Yue Xuan Courtyard Garden International Youth Hostel — Hotel in Beijing

This was my first stay in a Chinese hostel. The location was easy to find after getting out at Dongsi metro station,

This was absolutely by far the worst hostel experience I've ever had. The facility is under "renovations" while being fully booked. There is no proper bathroom available, what is provided is unacceptable. I was disgusted by everything I saw, and so were many other guests. We were dupped into staying here by the positive past reviews and were just waiting for non-refundable reservations to end so we could stay someplace else.||They are charging the exact same if not double the price of a private hotel room, with practically nothing to show for it. The staff are nice, the one common room is acceptable, but if the room is too cramped to do anything and the bathroom is out of commission, it doesn't mean anything.||I would highly suggest to anyone to shop around for hotels on trip.com before staying here. You'll most likely find cheaper stays at hotels with a substantially higher...

Very dirty unclean hostel. They're charging a lot more than they should, even for Beijing. Private hotels are cheaper than this! Absolutely the most disgusting hostel I've stayed at in 12 Months of world travel. We got a group together and went to a hotel to escape this dump.

The shower room and bathroom are closed so there's a single dirty private room being used for its sink and shower. The sink for the toilet is across the courtyard in the disused horrifically unclean kitchens. The shower was so disgusting most people didn't even use it. The place is filled with garbage. It's incredibly uncomfortable using any facilities.

The one redeeming quality is that the staff were nice. If you're in a private room your stay might be ok, but that'd probably be over double the...