Bodhi Panama City

The bed and room were dirty, with few options to secure belongings. The atmosphere did not feel social.

Staff refused to turn on the air conditioning prior to 7 PM, and they turn it off at 7 AM and open the doors, the room fills with mosquitoes. I asked them to turn it on for only one hour, as there were several people in the hot room sleeping, we were all getting bitten, they absolutely refused. Coming in late, security asked me to identify my belongings by opening my pack, showing them what I had stored in the bunk. I became violently ill after eating the breakfast for 8hours. Staff unfriendly.

This place would be the perfect hostel if management wouldn’t be so tight with A/c & cleaning. It has great social atmosphere + comfortable. Super clean. The problem is they rush to turn the a/c off at 8am while half the room still sleeping. they open the outside doors for “ventilation” which lets heat & mosquitoes in and you get bit all over your body and hot in 5 minutes. Then they rush in to reset the empty beds making tons of noise at 9am. They ruines the entire reason to be there, sle...

Das Hostel war gut gelegen und leicht zu finden. Allerdings gab es für so viele Menschen nur sehr wenige Toiletten. Die Betten wackelten sehr. Das Frühstück war super lecker aber etwas klein.

Hostels look good and the lounge area is nice. However, apparently they often have floods in the dorms. When this happened at night they cleaned it up but tried to keep it hidden and didnt tell us. Only the next morning we found all our stuff to be drenched in toilet water. A refund was promised but the manager never reached out anymore as promised by the staff and did not refund.

Arrived in Panama and wasn’t the nicest welcome to a hostel I’ve had. Hostel didn’t seem to have much offerings , pool was being renovated. Room didn’t have a blanket, just top sheet. I was definitely expecting more from the reviews. Location was ok, didn’t seem like a lot around but a quick Uber. Went downstairs @730 and breakfast wasn’t there, and I was rushed that day so I just headed out hungry.

no hot water for showers and shower in the dorm had black mold in them, strong smell of it

Nice hostel, clean, with breakfast, a pool and AC. However, I have been to the other Bodhis and I loved it but this one was quite different. Bunker beds are only downstairs, so if you are upstairs you dont have a light nor curtains and there is a lot of light coming in in the morning, best advice is to have an eyemask. And I found it really weird to have alone elder men living in the hostel, those were not travelers... The hostel was not very social

Degelijk hostel voor deze prijs. Weinig sfeer en met 14 op de kamer zonder gordijntjes is wel ietsjes pover Wel leuke locatie tussen de wolkenkrabbers

Die Lage des Hostel ist super und eine absolut sichere Umgebung. Das Personal war nett und der Dorm sehr grosszügig. Leider haben die oberen Betten keinen Vorhang, sodass das Licht stören kann. Das Badezimmer im Dorm riecht ziemlich muffig. In den Duschen hat es praktisch keinen Platz sich umzuziehen. Die Sofas im Aufenthaltsbereich fühlen sich dreckig an.

Hostel precioso y habitaciones muy amplias. El aire acondicionado por la noche está fuerte eso sí. Pero un lugar para repetir.

Nice hostel and central location

The pillows were lumpy and the vibes were super chill. Very clean very safe hostel. Would recommend if you want some place to keep to yourself

I like this place very much

Bodhi is lovely! I had no concern of my safety and no complaints. Breakfast was great :) and it’s in the perfect location. Tons nearby. If you are in dorms just know it can be up to 14 people. But I really loved how big the room was.

Wir haben uns im Bodhi Panama City pudelwohl gefühlt. Die Mitarbeiter sind sehr fleißig, besonnen und entspannt. Mit allen möglichen Fragen konnten wir auf sie zukommen. Und es war stets sauber. Im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen Hostels ist dies wirklich ein Juwel. Im Schlafsaal konnte ich sehr gut schlafen, glaube aber, dass die Klimaanlage mal gereinigt werden müsste, da es mitunter etwas gestunken hat (könnte aber auch vom Pool kommen).

I’d booked a double room. However, you had to walk through a dormitory to get there. Everything else was great! It takes about an hour to walk to the old town, but it’s a lovely stroll along the promenade.Both airports are about 20 minutes away by car. Uber works perfectly.

sehr tolles Hostel, welches ich sehr gerne weiterempfehle. Das Personal ist sehr lieb,zum Frühstück kriegt man leckere Pancakes mit frischen Früchten, der gepflegte Pool ist super für eine angenehme abkühlung.

Nettes Hostel, Personal super freundlich und hilfsbereit, Zimmer auch sehr schön

Beautiful place to stay in the city- still felt tropical :) Free breakfast was delicious: fruit & fried bread, coffee/tea. The private room had air con, though a bit weird you had to walk through the dorm room to get to it. Free towels!

Ein Hostel eher außerhalb der Altstadt, aber gut zu erreichen durch Uber etc. Sehr gutes abwechslungsreiches, inkludiertes Frühstück und schöner Außenbereich. Im Schlafsaal war ein etwas unangenehmer Geruch, der auch nicht wegging… Eher ein unsozialeres Hostel.

Very clean and super chilled hostel!

Nice hostel, clean, with breakfast, a pool and AC. However, I have been to the other Bodhis and I loved it but this one was quite different. Bunker beds are only downstairs, so if you are upstairs you dont have a light nor curtains and there is a lot of light coming in in the morning, best advice is to have an eyemask. And I found it really weird to have alone elder men living in the hostel, those were not travelers... The hostel was not very social

Our private room was accessed through the main dorm room so it was disruptive to dorm guests when trying to use the shared en-suite with the opening and closing of doors. Very musty smell in the room and stains on the sheets and towels. Fine for one night

All good and nice, had a happy stay!

Sehr schönes ruhiges Hostel. Bäder sehr warm und feucht, die Luft steht etwas.

The hostel is really nice, very pretty inside and clean. In the dorm the bottom bunks have privacy curtains and the top bunk are exposed which I didn’t like. I think we where unlucky with the people in our 10 bed dorm, people where extremely loud and didn’t care about anyone else in the room who where trying to sleep, even after asking politely to be quiet.

Stayed in the 10 bunk bed for two nights, was such a pleasant experience. The building feels like a house in Malibu, the cleanliness is impeccable and the staff is A1. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

solid hostel, unfortunately not really social during my stay

Un endroit où se détendre dans le chaos d’une capitale ☺️