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Reviews of Paper Plane Hostel This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!

10F., No. 287, Boai 1st Road, Sanmin District , 807 Kaohsiung, Taiwan

#69 of 247 hotels in Kaohsiung

Guests' Choice

Review Score

Based on 104 hostel reviews

8.4

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.8

  • Comfort

    8.8

  • Location

    9.3

  • Facilities

    8.6

  • Staff

    8.7

  • Value for money

    8.8

  • Free Wifi

    8.7

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  • Reviewed: March 5, 2025

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Quadruple Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Close to MRT, room is clean and comfortable. won't hesitate recommending this place to anyone.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: December 17, 2024

    7.0
    Nice hostel but receptionists to improve
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Double Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The receptionists were not really nice nor helpful, you can’t use the common area after checking out (or even go to the bathroom while picking up your bag).

    It was really clean, well located and you have a view of the city from your bed !

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: December 15, 2024

    8.0
    Many rules for a comfortable bed
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    It doesn’t feel warm at all, more like a „sleeping factory“. Staff is friendly but not exactly welcoming, no one of the guests was social at all. Room was packed with people and as you can’t open a window it was very bad air in there. There are rules for literally anything, you won’t be able to push a single button without having to read special regulations for it.

    Good location, close to main station, metro & tram. Clean, comfortable bed, many amenities provided.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: December 3, 2024

    9.0
    enjoy in Kaohung ..
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    check in on time 4 pm..

    so clean and tidied. close train station.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: November 4, 2024

    7.0
    Convenient location. Clean entrance and reasonable rules. Need more regular bathroom cle
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The shared bathrooms should be cleaned more regularly and the trash taken out especially after the busy hours after 7pm when everyone showers and before checkout time.

    Convenient location from exit 4 of HouYi station just a 4 minute walk. A family mart and PX mart nearby.

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: September 29, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Good location near MRT station. The environment is clean.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: July 29, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Staff could be more helpful, bed very hard, lockers won’t fit a bag

    Good aircon, room very clean,

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: July 9, 2024

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 8-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The room and toilet are clean.

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: May 28, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    I came earlier to let my baggage but nobody was at the reception because of a renovation. The hotel should have sent a warning message in place of the automatic message by Booking (which said the reception is open...) Lockers are available in the subway station downstairs so it was ok

    Hepful team Room clean Affordable The subway station just at the entrance of the hotel

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: May 9, 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 8-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 7 nights

    Nothing.

    The space was well taken care of and nice. Right next to the subway, which made it easy to get anywhere in the city, plus super affordable! Of the nearly 60+ hostels I've stayed in, this was one of the top ones.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: March 30, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    A few loud groups chatting into early hours of the morning in their own rooms.

    Convenient location, right next to metro Exit 4. Common area and kitchen is nice. Bathrooms were relatively clean.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: March 7, 2024

    9.0
    Amazing setting for hostel in Kaohsiung! Best hostel we stayed in in Taiwan
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    - only allow you to store bags for a certain time and don’t let you use the facilities (toilet etc) after 4pm after checkout - they asked us to leave when going to get our bags that were in storage. (They tell you this is their policy upon checkin so was not a surprise to us but just to be aware)

    - amazing view of the city from the double bed! 10th floor - double bed in 10 bed dorm was so comfy with such comfy bedding - great location centrally, near train station, right by metro on red line, really central and easy to get around - free juice in the hostel! - nice touches in the bathroom including toiletries and hair bands and cotton pads - best hostel that we have stayed in in Taiwan! - lockers in the dorm for valuables - enough space in the dorm (we only had 1 other person in there in the 10 bed dorm in March)

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: January 22, 2024

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Mattress

    Tranquil and relaxing environment.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: December 11, 2023

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Double Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Nice location, clean and quiet, the curtains surrounded the bed allows some privacy in the dorm room.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: November 13, 2023

    8.0
    Convenient hostel near Houyi Metro station.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The shower temperature is still hard to control as before.

    Been here years ago and everything is pretty much the same just not as new. The afternoon female staff sounds friendlier than the morning's. Liked the bidets in the restrooms.

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: November 6, 2023

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    None

    Very clean hostel with well-maintained facilities Thoughtful freebies (free cold drink machine!!!, pantyliners, hair ties, cotton pads) Very near MRT station (less than a minute walk)

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: October 30, 2023

    8.0
    Very Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Wish they had bidets lol

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: July 10, 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Dorms are a bit small / cramped. Corresponding lockers for two of the dorm bunks not very big (but big enough to store valuables).

    Hostel was fine - did the job.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: May 31, 2023

    8.0
    Great hostel with great location :)
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Toilets/showers are located in the common area, so you need to walk through the whole area while people are working or eating there. The female shower/toilet area was not very clean.

    We liked our stay in PaperPlane. The building is right next to the subway station and the hostel is located on the 10th floor and has an amazing view over the city. There is a free drinks machine with very nice choice of drinks (very refreshing). The dorm was spacious and clean. Our bed was also right next to the window and we had an amazing morning/night city view.

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: May 6, 2023

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 8-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Good location Clean and tidy Recommend!

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: April 20, 2023

    9.0
    Amazing location and comfortable sleep!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    We had the double-bed in a mixed room - was slightly stuffy, but that was probably because someone adjusted the air-conditioner settings in the night. The couple in the next bed also had their phones on loud vibrations - the entire night; it was bearable, but slightly annoying.

    The location was fabulous! It was located right next to the Metro station, and made for easy transfer. Lots of surrounding breakfast/lunch places too! The room was great! Big bed, comfortable sheets, great view from the bed. Love the locker safes, and the slippers they made everyone wear - I love the idea, instead of having everybody trudging around in a mixed shared bedroom with questionable shoes! Clean and spacious shared toilets/bathrooms too! Free juice dispenser at the lobby too, so we saved a little on sweet drinks when we were craving something juicy and sweet and had already gotten tired with boba (gasp the blasphemy). There were guava tea (my favourite!), apple cider (my partner couldn't get enough of that) and mixed fruit tea. The machine only operates from 7.30am till 10.30pm, but that's plenty of time. :D Huge shared fridge too, with provided sticky labels and pens :D

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: April 17, 2023

    7.0
    Cash only hostel with an odd vibe but in a good position
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Double Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    It’s a quiet hostel which is fine with me as I am not madly social but it didn’t have a great vibe to it. Not the cleanest hostel bathroom. Lockers are ridiculously tiny - barely fits a daypack. I don’t know what fragrance they used in the common room but it was so strong and so unpleasant that it gave me a terrible headache. The slipper/outdoor shoe rule in the common area was confusing given that you had to walk through the cool room in your outdoor shoes to check in 🤷🏼‍♀️ but after that it was slippers only (but you are potentially walking anything brought in by those checking in into other parts of the hostel - not ideal) CASH ONLY which feels unnecessary - the only time I have come across this in Taiwan.

    The bed I was in was a double bed with an amazing view of Kaohsiung. It was comfortable and private.

    Stayed in April 2023

  • Reviewed: March 20, 2023

    9.0
    Wonderful
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    staffs are really welcoming

    Nice location, new and clean facilities

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: March 11, 2023

    8.0
    Clean hostel with good beds and fantastic location!
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The hostel isn't huge, but still quite a lot of beds. Like with other bigger hostels there is little to no social interaction with other travellers. Asian/local tourists tend to stick together, so you have to be lucky to meet other like minded travellers to hang out with. I didn't like the facts that the toilet and showers are on the other side of the hostel. You have to walk through the conmon room to get there, which is kinda annoying in the middle of the night. Also, it was a bit hard to find the hostel. I did get a message through Booking with a link to get some directions, but the link didn't work so I had to find the entrance myself. Tip: it's on the side of the building, floor number 10.

    Very clean hostel in a great location in Kaohsiung. Close to the metro (exit 4) and close to a lot of cute bars and coffee shops. The rooms are big and have a fantastic view of the city. Price is fair!

    Stayed in March 2023

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