Shanghai Hotel Tips by purplefeet

Mingtown Hiker Youth Hostel: Mingtown Intl Hiker Youth Hostel Mingtown Hiker Youth Hostel Review

MINGTOWN Hiker International Youth Hostel
No. 450 Middle Jiangxi Rd. Shanghai. P.R.China
p. 00862163297889
e. mingtown@foxmail.com

We stayed in this hostel for one night only and booked through hostelworld.com. We arrived in the morning tired from our 13hr train journey back from Beijing. The hostel staff on duty was prompt and in a matter of minutes we were resting our tired bodies on our beds. We booked a mixed dorm rm for RMB85 per bed per night. Though it is RMB10 pricier than our previous hostel, it was worth it with the bigger lobby, restaurant, nicer CR and nicer staff. It is also wi-fi free zone in the lobby and resto area. Check-out the next day was also a breeze. At the time, taxis are not allowed to enter the hostel's exact street so we got off at a street across and walked.

Unique Qualities: very cozy lobby and restaurant which are both wi-fi free zones
for rmb8 (i think) you can wash your laundry
very nice bathrooms and showers

Address: No.450 Middle Jiangxi Road, Shanghai, Shanghai Region, 200002, China

Comparison: about average

Directions: Nanjing Rd(E) station, take exit 3 and walk along the east Nanjing Rd to the east. After the second traffic lights turn left (walk along the Middle Jiangxi Rd to north),after the 4th block(East Beijing Rd)

Other Contact: mingtown@foxmail.com

Phone: 00862163297889

Price: less than US$20

Theme: Hostel

Mingtown Hiker Youth Hostel: For the Budget Traveller Mingtown Hiker Youth Hostel Review

MINGTOWN People's Square Youth Hostel No.35 Yong Shou Road Huangpu District
phone. +86-21-63287511 email. mingtown@foxmail.com

This is where we stayed for 1 night. We emailed the staff beforehand that we will arrive late in the evening, 11PM but we're surprised that the staff was not too friendly when we arrived. We were too tired and just grateful to be handed our key. We booked a mixed dorm rm. The hostel had no escalator/elevator so dragging your luggages to 3 flights of stairs is quite a task. They have restaurant but we didn't have the chance to try the menu. What's good here is that you can bring your own food and eat breakfast quietly outside the floor lobby where tables and chairs are provided. At the time, cold water was not available maybe because it's already cold outside (haha!) The hostel staff who arranged our check-out the following day made up for the previous day's mishap. They even wrote the People Square stn in Chinese characters for the taxi driver.

Unique Qualities: Their rate is cheap: RMB75 per bed for the mixed dorm rms. We booked through hostelworld.com which proved to be reliable. Their location is also great because it is just in a street near Yan'an elevated pedestrian walkway. They have hot/cold shower, hot water and a resto inside.

Address: No.35 Yong Shou Road Huangpu District

Comparison: about average

Other Contact: mingtown@foxmail.com

Phone: +86-21-63287511

Price: less than US$20

Theme: Hostel