Zostel Old Manali

Zostel Old Mamali impresses with clean, cozy rooms and excellent facilities, including a well-equipped work area and friendly staff. Guests appreciate the delicious, high-quality cooking.

Hi team, So I had checked in at Zostel Manali (Old Manali road) on 3rd March 2023 and checked out on 6th Match 2023. I have stayed in different Zostel's be it in Rishikesh, Dharamshala and Chennai. We stayed in 4 mixed dorm room. I have to say the dorm was much smaller in size as compared to your other 4 mixed dorm rooms in Rishikesh , Chennai and Dharamshala. Apart from that people were drinking booz like they had not have alcohol in their life and after drinking soo much were misbehaving like entering our room to take a piss without even asking and then justifying their actions. We had a girl with us in that room so you can take a guess how wrong it was on that guys part. Also your Volunteer for Activities, a guy named Anurag had only 2 things to do, either he was smoking pot or making us play Mafia. Also he was more focused on taking everyone for star gazing at night in the middle of the jungle, I dont know why maybe he has his own maggie point there or god knows what. Manali is beautiful but your volunteer Anurag made the whole stay bad for us and on top during a bon fire he was forcing us to drink alcohol even though we clearly said we dont drink. Forcing someone to drink alcohol is not cool or hippy in any sense. Kindly look into your people working on that property.

The property is overrated. I chose Zostel Manali because of decent experience at Zostel, Mcleodganj. But the property does not cater the proper amenities. The property is located in the midst of local houses. You have to anyways walk carrying your stuff to reach this property. Also the room with double occupancy is so so overrated and overpriced. The room is very small with basic facilities. The sheets and pillows were not properly cleaned. There was nothing called a great view from the room at the first floor. There is no soundproofing at the rooms. From early morning when you are sleep you can hear the voices of other people as well as squeaky noise of doors from upstairs and sideways. To the top of it the food was terrible. On the first day I didn’t eat but my friend did and he got diarrhoea and vomiting the next morning from their food. And when the next day he could not eat because of diarrhoea, I ate there and the next morning when we reached Delhi, I also suffered from diarrhoea and all . All and all this was the worst experience. There are pretty good hostels and hotels in old Manali itself with mesmerising views at the prices cheaper than Zostel.