A16 Hostel Tokyo

Big rooms with many people, can be a disadvantage or an advantage, for me it was a disadvantage, too many people snoring during the night.The showers with hot water are a bit crowded.The service was great by the employees.

Recommended for those traveling alone.In fact, if you are picky about accommodation conditions, this is a place you should skip (since it is a hostel), and I recommend it if you want to stay alone comfortably and cost-effectively.The people I shared the room with kept their manners, so I didn't have any major inconveniences.Because people of so many different nationalities gather together,Another feature is that you can smell all kinds of different smells.(It's not a bad smell, but it's strange...)This may not be a good accommodation for those with sensitive sense of smell or hearing.I used it satisfactorily for 3 days.I intend to use it again next time I need to find accommodation.

Stayed two weeks. Great location, very clean, and nice staff who all spoke excellent english. Common area was great for socializing with fellow travellers.

For this price level I think this is very good deal!They have showers, small lockers for your valuable items, laundry machines, etc. All you need for travelling alone.Travellers here are mostly foreigners so you will most likely find some company in the downstairs chilling area.The staff is there already from 10 morning Until 23:00.The staff were super friendly and helpful in everything. Thank you! 🇫🇮😊

Pros: Good location, good service staffDisadvantages: The rooms are cramped, very crowded. Walk from the elevator only 1 meter to the bed and walk 1 meter to the bathroom. More than 20 guests per room per floor.Very small space with lots of room Therefore there is loud noise throughout the night.The room smells musty and musty, the air conditioner is not cool, there is water dripping.The central area is very cramped. Dining seating, lobby, washing machine Everything together in one place There is not enough space for 20 guests x 4 floors.

I’ll start with the good things and then follow it with the bad.The good things: convenient location, quiet area (even with the train, surprisingly), and just physically, the interior of the hostel is very nice. They clearly did the best they could with the space they had. It is not a run down hostel by any means, it’s actually one of the nicer looking ones I’ve stayed at.Now the bad, which is why I won’t stay here again during my next visit:1. If you have an upper bunk, all I can say is good luck. The ladder to climb is abnormally tiny with no handles or rails or anything to hold on to. It’s an incredibly awkward and sometimes even painful balancing act to climb to your bed, and it’s even worse climbing down. I’m surprised no one else is mentioning this. After climbing this mountain twice, I had enough. I asked the staff if I could get a bottom bunk instead, and they told me there are none, even though there are clearly unused bottom bunks in my room, but okay.2. The entrance to the bathroom is just…right there in the dorm room. And it’s not even a fully enclosed wall to the bathroom - there’s this bizarre rectangular opening on the only wall separating the bathroom and dorm room. I’ve never seen anything like it. Privacy has left the chat.3. Similar to the bathroom, the elevator just opens…directly into the room. 3ft away from the nearest bed. To me, this is worse than the train sounds. Again, I know they had to do what they could with the limited space, but holy smokes.4. Because of the limited space of this hostel, there are a TON of beds crammed into one tiny room. Again, I’ve never seen anything like it. I’ve stayed at countless hostels and capsule hotels, but this was different. It’s like everyone is just sleeping on top of one another, and the dividers between the beds are paper thin.5. The shower is on the 6th floor, with no elevator access. Bottom line, you will be walking around the hostel before and after your shower - there is no isolated space for this.6. I’ll cut to the chase: you will be using your phone as a flashlight in your bunk (see picture). Tip: There technically is a light switch, it’s just very tiny, tucked away underneath the safe. Not that it matters, it’s only bright enough to maybe illuminate the pillow.7. The laundry machines are IN the lobby. I know they’re doing the best with what they had, and some people may not care about this so I put this last, but it just seems incredibly awkward doing your laundry 3ft away from people checking in.

After arriving at another hostel and discovering it was deleting its reviews, was dirty, and the staff were silent and not welcoming, I fortunately found A16 Hostel on Google.This hostel was the opposite of that in every way. The staff are extremely, extremely helpful.. they all speak good conversational English and will help you find or do anything in Japan. I needed help picking up my hiking gear for Mount Fuji, they perfectly assisted me. I needed to call another hotel, they are happy to help you.They are also friendly and welcoming, this is very important if you’re stepping into Japan for the first time. I cannot fault them.The building itself has been renovated less than 12 months ago and is kept very clean. The showers and toilets are all clean, your sheets are crisp and clean, it is treated with Japanese respect and cleanliness, it is not some dirty run down hostel.All dorm rooms have a little shelf with a small safe box and a blackout privacy curtain. The mattress is quite comfortable and large enough for me at 176cm.Some reviewers mention the train noise - I found it barely noticeable inside and if you have earplugs you’re not going to wake up. It wasn’t enough of a problem for me hearing a train a few times a day.Showers are clean and have space for your clothes with a little shelf and rack.The lobby downstairs has all the washers and dryers which is smart considering this keeps them away from sleeping guests on a room floor.The common area is very clean and quite modern. As others have noted there is no kitchen in here, however with ramen, soba, tempura, multiple combinis less than five minutes from the front door you can enjoy options without cooking.The common area does not have any couches or board games or a tatami space, which is a shame but I feel the other features sure make up for it. You are in Tokyo.. every place is going to have its drawbacks.I was travelling solo for 20 days in Japan, this was my favourite hostel and I met a lot of great people here. Hostels in Japan can be very hit and miss and misleading on HostelWorld or booking websites. This place is the opposite and they deserve to be busy and well reviewed.I also left some of my luggage here for 12 days for a very reasonable fee.If you are solo travelling and coming to Tokyo for a few days, I highly recommend A16 hostel.

I've stayed at many hostels and this was one of the best. True Japanese passionate cleanliness. Really helpful friendly staff. Location is perfect, just metres from the Subway station and river. Some complain about the train noise, but it's also on a one-way street so minimal if any road traffic noise. Bed was comfortable and the hostel itself was quite futuristic. No real kitchen, but it's not needed in inner city Tokyo. I genuinely enjoyed my stay and would happily recommend it to everyone. Arigato!

Nice place, quality price and the only B soft is if you are a light sleeper it will be hard to sleep but the meetings I have had are incredible!