Reviews of bAKpAK Gion Hostel
2 - 244 Miyagawa Suji, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan 605-0801
106 out of 119 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'bAKpAK Gion Hostel'
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| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
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Aidan Maguire
With my spouse / partner
Backpacking / gap year
10 January 2012 Aidan would recommend this property
Liked: Very comfortable dorms, I slept great every night. The common area is comfortable. The guy working there is great, very relaxed and helpful. Great place to stay at a great price for Japan
Disliked: Aidan left no negative feedback.
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 40% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
Alone
Visiting friends or family
28 December 2011
Liked: The location is great. Just a couple of minutes from Gion, Shijo-dori and the heart of Kyoto. For Kyoto, and especially this location, it's an amazing price. The staff is very friendly and helpful.
Disliked: It's an old-ish house converted to a hostel, and unless you turn the heating on in advance, you're going to feel cold. The room I had was OK for heating, but in the lounge it gets very chilly. It can get noisy without anybody really trying. It's just because the house is older and made of wood. Expect a lot of loud stomping from the stairs and noise from the clunky wooden dorm room doors. The lounge/kitchen area is too small for how many guests the hostel can accommodate. The couches are very old and uncomfortable too, which is annoying if you want to meet people there. The shower area is too small for the 3 showers on offer, and so you get much less privacy than you might want.
The property's response is...
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 100% |
Luke Wilson
With friends / other travellers
Backpacking / gap year
City break
Partying / nightlife
16 December 2011 Luke would recommend this property
Liked: Location is amazing
Disliked: Luke left no negative feedback.
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 40% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
Sightseeing & culture
15 December 2011
Liked: close to gion and other sights
Disliked: cold cold cold! even with max heating and three blankets
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
Alone
Sightseeing & culture
01 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Excellent location, right in Gion. Cheap. Guy running the hostel was nice and helpful.
Disliked: There are no lockers in the room. There are lockers but they cost 100 yen and I only found out after I asked. Only one set of showers on the first floor. No hot water in the hostel except the showers. The other guests were not sociable, but that can depend on who happens to be there when you are.
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
Backpacking / gap year
10 November 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Clean fun and nice rooms especially the private double.
Disliked: We arrived At 6 in the morning had to wait till 3 to check in...
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
Alone
Work / volunteering
14 September 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Quite confortable...feels like home
Disliked: nothing
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
18 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: The friendly staff, great atmosphere and it's fantastic location.
Disliked: The room smelt a bit wierd.
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 40% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 60% |
Customer review
Alone
Sightseeing & culture
06 August 2011
Liked: It has potential to be a great hostel!
Disliked: There were no staff around! I had to wait 5 hours to check in, thereby loosing 1/2 a day out of my 2 day stay in Kyoto. There was no-one to ask for any tips or help regarding sightseeing or getting around. Other people that I spoke to at the hostel were also very unhappy about this. The times of the staffing are convenient only to the staff (that is the one person I met) and not at all for the guests.
The property's response is...
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Backpacking / gap year
30 June 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: amazing rooftop in which to meet people,friendly guy on reception,easy to find,great location,good atmosphere,
Disliked: people dont lock the dorm,better with a key code i think, didnt see karaoke room as offered and didnt take my credit card.
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 100% |
Joanna Woodhouse
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
30 June 2011 Joanna would recommend this property
Liked: I arrived at the hostel at about 7am, way to early for an open reception. I was let in by another guest and welcomed with some coffee. I was then able to dump my bag down and go into central Kyoto. The other guests were great fun and I felt really at home. The location is also perfect and I got a really good nights sleep. I would stay here again.
Disliked: Nothing.
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 80% |
Renata Jauhonen
With friends / other travellers
City break
Sightseeing & culture
16 June 2011 Renata would recommend this property
Liked: Room (for 4 of us) was spacious and comfortable. Awesome rooftop to sit in the evening. Big plus> washing machine and dryer inside hostel. Staff was very helpful and nice.
Disliked: Smelly pillows.
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
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Jeroen Verschoor
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
Relaxation/spa
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family
Work / volunteering
30 May 2011 Jeroen would recommend this property
Liked: The staff was really helpfull and friendly. Full of tips and advice and fun to have a few drinks with. Hostel was clean overall and all the facilities were there. I used the teenie weenie kitchen all the time and the communal rooms are great for meeting fellow travelers. I would highly recommend this hostel to all who visit Kyoto. Good location and great price, really can't beat it.
Disliked: Nothing really.
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Linda Butterfield
With friends / other travellers
City break
30 May 2011 Linda would recommend this property
Liked: Super friendly staff and amazing location in Kyoto.
Disliked: Nothing
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 60% |
Nikolina Hatton
With friends / other travellers
Sightseeing & culture
05 April 2011 Nikolina would recommend this property
Liked: The staff were SUPER friendly and helpful. Also, it was really close to Kiyomizudera temple - which is my favorite place in Kyoto. Gion seems like a pretty good location for a hostel. Also, our dorm was spacious.
Disliked: The showers room was a little inconvenient. You have to take your stuff into the shower with you and put it on a shelf, or leave it outside the door where others can see.
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
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Customer review
With my spouse / partner
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
07 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: We stayed in a private room and it was great. Internet was quick, had a good bed and good heating.
Disliked: Nothing
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 80% |
Lin pei jing
With friends / other travellers
Backpacking / gap year
06 February 2011 Lin would recommend this property
Liked: Staff are very friendly. Thay can provide the services immediately to solve my problems, such as taxi-service.
Disliked: Bathroom is too small
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Thu Le
With friends / other travellers
Sightseeing & culture
30 January 2011 Thu would recommend this property
Liked: good location, close to supermarket and transport Helpful staff
Disliked: nothing really
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 80% |
James Powell
With friends / other travellers
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
05 January 2011 James would recommend this property
Liked: Location
Disliked: Tiny
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Customer review
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
28 November 2010 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Right in the middle of Gion, a great area to stay in.
Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 80% |
Sami Marttinen
With friends / other travellers
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Partying / nightlife
Shopping
24 November 2010 Sami would recommend this property
Liked: The hostel rooms were nice and clean and had good feeling to them as well as the staff there. The location was perfect for sightseeing. You could rent bikes from the nearby shop. A pleasing experience.
Disliked: Sami left no negative feedback.
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
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Customer review
Alone
Sightseeing & culture
11 November 2010 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: The location and the facilities.
Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 20% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 20% |
| Location - | 40% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 20% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
Backpacking / gap year
07 November 2010
Liked: Good place to meet people
Disliked: Staff were unfriendly, didnt seem interested in sastifying our needs. Towels and lockers incurred extra costs despite being listed as free. No free snacks or newspaper as listed. Bathroom facilities were limited (showers and sinks only on the ground floor). Hostel is based over two buildings 5 minutes walk away from each other which is not stated on their advertisement. Really bad odour in the dorm. We had to ask for sheets. Their excuse was that they cost alot to wash but that they do vacuum the under sheet so we shouldnt worry!!! No lifts in the second building. Kitchen facilities limited, only 4 cups. DONT STAY HERE
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sophia kelly
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
07 November 2010 sophia would recommend this property
Liked: location is amazing, free internet and tea and coffee, nice communal space.
Disliked: Really really bad smell in dorm rooms, smells like rotting veg.
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 80% |
Sean Lindley
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
06 November 2010 Sean would recommend this property
Liked: Not too hard to get to & clean. Upstairs gets quite at 11 but the party keeps going upstairs so you can sleep or party to your heart's content.
Disliked: You have to pay for lockers & it's a little out of the way for most sights but it's near a subway station.
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