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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

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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

Chiang Mai · Thailand

Inn Kham Apartment

Punk Score
38% SHIT
Medium confidence 140 reviews
Sendai · Japan Best in Sendai

Miyagi Guest House (Sendai)

Punk Score
38% SHIT
Medium confidence 64 reviews
Ipoh · Malaysia

Cute Hotel & Dorms Ipoh

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 1,206 reviews
1206 reviews $10 dorm · $37 priv View
Phuket · Thailand

Kuha Phuket Old Town

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 942 reviews
Kathmandu · Nepal

Shangrila Boutique Hotel

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 614 reviews
614 reviews $10 dorm · $27 priv View
Beppu Onsen Hot Spring Oita · Japan 2nd best in Beppu Onsen Hot Spring Oita

J-Hoppers Beppu Guesthouse

Punk Score
36% SHIT
Medium confidence 202 reviews
202 reviews $18 dorm · $42 priv View
Prachuap Khiri Khan · Thailand 5th best in Prachuap Khiri Khan

Baan Por Pla Resort

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 509 reviews
Koh Samui · Thailand

First Residence Hotel

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 577 reviews
Cochin · India

Santa Maria Hostel Fort Kochi

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 562 reviews
562 reviews $11 dorm · $24 priv View
Hue · Vietnam

Bonjour Hostel

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 326 reviews
326 reviews $7 dorm · $17 priv View
Koh Lipe · Thailand

Chareena Beachside

Punk Score
39% SHIT
High confidence 393 reviews
Zhangjiajie · China

Destination Youth Hostel

Punk Score
37% SHIT
High confidence 767 reviews
Kandy · Sri Lanka

The Bliss at Kandy

Punk Score
37% TINY SAMPLE
Low confidence 38 reviews
38 reviews $4 dorm · $6 priv View

All countries in Asia