Reviews of Indie Hostel - Koh Tao

I think the only good thing about this hostel is the privacy you get in each bed, since it is not a hostel with normal bunk beds.

I think it was completely disrespectful the way the staff, and specially the cleaning ladies, treat the guests. They come in the rooms very early and start making a lot of noise and they act like we are just intruders or random people that dont matter -- which would be fair if not for the high price of the hostel compared to others in the area. Also, since the cleaning ladies are around so much, you would think everything would be very clean, but its not really - onlythe private rooms. I also found it very bad that they will not clean your bunk or change the sheets if you dont ask for it, and if you do they will only do it after 4 or 5 days of your stay.

it‘s simply just way too loud with the bars nearby

Beds were comfy and great location

Showers were very temperamental, air con wasn’t great and room could have been cleaned more often

The staffs are lovely and friendly

However, the room and the locker area is EXTREMELY dark and its so hard, me and other travellers need to use our phone to have the light shine through to see inside lockers. I feel that it is very illogical to be that dark and lack of light and I won't stay there again. It's fairly dark during the daytime and it's even more dark and hard to see things when the sun goes down. Crazy huh?

Location

Ants infestation got into my suitcase and now have 100s of ants all over my clothes

Super central location, was a bit worried about the noise from the street but in the dorms you hardly hear anything. Beds were comfy and private, and a nice roof top area for chilling.

Definitely could’ve been cleaner. The rooms and beds themselves were clean but the bathrooms (especially the showers) were not great. There were cleaners cleaning the bathrooms when I was there but I’m not sure how thorough they were being!

We would definitely not go back. We stayed in a private room for two people. The rooms are very small, many things are old or broken, and the air conditioning worked poorly. But the worst part was the service at the reception. At check-in, we had to leave a 1,000 baht deposit, which should be returned at check-out. When we handed back the key, the cleaner immediately ran to our room and came back claiming there was a small nail polish stain on the sheets even though we never used nail polish. Meanwhile, the man at reception made me sign a form saying we had received our deposit back even though he hadn’t given it to us yet. It felt very sketchy, like they were trying to trick us. Not recommended. If you do stay here, be extremely careful and never sign anything without being 100% sure first! Only positive was the location (if you want to party, otherwise the music is too lound when sleeping early) Edit after reply from Hostel: When we checked out, the cleaner rushed upstairs and returned within seconds, with a smile on her face, with a zoomed-in photo claiming “nail polish” on the bed even though neither of us wear any. We left no mess or damage. They initially refused to return the deposit, only gave it back after we got visibly upset, and now falsely claim in their comment it was out of “goodwill.” This is very dishonest. Be careful booking here.

The location was great and the staff were very friendly, aircon was strong :)

The bed had what seemed to be old blood stains on it towards the bottom and the bathroom looked as if it had not been cleaned in a long time. There was a really strong smell of some sort of perfumed spray that made it difficult to breath, the room was very small although this wouldn’t of been an issue if the rest was good

Super clean and bed was comfortable

Nothing

Cleanliness was v good.

No 24 hour reception and a pool would be cool.

Stayed in a private room with en-suite. Clean room with effective AC. Friendly and helpful staff. Great location to Sairee beach. We returned again within the same week.

Rooms were on the smaller size for two people, but you can make it work. The street is loud however this stops at 1am ish.

Dorms were excellent, very comfortable with good privacy. Also stayed in a private room which was average, dorms were far better value for money.

Nothing to dislike, by far the best hostel in the area.

Location

Air con wasn’t working , room was full off water as it was dripping Room was dirty had to be moved there was aunts and insects coming through the window Walls are stained , bedsheets are stained and room has a weird smell