Cleanest Hostels in Southeast Asia 2025, Currently hiding from Seattle rain and daydreaming about showers that don’t smell like feet.
why i’m weirdly obsessed with clean hostels now
after that one hostel in phnom penh that gave me 47 mosquito bites and a lifelong fear of bunk ladders, i became THAT person who reads every single recent review looking for the words “spotless” “daily cleaning” and “no bugs.” these are the ones that delivered.
1. lub d bangkok siam – bangkok
9.4/10 on hostelworld. showers that could be in a hotel. they change towels daily?? extended twice because my soul needed it. $22-32 dorm
2. vietnam backpacker hostels (all locations) – hanoi/hcmc/hue
literally the cleanest chain ever. floors mopped twice a day. free breakfast pho. staff will fight mold with their bare hands. $9-18
3. onederz siem reap Cleanest Hostels – cambodia
marble everything. pool gets skimmed every hour. dorms smell like lemongrass not despair. $10-20
4. mad monkey siem reap (the new one)
yeah it’s a party hostel but the cleaning staff are ninjas. woke up hungover to sparkling bathrooms. $12-25
5. stamps backpackers Cleanest Hostels – ho chi minh
small but stupid clean. kitchen you’d actually eat off the floor of (don’t tho). $8-15
6. lub d phuket patong
hotel-level cleaning for hostel prices. rainfall showers. my skin thanked me. $18-30
7. dream hostel Cleanest Hostels – kuala lumpur
ac so cold mold can’t survive. laundry $1.50 and comes back folded?? witchcraft. $10-18
8. banana tree hostel – ninh binh
pool cleaned daily. towels changed every day. rice field views. cried when i left. $10-20
9. the warehouse – penang
industrial but somehow spotless. kitchen has actual cleaning products. georgetown location slaps. $12-22
10. napbox Cleanest Hostels – bangkok airport
capsule hostel at suvarnabhumi. cleaner than most people’s houses. perfect for red-eyes. $25-40
places that traumatized me so you don’t go
- that one in kuta with the shared bathroom that hadn’t been cleaned since 2019
- the “famous” party hostel in hanoi with the mold art on the ceiling
- anything on koh phi phi that costs less than $12 (run)
my non-negotiables now Cleanest Hostels
- 9.0+ with 1000+ reviews
- photos from last 3 months (old pics lie)
- “daily cleaning” mentioned 20+ times
- female-only option when possible
- no carpet (carpet = death)
drop your cleanest find below because i’m going back to SEA in april and refuse to itch again.
someone send bleach wipes and a $10 dorm bed that doesn’t smell like feet.
