Name: Mari Hostel
Address: 16A, Jalan Sultan Abdul Jalil, Ipoh, Ipoh, Ipoh, 30450, Malaysia
Rating: 9

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Ipoh Airport

Mari Hostel

Ipoh

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golf-view

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lake-view

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mini-bar

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Me and my friend stay here for 1 night. it was awesome night to stay here location is convenient, friendly staff. we met “nedi” the guy who is working in the reception his nice and friendly he assist us very well. they have a movie night that all the guest who is staying can watch a free movie. kitchen is big enough for the guest to move around and have freedom to do whatever they want (cook, chat and eat) living room is very spacious. toilets and bathrooms is clean. only the smoking area is a bit dirty and smelly. but the beds and rooms is well maintained and clean, so over all is pretty nice experience for us to stay here. will
difinetely recommend this hotel. Thanks guys :)

Nice and Cheap Hostel

The hostel is located right on the nightlife street of Ipoh, there are many restaurants, bars and cafes close by. The staff are friendly and helpful, there is a good kitchen and dining area. There is a restaurant downstairs. 

Good location

This hostel was good, spacious with lot of common area, common kitchen and a balcony.

It's a little far from the station so you have to walk a lot else the place is cheap and good to stay and very homely.

Nice hostel in Ipoh though far from the city centre

I stayed a couple nights here, in a 10 room dorm, bottom bunk. It was a little tight, the A/C wasn't great but was adequate, the bathrooms are basic, included breakfast was just toast and coffee or tea.  If what you are looking for is a place to store your gear while out exploring and a bed at night, this is adequate, if you are looking for something a little more fancy, you might want to consider another spot.

Fair Hostel, clean, not too fancy

The hostel itself is not too bad. It wouldn't be my first choice though. It has 2 big common areas for meeting people and the rooms are just ok, not the most clean place in the world, beds are not that comfy and there are no individual sockets to charge your phone. Some stole (or maybe they just disappeared) my cheap pink flip flaps (funny as there were only boys when i stayed hahaha) 
Every night they play movies in the common area which is nice. The location is very good and the staff gives you advice about what to do and see around,

Average

Stayed in 10 bed female dorm. The room was spacious with air con and electric fan. 
It's not possible to sit up on the bottom bunk, you have to sit hunched over. No bedsheet only a bad smelling, scratchy blanket. There are no individual power points, lights or shelves to put your things, so your left putting them on the floor.

Bunkbeds are not fitted to the walls, if you have a neighbour sleeping above you, you'll most probably get woken when they get up and down. However, the bed is comfortable and did make for a good night sleep. 

No towels are provided or any offer made that they can be hired, towels are provided to those staying in the private room/s.

I was particularly concerned on my first night when a male member of staff barged into the room without knocking to show a prospective guest, he came back 5 minutes later, knocked, didn't bother waiting for an answer and barged in again. 

For some strange reason shoes are not allowed in the rooms but the rest of the hostel you can wear shoes, which if you keep having to put your shoes on gets annoying, the floors were not clean in both communal spaces and bedrooms it seems counter productive taking your shows off.

The showers have hot water and hooks on the door but no toiletries or shelves are provided so you're left getting everything wet by placing them on the floor. Hard to tell if the showers were clean because of the grey, concrete prison look At the sink area there is nowhere to put toiletries and a sign warning you to keep hold of your belongings or it'll be taken to lost and found. 

The free breakfast is toast with margarine, strawberry and coconut jam. Tea and coffee provided but no milk and there is also water refill in the kitchen. 

Communal area is very spacious with lots of information about Ipoh and the surrounding area. The wi-fi is very good. 

The hostel is in a good location and you can easily walk to shopping malls, markets and old town. 

Lockers are available with a 5RM deposit for valuables. No laundry service, be warned do not bring a big pile of laundry, there is a washing machine and dryer but this seems to be only for the use of all the staff that live here. 

The most perturbing thing is a print out of a person taken from a CCTV clip with the header 'thief' stuck to the entrance door, doesn't make for a warm reception.

You get what you pay for, it is cheap but given a choice I wouldn't stay here again.

Would look elsewhere

The hostel so far was ok, until I woke up with bites of bed bugs. The receptionist didn’t really care about us, about helping us to get around or to get myself a different bed, so I woke up the next night with even more bites and didn’t even get any refund for this. ..not recommendable 

Bedbugs

Apart from the bed bugs, which i will get into later, the hostel is okayish. It's grey and dark, but the beds and showers are good. The staff is more interested in playing music and smoking cigarettes on the balcony, but the worst were the bed bugs. 
I know that sometimes hostels have bed bugs, but the way they handled it was terrible. First of all I saw them walking in the light on the couch and other cushions. Which made me think it's an infestation! They just moved the couch away. On the second night I had them in my bed, when I told them they just looked at me and thats all they did. I got the impression they werent going to fix the problem, so watch out!

Mari Hostel

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