M Boutique Hostel Legian

I don’t recommend this hostel. There was shouting and screaming in the evenings, the bedding was dirty, and the toilets and showers were disgusting. No hand soap was provided in the toilets, and the lights didn’t always work. The dorm doors couldn’t be locked because staff repeatedly wedged them open with a towel, so security felt poor. The rooms smelled because people hung damp clothes everywhere. I booked through booking.com, which listed it as four stars with good reviews, but that was a lie.

I’d stayed here several times before and liked the atmosphere and facilities, but my most recent visit, November 3-5, 2025, was a shock. Things were deteriorating without repairs or improvements. The toilets were more poorly maintained and smelled bad, the elevator buttons were broken, and the pantry was getting dirtier and more neglected. My access card wouldn’t open the room door. On the first night, a Russian guest who seemed to have a mental disorder disturbed my sleep. I changed rooms, but on the second night another guest smoked in the toilet, and the smell drifted into my room. I’m confused by how little firm action the staff took to deal with these problems. I’ll think twice before returning to this hostel.

I’ve been staying here for three years and it’s been good, not bad. Sometimes you have to understand when the dryer isn’t working. So far, over those three years, it’s been good.

The cold rooms were welcome after hot days out, but that’s about the only good thing. We booked a 10-bed mixed dorm and were assigned an 18-bed room. The bathrooms and showers were awful: no soap, a strong smell of feces in the shower room, and doors that didn’t close, with three quarters of them missing altogether. Both areas looked like they were cleaned only twice a week. Dorm doors were constantly propped open with a towel, which raised security concerns. My partner and I were bitten by something overnight, and both of us ended up needing doctors and the pharmacy, with two weeks of medication. Staff also opened people’s curtains to check if anyone was there. One morning I had to wake my partner by going up to her bunk. When I came down, staff stared at us and questioned whether I was staying there at all, and whether we’d just done something naughty.