backpackers park - Backpacker Hostel in Kolkata - Kolkata, India

I had a delightful 2-day stay at Backpackers Park Hostel in Kolkata. The hostel boasts excellent amenities, creating a comfortable and enjoyable experience. From well-maintained communal spaces to convenient facilities, it provided a perfect base for my exploration of the city. The friendly staff added to the positive atmosphere, making it a memorable stay for any traveler.

DO NOT STAY AT THIS PLACE! After reading other reviews, I realize those are paid reviews, none of the high rating people have stayed here! If you want to have a pleasant trip, then stay out of this place, look somewhere else and increase your budget preferable. - Entrance of this place is from backside, where people are literally cooking food, very dirty entrance. - Lift never worked and you have to go to 2nd follow. Dead rats everywhere in the stairs, really horrible place. - They have very small rooms and in a single room there are 3 stacked beds which is very crammed and uncomfortable to stay at. You can only sleep here! - On top of that there's so much water leaking from AC, the whole floor was wet! - Shared toilets/washrooms are unusable! They are even worse than train toilets. You can never use it. I don't know how they have managed to keep such a high rating but trust me, avoid this place at all costs otherwise you will regret it real bad. Try increasing your budget so atleast you can have a better holiday experience.

I stayed here for two nights and felt this is not a worthy place. Except location I give 1 rating to all. Entrance: Dirty, Ugly and disease borne, you need to take stairs for two floors as lift won't work for most of the time and owners are least bothered about it. Room: 6 beds in 100 sfts size room, even two people can't stand at the same time Beds are cleaned twice a day, mosquitoes welcome you rather than receptionist Cleanliness: Toilets are not cleaned, they are very small, no hot water, hangers. Overall you don't feel taking bath here. Kitchen: Very dirty, you won't feel going inside Balcony: You will feel happy as this is the only place to sit and enjoy the outside view and have drinks but again not neat and clean. They can keep the place clean and comfortable with the price they quote else they should not charge anything as it looks like a government hostel. If you compromise on the above and only looking for location then stay else AVOID.

GROSSE BED BUG INFESTATION AMONG OTHER FACTORS! I have videos of the bugs too. I let the staff know and I really hope they do a full on treatment because it was absolutely grosse. It is a very old building and the entrance is from the back alley of a hotel where the wet waste of the hotel is stored and its pretty gross honestly. The staircase had two dead rats and the elevator was super slow and had some flying cockroaches. Once you arrive at the hostel, they have made it cleanish on the inside, good lighting and have a decent balcony overlooking park street. So I was okay to stay there still however the bed bug's completely traumatised me because its a proper infestation Even the bathrooms are pretty grosse and they are co-ed, so it is really not a great facility for female travellers. It's proper unhygienic bathrooms, no hooks for clothes in the shower area, dirty basins, no place to even keep toothbrush. I didnt want to touch anything. I wouldn't recommend hostels in Calcutta at all, I tried another one too. Better to get yourself a hotel, there are decent options for 2-3k. They didnt offer me a refund but honestly I just wanted to get out so I didn't fight. The staff was kind, so that was the only nice thing.

All the bad reviews about this is are correct . This the most horrible place you can choose for yourself . This place is garbage. The entrance is unsafe and garbage area ,the lift doesn't work, Rooms are hell congusted especially women dormitory. Not a single window and you cant breathe .combine washroom are worst then general compartment of railways. The staircase are dirty and also there is a dead rats which they never clean. Above all the manger, receptionist and care taker are rude , ill- mannered , they have no sense of hospitality. When i complaint about the unhygienic conditions they were defending themselves and also shouted at me and told me terko rehna hai toh reh varna nikal ja idhar sai . They are goons . Just dont come here . Please safe yourself. All the good reviews are fake and paid. This is place is hell on earth

In my 5 years of backpacking and travel, this is the worst hostel I have stayed at. While the location is good and has accessibility, nothing about this property is worth its price. I paid 650rs per night. Issues: zero cleanliness in the room dirty beds with spider webs and dust around the bunk beds smelly and disgusting pillows, sheets, and blankets cramped up rooms, 6 beds stuffed into a <100 sq feet area rat-infested, ugly, diseases-borne entry through the back alley DO NOT STAY HERE, PLEASE. I don't know how this place has 4.1 on Google. These reviews must be super old because this is the trashiest place I have stayed at.

I had a great stay and there you can enjoy very much Amazing environment. Amazing ambience. A suite feel perfect for backpackers. Superb games. Amazing service. I stayed in the month of July. Located in heart of Kolkata, it provided a great connectivity to local areas for me to visit. Food was accessible. Transport was convinient. Would recommend surely!!!

I recently stayed here for 4 days for Durga Puja. Dorm room is little conjested for 6 People, entrance is from back side of food courts where they cook and the place is not heigenic. Apart from these I am fine with rest. Washrooms are good. If you can pass on room spacing and back door entry you can try this stay