2/10 Poor
Worst nightmare
Omg! Worst nightmare! Cockroaches crawling everywhere. Even on my bed. Hair dryer not working. Toilet so dirty and it’s sharing for both male and female. Will never come back.
Ruby anna
Ruby anna, 1-night trip
Checkers Backpackers
City-center hostel, steps from Indian Heritage Centre
When you stay at Checkers Backpackers, you'll be in a great location, within just a 10-minute walk of Bugis Street Shopping District and Mustafa Centre. Also, Gardens by the Bay and Marina Bay Sands Skypark are just a 5-minute drive away. The property is just a short walk to public transportation: Jalan Besar Station is 5 minutes and Little India Station is 5 minutes.
Popular amenities
- Free WiFi
- Air conditioning
- 24/7 front desk
- Non-smoking
Main amenities (4)
- Daily housekeeping
- 24-hour front desk
- Air conditioning
- TV in a common area
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285 Beach Road, Singapore, 199550
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Checkers Backpackers
When you stay at Checkers Backpackers, you'll be in a great location, within just a 10-minute walk of Bugis Street Shopping District and Mustafa Centre. Also, Gardens by the Bay and Marina Bay Sands Skypark are just a 5-minute drive away. The property is just a short walk to public transportation: Jalan Besar Station is 5 minutes and Little India Station is 5 minutes.
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Checkers Backpackers Reviews
5.0
Cleanliness
6.8
Location
6.0
Staff & service
2.0
Eco-friendliness
5.2
Property conditions & facilities
2/10 Poor
Very poor
Hugo
Hugo, 7-night trip
6/10 Good
One of the cheapest backpacker hostel in Singapore. First of all, the name of the place is "Checkers Backpacker" on Expedia, but the actual name is "Checkers Hostel". There is another location on Google map with the former name and the same hostel pictures. I ended up spending 1 hour reaching the actual place from the station. Be careful!!!!!
Secondly, facility is old, but bed area is maintained clean to a decent level at this price. I had a good sleep as well. Bathroom is not clean but acceptable for this price.
Finally, for service, not so good. The lady with hijab is not pleasant to talk with, but acceptable at this price.
Overall, considering the price, it's acceptable to stay for short term. I wouldn't prefer to stay for long here.
Jay
Jay, 1-night trip
8/10 Very good
Budget hotel
Staffs are friendly but cleanliness need to be improved.
Yean Yih
Yean Yih, 14-night trip
2/10 Poor
It was dirty, unorganized, and crowded. The curtain rod fell down twice, there were bugs in my neighbor's bunk, the bathrooms smelled, etc. I could go on...
James
James, 1-night trip
4/10 Fair
No good
1) Roof of my bed was plastered with cardboards
2) Air-condition put at 17 celcius was caused water to leak
3) Day staff was always on mobile phone, uninterested to attend to customers
Thus, making sleep uncomfortable.
Lai
Lai, 4-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Nice hotel
Nice hotel close to the shopping centres. Staff were friendly and helpful
Mura
Mura, 3-night trip
4/10 Fair
沒吹風機，電熱水器也不熱，隔壁又是KTV隔音極不佳。附近可逛的很多可深入了解印度人的生活，對買黃金有興趣的可在這敗家到脫褲。
CHENG-HUNG
CHENG-HUNG, 1-night trip
8/10 Very good
Buen trato del personal, y buena ubicación en El Barrio hindú, rodeado de tiendas y locales para comer.
yolanda
yolanda, 1-night trip
2/10 Poor
horrible and disgusting stay
When we arrived the room which we actually booked was overbooked so that my boyfriend and I stayed separately for the first night and than we needed to move again for the second night. But the worst thing was -bed bugs- I think that says everything! My whole body was full of bed bugs bites after the stay in this hostel!!! I would definitely not recommend this hostel! It was terrible and dirty!
Verified traveller
3-night trip
2/10 Poor
We stay for 3 nights but it's very worst. 1st the room is so bad, lots of dirts and the smell it was terrible then the Comfort Room is very bad! The smell and it's not clean!
Bruh
Bruh, 2-night trip
6/10 Good
Not worth its money although
It was some of the cheapest choices but jt was not worth its money, nothing was really clean.
The breakfast was great though.
Jernej
Jernej, 3-night trip
8/10 Very good
Some lamp not working
No plug at bed
But overall is good
Verified traveller
2-night trip
4/10 Fair
Wir mussten 3H warten, bis wir ins Hotel rein dürften und es waren nicht mal die richtigen Zimmer. Der Service ist sehr schlecht und das Inernet ist nicht zu gebrauchen.
Verified traveller
5-night trip
8/10 Very good
โรงแรมสะอาดและเป็นระเบียบ
แม้จะเป็นการนอนรวมกับคนอื่นแต่บรรยากาศไม่แย่เท่าที่ควร โรงแรมน่ารัก สะอาด ชอบโต๊ะกินข้าวที่ได้คุยกะเพื่อนชาวต่างชาติต่างๆ
lek
lek, 2-night trip
2/10 Poor
Worse hostel ever..
Very very very terrible place. Strange smells and over-crowed rooms.Full of people from India and pakistan with full of their luggage bag inside the hostel. Shoes and slipper all over the place and full of bad smell. The bathroom is too small and again smelly. Sleeping in the overcrowded hostel is impossible due to the snoring of permanent guests and loud music from the bars and "massage" spa's in the neighborhood. The reception clerk useless. No daily cleaning and if you ask them to clean, they always said they dont clean and change the blanket daily.. Don't book here!!!!!! You will waste your money..
Prabakaran
Prabakaran, 3-night trip
2/10 Poor
Do not book here! Don't be mislead by the price
Terrible place. Strange smells and overcrowed rooms. Even the lockers are not big enough for your backpack. The bathroom is chronically moist and again...smelly. Sleeping in the overcrowed dorms is impossible due to the snoring of permanent guests (probably workers??) and loud music from the bars and "massage" spa's in the neighborhood. The reception clerk has a very bad attitude towards his staff and guests that dare to ask for any service at all. O yeah...and skip the free breakfast...it's factory toast with jam. Don't book here!! You better spend a bit more for a far better experience somewhere else.
Verified traveller
2-night trip
6/10 Good
Tight rooms, good location and good wifi
Was ok if your looking for cheap accomidation in singapore! Rooms tight with a lack of respect fir people trying to sleep with phone calls at 03.00 but we could of just been unlucky with guest
hegerz
4/10 Fair
average hotel but location is good
needs mending of room, there is sweepage of water on the wall,at times water droplets fell on us. located in lovely place.
prakash krishnamurthy
4/10 Fair
the worst experience staying in a hostel
I have booked a 8ppl mixed dorm, when i checked in, the staff told me that they were over booked and don't know why expedia let the client book the hostel. I am not sure who need to take the responsibility in this case, but there were many many clients met the same thing. At the end, the boss said he added a bed for me in a 8ppl dorm, because i had dated my friend, so i agreed with this solution. However, I found that is a 10ppl dorm but not 8ppl, and there were 14ppl staying at the dorm that night!!!!! I can't accept i paid for a 8ppl dorm and there were 14ppl! Also, the boss let other clients slept at the lobby, I don't think this is a normal hostel allow. I won't stay at this hostel next time and I don't recommend to the others!!!!
chow
8/10 Very good
Cheapest we found in sg
The cheapest we found in singapore and yet the most expensive rooms we paid in 3months backpacking. We had never stayed at a dorm before. We were the ONLY western people in our 3nights. In this dorm comes a lot of people from India, Sri Lanka etc.. and most of them are elder people so you can feel a bit lonely/outsider. But the staff are kind the Asian man at the desk are very sweet and nice. It's located in little India a bit far from the bay. And they have free breakfast. The toilets and showers were small in the men's room. And the wifi does not work well in the room. But it's the best we found at that price in the expensive city of Singapore. There is a place nearby called Albert centre. They have a lot of cheap food and it tastes good. And this hostel does NOT give any towels so you have to bring your own.
Mojtaba
6/10 Good
Prix correct pour Singapour
Proche d'un centre commercial et du métro.
Quartier typique
Verified traveller
8/10 Very good
hotel bien placé
Awesome!!!!
Verified traveller
8/10 Very good
이동이 편하고 의외로 너무 좋았던 호스텔!
저는 친구랑 둘이서 5박6일 싱가폴여행을 추진했는데요! 4박은 호스텔에서 다인실을 이용하며 싸게 자고 마지막 하루를 비싼 호텔에서 자는 계획을 세웠었습니다! 저녘에 짐 두고 밖에서 놀 생각으로 저렴한 호스텔을 찾아 예약했기 때문에 그리 기대하지않았었는데 생각보다 청결하고 잠자리도 편하고 직원분들도 친절하셔서 놀랐어요! 추천합니다!
sungmin
6/10 Good
Good functioning stay. Easy access to metro
Had a fine stay there. Bathroom needs some ventilation. Can't poop without suffering the humid (and then smelly humid) rank of the bathroom. Otherwise, a good place to launch an exploration of Singapore.
Eth
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