Best hostels in Asia — vibe rankings — HostelPunk

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Best hostels in Asia

Fun/social-ranked hostels across Asia, merged city by city into one ranked list using the best available social evidence.

Explore destinations in Asia on the HostelPunk map

Through the filter

We read reviews on Hostelworld, Booking.com, and Google Maps and flag two things right on the cards: bed-bug reports, and reviews that read bought or incentivized. The bed-bug detector is the Punk AI Language Model, a small in-house classifier.

No bed bug reports found in Asia

Top hostel cities in Asia

Cities ranked by recent hostel demand plus the strongest Good-or-better Punk Score signals.

Top hostels overall in Asia

Cat Ba Island · Vietnam

Cat Ba Green Hostel

Punk Score
73% NOT BAD
High confidence 340 reviews
Arugam Bay · Sri Lanka

The Long Hostel

Punk Score
73% NOT BAD
Medium confidence 93 reviews
93 reviews $5 dorm · $19 priv View
Ninh Binh · Vietnam

Victory Homestay

Punk Score
73% NOT BAD
High confidence 324 reviews
324 reviews $8 dorm · $41 priv View
Nusa Penida · Indonesia

Tiny Room Hostel

Punk Score
73% NOT BAD
Medium confidence 63 reviews
Mirissa · Sri Lanka

Birds of Paradise

Punk Score
71% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 34 reviews
Koh Rong Island · Cambodia

Koh Rong Hill Beach Resort

Punk Score
71% NOT BAD
High confidence 754 reviews
Yazd · Iran 2nd best in Yazd

Jungle Hotel

Punk Score
71% NOT BAD
Medium confidence 151 reviews
Toyama Prefecture · Japan Best in Toyama Prefecture

Iruka Hostel

Punk Score
71% NOT BAD
High confidence 787 reviews
Colombo · Sri Lanka

Palmyrah Residencies

Punk Score
71% NOT BAD
High confidence 589 reviews
Goa · India

Vibes Inn Singing Tree

Punk Score
71% NOT BAD
High confidence 330 reviews
330 reviews $7 dorm · $35 priv View
Bukhara · Uzbekistan

Minorai Xurd

Punk Score
71% NOT BAD
Medium confidence 286 reviews
Manila · Philippines

Layover Guesthouse at 28 Fokker

Punk Score
70% MEH
Medium confidence 175 reviews
175 reviews $8 dorm · $20 priv View
Arugam Bay · Sri Lanka

Romance in Bay

Punk Score
70% MEH
Medium confidence 163 reviews
Bukit Lawang · Indonesia

Hotel Orangutan

Punk Score
70% MEH
Medium confidence 163 reviews
Hualien · Taiwan China 5th best in Hualien

123 Cheers Hostel

Punk Score
70% MEH
High confidence 320 reviews
320 reviews $17 dorm · $37 priv View

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