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.

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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

Ipoh · Malaysia

Abby Hotel by the River

Punk Score
18% GODAWFUL
High confidence 689 reviews
Malang · Indonesia

Sahar Backpacker

Punk Score
18% GODAWFUL
High confidence 316 reviews
Phuket · Thailand

Eco Hostel Phuket

Punk Score
18% GODAWFUL
Medium confidence 291 reviews
Nha Trang · Vietnam

Happy Light Central Nha Trang

Punk Score
18% GODAWFUL
High confidence 1,487 reviews
Malang · Indonesia

Bobopod Alun-Alun, Malang

Punk Score
21% SHIT
Medium confidence 298 reviews
Istanbul · Turkey

Nobel Hostel

Punk Score
22% SHIT
High confidence 949 reviews
Siwa Oasis · Egypt 4th best in Siwa Oasis

Santa Rya Siwa Camp

Punk Score
21% SHIT
Medium confidence 65 reviews
Colombo · Sri Lanka

CityRest - Fort

Punk Score
21% SHIT
High confidence 420 reviews
420 reviews $11 dorm · $27 priv View
Phetchaburi · Thailand 5th best in Phetchaburi

Chedi View Hostel & Rooftop Bar

Punk Score
22% SHIT
Medium confidence 188 reviews
Malang · Indonesia

Pondok Backpacker City Square

Punk Score
22% SHIT
Medium confidence 185 reviews
Nha Trang · Vietnam

V Hotel Nha Trang

Punk Score
22% SHIT
High confidence 1,737 reviews
Dambulla · Sri Lanka

Catch Up Dambulla

Punk Score
22% SHIT
Medium confidence 104 reviews
104 reviews $10 dorm · $30 priv View
Almaty · Kazakhstan

Hostel Fiveseasons Almaty

Punk Score
21% SHIT
Medium confidence 124 reviews
124 reviews $8 dorm · $25 priv View

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