Pak Up Hostel

Thailand , Krabi
KRABI, 87 Utarakit Rd Paknam Maung
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8/10

Excellent

18 Nov 2024

Patrycja

Good stay

Great location.
ATM, 7-11, street food, restaurants, night life, laundromat, massage and riverside within 2 minutes walk.
Place was clean despite high turnover of people.
Stayed in 4 X doorm and it was very spacious. Some lights not working when reporting to the staff they weren't too bothered, the issue was not rectified during my stay - 3 nights.
Lively bar, from what I have been told, as I have not visited.
Staff was hit and miss once happy and friendly once moody.(Same people)
They will do however help with booking a trip or transportation.
Gym - there is few random weights and kettle bell.

Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Jan 2022

Verified traveler

Good place, toilets smelt a tiny bit and I didn’t really like having to walk through the chains as it felt unsanitary..
General decor was pretty creative and good location. Probably has a better atmosphere during non covid times :D Not my favourite hostel but not the worst

Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Mar 2020

Stuart

Great hostel

This place is well thought out privacy curtains in the dorm two plugs plus USB sockets. Nice bar friendly staff super clean. Great showers and a drying area.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

22 Nov 2019

Cody

Comfortable place with good location.

Great location. Close to street food market and quick Taxi ride to the pier. This place was very clean and organized. Comfortable beds and nice bathroom facilities. You have a ton of storage space for your belongings as well. The reception desk also helped me print off my ferry tickets to the islands. I’ll most likely stay here again in my return trip to Krabi in a few weeks.

Self

8/10

Excellent

12 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Ok stay

It seemed to be better than some of the other options although it was pricey. The pods themselves were nice and comfortable. But the beds are crammed in, not much room when people are at the lockers between the beds. And there are 2 toilets and 4 showers upstairs between what must be around 35+ beds, you then have to go downstairs to the ‘outside’ ones if you need too. Would recommend and would stay again, but i think it is overpriced for what it is, I know the whole of phi phi is, but this place compared to other places .

10/10

Exceptional

08 Feb 2019

Phoebe

Good stay

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2018

Christelle

Good hostel

Very confortable. Spacious and clean. The school theme is nice. Bar games and some activities organised. Check all boxes.
Not much to do around but that's Krabi.

10/10

Exceptional

03 Mar 2018

emma

Everything you need in a hostel

Great hostel, with friendly and helpful staff. Great place to stay if your travelling alone.

8/10

Excellent

02 Mar 2018

Ellie

Good!

Second time staying here and really good atmosphere! We had a private room which was clean, spacious and comfortable.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Nov 2017

Cassie

Good hostel. Nice showers. Comfortable bed. AC didn’t quite manage to keep the room nice and cool. Friendly staff.

10/10

Exceptional

25 Nov 2017

Ruth

Great hostel

Clean, tidy, new, just super easy and laid back. I would stay again or recommend to friends

10/10

Exceptional

14 Nov 2017

Dezhou

Great for partying, not for relaxing

Liked the condition of the rooms and cleanliness, found cheap but good local Thai food around too! It was awesome to meet new people as well, since 8-10 people shared the dorm together and most of us were very cool and friendly.
However, it was very annoying since people were too excited about pub crawl party, most of dorm roommates came back at mid night, still excited with fancy flashlights on their heads, when rest of us were sleeping.

In conclusion, it's a great place if you want to meet new people and have fun partying, but not recommended if you just want to relax from hangover of Phiphi or phangan or trying to catch a flight in early morning.

10/10

Exceptional

01 Oct 2017

antonio jorge

Excelent location and great services.

Highlights: superb location (100 m from boats to Railey beach, on the route of the buses to and from bus station and Ao Nang beach, near shopping and close to the night food market. Staff very helpful, they offered me the solution for my transport to Phuket that I thought it was goingto be a nightmare. No kitchen or a kettle to boil water.
I enjoyed free barbecue satay every night and there is a coffee shop nearby with great coffee. I would like to remind everybody that transportation in Thailand can be expensive if you are out of the buses circuit.

8/10

Excellent

25 Sep 2017

Catherine

Good hostel for decent price

Hostel was nice with a good atmosphere. Rooms are very basic and can here music from bar, we had shared bathroom which was pretty clean. Staff on reception where also pretty helpful

Partner

8/10

Excellent

23 Apr 2017

Kristen

Pretty solid choice

Pak up is a newer hostel. The rooms are spacious and clean with good under bed storage.

4/10

Poor

15 Mar 2017

WAHYU

DO NOT BUY AN AIRPORT TRANSFER FROM THIS HOSTEL

If you have a flight to catch after staying at this hostel, DO NOT BOOK AN AIRPORT TRANSFER WITH THEM!

Just walk around 5 minutes from the hostel and you'll find a bus station where you can buy a ticket for the airport bus with a cheaper price.

This hostel takes an advantage from its guests from the airport transfer service. Why did I say that? Because this hostel uses EXACTLY the same bus which goes from the bus station with a higher price-tag.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Feb 2017

alexandra

Hipster hostel for all backpackers

Location is great (close to shops, restaurant, street food, supermarkets, bus stops, pier). Rooms are spacious, airco is working, clean bathrooms and toilets, very helpful staff, free BBQ vouchers for each night you stay... i had very good experience:) would definitely stay there longer- if i didnt have flight at 6am the next day! Thanks for good job:)

10/10

Exceptional

28 Nov 2016

Glenn

One of the best hostel's

Great comfy hostel. Awesome beds with huge lockable draws under each bed. Bar downstairs is ideal for meeting other solo backpackers

10/10

Exceptional

17 Nov 2016

Verified traveler

Very good and chill atmosphere. I enjoyed the people and the choice to have a couple drinks at the playground. Free kebabs ;)

10/10

Exceptional

27 Aug 2016

Andrea

Comfy, clean, great party!

Amazing place, rooms are clean, bathroom are spacious and clean. Staff members are friendly and helpful. The patio is a cool place to hang out and have some drinks, music is pretty good too. Good vibe!

10/10

Exceptional

09 Aug 2016

emerm

Nice hostel to stay in city

I stayed at pal-up hostel around 3 nights. It was amazing if you like to relax there is a bar and play new games everyday. Staff are friendly and good suggestion. Also, it is near a Krabi river ( the heart river of Krabi )

6/10

Pleasant

11 Apr 2016

Eric

A nice hostel located in a central part of Krabi

Pak Up hostel is very convenient to get to from the airport and is nearby a lot of amenities - coffee shop, massage, nightly food market and goods market. There are a lot of cleaning staff on site and yet it's not as clean as I thought it would be. This might be because the clientele is constantly changing because Krabi is such a big hub to get to other islands. My room was clean but they definitely did not help fix the blinds that were falling off or dust the small spaces or ledges. What was the best was the lockers which were located underneath each bunk beds - they were large, convenient and safe! (Bring your own lock). The air conditioner was a bit weak, even for a room just for 4 people; and the lobby lacks air conditioning so not a lot of people were mingling downstairs when it was 43C outside. The Playground Bar connected to the hotel hosts nightly activities (such as giant Jenga competitions) but mostly the 19-22 year old crowd were there to play Beer Pong and Flip Cup.
One last thing is that during my stay, several people got sick from the food at a restaurant directly diagonally across Pak Up so my recommendation is NOT to eat there!

10/10

Exceptional

03 Apr 2016

andrea

Awesome hostel

Great location, group hike was very nice, free drink when you book a tour was a plus, hostel bar was nice with games and activities. Nana, game and Aom were superb!

8/10

Excellent

17 Mar 2016

Verified traveler

The only bad experience with the hostel, and they will never tell you this, is that there is a bar out back which plays loud music until 2:00am every day. If you get a room close to the bar bring earplugs because you can hear it and almost nothing will drown it out.

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jan 2016

Andrew

Krabi town? Hostel? BOOK NOW!

Amazing hostel, great staff and as clean as clean can be! Manager Poo is a font of knowledge and can sort any transfers and trips with ease and a smile :) playground bar probably the best nightlife in the entire town and they always have events going on.
You won't regret this!!!

10/10

Exceptional

24 Dec 2015

Verified traveler

You'll love it.

Amazing place with great vibes.

Family

8/10

Excellent

20 Dec 2015

Verified traveler

Nice hostel one of the best I've been. modern comfy clean rooms. good bar and café on site. good to socialise and good location . overall very good hostel and cheap wifi is hit n miss though only downfall

8/10

Excellent

10 Dec 2015

Alexandra

Good place!

Wifi wasn't reliable and slow at times, the place was really clean and the beds really comfy, one of the best showers I've had too!! Would recommend and definitely stay again though

2/10

Poor

09 Dec 2015

Krzysztof

Far from the beaches. The lady from the reception wanted to charge me again despite already paying before on hotels.com. There was a period of time with no water on 3rd floor which made it not comfortable. The reception staff was quite cold and acted more like a commercial tour place making business rather than hostel.

2/10

Poor

27 Nov 2015

Nathan

First hostel review

It was a decent hostel.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Nov 2015

Verified traveler

Excellent Hostel

Amazing hostel, clean, friendly, safe. Evening activities and a couple of lovely music bars.

8/10

Excellent

23 Nov 2015

Verified traveler

Excellent

Excellent Hostel. Clean, Friendly, Nightly Activities. Extended my stay for a further two nights

8/10

Excellent

16 Nov 2015

Stuart

Backpacking fun

Good fun hostel with great staff

8/10

Excellent

09 Oct 2015

Verified traveler

Great hostel!!

Stayed 2 nights in the mixed dorm n other 2nights in the double room. Each room had a good n bad point, but overall. It was good

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

29 Aug 2015

Verified traveler

Great Location and Decent Hostel

The check-in process was quick since the staff doesn't seem to care much about who goes in and out. No smiles, no greeting, just pure business. I stayed on the second floor in room PE. Not sure if other rooms were experiencing the same connection, but the wifi kept cutting in and out and was extremely slow. The aircon is shut off during the day, I'm thinking to conserve energy? The room itself was clean, but my bed sheet had a few stains on them. Thank goodness for my thin sleeping bag liner I brought. They provide towels for rent, the lockers are underneath the bed and pretty spacious and the restrooms are fairly clean. There's happy hour from 7-9:30pm at their bar called Playground and each night has a different agenda such as Giant Jenga, Twister, Flip Cup contest, etc.

2/10

Poor

05 Aug 2015

Harold

Big disappointment

This place was in fact a bar, with also some beds. Extremely loud music from this bar in my dorm until well after 2:00am. After notifying the staff, no follow-up. They did not care at all. Was happy to leave.

8/10

Excellent

03 May 2015

Ryan D

Good hostel but not if you don't want to party

Overall pak-up is a good hostel. Bathrooms are clean and it has free shampoo and body wash which was very nice and convenient.
Things could be cleaned a bit better as the blankets were never washed or changed upon new guest arrivals.
It is a bit of a modern/party hostel with the expectation to be really fun and prepare you for partying on islands like Phi Phi. So if you're not up for partying or are looking for a more cultural experience, there might be better options a available.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Feb 2015

Mike

Great place to stay on a budget!

Great place to stay on a budget. Top five hostels I've stayed in, friendly staff, good location and spotless. Plenty of hot water no matter what time of the day.

Great coffee shop for breakfast, really cheap and opens from 0600.

6/10

Pleasant

28 Jan 2015

Verified traveler

Expedia messed up Big Time.

I booked a single room, the hostle put me in a dorm with 9 other people. If that was what I had planned on, it would have been fine. Expedia's goof.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Nov 2014

Kurtis

Pak up review

amazing hostel to stay at definitely recommend for any other travellers passing through krabi

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2014

Great place! Friendly and clean and comfortable

Friendly staff, relaxed scooter hire and very good price. Comfy beds, showers have great water pressure, nice guests, fun bar on the roof with great local singer.

10/10

Exceptional

27 Apr 2014

EAMONN

The best hostel ever

I'll keep it short:
-great facilities in terms of rooms, bathrooms and in house bars
-tour/transport availability is impressive
-excellent customer service
-excellent prices for what your getting; the extra 100 baht a night compared to local competition is well worth it.

Basically if your sociable and stay here you will LOVE IT!

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jan 2023

Susanne

Fantastisk! Rent, enkelt å være både sosial og alene. Noen ganger varm dusj.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

04 Mar 2020

Nathalie

Les chambres et sanitaires sont très propre,le cadeau d'accueil est appréciable, et proposer des sorties est intéressant

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Oct 2019

Richard

Zeer tevreden! Very very good! We were in this hostel for 2 nights and it was very clean and good looking. The area around this hostel is also great, especially the night market during the weekend

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

02 Aug 2019

Verified traveler

Good

Goood

8/10

Excellent

25 Jan 2019

Verified traveler

Bra i sin helhet

Mycket fräscht och trevligt hostel. Lite trånga rum dock som lätt kändes instängda.

Friends

8/10

Excellent

21 Apr 2018

Maria

Social highlight with style.

Clean, comfortable beds, decent social areas. really nice for a hostel with shared dorms.
The rooms had ac and were really well maintained and close to the pier to the islands. Id go here again.

We rented scooter from the hostel and they were fine with letting us change 'renter' in the middle of the renting period.

8/10

Excellent

31 Oct 2016

Kevin - KJ

Schlichtes Hostel mit super Preis-Leistung

Das Hostel ist sehr gepflegt, das Personal ist freundlich und hilfsbereit. Im hauseigenen Garten hat es einen Billiardtisch und Beerpong und eine coole Bar. Viele junge Leute sind dort anzutreffen und die Stimmung ist sehr gemütlich und kann auch einmal etwas laut werden. :)
Kann ich absolut empfehlen. Die Ausflüge können ebenfalls direkt im Hostel gebucht werden, ansonsten ist in Krabi nicht so viel los.

10/10

Exceptional

19 Oct 2016

Nicole

Leuk en gezellig hostel

Het was een perfect hostel in een wat saaie stad. De bedden, kamers en sanitair is perfect. Ook werd er iedere avond iets georganiseerd in de playground, erg gezellig. De locatie is goed omdat je overal in de buurt zit.