Reviews of Hangzhou Desti Youth Park Hostel West Lake

My room was nicer than most hotels rooms I have stayed at. I booked a private room, A04. Comfortable bed, huge window with lots of natural light (but with blackout curtains), air conditioning, comfortable bathroom which did not feel cramped at all. The shower cubicle was huge and had luxury finishes. Some other features which surprised me, for a hostel room: - high quality finishes: maybe depends on personal taste, but I found the beech wood finishes giving off a clean and modern feeling, combined with high ceilings, an airy sense of space. - recessed lighting above the bed; with a backlit light strip behind the headboard. - a bathroom mirror with perimeter lighting; activated by a touch power button. - a Japanese style toilet!!! Complete with bidet function. - huge mirror at the entrance - integrated desk (not just a small desk which looks like an afterthought) - Powerpoints everywhere, including USB ports The air-conditioning was effective - I had to raise the temperature to a comfortable level for myself; which is welcome when visiting in summer, when a walk down the street results in being drenched in sweat. I was initially concerned with the lack of hanging space for wardrobe, but discovered that there are integrated hanging hooks which lever off the wall!!! There are 33 such panels in total, so you won't run out of hanging space. Maybe suggest bringing clothes hangers though as there was only one in the room. Oh, and the staff are delightful - they made an effort to speak English with me, despite their limited command of the language. Twice they helped me order food through Meituan, which was a game changer. On check in, I was shown personally to my room by a member of staff. This bears a stark contrast to hostels mainly run by unpaid workers, from whom even the most basic service can be hard earned. Dayin plan to open two more hostels - I can see why - it's a very professional operation.

Nothing to say here. Maybe the location could be a bit more convenient, but that depends on what you're interested in being close to. The entrance was initially hard to find - it is on the main road, and has very large windows, so maybe that's just me. It's the large glass door at ground level, to the left of the two stone lions and SPA, if that helps future travelers.

The bathrooms near my room only had 3 showers and 3 toilets, which doesn’t seem enough for the number of rooms and beds. When I went to the showers, there was a strong smell of urine. Also, the area between the reception and the elevator felt a bit messy…location so convenient!

Everything was perfect 👌

Nothing

The common spaces for working and eating are great! And the staff were all friendly. Also liked the location.

My main concern is that in the middle of the night, I woke up with various bites on me. I had a capsule room which I didn’t realize was in a shared hallway with 19 other capsules, all separated by private curtains (looks like there used to be doors, but it’s now just curtains). This meant that there was a fair amount of noise transfer with the main entry door opening and closing, with the other capsule residents opening the main doorway at night. I stayed on a Tuesday night, so it wasn’t necessarily a party night. Finally, I think the location could use more bathrooms for the number of beds - there was a wait for the showers at night, and the bathrooms not always clean.

The staff's service is nice

The dorm is a little stuffy

Clean and the staff is friendly and efficient.

Everything ok

Staff is really nice and efficient. They help you as much as they can and also even if some don’t speak much English, they do their best to help Nice common area Location is great and west lake is of an easy reach Love the free bottle of water by the bed. Metro station is very close and on the same line as the main railway station and the airport .

Bathrooms could be cleaner and also some guests do smoke in the male toilets (revolting smell of cold tobacco mixed with urine in the morning) Mainly local (Chinese tourists) so not much of social mix and not much activities offered by the hostel. Windowless dorm and couldn’t work out the ac as everything was in Chinese (however I could have asked )

The staff, location, cleanliness.

The staff are super cool and nice, and the hostel is super super aesthetic and clean i love it so much .. definitely i ll come back again

Everything is cool there you cant like

everything was good. zero complaint

The hostel was super welcoming, the staff kind, available and english-speaking (not so common!). The reception offered many ideas for things to do in the surrounding areas, the common areas were very nice and provided with a small fridge to buy snacks and quick meals at any time of the day. The rooms were small but perfect, with comfy beds, private bathrooms with everything you need, and huge windows. 10/10, I'd definitely come back! Best stay in China.

First of all the staffs were awesome. Very helpful. Always smiling. The room is very clean with excellent facilities. Even the toilet bowl is the automatic japanese type. The location is very good with lots of shops nearby.

None

The accommodation exceeded my expectations. Help was available upon request. I was very pleased with the cultural space on floor #2. Being a postgrad student and having that quiet space to write my thesis between vacation was well needed.

My room wasn't cleaned (eg sweep or mopped) even though I spent over 12 days at the accommodation. Not sure if the policy for hostel is different to that of an actually hotel.

Very helpful staff, great location. Rooms and beds have a good size. Good value for the money

Bathrooms should be clean up more frequently considering they are shared

The location was great, the room was comfortable, the staff was helpful

I had a single room in their facility which was super clean and newly built. Amazing helpful staff. They had study rooms and the location was in a relatively good location.

The staff was super nice and the area is good. Super cheap! The common rooms are cool and the bed is good.

The bathroom is always wet and a bit smelly. There’s not enough space to store your things when showering and it’s complicated to shower comfortably.