Reviews of Smiley's Long Time No See Hostel
3/F, Crown Plaza, No. 107 Zhongshan 3rd Road, Yuzhong District, Yu Zhong, 400000 Chongqing, China
#8 of 106 hotels in Chongqing
Guests' ChoiceReview Score
Based on 18 hostel reviews
9.4Score breakdown
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Cleanliness
9.4
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Comfort
9.4
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Location
9.6
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Facilities
9.4
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Staff
9.7
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Value for money
9.6
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Free Wifi
10.0
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Reviewed: March 22, 2025
Xiuching
Thailand5 Reviews9.0“Relax hotel, very helpful staff and we feel safe”- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Superior Double Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Some areas can be a dusty. But it is ok.
Friendly host, we play video games. It is a relax hostel
Stayed in March 2025
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Reviewed: March 14, 2025
Hiok
Malaysia11 Reviews1 helpful vote9.0“Great location”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 4-Bed Female Dormitory Room - Shared Bathroo
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The heater in the room was not working well and we were freezing
Very close to town centre and lots of eateries around
Stayed in March 2025
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Reviewed: February 17, 2025
Felicita
Italy12 Reviews2 helpful votes9.0Wonderful- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Superior Double Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
It was located in a very comfortable spot, the staff was very nice and friendly and the cats were a very cute and wonderful addition.
Stayed in January 2025
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Reviewed: January 20, 2025
Luke
Singapore96 Reviews12 helpful votes8.0“It's a decent place to stay but I think it's overrated based on current reviews”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 8-Bed Male Dormitory Room - Shared Bathroom
- • Stayed 2 nights
Staff - For a place called "Smiley's", the staff weren't smiley (both over the app or in person). The first time I stayed, I think the staff didn't brief about the drawers under the beds which could be unlocked using the key card and had slippers. On the first night, I came back quite late. I didn't want to potentially wake others up by unzipping my luggage bag so I put some food I bought beside my bag but when I woke up I found that one packet of food was stolen. It's partly my fault but if I knew about the drawer I could've placed it in the drawer (it's not a huge drawer though). Facilities - I'm not sure if it's for all rooms, but the toilet in my room and in the hallway are both of the squatting type so that may not be something that everyone is comfortable with (esp. when you're supposed to throw the toilet paper in the bin just beside you). A towel is provided only upon request. The room feels cramped. Cleanliness - the bathroom could be cleaner but it wasn't too bad. The privacy curtain had some stains on it. Comfort - pillow was a bit soft. Value for money - it's the cheapest hostel I've stayed in anywhere in the world so far and the location is really good but some of the above issues would make me reconsider whether I would stay there again. (There was another time when I put my slippers neatly beside my luggage bag so that it's not blocking anyone's path but the slippers disappeared when I got back so I'm not sure what to think of some of the people staying there.)
Location is really good as it is at Lianglukou subway station (Line 1) which is very central and many of the major tourist attractions are easily accessible in about 10 minutes e.g. Raffles City at Chaotianmen, the cable car and Hongya Cave at Xiaoshizi (though you have to walk 5-10 minutes), E'ling Park at E'ling. Further away on Line 1, you can also get to Shapingba Railway Station (can take high-speed rail to cities such as Chengdu) and Ciqikou Ancient Town. The hostel is about 2 minutes walk from the subway station. Take Exit 3 and go up onto the main road. It's not obvious cos it's on the 3rd floor of Crown Plaza (I used Google Maps so I'm not sure if a China-based app would be more helpful) and there were no signages to the hostel. Thankfully, I could figure out the Chinese name of Crown Plaza and I only saw that when I looked inside a nearby building.
Stayed in January 2025
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Reviewed: January 5, 2025
Annamária
Hungary16 Reviews1 helpful vote8.0Very Good- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Movie Twin Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
New Year’s Eve party was next door till morning.
It was close to the center with metro.
Stayed in January 2025
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Reviewed: December 16, 2024
Kim
Malaysia13 Reviews10Exceptional- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Bed in 8-Bed Female Dormitory Room - Shared Bathroom
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Very good staff service, the front desk staff waited for us though we arrived late.
Stayed in December 2024
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Reviewed: November 12, 2024
Polina
Russia15 Reviews3 helpful votes10Exceptional- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 8-Bed Female Dormitory Room - Shared Bathroom
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
More cats please))
The best hostel in Chongqing. Only two metro stations from the center, very comfortable, very clean , very cool cats, very good price.👍👍👍
Stayed in November 2024
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Reviewed: March 30, 2025
Traveller
Singapore6 Reviews5.0Fair- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 8-Bed Male Dormitory Room - Shared Bathroom
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Squatting type toilet, no place to do laundry.
Stayed in March 2025
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Reviewed: March 3, 2025
Luisa
Italy13 Reviews2 helpful votes7.0Good- • Leisure trip
- • Travelers with friends
- • Bed in 8-Bed Female Dormitory Room - Shared Bathroom
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
Cats living at the reception ruined my friend's luggage and the owner laughed, he didn't even make a discount to her. WiFi didn't work well.
The position was good, the room was clean and the shower very hot. One employee at the reception was very helpful and friendly, he tried to help us in many ways.
Stayed in March 2025
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Reviewed: January 28, 2025
Irina
Mexico40 Reviews8 helpful votes7.0“It's just OK.”- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Movie Queen Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
I felt that reviews were not real about this hostel, actually I suspect that western reviews are fake. Kitchen was very dirty at night, my room wasn't really clean and the projector wasn't working properly. No toilet paper included (I can buy it but arriving late a night, I'd appreciate not to go downstairs and buy it). You can get a nice hotel room with just a bit more.
Staff did their best to communicate with me in English, I appreciate that. They also waited for me until late night. Price was very good (but Chongqing is very affordable overall).
Stayed in January 2025
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Reviewed: January 13, 2025
Tianlun
Netherlands15 Reviews7.0Good- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Superior Double Room
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
The private room wasn’t that clean but it was just okay. It seemed it was a while that the room was cleaned.
The location is good, next to the metro station so it’s easy to get to all the touristic places.
Stayed in January 2025
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Reviewed: December 25, 2024
Alan
Sweden11 Reviews3 helpful votes5.0“Location was great”- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Movie Twin Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
No cleaning - like at all. Toilet paper ? Well go buy it yourself it seems (joke). I could have asked the staff like I normally would but.... I usually don't complain about staff since most people try to do their best. But here I didn't see any engagement what so ever could have been a WeChat login and that's it. Note- I don't care if people in China know English, I'm in their country but this was just so unengaged.
To be honest the only positive I have to say about this place would be location, and that would be only based of food market down below and subway station. Well the price is okey for what you get. So economically speaking sure. But there are other hostels in Chongqing that you should pick! I'm surprised that this hostel have such high grades in general.
Stayed in December 2024
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Reviewed: April 3, 2025
Niklas
Germany2 Reviews9.0Wonderful- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Standard Double Room - No Window
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
There are no comments available for this review
Stayed in April 2025
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Reviewed: December 25, 2024
Li
Australia4 Reviews10Exceptional- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 8-Bed Female Dormitory Room - Shared Bathroom
- • Stayed 7 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
There are no comments available for this review
Stayed in December 2024
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Reviewed: December 6, 2024
Melissa
Singapore2 Reviews8.0Very Good- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Movie Twin Room
- • Stayed 1 night
There are no comments available for this review
Stayed in November 2024
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Reviewed: March 20, 2025
Gino
Italy25 Reviews6.0Pleasant- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveler
- • Bed in 8-Bed Male Dormitory Room - Shared Bathroom
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted from a mobile device
There are no comments available for this review
Stayed in March 2025
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Reviewed: January 26, 2025
Anastasiia
Ukraine16 Reviews1 helpful vote4.0Disappointing- • Solo traveler
- • Standard Double Room - No Window
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted from a mobile device
There are no comments available for this review
Stayed in December 2024
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