Like Home Hostel - Chiang Mai

Thank you Nuy, for your hospitality and bringing people together and taking care of your guests. You have to be chill to stay here, if you want luxury service go else where, if you want heart felt chill Chiang Mai spirit like at home you will be taken care of. If you want servants on your command try another kind of hotel. I took a private room including scooter, which i could choose from the range of available bikes, I was given the option to upgrade to a "bigger" bike for a reasonable cost. the lower cc bike was fine for me and well serviced. i pretty much kept to myself, and in some occasion took the included breakfast or dinner and became well aquainted with some other long term guests. others would often do day activities together if thats what you're looking for. The private room nearby the main house was perfect for my stay. serviced upon request.

From the moment I met Nuy, I was blown away by her hospitality and energy. She ensured I was happy with my room choice, I was in an apartment in another building about 8 mins walk away. I didn’t mind walking from one building to the other as it was a nice friendly neighbourhood. The apartment was a good size, had a comfortable bed, the shower was hot and the ac powerful.||Like Home is located close to the centre. There is a park not too far away where you can attend a free morning yoga or pilates class.||I chose to stay at this hostel as I liked the idea that breakfast and an evening meal were included - bonus! I totally made the right choice. Tea, coffee and water was always available. The breakfast was eggs of your choice, toast and fruit. It was a great way to start the day and there were loads of restaurants and cafes nearby for lunch. Sometimes I went next door for a fresh fruit juice or smoothie in the afternoon.||Dinner is a delicious buffet, sometimes Nuy would mix it up by adding a dish from a different part of Asia. During dinner you get to meet the guests from the other buildings as well as some other tourists or locals passing through.||If you needed help or advice about anything, Nuy is there for you. I booked an amazing cooking class through her and saved on the price. I also brought some material that needed to be hemmed and was done very professionally via Nuy. I would also recommend booking any tours through her as she knows which ones are more reputable. There are laundry machines available for a small fee or Nuy can do it for you.||I was only meant to stay for two weeks and try another guesthouse but chose to extend my stay as it really truly did feel like home to me. I did move to another building closer to the main one, just because a room became available and to try it out. It was another nice self contained and bright room which was even closer to my fruit smoothie.||If you want great value and to meet nice people, then I would definitely recommend Like Home. I saw all age groups and nationalities, there was a wonderful mix of amazing people.😊 I will most certainly be returning to Like Home on my next trip and will recommend it to others.||As for Nuy’s laugh - infectious!😁||||||

Amazing stay at Like Home hostel! Yes the dorms and rooms are scattered around the area - but no more than 15 minutes walk away! And that is just a place to rest, you come to the main hostel building to eat your free breakfast and dinner and to socialise with everyone! The food was always unreal aswell. Nuy was absolutely fantastic during our stay, always full of jokes and laughter and ready to help out. The vibe at the hostel is really relaxed and you'll be sure to make good friends here :) The scooter rental was also only 150 baht a day! Can 100% recommend this hostel even on atmosphere alone - particularly for backpackers.

We stayed at several hostels in Thailand and this was by far the best. Lives up to the name! The owner Nuy is a gracious host and makes delicious Thai breakfast and dinner that was completely complementary. Everyone eats dinner on the front patio and it's a great way to meet some fellow travellers, chat and get ideas for excursions! The place is a short walk away from the old town, although they do have a few buildings in the neighborhood. We had to stay in one a little further away from the main building the first night - there were a lot of people in town for a festival - but they threw in a free ride to the airport to compensate. Bikes and mopeds are also available to rent for about B200 to B300 a day depending how fancy a one you want. Will definitely stay again if and when I pass thru Chiang Mai agajn!

Truly a home away from home- sharing 2 meals daily (included in already low accommodation price) creates a tight friendly community. Nuy and her employees are so helpful and inviting. Great location with everything you need 5 min walk away. I’ll never stay anywhere else in Chiang Mai. Love you guys!!!

One of the best places I’ve stayed anywhere in the world. This is a hidden gem. I’ve never felt so much like i was back at my mom’s house. Nuy is a queen, a rascal, a chef, a generous host, and a little Thai auntie to us all. I love her, I miss her, I want to be like her when I grow up. She will hug you like family, she will gossip with you like a friend, she will tell you which Mui Thai fighter to bet on like the gambling addict that she is. She is a one of one. She is the guardian angel of broke backpackers young and old. The vibe: This place seems to consistently attract interesting and lovely people and the family style meals make for a great social setting. Yes it’s a bit chaotic but so is a real house with real character and this place lives up to the Like Home name in every way. The price: This place is SUCH good value. The breakfast is excellent (Avocado toast with eggs was my favorite) The dinners are lavish, 5 different dishes + desert. The menu constantly changes but the food is always delicious and there is always meat and vegetarian options. Also free laundry and free scooter if you are in one of the further buildings. Please show some patience, she is just one single lady running a hostel across 6 buildings, a scooter rental business, a laundromat and also feeding 30 hungry backpackers twice a day. I miss that maniacal cackling laugh. I will be back Nuy.

DO NOT BOOK A PRIVATE ROOM HERE. I don't usually leave reviews, but after years of my partner and I travelling, this is the worst experience either of us has had. Accommodation: When we arrived, 10pm at night, we were told (not asked) that we would be staying in a room 10 minutes drive away because the room we booked wasn't available. A volunteer wanted to take our bags off us and drive us there separately on a bike, which obviously we declined. We got our own transport and were left waiting outside for ages until my partner went back there to complain and someone brought the key. The room was far away, smelly, run down and too far to walk for the included breakfast or dinner. We saw that the food is buffet and left out for hours with lots of flies around. Service: The service is absolutely chaotic. Nuy never answers messages so one of us had to walk to the main hostel every time we had a question, which was 15 mins walk away. When I took laundry, Nuy put our bags on a random guy's motorbike without asking me. When we returned to collect it, it was in a separate street, with clothes strewn everywhere and mixed with other people's belongings. We had to go through other people's clothes to find what belonged to us. Nothing was folded nicely or organised, and she'd shrunk a lot of my clothes. Whenever we needed cleaning they would arrive hours after agreed time. There is also a guy that volunteers there (named Amen), who at first gave me his number to contact him if we needed anything and then lied a couple of days later, saying he doesn't work there. This is because he was busy playing chess and didn't want to help. He intentionally spoke to my partner in Portuguese, knowing I couldn't understand, and told him negative things about me thinking my partner wouldn't tell me. I've never known service like this Thailand. I hope people take all the negative reviews seriously. This place is a scam, full of liars and they don't communicate anything. I've attached a video of the laundry and how shrunk some of the clothes are (those trousers should be the same).

A big disappointment. We arrived in Chiang Mai and decided to book this hostel. When we got there, we waited for the host to arrive, and when she did, she told us the building was fully occupied and that she would take us to another place for that night—without even apologizing. She put my suitcase on a motorbike and a strange man started taking it away. Then we got on other motorbikes, carrying more large luggage, and followed her without knowing where we were going. We arrived at a regular room, but it was on a quiet street. The whole situation was so uncomfortable that we decided to cancel the remaining days of our reservation. Because of the fees and transportation costs, we ended up paying almost an extra night. I do not recommend it.