Backpacker's Mini House♡

Guest review

10.0

Jij san is an exceptional human being!

Kind host, great for solo travelers!

10.0

A great social hostel with Jij being the kindest host! He is so friendly and welcomes everyone warmly. Beds were comfy, water pressure and temperature were great. Location was good too, approx 7 -10 min walk to Kanda station, and approx 35 min from Haneda Airport. There are lots of restaurants, convenience stores, and izakayas around the hostel. It's great value at this price point at a very central part of tokyo with free breakfast! If you want to meet friends as a solo traveler, this hostel is great!

− Nothing much. It might be smaller than you'd expect, but it is a 'Mini House' and it's normal of most places in Tokyo.

Questionable hostel

6.0

This is a hard one as I am a permanent traveler and visit about 200 hostels a year so I will give my honest review about this property because I chose this property by reading the reviews and they were all good but I experienced it different. The location is okay, 15 min walk from Tokyo train station, its a business area quiet at night, convenience stores around and multiple restaurants in different price ranges, the owner is a lovely 82 yrs old Japanese who travelled in his younger years and probably started this hostel some years ago. There is no space in the hostel I think that's the main thing what bothered me, you can not even call it cozy small, there is just no space as the owner stocks on stuff and doesn't organise the place! WIFI in dorm is not working properly, beds are layered with 2 thin matrasses, cleaning is questionable as yes the bins are emptied but bathrooms and floor are not clean with multiple guest coming in and out I think it is unhygienic. Now the owner focuses mainly on putting a small free breakfast in place every morning in that tiny space where he wants to gather the guests which ofcourse is a nice gesture but hardly people came down for the breakfast, sad I feel, his communication is a problem here. I think I became claustrofobic in that place and it made my stay in Tokyo different then I expected but yeah a traveler needs to be flexible all the time so I survived my 4 nights, next time I will definitely check at least 20 reviews before booking a property!

− Check my review

Guest review

9.0

Es señor que atiende es un amor! Se preocupa de absolutamente todo y nos ayudo con todo, y las personas están siempre listas para la fiesta en el piso de abajo pero manteniendo el respeto con el sonido, recomendadisimo!

Nice place for solo travelers.

10.0

Simple breakfast at 7am with coffee or tea was good.

− Directions to the place from google were wrong. From otemachi station you have to turn right its a 30min walk not 9 mins, go past tokoyo hotel, left from seven eleven up 3 streets then turn right.

Totalmente recomendable

9.0

Lo mejor es Jiji, es muy amigable, trata que uno este siempre comodo. Es muy servicial. Prepara todas las ma;anas un desayuno cumplidor (gratis) para arrancar los paseos con energia. Las camas estan muy bien, tienen cortinas pero no son tan privadas. Quizas tuve suerte pero los demas clientes eran silenciosos y respuetuosos, por lo cual, descase muy bien. La ubicacion en Kanda es excelente.

− Quizas es dificil maniobrar si alguien va con muchas valijas. No hay tanto espacio en el edificio