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Reviews of Tabalo Hostel Hanoi

42 Hàng Đường, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi, Vietnam

#394 of 1,018 hotels in Hanoi

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Review score

Based on 385 hotel reviews

8.4

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.4

  • Comfort

    8.4

  • Location

    9.5

  • Facilities

    8.2

  • Staff

    8.7

  • Value for money

    8.9

  • Free WiFi

    8.8

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  • Reviewed: 7 September 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not clean - there were potato chips on the floor when I got to my room which stayed there the 4 nights I was there despite the cleaner "sweeping", bin was only emptied on 3rd day, rubbish laying around in bathroom, dirty toilets.....not good

    The beds were comfortable and I liked that the locker is in the bed area. The curtain was good for privacy.

    Stayed in September 2025

  • Reviewed: 28 July 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Location & room

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 17 May 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Smell of the bathroom

    Good location

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 13 May 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Dirty

    Location

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 18 April 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Comfortable enough, great value for money! Perfect location

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 4 April 2025

    8.0
    It’s an ok stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    This hostel has rooms on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor. The beds are reasonably comfortable and clean. However there are only 2 bathrooms for the entire hostel, 4 toilet stalls and 4 shower stalls. These are only available on the 2nd and 3rd floor, so if you were on the 4th floor you have to go down to use the bathroom. Speaking of the bathrooms, they are covered in mould all over the walls and roof and one of the toilet cubicles had no toilet paper during my entire 2 night stay. Toilets do not appear to be cleaned regularly. They also make you pay to borrow a towel, something I have not experienced throughout all of Vietnam, even in budget hostels.

    Stayed in April 2025

  • Reviewed: 2 April 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Location is perfect. Right at the primary hub area of old district. If you travel on weekends you might be able to walk right into night market when you open the doors. It's decent for the cheap rates they charge. The management is super nice and helpful. Beds are comfortable. I would have preferred if the washrooms were cleaner. Overall the place is a good deal for the price.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 31 March 2025

    8.0
    Decent
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Comfortable with Traditional building. Affordable hostel

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 26 March 2025

    9.0
    Good value for money,good location
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    -No elevator, i had heavy luggage but staff helped to carry it 2 floors upstairs -Some staff's English was very difficult to understand at the beginning but then you get adapted to Vietnamese English in general is like that .. - no socializing area other than the seats in the reception, i couldn't meet friends there - 4 beds dormitories had a small window but always closed and no view. 8 beds ones had a balcony to the main street on the other hand. So it depends on your preference, whether quite or socializing room.

    Bed was comfy, locker right next to every bed. Bathrooms outside were clean Staff helpful and you can book bus tickets or whole trips to everywhere with them, also change money and laundry was ok. Very good value for money -night market on fridays and weekends on the hostel's whole streets

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 26 March 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Decent stay in Hanoi Old Quarter. I would stay somewhere less busy next time.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 26 March 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It has a laundry shop so expect some washing noises if your room is in the 2nd floor.

    Convenient location. Lot’s to see outside the street. It has curtains per bunk and a closet located inside the bunks for your important items.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 20 March 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I had to wait 20min for the staff to show up eventhough I confirmed my arrival time with them and the staffs english is a bit limited

    Its a quiet hostel in a good location

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 18 March 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bathroom could be cleaned more often.

    Great location for a good price. The beds are comfortable and I like the little fan you get.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 17 March 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Couple
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The mattress was pretty hard

    Great location, privacy with the curtains in the beds was great! We liked the cupboards behind your head to lock personal things. The reception guy was very friendly.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 11 March 2025

    9.0
    Cheap, convenient, comfortable! Great Hostel within the Hanoi Old Quarter
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    One of the showers was ripped from the wall and hot water was a bit lacking… but everything else was great!

    Great Location within the old quarter! Comfortable bed with loads of luggage storage. Showers were okay but did the job! Staff were very friendly and extremely helpful with booking the Ha Giang Loop tour. Fantastic value for money with the OQ.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 9 March 2025

    8.0
    Good sleep but no good common areas.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Lack of confy common areas : just a balcony and benches/tables at the reception.

    Good dorm and beds. Location.

    Stayed in March 2025

  • Reviewed: 28 February 2025

    7.0
    Good location
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    When I checked out at 6am, I was waiting in reception for my transfer, some guests had arrived early and were asking for an early check in. The staff very quickly offered the other guests my bed... at 6am when there was 3 other people still sleeping in the room. It would have been a very quick and quiet turnaround.

    Good location and good price. The beds were big and comfy, the lockers at the end of the bed were added security.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 27 February 2025

    8.0
    Ok
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The blanket really thin, we were cold all nights, there were nothing, no boiling water, no fridge, no towel, the bathroom was really stinky and so the bedroom because it was in the same room

    The room was clean, the hot shower

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 23 February 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Originally given a bed in the bigger room on the 2nd floor, where the door handle/latch hits the ladder of the bed - very odd design and can easily be fixed but I had to ask to move beds because this was very annoying literally every time the door open or closed - the latch needs to be fixed or ladder moved. There is a very strong sewage smell from the bathrooms that you will smell when the bedroom doors open - if they put proper doors on the bathrooms it may help, not sure. Some guests just speak all through the night on their phones, which is on the guests not the owners unfortunately.

    Excellent location on the night market street. Absolutely insane value for beds with curtains, lights, plugs, fans etc. Had an issue with my bed and was moved when I asked which was nice.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 20 February 2025

    7.0
    Okay for a few nights.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    When we arrived there was someone else in our bed, all fine as mistakes happen but we were then expected to sleep in the same covers? I questioned this and the staff said it was clean but I was completely unconvinced as I just saw the man come out the bed and had to ask a second time for clean sheets.

    We stayed in the double bed dorm room and the beds were comfortable and a good size. Shared bathroom was okay and cleaned every day. Good value for money.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 11 February 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bathrooms could've been a bit cleaner

    Very nice staff and perfect location. Also, you can book tours or busses directly there

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 8 February 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    There was a bad smell of sewage from the toilets in the hallway between the rooms.

    The bed was comfortable, the toilet and shower were clean, and the room was clean too.

    Stayed in February 2025

  • Reviewed: 4 February 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The shared bathroom got quite dirty (mostly due to the other travellers: the staff cleaned it regularly and well)

    Good location, helpful staff.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 3 February 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    It was clean enough but around bathroom it could have been cleaner.

    Great location in the Old Town city center, near all the markets, and all the fuss. The room was fine, usual hostel with several bunk beds. The staff was great, very helpful with everything we asked. They arranged the bus for our next destination, which is usual in Vietnam anyway.

    Stayed in January 2025

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