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01 Jun 2025
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02 Jun 2025
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2 Adults - 0 Child
1 room
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Hotel Description

Located in Kota Kinabalu (Downtown Kota Kinabalu), Akinabalu Youth Hostel is within a 15-minute walk of Suria Sabah Shopping Mall and Jesselton Point Ferry Terminal. This hostel is 2 mi (3.2 km) from Imago Shopping Mall and 0.1 mi (0.2 km) from Gaya Street Sunday Market. Make yourself at home in one of the 15 guestrooms. Digital television is provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature showers with rainfall showerheads and bidets. Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk and coffee/tea in a common area.

Hotel policies

No rollaway/extra beds available

No cribs (infant beds) available

No elevators

Professional property host/manager

Pets not allowed

Service animals not allowed

Check-in from: 2:00 PM
Check-in by: Anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out by: 12:00 PM

Important information

You need to know
  • No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
Special Instructions
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property.
Instructions
  • Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
  • Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
  • Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
  • This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
  • Safety features at this property include a first aid kit
Minimal age
18
Spoken Language

Malay

English

Chinese (Mandarin)

Amenities

Most Popular

Free WiFi

Bar/Lounge

Concierge

Smoking areas

Other

Coffee/tea in common areas

24-hour front desk

Designated smoking areas

Wheelchair accessible – no

Hotel reviews

8.6
Excellent25 Verified Reviews
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Cleanliness8.2/10
Service9.0/10
Comfort8.0/10
Condition8.0/10
Neighborhood9.0/10
10/10
Exceptional
Verified traveler, 24 Jan 2020
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Nice, and Cheap place to stay

Nice and clean place to stay. It is easy to find and locate at lots of eatery place.

8/10
Excellent
Maki, 06 Sep 2019
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Good location. Friendly staff.

Great location. Very helpful staff. I stayed in a double room. The room was okay. The location is great. Close to restaurants and night market. Breakfast was not very good but you get what you pay for. I enjoyed the stay because the staff were friendly. You have to go upstairs to get to the reception.Then further up to your room.

10/10
Exceptional
Oscar, 15 Dec 2018
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Comfort

Stay was really good , everything was lovely and the staff were friendly . Perfectly located near to everything

8/10
Excellent
Blair, 08 Jul 2018
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Staff were nice, showers and toilets clean. Breakfast left a little to be desired.

10/10
Exceptional
Matthew, 28 May 2018
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Clean amazing hostel

Brilliant hostel in a good location. We stayed in the double room with fan, and we found that the fan was enough to keep us cool. The shared bathrooms are really clean and on every floor, the shower is hot and powerful which is a nice treat for us when budget backpacking! Staff at the hostel are really friendly, we booked a couple of trips with them and they all went well.

8/10
Excellent
Catherine, 28 Mar 2017
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Great hostel fair price

Really nice hostel with lovely staff. Room was nice & a good size. Good AC. Wifi even worked in the room even though that was not promised. Booked a really good tour to Kinabalu Park. Cheap beers even cheaper than the shop. Great location close to everything. Breakfast is great. Free water & use of fridge. Definitely recommended

8/10
Excellent
Verified traveler, 16 Feb 2017
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So cosy

High recommend. The private room are comfortable. Near at restaurants, bank and also grocery store.

8/10
Excellent
Wolter, 22 Jan 2017
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Basic hostel with friendly staff

Everything is really clean and tidy. Staff is very friendly and would love to help you. Rooms are really basic. Dont expect to much from breakfast. But compared to the price everything is great.

8/10
Excellent
Hayley, 20 Jan 2017
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The environment was comfy. the housekeeping was awesome!

8/10
Excellent
Verified traveler, 14 Dec 2016
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You get what you pay for - cheap and clean

For the price, it was a good place to stay with the free breakfast of toast, one hard boiled egg, hotdogs, cake, instant noodles and free flow of tea and coffee! The room i was in was small for 4 persons, and was more like a store room, with two windows opening out to the common area, not to the outside. The larger dormitory rooms looked more spacious and airy. The shower was a very small trickle, so much so it was faster for me to bathe from the lower tap. Better if there had been a pail, and a bucket bath would have been more satisfying. It was very noisy from the road traffic, and while there is a designated smoking area, the smoke tends to drift to the other common areas. So if you're sensitive to cigarette smoke, not a good place to stay.

10/10
Exceptional
Aoife, 07 Dec 2016
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Lovely hostel

Lovely hostel and lovely staff, very helpful. Perfect place to stay in KK

10/10
Exceptional
Armagan, 03 Feb 2020
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Wonderful place in KK

Perfect location, helpful and kind staff, very friendly atmosphere. Great value of money.

10/10
Exceptional
Hs, 13 Jul 2019
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한국분들!!!나 돈업다 하눈붐들 보say영!!young!!!

정말 친근하다 근데 혼숙 열명 방은 추천하지 않아요 코를 너무 많이 골고 수압이 너무너무 약해요ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅜㅠ 근데 직원들이 너무 친절해서 모든게 잊혀집니다ㅠㅠㅠ여자분이라면 여성룸4명을 추천 드려요 근처 저렴한 식당도 나쁘지 않아요

10/10
Exceptional
Momoko, 06 Aug 2018
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Staffs are very kind and there is breakfast! The toilets and bathrooms are clean.

8/10
Excellent
Mickey, 22 May 2018
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街の中心部近くの便利なホテル

エアポートからのバスは近くのホライズンホテル前まで5リンギットです。 ホテルの入り口が表示が小さく細いので分かりにくいかも。2階が受付になります。 WiFiはストレスなく繋がります。 街内は徒歩圏で便利なロケーションです。 部屋は綺麗に清掃され気持ちいいです。 ベッドのシーツはリクエストしないと取り換えがないようです。

10/10
Exceptional
Ki Yam, 21 May 2018
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Budget Stay

The hostel is a budget stay with very convenient location. We chose an air-conditioned room and the environment is cozy. Light breakfast is provided.

8/10
Excellent
21, 11 Apr 2018
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Good

Cheap price Clean bed room Nice staff Free WiFi but top floor can’t connect with Broken computer Toilet too small but acceptable

8/10
Excellent
Verified traveler, 09 May 2017
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Good location and nice staff

Very convenient location. Staff are very nice and helpful. Recommend!

8/10
Excellent
マッキー, 04 May 2017
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居心地の良いホステル

チャイナタウンの中にある感じのホステルで、周りにたくさんのレストラン、ファーストフード、コンビニがある。 静かでロビーにたくさんのバックパッカーが集まりネットサーフィンをしている。 朝食も付いていて有り難い限りだ。

2/10
Poor
Verified traveler, 16 Apr 2017
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Over all, sevice including staff is terrible. Not cozy, too hot room . Plus, not easy to find wifi signal.

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