Buton Backpacker Lodge

Very convenient as only a 5 minute walk from the main train station. Hostel was clean and had nice social areas and good facilities overall. Staff were friendly and gave information about day trips etc. We enjoyed our stay here.

Bed was quite uncomfortable and one of our lockers didn’t close properly.

Breakfast included was great, nice communal space to meet people, lots of cards games and book available, tours with the hostel well organised, short walk away from shopping malls and food

Great location with nearby food places which was great. Good area to talk to hostel roommates and make plans. Staff are friendly and helpful.

The hostel in general is ok but the room I stayed in needs a revamp and needs redoing. The bed plan, dosent give enough room to manage your belongings, so backpacks and suitcases are made to be left in the middle of the room which limits the space in the room. I understand they would like to maximise potential with the room they had but they either need to rethink the plan for the room or limit the bunkbeds to 2 a room. There were cracks in the walls, electrical sockets not fitted properly, so wires hanging out, could cause an issue. Lockers don’t have sufficient room to put your belongings in it, which is one of the reasons why bags and suitcases have to be scattered across the room. To sum it up it looks fancy from the outside, till you go inside. For the price can’t complain but a quick refurbishment would help the establishment massively. If I would return to Bandung again this would not be my go to place but would keep it in mind for worst case scenario.

Good breakfast fast Owner is pro and kind

Not very clean The two workers are not very interested by the work and play on the phone everytime when you ask for anything .