Name: Westlake Youth Hostel
Address: 62-3 Nanshan Road Xihu,Nanshan Road, Hangzhou, Hangzhou, Hangzhou, 310000, China
Rating: 8

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Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport

Westlake Youth Hostel

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very close to the lake and monastery, funtastic yo walk trough the park to dawntown. also she share coffe or tea in addition of fruit has a good librey and is very clean, it has a aoutdoor dinig area wich is funtastic to seat and eat or have a chat with another guest , in resumen it is great place to stay and enyoy the hospitality , the location is absolutely great and you feel very safe , good luck and enyoy

great atention, a lovely hostess always ready to help

This hostel was a highlight during our stay in Hangzhou. There was so much intricate detail in the decoration of the common areas of this hostel, from the common room to the garden. The staff was very friendly and helpful, we didn't get the girls name but she literally wrote out post it notes with directions in both Chinese and English to help us get to various locations. Would stay here again!

Cutest Hostel!

Very clean and comfortable room with a friendly and helpful team. Close to downtown Hangzhou by bus or cab. A very enjoyable stay. Right in the heart of the Westlands area...almost a bush setting. Some nearby local restaurants if you feel like staying nearby or meals and a bar available at the hostel.

A great country setting after our city stays across China

After booking we obtained e-mail with clear information how to get the hotel, what shall we know before arrival and neccessary details written in local language. 

Hostel is located in very convenient place if you plan to visit not only town and lake but also tea fields. It is bit far from the city centre and from airport/railway station so plan your trip carefully.

Room was lovely, with nicely painted walls and with comfortable beds as well as big bathroom. We had also nice view from big windows on the tea fields.

B'fast was very tasty. Staff is very nice and helful. We spend there only 2 nights but it was great time. Thank you!

Lovely room in nice place

Directions To West Lake Hostel 

Getting here is no easy feat but once you are here it is a fantastic place.
DO NOT FOLLOW MAPS.ME AS IT LEADS YOU TO THEIR OLD LOCATION. It's no longer near the lake.

EITHER:
• From the East Railway station get a subway to Ding'an.
• Walk West bound until you are at the lake 
• Have a scenic walk southbound along the lake.
• When you reach the giant Pagoda there is a bus stop outside the front. 
OR: 
• From the East Railway station get a subway to Long Xiang Qiao.
• Get on a number 4 bus to the Leifei Pagoda (I'm not sure how many stops, but you'll see it).

THEN:

• Get the 87 bus westbound. 
• Stop after 4 stops, you should be on a street heading uphill. 
• The hostel cannot be seen from the street.
Don't follow the numbers along the street as they stop at 182-1 (yes seriously).
EITHER: 
• Walk down the street a little to a side street near a bicycle parking and a small house-shaped electrical box on the left hand side. This is around number 30 or so. Head up here and it's directly in front of you.
OR:
• Head uphill, past a construction area (or new looking building, depending when you read this!).
• On the right, there will be a walkway into a little street full of little hotels and coffee shops. Head into here, walk right to the very end (the numbers will decrease from 200ish to 186) then, at the wall, turn left and 184 will be up a few steps in front of you.

Once here the staff are wonderful, the beds are comfortable and showers are the best we have used in a long time, especially for a hostel! We went off peak season and had a four bed dorm to ourselves. The heater works a treat, but it doesn't reach the lower bunks too well.
The wifi is good provided you are close to the office, room 106 has fantastic wifi, can't speak for the other rooms. 
The garden behind the in-house restaurant is scenic and cozy, ideal for reading a book, having a siesta or an afternoon snack. It's got a beautiful view of the surrounding scenery and has cute little swingy egg chairs which are really cosy.

The chips are good. We had dinner and breakfast. The vaguely named 'pasta' is spaghetti pasta with a sweet tomatoey sauce, bacon and onions, kinda oily but really tasty. The beef rice was nice too.
The breakfasts we didn't think all that much to, especially as they lost our train tickets at check in (they found them about 10 mins later), but on a double check during breakfast they'd given us some other poor sods ticket (presumably it happens often then, don't leave your train tickets tucked into your passports!). This made breakfast stressful but they did find the right ones in the end.
The American breakfast consists of two fried eggs, TINY star staped hash browns which were tasty, a nice pork sausge, some ham/bacon and sweet bread and jam. 
The British breakfast consists of two fried eggs, half a button mushroom (seriously), two plum tomatoes, ham/bacon, sweet bread and jam, and "baked beans" (possibly the worst, just boiled beans in lukewarm oil, no tomato sauce).
They were ok but we wouldn't have it again. You get a 10% discount if you order it the night before. 

There are some caves to explore in the area and you can take the 87 (or walk 20 mins) to the National Tea Museum, which is nice. 

The dog is so much fun, really soft and playful but never barks or pesters.

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