Hanoi · Vietnam
Downtown Hostel & Rooftop Bar
Suspicious-review evidence
≈87 possibly bought · 988 top-rated reviews scanned
Explain how it works
We compare every 5★ review's word count against the global distribution. Hostels where unusually many top-rated reviews are suspiciously short — way under the typical length — start to look like the staff (or a boost-my-listing service) is padding the score with throwaway praise.
The detector flags reviews that are both top-rated and below a length threshold, then estimates how many of them statistically shouldn't exist. For this hostel we scanned 988 top-rated reviews and 0% were suspiciously short.
Length z-score: 6.27. A z-score measures how far this hostel's distribution of 5★ review lengths sits from the global average, in standard deviations. 0 = perfectly typical. 1–2 = slightly unusual but within normal noise. 3–5 = strongly anomalous. Anything 10+ means the pattern is so far from the global norm that it's effectively impossible to get there organically.
This is a heuristic, not a verdict — it surfaces hostels worth a second look, not proof of fraud. Read the actual reviews below and judge for yourself.
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paid us for the nights we booked and told not to leave a bad review
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told not to leave a bad review
Bedbugs in the dorm. Blood marks in the beds which means that it is not the first time that it happens. It is not clean. The staff is great, but not the hostel. We left the hostel and they paid us for the nights we booked and told not to leave a bad review…sorry but I have to leave it to make sure it does not happen again!
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review to be able to get a refund
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Very rundown hostel, mouse or rat droppings all in my room and was bitten by bedbugs and even killed one mid way through the night. Hostel worker asked me to leave a good review to be able to get a refund on my last night stay. It's centrally located so great for that but other than that I would personally avoid and go elsewhere, the room was absolutely filthy, plenty of other cheap options in Hanoi.
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10/10 class facilities excellent value for money
Staff were 10/10 class facilities excellent value for money
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10/10 value for money
Had an amazing time staying here, really nice staff. felt welcome from the start, 10/10 value for money would recommend
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refund so I couldn’t leave the review
Cockroaches, mice, and bed bugs. Really disappointing experience here. When I first arrived I noticed some hair on my bed but just brushed it off. I put my stuff in my assigned locker, but the lock part was broken so the person at the front desk just told me to use a different one. Later on in the night, I went back to get my stuff and instead saw 3 cockroaches in the locker. I’m sure there were more. When I went to tell the front desk staff, he seemed to be mocking me a little bit until him and another man came up and actually saw the roaches. They killed them but I wasn’t comfortable staying there anymore. I’m sure the place was infested if they were in a metal locker. I got a refund but they didn’t help me find anywhere else to stay that night and it was after midnight. I was basically stranded late at night as a woman on the streets of Hanoi. They also made me cancel the reservation before issuing the refund so I couldn’t leave the review on hostel world. Someone else in my room also said she saw bed bugs. My other friend saw a mouse. This place is disgustingly dirty. Do not stay.
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Suspiciously shortTranslated to English
This is the first youth hostel that gave good reviews, really no, the owner is a good person, very good attitude, very friendly; the service is also very good, laundry service is also good, several hours of drying, not a bit of delay, and washing clean, no taste; also willing to give me in advance, although I showed 14 hours to stay, I was afraid to wait until 14 hours, so I got in at 12 o'clock, when I finally left the room I was afraid not to come back before 12 o'clock, I left at 7 o'clock, I asked if I could leave my luggage, I came back in the afternoon, the owner agreed, this made me unexpectedly good, very attentive.
这是第一个给好评的青年旅舍，真的没的说，老板是个很好的人，态度很好，很友善；服务也很不错，洗衣服务也很好，几个小时烘干，一点也不耽误时间，而且洗的干净，没有味道；还愿意给我提前入住，尽管我是显示14点入住，我还担心得背着包等到14点才行，结果我12点就让我入住了，最后退房的时候我担心12点前回不来，于是7点就退房了，我问能不能放行李，我下午再回来，老板同意了，这一点让我出乎意料的好，真贴心。强烈推荐这间旅舍。
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amazing!
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Good
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Quality
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Nice
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Stay amazing
amazing stay
India MALE 25-30 -
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Great hostel!
Netherlands MALE 18-24 -
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Goood placeee
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Great location
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good buffet
USA MALE 18-24 -
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Super cool
France FEMALE 18-24 -
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Very good
Denmark FEMALE 18-24 -
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좋은 호텔
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Perfect location!
Portugal MALE 18-24 -
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War super.
Germany MALE 18-24 -
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Good place
Morocco MALE 25-30 -
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Amazing stay!!
England FEMALE 18-24 -
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Nice breakfast
France FEMALE 25-30 -
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Very good
Australia MALE 18-24 -
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Great place
England MALE 18-24
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