Sonderia Hostel&Bar-lazybones

I’d say the hostel has a youth vibe and rooms with windows are spacious. Cleanliness could be improved big time as well the messiness in the hallways - apparently the hostel is being renovated so many debris can be spotted accumulated down the hall. Location close enough to the Temple and Monastery complex and to an amazing restaurant street with delicious Chengdu food. Make sure you buy water before coming in and select rooms with windows otherwise you may be assigned one that’s has none.

(pictures attached!)We're not used to writing bad reviews but unfortunatey this time I feel that we owe it to the travel community to say what we have to say. So, first off, they put us in a room that was not the one we booked. We are a marries couple so we booked a "Boutique double room" which looks quite good in pictures. Instead they put us in aa single room, which means the bed was smaller (atill for 2 people but smaller), and the room was at least half the size of what we originally has booked. The big window at the side of the bed was not there but rather it ea very small and quite far fro the bed as you can see in the pictures. But then the bathroom!: the shower wasn't in a closed space but rather it was just a shower head pactically above the toilet seat, making the whole tiny bathroom wet and unusable after taking a simple shower. Water pressure is also very bad and the temperature was just warm, never hot, which coming in February was very bad, as you get cold during the shower given it has no shower screen. The worst of all, was the pungent, persistent awful smell in the whole room coming from the bathroom. It is probably because of all the humidity the room has. We were put in room 333 specifically. We passed by other rooms whule they were being cleaned and I truly believe our room was the worst of all, even though we had booked for a good room. The walls and the corners of the room were quite dirty. We also wanted to boil some water to make instant noodles but found out the kettle had water from who knows when, and smelled awful. Both nights we had to sleep with the window oipen because of this awful smell, which in february meant we got cold during the night. There was a bit of black mould in the shower, too. We complained about the room not being the one we payed for to the staff, hoping they would solve the situation so that I wouldn't have to write this review. But they told us taht they basically only had 1 other room available for us and only for th second night, but it was a twin room so still much worse than what we originally wanted. So basically they didn't do anything. I asked the price of the room we booked to the staff because maybe we had made a mistake, but when she told us the price, ti was exactly what we had payed for. Also, the wifi in the room does not work, so we had to go down to the lobby to simply use our phones or computer. If you're counting on workign from your room, don't. I am attaching pictures of the room that we got (the three frist pictures) and the room that we had originally booked through this website. You can see how they're completely different.

This is a really nice and cozy place, they have live music and a lot of interesting activities! the staff was great and friendly, specially Nicole (小美)，she was really kind and friendly, she was a huge help for our stay in ChengDu.

suitable for young travelers, the place is cozy, you meet lots of new foreigners and there are exciting activities. All the receptionists are fine and the best receptionist is Mr. Green. Thank you for your service, especially to the Ayi (阿姨).I appreciate it.

Lola is very friendly and helpful, she helps as much as possible. Hotel is convenient with self service laundry. The location is ok, 10min walk to metro. 15min walk to wen shu yan. The room is spacious, just that the vandalism is not that good, got one kind of smell in the room. It would be great if can provide small towel and shower cap.

Really lovely hostel! The staff are so nice and helpful, and they speak perfect English! They have free events which was fun and an awesome way to meet other backpackers! We stayed in a private room, which was nice! The room itself was clean, stylish, and comfortable. The bathrooms were also nice! Just sometimes no hot water for showering at night. Overall really good hostel, would definitely come back! Oh and lots of good restaurants and convenient stores around.

We had a lovely stay at this hostel. The staff are very helpful and the room is clean and comfortable. There were many travellers staying here. I recommend if you are looking to make new friends 😊

The a**osphere was great the hostel and it was really nice with the bar in the reception. We also thought the staff were great especially a volunteer, Mike, who helped us a lot during our visit and really contributed to the great a**osphere. Also in the morning you could get free very good coffee from 9-10 and that was really appreciated!

This is not the typical backpacker hostel the pictures portray it as. Perhaps in the past it was that, but certainly no longer. Our three night stay was immediately impacted as the triple room booked to accommodate us was apparently not available, we were given two rooms instead meaning we had to split the family. The hostel is under going considerable renovation work so one room was still in a state of completion, was missing the aircon unit and was covered in dust from the building work, the hallway outside the room was a mess of construction materials, dust and rubbish. The reception staff often slept in the foyer and the bar staff seems annoyed if you asked them for a drink. We had high hopes of the hostel it appears to be, the only consolation is the price, as it’s cheap. A big disappoin**ent