Customer Rating Chiayi - Alishan Hostel Activity Center

  14 Reviews  
Total:
85%
Friendliness of Staff:
85%
Efficiency of Service:
85%
Comfort:
92%
Cleanliness:
90%
Security:
82%
Location:
75%

Comments

17 Jul 2009 Boon Kiat, Singapore
 73% 
Was very impressed by the decoration of the interior of the place initially. With a mini-bar and a whole collection of books (akin to a mini-library) as well as friendly staff, it is one of the better hostels I have lived in. Though I personally feel the cleanliness of some spot of the place could be better.

04 Jun 2009 Elliot, Hong Kong
 90% 
Absolutely independent from other places. Can enjoy the peace and quite of Alishan. Nice view of Alishan from the entrance.

18 May 2009 Hitomi, Japan
No comment as I couldn't stay at the hostel as it's located very far from the Alishan station. The staff was very kind to recommend me to stay at hotels near the station as I'd like to watch sunrise next day. I suggest the hostel to inform their location and what can be done to their guests to avoid same mistakes as what I did.

15 May 2009 Robert, USA
 93% 
The staff was very accommodating and helpful. Unfortunately the Alishan train did not stop at the stop, and ended up at the top without any info on how to get back down to Er Wan Ping. Thankfully the Information people at the top helped contact the hostel, and a driver came up to bring us to the hostel for no additional cost.

26 Mar 2009 Cheung, Hong Kong
 90% 
kindly, efficiently, highly recommend for bagpacker, but i can't find any foreigner in this 2 nights, it's a good hostel

18 Mar 2009 Natalie, Singapore
 53% 
The male receptionist was not very helpful. It was like he would only provide an answer to the question we asked and nothing more. The X factor was missing. The security was not very good. We had alot of difficulty in locking the room and even spent up to 10 mins closing the door. Furthermore, the smell of smoke was a constant through the 2 nights. We even rang up the reception but to no avail. Being an asthmatic, it was highly annoying that I had to wake up to the smell of smoke and sleep with it too instead of enjoying the fresh mountain air. I was recommended to stay at a HI Hostel as it was said to be safer and it had a higher standard. Overall, it was pretty alright but it was all the little things from the not so helpful receptionist to the smoke filled air that made this one of the not so worth it hostels. I wouldn't recommend my friends to stay in the hostel and I do hope by commenting, the management could do something and improve the stay for other travellers.