Chengdu Local Tea Hostel Poshpacker — Hotel in Chengdu

LOCAL TEA HOUSE Hotel is a GREAT place to stay. It is also an EXCELLENT PLACE from which to stage many short journies. Example: I stayed at Local Tea House for 2 days left some of my luggage in their Safely locked storage room and traveled 1.5 hours to Leshan Giant Buddha, returned, stayed 2 more days and visited San Xing Dui the mysterious Masks/relics museum of the Ancient Shu Culture, then 2.5 hours to Chongqing to visit the famous Dazu Rock Carvings and back to local Tea House for a day and then a 3 hour train ride to Xian to see the Terracotta warriors. I received so much assistance from May (and Andy) and the others at the reception! Staff are AMAZING...world class customer service! May helped me arrange all of my: train, hotel, and site tickets...she is AMAZINGLY Patient and Knowledgable... and happy to share! Every recommendation May made or arranged worked out Better than I could have hoped! Everything was: Clean, Safe, Efficient, and Affordable! I had a culture shock experience in Chongqing and reached out to Andy for some cultural respect knowledge and the reply I received was much more profound than I had expected. Instead of only personal opinion, Andy sent me traditional Chinese wisdom from Confuscious and Lao Tzu which was Petfectly appropriate...thanks Andy! ALL of the staff are sweet and always willing to help. The location of local Tea House is also Superbly Convenient: subway station "Xinnanmen" is just outside their door, high speed train stations are 20 minutes by subway, tourist bus station to San Xing Dui is a 8 minute walk straight up the road, airport 35 minutes by train, banks to change money 5 minutes by taxi or subway, shopping and good healthy local restaurants are just around the corner 1 minute walk or less, high end shopping, coffee shops, and fast food 8 minutes walk (same location as bus to San Xing Dui), and all city sites are easily accessible from the "Xinnanmen" subway station. Local Tea House has a hip, family safe, back packer look and feel. Rooms are: modern clean and spacious and beds....big and comfy! If I return to Chengdu...I will only stay at Local Tea House...oh yeah, ...and the staff just took Fine Professional Barista lessons and installed a new Espresso machine! Yummm! And...they have a customer use washing machine and dryer! You love them! Advice....if you are traveling without a guide....make sure you book ALL museum and site tickets...

Just to the right of Exit D at Xinnanmen Station you'll find the Local Tea Hostel - zip up to the 5th floor and find yourself in an eclectic venue with a Playlist to match. LTH Poshpacker was a wonderful for my first foray into China. A reception headlined by a very helpful & detailed cast allowed me to explore and enjoy with very little resistance. May, the LTJ's tour coordinator was solid, super helpful and very patient. Jack was a just great, helped me with food, recommendations, recs' upon my return, historical knowledge and even helping me book or delegate with operators.

The property is walking distance from many attractions and since the station is right there... You have access to the rest of the city, even the far out sites, including TFU if you are arriving or departing from there. Chengdu is incredibly efficient with infrastructure you're in for a treat.

The room itself was great. I love the fact that a comforter is provided even if it's a warm climate. The bed - super comfy, the bathroom was small but functional. Great wifi throughout.

I'd only suggest some kind of diffuser as my room had a light but consistent sewage scent - and maybe instructions on how to navigate the IPTV 🤣

Thank you very much LTH - everything I needed and some things I didn't know I needed as you made my first splash into China an...

Initially I booked Chengdu FlipFlop Hostel but FlipFlop hostel contacted me via whatsapp informing there was staff mistake in overbooking causing all the room were fully booked for our reservation days. Hence, she offered us to stay in the company sister's hostel, Local Tea Hostel which is 900 m from this hostel.||In fact, it is blessing in disguise as this Local Tea Hostel location is more strategic close to Xinnanmen metro with just 20m away which I appreciated. Besides, the room rate is cheaper in Local Tea Hostel than Flipflop Hostel Poshpacker. There are plenty of restaurants nearby including street food.The mattress is comfortable. We could even put our luggage in the luggage room when we checked out in the morning and return in the evening to collect them before heading to airport. The hostel is cozy. It is value for money.|||The only drawbacks I have are 1 lift to 5th floor that this hostel located .It is smelly at ground floor when waiting for the lift. The pillow is too...