Connect Hostel Chiangrai, Thailand

An okay hostel. Noticed a lot of ants around the hostel, especially around the common area and reception. Also a crazy amount of musquitos in our room. We've booked a private room. The bathroom and bedroom were clean and personnel were nice. Not a very social hostel, but we're here in low season. Maybe in the high season it's different.

Honestly, my friend and I had a good experience at this hostel. As soon as we arrived, we were greeted with a smile by a young receptionist and everything was shown and explained to us. The room was a bit dark and there was both a toilet and a shower in the room but I personally preferred to use the shared ones to avoid making too much mess in the room (and the shared bathrooms were always empty so there was more privacy). We were also able to rent bicycles and go visit the temples and museums further away from the center. The owner and the gentleman with the earring who works at the reception were always very helpful and always recommended places to visit and markets to eat (even when we didn't ask). The breakfast is a bit poor. Maybe some more fruit would make the guests happier. The only "negative" thing is that the hostel is a bit older than what you see in the photos and because of the garden, be careful not to bring food into the room otherwise you will be invaded by ants.

Perfect hostel for my family. We originally booked 3 nights bit extended 3 more nights. Room is clean. Towels are changed everyday and they also ask if you want room done or not every day. Breakast is perfect. You het pancakes, eggs, toasts, jams, butter, peanut butter, honey and bananas. Coffee and teas available. You can get a cappuccino from them.for 40bht. Laundery possible. 20bht for washing machine and lots of space to hang clothes. I would definitely go back. If you get the chance, speak to VIEW. She is a lovely member of the staff and she gave us good advice. To be honest everyone was so nice!!

Stayed there with friends. The staff were so helpful and friendly. Love their authentic minimalist kitchen 🥰 Most of all. Sooo cleannnn 100000/1000000

This is the most bizarre hotel I have ever encountered in all my travels around the world! They provide breakfast but require guests to wash their own dishes. There’s even a very intimidating old man 😱 on site, watching to see if everyone has cleaned their dishes properly, inspecting each and every bowl and plate! This experience was extremely unpleasant. If I had known I needed to wash dishes myself, I would never have booked this hotel. What’s even worse is that my parents are over 70 years old and were still asked to help wash dishes! Our whole family, including my dad, mom, and wife, felt extremely uncomfortable because of this rule. We came here for a vacation, not to work for the hotel. Moreover, this hotel is in a poor location with low quality, yet it’s more expensive than places I’ve stayed in Chiang Mai. It’s simply not worth it! Additionally, the hotel staff specifically approached my mother afterwards, saying she didn’t wash the dishes. This made us feel very strange and uneasy. How did you know? Are there surveillance cameras? If there really are, then you’re monitoring customers, which is a serious violation of privacy! This makes us feel completely undignified, unsafe, and very scared. If this is how you treat guests, then may I ask, are other hotels in Thailand like this too? Why is it that only this one gave us such a terrible experience? If the hotel thinks such rules are normal and reasonable, you should at least clearly inform customers when booking, especially ensuring that guests are aware of such requirements. You even have access to guests’ passports and know our ages, yet you still require my parents to wash dishes. This is truly excessive. Your breakfast was already the simplest and worst I’ve ever had, and adding such unreasonable demands is truly unacceptable. My hands are prone to allergies, but looking at that intimidating old man, I was afraid. After all, I’m a tourist, not here to argue with people, so I endured and washed the dishes. However, by the afternoon, my hands had broken out in rashes again due to allergies. Actually, if you’re going to do this, you might as well not include breakfast, as it makes people very uncomfortable. I strongly advise other travelers not to choose this hotel. The service here is not only poor but also full of various unreasonable rules, seriously affecting your vacation mood. I also hope the hotel can reflect on its own problems, apologize to us, and improve such unreasonable behavior. Otherwise, it will only continue to damage Thailand’s reputation as a tourist destination!

Great budget hostel. We were there as a family, and the room was perfect for us. Breakfast was very good as well. Staff was super friendly. We recommend !

Nice and clean hostel with dedicated bathroom and shower including public options as well. The hostel staff was very friendly. A big plus is that they have a Nintendo Switch with some games, a lot of board games as well as some books, so it won't get boring. Unfortunately we didn't meet many people there to connect. However it was all in all a nice stay. Close to some parts of the city and at night very quite, so you will definitely get some good rest. The doors are also secured with key cards. You can also rent bikes here. In my personal opinion one of the offered trips was a little bit pricey, but that's just my personal view. Besides that I don't have any negative to say about the hostel.

Clean hostel. Everyone speak perfect English. They let me check in late with self check in. Breakfast is included and is butter/jam, egg, fruit and pancakes and coffee. Wifi works good. It's walking distance to terminal bus 1 for the temples and Chiang Mai