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2 out of 5
Royal Hostel
73A Pagoda Street, Singapore

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 24 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 33 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 15 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 3 out of 79 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 79 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Jean Pierre

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I enjoyed staying in Royal Hostel .I enjoyed coffee and the breakfast provided by the hostel .The Royal Hostel has excellent service and I look forward to coming back soon .
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from Ida on 5 Oct 2019
Thank you for your ratings. Love to hear more so we can better improve.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Jamie on 5 Oct 2019
Love to hear where we can improve further.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Was ich nicht mochte war die grindige Umhüllung des Etagen-Schlosses, das die Zimmer gesamthaft schützte und dass kein Leintuch bzw. Decke zur Verfügung stand, um sich zuzudecken.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

4/10 Poor

Dariusz, Melbourne

Disliked: Staff & service
Very basic accomodation with a number of bed banks in one room. You have to pay for towel, locker padlock.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

2/10 Terrible

christine

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ok
Great experience, near by food courts. Hope it has lift elevator.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best Hostel Near Chinatown
I stayed in five hostels over the course of 11 days in Singapore and Royal Hostel was by far the best! Some reviews complained that they shut off the air con from 10-4, but they also opened up the room's windows and let the place air out while the (daily) housekeeping was done. This means it was the least smelly! No moist, sweaty clothing or towel funk like I had experienced in the other hostels. Privacy curtains, a plus. Cold filtered water dispenser and the shared bathroom is in stumbling distance from the door room(s). The staff was cheerful and helpful. There was enough room in the provided locker for my huge knapsack. Also, it is located on Smith St., which is also called "food street", which is a little wacky at night, but the room was surprising quiet! It's close to the MRT (two stops away from Harbour Front and Sentosa) and the famous Maxwell Hawker Centre. Breakfast coupons got me food or beverage at "Nanyang Old Coffee", which I already had been visiting for their delicious iced blended coffees. I extended my initial 2 day stay to 4.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Sunny

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Pleasant stay!
Generally clean and orderly. The staff were accommodating and helpful, they didn't mind us leaving our bags at the designated area after we checked out. The best part was it was right at the Chinatown food street and so close to the MRT station. It was very easy to move around.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
best hostel(?)
Amazing experience and amazing manager!

8/10 Good

Damir

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good loation, nice small hostel.
Few days stay, Nice location.

10/10 Excellent

ARINA, Saint-Petersburg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Hostel at the center of China town
Good Hostel at the center of China town, clean and quite enough. Recommend it for 2-4 days of staying, lots of delicious food out side, on the China street)

6/10 Okay

Daniel, Semarang, Indonesia and Texas, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Typical Hostel in a great location
This is a great value if you are needing a bed to sleep. It is a standard hostel like you could find anywhere in the world. For my 12 hour layover it wasn't as great because the free breakfast was not available until 8-9am, as you get coupons for local food stalls and I needed to leave by 7am.

8/10 Good

A K M, Dhaka

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value money.
Nice stay in Royal Hostel and enjoyed Chinatown.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Mosquitoes attack.
Toilet door shld be repaired. Shampoo & bath gel shld be provided. After cleaning & air the room shld be deisinfection again mosquitoes & flies.

10/10 Excellent

Kristopher, seatle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
superb hostel for the price
good wifi and clean rooms and showers.cant beat the location, amazing food right outside the front door. The breakfast coupon was also a nice touch. Only thing is the office hours could be better.

8/10 Good

Yue-Wen Joyce, San Francisco

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean, convenient and comfortable Stay
Typically clean and comfortable bedding, yet convenient neighborhood, close to many food courts. One thing I would suggest is to get reception open earlier (from 7am - 11pm) for early or late arrivals (11am-7pm currently)

6/10 Okay

Justus, Trivandrum

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Suggestion
Me and my wife stayed just one night. Neighborhood little noisy. We were in mix dorm but most of the inmates were men felt little uncomfortable. I suggest keep separate dorm form male and female inmates or keep only couples.

8/10 Good

Roei, Israel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good
Hotel was clean and friendly.great location .

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great host and hostel
excellent host

8/10 Good

Glen, NZ

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location in the centre of Chinatown.
Nice hostel situated on :food street" right in the middle of Chinatown. Easy walk to many good sights to see.Would recommend.

10/10 Excellent

Aldric, Kuching

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Nice Escape Into the Heart of Singapore
Royal Hostel is a comfortable and well situated shared dorm in the heart of the Chinatown district. A few minutes away from the Chinatown MRT and hawker food centres within the vicinity. Safety and feedback from other visitors were key in my selection process. I am glad that I found both in the Royal Hostel. As I was out most of the day (from 7am, returning past 9pm), I felt that my things are safe there.

8/10 Good

Charleen, Australia - QLD - Gold Coast

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Facilities: Unpretentious; Value: Cheap; Service: Courteous; Cleanliness: Pleasant;

8/10 Good

YUNJAE

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
로얄호스텔 1박 체험
위치는 아주 좋아요. 차이나타운 역 A CNFRN 코앞 그 유명한 비첸향 점포 바로 2층이더라는!! 5성급 같은 안락함은 없지만 깨끗하게 잘 관리되고 있어요.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

6/10 Okay

Shih Feng

位置好
位置就在地鐵站Chinatown A出口寶塔街,附近生活機能購物方便.進出大門和房門都是密碼.共用的浴室廁所比想像中的小. 這次是自己一個人住兩人房,有遇到討人厭的中國大媽,晚上12點多才check-in又很吵,門鎖了還一直要開我房門,我去洗手20秒沒關門,他馬上探頭看我房間長得怎樣.有事嗎?
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hostel is near MRT. And very clean. If some guest has very heavy weight of baggage please be careful when up and down the hostel.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019
Response from Fang on 5 Oct 2019
Thank you for your feedback. We are located at the heart of Chinatown and the property is a heritage building. Part of the experience of old charm Chinatown is the staircase.

6/10 Okay

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nur bedingt zu empfehlen.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
ใกล้Mrt Chinatown อาหารและสถานที่ท่องเที่ยว เดินทางสะดวก
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

khun, bnk

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
เดินทางสะดวกมาก มาพัก2รอบแล้ว
สะอาดดี เดินทางง่าย ใกล้แหล่งชอปปิ้ง ใกล้รถไฟเดินทสงสะดวกมากกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกกก
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

8/10 Good

Hsiang-Jung

Liked: Staff & service
還可以 職員服務非常好
因為班機因素會深夜入住，事前在皇家青年旅社網頁的訊息數次聯絡。都得到十分友善迅速的回應。非常感謝他們幫忙。旅社的位置十分方便，只是共用浴室廁所有點髒～但以便宜的價錢還算ok。
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

mooookky

Liked: Room comfort
Royal hostel
เกินทางสะดวก เตียงนอนสะอาดแต่ห้องน้ำไม่ค่อยโอเคค่ะ แคบมากและก็แอบสกปรกด้วย ถ้านอนแปบๆแล้วออกไปเที่ยวก็โอเคค่ะ แต่ถ้าใครอยากนอนสบายกว่านี้แนะนำโรงแรมค่ะ
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

4/10 Poor

Fern, Bangkok

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ไม่ดีซักอย่าง
ห้องน้ำน้อยไม่เป็นไร แต่มันไม่สะอาดเลยถ้าเทียบกับ Hostel อื่นๆที่เคยไปพัก ที่นี่ถือว่าแย่
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018

6/10 Okay

Chung

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Not a comfortable stay.
No good experience, they made a mistake of my bed assignment and send a message asked I switch to other one immediately. However, I was traveling in other place. I cannot back to hotel within 2 hours. They should take their reponsibility to correct their mistake not do urgent request to customer.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Die Lage in Chinatown ist gut. Die MRT Station ist schnell erreichbar. In unserem Zimmer waren Betten für 20 Personen, die Doppelbetten waren aber fast immer mit 3-4 Personen belegt. Somit befanden sich locker 24 Menschen im Zimmer. Der Stauraum war nicht ausreichend. Die Flure sind eng und standen voller Gepäck. Es gab keinen Aufenthaltsraum. Lediglich 2 Sessel im engen Empfangsbereich konnten benutzt werden. Das Bad war ebenfalls sehr klein für die Anzahl der Gäste (2 Waschbecken, 2 Dusche, 2 WCs, alles in einem Raum nur mit Schiebetüren getrennt). Das Frühstück besteht aus einem 2 Dollar Voucher. Den kann man an 2 Stellen in Chinatown einlösen. Für Essen und Heißgetränk reicht der Betrag nicht aus.
Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Thi Mong Thuong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

10/10 Excellent

sarayuth, thailand

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very good
It's amazing , it's near mrt , food street & chinatown
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Viola, Taiwan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable and the location is safe and convenient!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017
Response from Royal Crew on 3 Sept 2017
We are happy that you have enjoyed your stay!

10/10 Excellent

hung-chien

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
非常推廌
整體感覺很乾淨，客服人員也都很友善，樓下就是熱鬧的美食街，很方便，離牛車水的A出口MRT(地鐵)也很近，相當方便，推推推!!^^
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2017
Thank you for your kind comments Hung-Chien. Looking forward to hosting you again!

2/10 Terrible

Sungmin

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
여자에겐 비추합니다
첫 호스텔 경험이었고, 여자입니다. 그래도 후기가 괜찮아서 눈 딱감고 싼 호스텔을 이렇게 골라 예약했는데요, 3박임에도 불구하고 2층침대를 주었습니다. 2층침대는 왜이리 불편한지.. 사다리 올라가고 내려갈때 가뜩이나 발아픈데 더 쑤셨습니다. 또 간격이 마지막에 너무 멀어서 넘어질뻔한적도 있었어요. 침대는 깔끔하고 벌래를 보진 못했지만, 여성에게 배려가 부족했던게 무엇보다도 샤워시설이었습니다. 너무 좁아서 씼고 갈아입기 불편했고, 여벌의 옷을 물로부터 안전하게 보관할 장소가 없어서 곤란했습니다. 여기에 수건까지 2달러 보증금 10달러 주고 하기엔 좀 너무하다.. 생각이 들었습니다. 어쨌든 남성에겐 편하고 좋은 호스텔인지 몰라도, 제겐 너무 불편한 경험이었고, 호스텔이 다 이런 식이라면 전 다음부턴 호텔을 선택하기로 했습니다. 또한 중국사람들 이른 아침부터 떠들고 불켜는거 진짜 진상.. 거기 일하는 사람들은 그래도 친절하대요ㅋ 하 여자에겐 진짜 비추비추 걍 가지 마세요^^
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2017
Thank you for your invaluable comments Sungmin. We will make adjustments to ensure future stays will be a better one.

10/10 Excellent

pecky, v

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ราคาถูก สะดวกสบาย สะอาด เงียบสงบ
เดินทางสะดวก หาง่าย ศูนย์กลางแหล่งอาหารและท่องเที่ยว สะอาด แอร์เย็น เงียบสงบ เจ้าหน้าที่เป็นกันเอง เตียงไม่เล็กเกินไป นอนสบาย

10/10 Excellent

Sara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Limpio y en buna Zona
Muy acogedor y familiar

8/10 Good

Shannon, Taipei

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beyond my expectation
The hostel is near the subway. The hostel is clean and quite. Before I went there, I saw some negative comments about the bathroom; however, I found that it's not that bad.

2/10 Terrible

Pinky, 日本

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
日本のカプセルホテルとは違い、ただ二段ベットが並べられているだけです。
タオル有料、変換アダプタ有料。更衣室がないためシャワーの中にビニール袋に入れた着替えを持っていき着替える必要があります。タオルもシャワーの中に持っていくのですがハッキリ言って濡れます。日本のカプセルホテルを想像していましたがバックパッカー用のホステルです。カーテンも下の段は途中までしかなく、上の段に至っては落下防止に仕切りが少しあるのみ。なぜこの宿が好評価なのか分かりません。宿のオーナーは親切でしたが、私は１日で宿を変えました。スーツケースを持っていくホステルではなく、完全なるバックパッカー用です。

8/10 Good

Amy, 台灣

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
交通便利，CP值高的飯店
環境整潔舒適，服務人員熱心又親切，交通便利，樓下就是牛車水美食街，吃玩都很方便，收費又很親民，真是背包客的首選。

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
没有公共区域，开水不热，楼梯间不能打电话，

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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

8/10 Good

maiko

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
繁華街にあるホテル
夜遅くチェックインだったのでフロントは閉まっていましたが、分かりやすくメモに説明が書かれていたので不明な事はありませんでした。チャイナタウンの通りに面しているので女性ひとり旅でも怖くない道で助かりました。

8/10 Good

Hong-Jie, Taiwan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
老闆及員工服務態度親切，房間及浴室乾淨整齊。

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice locaton and staff
The staff would provide advice for my visit, and the hostel also has chehap tickets for sale. It is just located on the food street, but it is not noisy at all. The bed is very comfortable and clean.