Colombo Downtown Monkey Backpackers Hostel

The Monkey Hostel offers a warm and welcoming atmosphere, thanks to its kind hostess who treats guests with motherly affection. The place is clean and well-maintained, making for a comfortable stay. Overall, a lovely spot for travelers seeking kindness and cleanlines

The hostel is near for everything , train, market , bus . The staff all good and hospitable . Especially aunty in reception . They take care the people . . I keep coming back here always .

All good .. only staircase hard to go up if you have luggage .

I like the aunty staff in reception.. she is very good . Recommended place . The views in dining area is train station.

The staircase it’s hard to go up with luggage

Great location, good price and the friendliest and most supportive staff you've ever met at a hostel! Very easy check in, with all needs sorted out by the wonderful receptionist lady who was beyond lovely. The lady who cooked and prepared breakfast was also so so nice, although she didn't speak much English she was always friendly with me and the other guests. I very much enjoyed my time here, it was easy to stay and a good location to go out and see the town. It's a hostel so you have to contend with sharing space but that was standard. Overall a good booking and I'd rate it more highly if it wasn't for the unethical/poor staffing issue which I outline in the next section.

The owners/managers need to hire more staff! This is the only reason I gave this booking an unfavorable review score. It seems unethical to me borderline illegal the amount of hours that the management seems to make the receptionist and cook lady work at this hostel, it seems like they work here 24/7 without breaks. The ownership here should be more kind and compassionate to their workers by hiring more people so that the staff can at least have shift breaks or more days off. The current setup seems to me as bring unethical and wrong. Please hire more staff to ensure that your workers have a better quality of life.