Hanoi Buffalo Hostel

Unfortunately at this hostel I woke up after one night to find a bedbug skin on my bed. My friend in the same room got absolutely eaten alive by bedbugs, with enough bites to suggest a bad infestation. Staff did respond immediately when we told them of the issue. A shame as otherwise a social hostel in a good location.

Friends and I destroyed by bed bugs. Massive infestation, woke throughout the night with countless bites, blood stains and bed bug carcasses. Good breakfast, staff were responsive (I hope they fix this asap) and facilities are otherwise good.

There were bedbugs

Super nice hostel, very social. Highly recommend the pub crawl and walking tour. Free breakfast is nice but expect it to be cleared up 10 mins before it’s over and for them not to refill it much at all - basically get down early if you want to make the most of it. Great location too. However I did find bed bugs on the mattress when checking out and may have had a few bites which isn’t ideal..

I had a hard time writing this review… The two stars are for the good breakfast and the nice staff! Otherwise I have to admit that my stay at the hostel wasn‘t great: the dorms are relatively loud, the bathrooms are very small and you have to share them with a lot of people. Unfortunately I found some kind of dead bug… even though the staff said that it isn‘t bed bugs I would advise every traveler to check the area surrounding their bed and their luggage. Because of this, I left earlier than intended. The staff was understanding and helpful in that situation!

For the price you pay I can’t complain too much. Staff were super helpful with recommendations and booking Ha Giang Loop and Ha Long Bay. I stayed in 2 separate rooms before and after the loop… the first one was a 6 bed female dorm with en suite which was not great. I found 2 bugs in my bed which staff assured me were not bed bugs but actually baby cockroaches (still kinda gross). They did offer to move me rooms but someone else would have gone straight into it so I just requested they clean my sheets which they said they would do (but they evidently did not). Also the bathroom was super mouldy and the shower flooded the whole bathroom anytime anyone had a shower which was annoying. The second room was a 8 bed mixed dorm with no en suite and the bathrooms there were much better. Only complaint was there was a huge open drop down the side of the bed (I was top bunk) under the socket so I had to stuff down into it to stop my phone falling through in the night. Other than that free breakfast was good and it was nice to have a pool, although I never used it due to it being very small with only one table beside it which was usually occupied.

Cooles Hostel, leider in der eine Nacht wo ich da war, würde ich lebengefressen von Bettwanzen. Die Stiche habe mich die letzten 2 Nächte wachgehalten und brennen tierisch. Mindestens 20 Stiche am ganzen Körper. Bleib weg von Zimmer 204 Bett A (top bunk).