Colombo Downtown Monkey Backpackers Hostel

Clean and comfortable. Staff are very nice and helpful.

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Fantastic location on a walk distance to Central bus station and Fort train station, breakfast was simple but nice. Atmosphere was great, with great staff and great guests. stayed for 2 days. ;)

The way to the hostel is a bit weird, but ok if you only need a place to stay for a couple of days. Just outside the train station which could be a bit noisy if you are not prepared with a ear plugs like I was.

I always appreciate it when a hostel is exactly how it's described, and this place definitely is. I knew exactly what I was getting - a simple, clean hostel bed in a great location very close to the train station - and as a result this place really exceeded my expectations because as well as those things I was also met by kind staff who ler me have my bed as soon as I arrived even though it was several hours before official check-in, there's drinking water, tea & coffee available.. and the included breakfast was really, really good.

Everything was fine and exactly as described.

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.