Laura's backpacker 523

Great hostel, super social, not in a party way, but in a meeting friends type of hostel! Loved every single day, the people I met here and I kept on extending. Laura is also an amazing character, great person and she’s always so available to reply to all your questions and give recommendations. They also offer both breakfast and dinner which is definitely a plus, very good vegan food! The position is also great, close to Malioboro street, close to restaurants and also to the train station. Can only recommend staying at this hostel.

The sociability of this hostel makes makes it rather special. Communal breakfast and dinner are a great way to get to know other travellers. Dinner is vegetarian and genuinely delicious. Staff are all very friendly, in particular Laura who is an absolute gem; she also has a breadth of knowledge on anything and everything Yogya. The dorms and bathrooms are a bit rough and dated, but significantly better than I expected for the price (comfy beds, warm showers).

Gave us a scooter where the brakes didn't work and we almost died. Refused to give us a refund when we returned it early and laughed at us when we told them how dangerous it was to not have working brakes. Also I didn't sleep at all because the rooms were so dirty and sheets unwashed so I got very sick from allergies. Mold in the bathrooms. The staff were extremely rude and ignored us when we tried to ask for help. I've never experienced such rude staff in any hostel in the world. (Laura is actually wonderful, so sweet and informative. If I were reviewing just her it would be five stars but unfortunately the other staff were so bad). Overall though this was the worst place I've stayed in months travelling Asia.

It's not a luxury hostel, but the best thing you can get for this price! The facilities are decent, but they have free breakfast and dinner, which makes it easy as a solo traveler to meet people. Would stay here again!

Really super hostel! The Dorms have AC, not all have bed curtains though, if you need that. Theres small lockers that are free and you can have free tee, coffee, breakfast and dinner and even buy a good lunch that lauras mom makes. Staff is very helpful and local fruit markets, cold drinks, kios are in walking distance. The community areas are great to hang out and meet new people and Laura can tell you everything you want to know about the area and places to go, things to do like the volcano tour, the silver workshop or a Batik class. They even do laundry service at a good price good quality. All in all highly recommend this place!!!

The dorm rooms are very basic, but the hostel is very nice. The people that work at the hostel are very nice and want to help with everything. The price is amazing, as you even get free breakfast and dinner (the dinner is amazing). If you are lucky you might even get the chance to hold the python Laura sometimes brings.

Rooms were very basic but an incredible hostel. Has free breakfast and dinner which I've never seen before. Water refill and tea and coffee available. Very sociable, easy to meet people at dinner. Laura brings her snake most nights and she gives a lot of good information on things to do. Definitely reccomeded to stay here if you're in Yogyakarta

They warned us for the noise if you book a private room but that it would be this bad I couldn't imagine. We stayed for 2 nights but we couldn't sleep at all. The room is next to a busy road where is only a super thin door with holes which separates you from the road, so you can hear everything. The room next to us(I think staff) starts cleaning and packing things at 4 in the night. Before 6 they start cleaning the rest of the hostel which makes so much noise. And besides that we all got sick from the food. Never ever again.