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

Shenzhen · China Best in Shenzhen

Baobab Backpacker Hostel

Punk Score
76% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 48 reviews
48 reviews $18 dorm · $28 priv View
Arugam Bay · Sri Lanka

Surf Beach Hotel

Punk Score
76% NOT BAD
Medium confidence 197 reviews
Borobudur · Indonesia 2nd best in Borobudur

Lotus 2 Guest House

Punk Score
76% NOT BAD
Medium confidence 265 reviews
Goa · India

The Hosteller Goa, Old Goa

Punk Score
76% NOT BAD
High confidence 1,375 reviews
1375 reviews $7 dorm · $35 priv View
Banyuwangi · Indonesia

Good Feeling Ijen

Punk Score
76% NOT BAD
Medium confidence 255 reviews
255 reviews $5 dorm · $14 priv View
Phuket · Thailand

Nonnee

Punk Score
76% NOT BAD
High confidence 1,060 reviews
1060 reviews $46 dorm · $77 priv View
Udawalawa · Sri Lanka 5th best in Udawalawa

Ibis

Punk Score
69% MEH
Medium confidence 109 reviews
Chiang Rai · Thailand

The 5ive Homestays

Punk Score
69% MEH
Medium confidence 109 reviews
Koh Yao Noi · Thailand 2nd best in Koh Yao Noi

Koh Yao Seaview Bungalow

Punk Score
69% MEH
High confidence 382 reviews
Istanbul · Turkey

Glass Hostel

Punk Score
69% MEH
High confidence 1,444 reviews
Bukit Lawang · Indonesia

Sahnan Guest House

Punk Score
69% MEH
Medium confidence 199 reviews
Khao Sok · Thailand

Nahm Khao Sok

Punk Score
70% NOT BAD
High confidence 508 reviews
508 reviews $15 dorm · $30 priv View
Takamatsu · Japan 2nd best in Takamatsu

Hostel JAQ takamatsu

Punk Score
70% NOT BAD
High confidence 1,162 reviews

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