Reviews of Alaska Backpacker Hostel
1910 Cleveland Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99517, United States
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Reviewed: 27 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewCommunication was excellent
No laundry onsite
Reviewed: 26 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewNothing
No basic amenities No hair dryerp
Reviewed: 20 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewThey overbooked the room and at one point we thought at 11pm we weren’t going to have a place to stay. The proprietor told us over the phone we would have to go somewhere else at 11pm at night on our first night in Alaska.
Reviewed: 19 August 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewThey personally invoiced me and charged me $1800!!! Here I only used booking 4 nights to stay and paid for these nights through booking! They really over charged me!
They put my card on file and overcharged me. I didn't sign no invoice
Reviewed: 17 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewAbsolutely nothing
Drug addicts on property, security door propped open, half finished construction. We did not stay due to fear of not surviving. Property will not refund $1800 prepaid for the week. Absolutely unacceptable property. I didn't take pictures because we just needed to leave. I thank the cab driver who stayed with me and then helped us find SAFE accommodations!
Reviewed: 15 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewBed was comfortable and very easy to get to from the airport!
Price seems a little high for a run of the mill hostel, but otherwise you get a typical hostel experience and I have no complaints on that!
Reviewed: 15 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 15 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 9 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewNothing about the experience was good.
Nothing about the experience was good. My card was declined while having funds, and I couldn't cancel the reservation while I tried. I am homeless now and can't access my funds because of fraud coming from Alaska Backpacker Hostel and my bank. Why is that?
Dear Timothy, We are sorry to hear about your situation, but we must clarify that your credit card payment was declined by your bank, not by our property. This is a matter between you and your financial institution. Since the payment was unsuccessful, you did not check in or stay at our hostel. It is therefore unfair to leave a review about an experience you did not have. Booking.com has already processed your refund, and you will need to wait for your bank to release the funds before making another booking. We hope your financial situation improves soon and wish you the best in your future travels.
Dear Timothy, We are sorry to hear about your situation, but we must clarify that your credit card payment was declined by your bank, not by our property. This is a matter between you and your financial institution. Since the payment was un… Show more
Reviewed: 5 August 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewClean, shared showers were very good, staff was very helpful and nice to us! When we first arrived there was a little misunderstanding in how to get in, but was solved with a phone call to Mojo.
2 blocks away, in front of the Chelsea Inn Hotel, there is a scary concentration of adicted people that was quite frightening. But didn't affect our stay for being 2 blocks away.
Reviewed: 4 August 2025 · Stayed in August 2025
Verified reviewthe bathroom situation could have been a lot better for the price paid here- the bathrooms were small, 2/3 of them did not have storage so you couldn't bring in clothes, and there was a lot of pooling water
Reviewed: 31 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 30 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 29 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewFriendly staffs. Nice location. Newly established.
Bedding setup.
Reviewed: 28 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewIt's OK for a night with the basics (hot shower, kitchen). Had a TV in a very small private room (no window). Towels were provided. Location a cab ride away from downtown.
Personnel was loudly working and talking way past quiet hours, room wasn't clean (probably never used a vacuum cleaner) and the showers will need to be cleaned more regularly.
Reviewed: 27 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 17 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 17 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewWas clean, and close to the airport. I like the smell of the wood, since they probably were doing work. Outside it looks like an old building, but inside the smell was refreshing.
No sign of the business outside. Mattresses of the "extra bed" hard like a rock. Some rooms have no windows.
Reviewed: 15 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 11 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewBed was comfortable and wifi worked well. Good location to the airport. Plenty of parking out front.
There is no HOT water in the middle shower. I had to put my clothes back on in order to switch to the first shower which did have hot water. The room was so cramped with 3 bunk beds inside. I had to shimmy in between them to get to my bed. Of course with all the available room inside the room used by the 3 bunk beds there was literally no room for any luggage. The trash can inside the room was already filled with trash before I arrived and the bed next to mine was slept in the night before and never changed.
Reviewed: 10 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 10 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
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Reviewed: 9 July 2025 · Stayed in July 2025
Verified reviewSeems to be pretty new hostel. Does not have much utensils and other kitchen items. No window in the room. it's small room, and we not enough ventilation.
Reviewed: 30 June 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewFriendly service. Excellent communication. Availability of rental car.