Also walkable distance to Singapore Bay Area (30 minutes, note that you will be walking in sun and high humidity). Easy checkin/checkout process.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Alphonsus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Value for money stay for a simple accommodation yet right in and convenient access to Chinatown, and short walk to MRT station.
Stayed 11 nights in Jul 2023

2/10 Terrible

Rochelle

Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Tiegan

Not the best, not the worst.
The hostel itself was in a prime location. However, the rooms were extremely cramped with very little room to move around. Lockers were not big enough for large baggage so had to remain on the floor (creating less space) beds were very comfy with good quality bedding. The hostel could do with more bathrooms as 2 toilets per floor wasn’t enough, and it could do with separate toilet/showers as people showering also took up the toilet for sometime. The kitchen was fantastic with adequate seating. This hostel was also not your typical hostel. It was filled with non backpacker type people. People with no hostel etiquette such as waking the whole room up at 5am or leaving the door wide open on a night. There were also family’s who would take up the whole room, making a solo traveler (like myself) very uncomfortable as I felt like I was intruding. Also the rules of the hostel did not seem to be enforced at all. There were very young children running around (naked) when the hostel was supposed to be 15+ and there were people cooking full meals in the bedrooms, using plug in appliances despite myself being told no food in the rooms. Overall, the hostel attitude could do with some improvement and some extra toilets would not go a miss
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

bela

Liked: Cleanliness
No reception access beyond 10:00-19:00 Steep stairs from ground all the way up to reception or rooms on following levels. On 2 levels (with about 100 ppl each), no separate toilets After check in, street ware (shoes) within property, not allowed. Small fridge, only microwave, hot/ cold drinking water is available. No air con in dining area. Jammed small room, comphy bed with nice new beddings (sheet, quilts, mattrass). Only local (British) power outlets (without shelves), accessible from bed. Excellent location, though. Easy access to China Towe, People's Park, MRT (DT19) All in all, good for the money.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Khoo

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall is good, the property is located at very good location, going to shopping mall or mrt station is quite near and convenient.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Myka

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
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Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Athula

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
One of the best place and easy
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

KOON KIONG

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Home feeling for my own opinion
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Hien

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

Johannes

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

2/10 Terrible

Jagjit Singh

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Xiao Fang

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location and stay! Staff were really helpful and accommodating!

10/10 Excellent

Pharinya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Towels should be provided and key lock locker
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Ping

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Ping

Stayed 10 nights in Aug 2022

2/10 Terrible

Mark

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

4/10 Poor

Cynthia Y, El Monte

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

BEDANDBASICS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Tun Ho Marx

Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Md Firdaus

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The best hostel in Singapore
Very nice
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value
Satisfied with the good and friendly counter staff
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Hooi Eor

Liked: Room comfort
Overall Ok
The counter staff is helpful. Room is small but the bed is comfy. The toilets & bathrooms cleanliness can be better.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Rasa Alakiammal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Staff are friendly clean and will kept
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
the staff is ok. they are attentive to our need but the facilities are not. iexpectmy expectation regarding the facilities are not met. It was'nt a great experience staying in this hotel. The price is not reasonable.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2019
Response from Chan on 3 Jun 2019
Thanks for your feedback. We will strive to improve on them.

10/10 Excellent

Chi Wai

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice staff and recommendible
Great location, walking distance to everything in Chinatown, MRT station in 5-10 mins walk, room are clean with comfortable bed, like a home run hostel, staff are nice, helpful and informative, the dinning place is outside with a nice view of greenies, value for money, will stay again
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019
Response from Richard on 21 May 2019
Hi Chi Wai, thank you for staying at Istayinn and your generous comments. We hope you have enjoyed the stay with us and look forward to serving you again in your next visit to Singapore! Take care!

8/10 Good

Goh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Superb location. Value for money
Superb location. Value for money
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019
Response from Doris on 14 Feb 2019
Thank you for staying at Istayinn. Hope to see you back soon!

8/10 Good

Hooi Eor

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Not bad!
It is located at a good location and convenient to local attractions. Bedroom was clean but the toilet was just acceptable. Overall, it worth the price you have paid for.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019
Response from Chan on 20 Jan 2019
Dear Hooi Eor, appreciate your feedback and hope you have enjoyed the stay in Istayinn. Hope to see you back soon. We strive to improve on our service day by day!

6/10 Okay

Lailalhai, Caloocan, PH

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Excellent location. Perfect for young travellers but a bit challenging if you're travellig with a senior citizen like us given that the rooms doesn't have much amenities. Would still recommend for young travellers especially solo ones -- very affordable.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Chan on 17 Jan 2019
Dear Lailalhai, thanks for your feedback. We strive to provide the best service to our guests and look forward to seeing you back to Istayinn soon! Take care!

6/10 Okay

Jane

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Istayinn Team on 14 Nov 2018
Dear Jane, thank you for your feedback. Hope to see you back soon!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location , nice staff Easy to access with good location
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018
Response from istayinn Team on 8 Nov 2018
Thank you for staying with us. We hope to see you back soon!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Owner was accommodating to requests after we explained our situation to him. He also shared some interesting stories.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from iStayinn Team on 30 Oct 2018
Thank you and hope to see you back soon!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Location of hotel was really good because it’s easy accesible to taxi/grab and MRT. The toilet is just common. We wish men & women toilet was separate. Some receptionists were kind and friendly. Free breakfast was only coffee bread with jam & butter
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Front desk on 8 Oct 2018
Thank you for your feedback, we are upgrading our facilities and hope to see you back soon!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

TERRY HENRY

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in May 2018

4/10 Poor

Jean-Christophe

Disliked: Staff & service
Bad stay
The employees were not welcoming from the begining they did not speak english very well and yeld at us at the check in just to get our passport. After that each time we went to ask a question at the reception we were always not respond and even not look in the eyes as the receptionist never had time for us. The room was ok and that what you expect when you are in a dorm. But I didn’t expect to see that the people there seem to live in the dorm and make some noise and open the lights every night to read the newspaper... but at the end a good receptionist arrive on our fourth night out of five and was the first to told us that they were free breakfast at the hotel. The location is very good it is located in chinatown this is probably the best and maybe the only best thing that’s good about the hotel.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2018

2/10 Terrible

danny, hongkong

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Worst hostel ever
Dirty shower areas, counter staff couldn’t care less. Room’s got a weird smell. Pretty run down
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Freddie Alcala, Philippines

3 Days in Singapore during Chinese New Year
I've had a good time with my stay at Singapore, add to that it was Chinese New Year and the air is festive. Meeting other people from different countries is part f the experience. Check on that. The place is safe for my belongings, I didn't worry about theft. An overall good experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018
Response from Dora on 2 May 2018
Thank you for choosing our hostel. Once again, thanks for your feedback and your good experience. Hope to serve you better. Have a nice day!

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
It is worth staying for, only the staff is bad.
location and venue is great! cleanlines is good, only the front desk is horrible dont know how to deal with tenants. thanks, more power!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Rooms are good- small but clean with comfortable beds and good aircon. The toilet situation is pretty poor (only 4 very hot and dirty toilets in the hostel and all on the lower floor) which leads to most people peeing in the upstairs showers during the night. The guy who runs the hostel is brutally rude but it’s easy to avoid speaking to him as he’s rarely about or will just ignore you anyway. Overall not a bad stay.

4/10 Poor

Mia, Taiwan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Strategic location near to mrt in Chinatown
strategic location near mrt, in Chinatown, afortable price, comfortable bed. bathroom not very clean, no window in the room, locker not clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
I will not back to this hotel again
First I have to say This hostel in Singapore Wifi is not just poor!! Its vanish!!! OMG This is my first worst hostel I ever met.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Braziulis

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
As accommodation type was a hostel it was superb :) chineese are more clean than indian.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Andreas

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
convenient 1 night stay
just a 1 night stay. our room had not enough lockers (like 8 lockers for a 10 persons room), which was a bit weird. room was clean and tidy.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
value for money
it was nice

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Clean hostel
It's my first time staying at a hostel. Not too bad for $12 a night. Very clean and simple.