River City Inn

South Africa , Northern Cape
Upington, 35 Park Street
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20 reviews shown

8/10

Excellent

04 Dec 2025

Mario

Staff very friendly and helpful. The place is very clean and confortable. However the building where the hostal is located is not clean, the stairs need to be cleaned.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

30 Nov 2025

Mario

friendly staff and hostal very clean. However the building where is located is very dutu in particular the stairs that let to the 3rd floor where yhe hostal is located

8/10

Excellent

04 Oct 2025

Zhen Wen

Pros: Centrally located, close to amenities, train station and bus stops. Place is clean and affordable launderette.

Cons: Located at 4th floors without lift so may need to consider if you have big and heavy luggage. Check-in time is limited to stipulated couple of hours so do check your arrival time. Air-condition to the room are also in stipulated time, from evening to mornings only. Luggage storage is only available on day of check in/out, beyond that it's chargable.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Oct 2025

Bryant

Great stay for solo travelers on a budget, only critique i would have is they turn off a/c units during the day in rooms ,if power consumption is the reason i would adjust prices to balance cost,great staff though

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

08 Sep 2025

Sam

Okay

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2025

Richard

Great place to stay on a budget! Very modest accommodations, but clean, well maintained, and the staff is fantastic! Convenient Chinatown location too.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

21 Apr 2025

Ramzi

Nice property but it was a bit noisy.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

14 Nov 2024

Sativa

Saw roaches crawling on my bed the first hour I was there. I didn’t sleep in my bed the first night. Requested a sheet & pillow change and she did. Kept my lights on 24/7 & sprayed bug spray on my bed to prevent anything else from crawling on there.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

14 Feb 2020

Nemanja

Bad hostel and the staff are arrogant and u cannot reach them. Do not stay here.

Self

8/10

Excellent

24 Mar 2019

Checkeres

Clean cozy little hostel. Free breakfast and decent beds. The wifi is super slow and doesn't really reach the further rooms. Probably the only downside. Also FYI, there isn't a lift up to their level (4th floor)

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Sep 2018

scott

very very nice place great staff and very clean and good environment

Friends

6/10

Pleasant

02 Jul 2018

Verified traveler

Poor facility

I want to watch TV and ask the staff whether I can open it. However, the staff told me that if I open the TV we can't use wifi anymore!!!
Eventually, no TV watching and no wifi signal after 11 pm
No air con in room during daytime and weak air con in common area

8/10

Excellent

16 Jun 2018

Verified traveler

Great location. Across from Clark Quay metr Center

Location fantastic. Clarke Quay MRT 5 min. Walk to Clarke Quay dancing and clubs. 6-8 minutes. Safe even 2 am. Walk to Chinatown. Walk to Raffles place and MRT 10 min. Service was ok. Must enter bare feet. Not even with slippers but socks ok. Breakfast mainly bread and jam or with a banana. PC Internet available and good. Sinks are in breakfast/function room so no privacy. Overall because of location nothing else beats it for price and I will stay there again.The closest capsule/pods hostels are almost double cost and Boat Quay location is not as convenient. Visit Gardens by the Bay, light show is amazing, direct Lavender MRT line. And near it the Marina Sands Mall dancing fountains is spectacular.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jun 2018

ANDRE

Good option in an expensive neighborhood.

Good option in an expensive neighborhood.

6/10

Pleasant

27 Mar 2018

Verified traveler

Creepy male employee

Location is great. Place is clean. However the one staff member who lives there full time was extremely rude and creepy. I stayed for a week so I was able to see how uncomfortable he makes people feel. He treats the place as his home and everyone who stays there is an invader. First day I stayed there he removed me bag from the room while I was out and refused to acknowledge that fact. After that I just avoided him however I saw how he would walk into the room throughout the day (I stayed in the 14 person dorm) and he would look around and walk back out. I saw this happen at 6am one morning while most people in the room were asleep. This was beyond creepy. He would do this throughout the day. I saw him follow a guest into the shower/toilet area telling him he smelled bad and said “do you need me to show you how to wash yourself?” This is rude and creepy.He said this out loud in front of other guests which is disrespectful towards this guest.I asked to leave and tried to get a refund but the management refused and said I could check out early but I would not get my money back.So I stayed for the whole week but could not wait to leave as I felt so uncomfortable around this one employee. When I did finally leave,this employee stood at the doorway as I was out in the hall pitting my shoes on. He stood there until I left.For what reason he had to watch me I don’t know but it just reinforced how creepy it was to stay here.To be fair, the rest of the staff were good and it’s clean.

2/10

Poor

11 Mar 2018

Khim

call no one ans, hotel rejeted my booking, call many time, massage no reply , pls double refund my money, call me now

8/10

Excellent

27 Nov 2017

Superkid

Great cheap hostel close to everything

Terrific location at Hong Kong Street, just in the Clarke Quay area (metro station, shopping mall, restaurants, bars, and more). Merlion Park, Chinatown, City Hall, Orchard Road, and SMU are in walking distance. You will be welcome at the counter with water first then do the check-in things. Staffs are more than friendly. Breakfast is simple but enough to get energy. Wifi is okay. And you can leave your luggage in the hostel if you have a late flight after check-out time. The rate is also very affordable and reasonable. I think the only drawback would be the stairs - there is no elevator so you will need to climb to the 4th floor. Other than that, everything is perfect. I think I will stay here again for sure if I come again.

8/10

Excellent

09 Nov 2017

Verified traveler

OK Place to Stay for its Price

Was pretty cash-strapped, so decided maybe time to try an Inn or Hosted. For its price, nothing to complain.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Mar 2017

Ong

Nice hotel close Clarke Quay

You can drop your baggage there even after checking out, so you can have a nice day exploring singapkre before your flight. Also, they provide bread and jam as their free breakfast. It's from 6-12pm. Anyway, free drinks are available whole day. For me, it has no difference between 14 people room and 10 people room, so I suggest traveller to book for 14 people room to save cost.

2/10

Poor

30 Jan 2017

Verified traveler

Place to avoid

Good:
- close to transportation, central location, clean floors, clean bathrooms

Bad things:
- Their dorm does not look like the one on the pictures. The real one is divided in two rooms and cramped with beds. Other dorms are boxes without any windows.
- Stench is horrible. They turn off the AC during the day, maybe that's the reason, but aside of stinky inside, outside of the hostel smells too. Thats because the floor above is FightClub Gym and it smells like locker.
- FightClub Gym above starts at 7am and they bang their weights on the top of your head. They finish around 10:30pm with yelling and more banging. Everything shakes on the hostel floor...
- WiFi is horrible and you'll need to reconnect few times per day.
- Girls that work in hostel will ignore you as much as they can. Very unhelpful.

I had to stay somewhere else because I could not stand this place any more. Next hostel was like heaven...