The room was clean, and the bathroom was a lot nicer than expected. The air conditioner didn’t work, but a fan was provided. Regardless though, it was very hot, and the thin mattress gave me a lot of back pain, but that’s to be expected in a hostel style hotel. The lobby and bar areas are nice as well. The location is great.
Now, for the awful part:
My friend and I were asleep in our room at around 10:30am when we heard a quick knock on the door followed by our door being opened. My friend jumped up and went to the door and said “hey!” and the person closed the door again. My friend reopened the door to see a man, who could’ve been mistaken as another guest or a random person. The man says something along the lines of “I have to check something” and rushes past my friend, into the room, uninvited. He opens the bathroom door, takes a look at the toilet, and tells us he’ll be back at 12pm. There was nothing wrong with the toilet, we didn’t put in a service request, and we were not told that someone would be coming by. It is VERY concerning to me that an employee, especially a man, is able to access rooms without waiting for someone to answer the door and without notice. This is a huge safety concern, especially for solo women travellers. I understand this might have been a room mix up, but it’s quite alarming that this happened in the first place. We even used the extra lock on the inside, but that was bypassed. There is no deadbolt to secure the door, and there is no peephole.