The Purple Tree Hostel

The location are completely near the meeting place for my business and it is accessible. Front desk are responsive somehow Everything. Its stinky. All amenities and faculties are either damage or not functioning well. They are showing that its considered as 3 star hotel but its completely not passing. They really need to improve everything

There are only two good things about this hostel, if you can call it a hostel. 1. Location 2. The staff are very nice. The hotel is located in front of a very known road where different types of transportation are available. Across the road is the famous luneta park and behind the block are rows and rows of fast food restaurants like McDonalds, Burger King, etc. There's at least two 7-11 that you can see from one of the corners adjacent to it. The staff were very nice. I got locked out of the room (because they were not giving the keys out, which was weird since I already paid. First time happened to me at a hotel) and I called one of the staff to come and open the door because I was too tired from climbing 10 flights of stairs. My God, my knees gave up on me. There are so many negative things to say about this hostel. But let me make them as brief as possible. The "hostel" felt like it was more of a rental room in the tenement or the slums. 1. I was assigned in the room on the 5th floor. Get this: without elevator. 5th. floor 2. The place is really dirty, like you can smell the cockroaches behind walls, under piles of construction materials, and behind some stacked stuff. 3. There are so many cockroaches. Probably my fault because I checked in late at night when the cockroaches were most active. 4. The room that they gave me was a room occupied by five long-term tenants. It was dirty to say the least. But 5 men were already living there for god knows how long so they probably got used to the mess. 5. The bathroom drain was clogged. 6. The bathroom had no bidet. 7. The bunks were made of flimsy steel. I moved so little so that I would not disturb the young man sleeping under me. One small move and bed creaks like a hyrax. It was terrible. 8. The bed was unforgivingly uncomfortable. My butt portion was squeezing through the steel. It was pure torture. 9. My appointment opened at 08:00 and I could not wait to check out. All in all. I really could not, in good conscience, recommend this hostel. Better spend twice or thrice the amount that they were charging at some other hotels. I really regret booking there. I could have slept on the walkways where some other homeless people were sleeping and I probably would have gotten a better night sleep. I mean, I slept on these kinds of places before when I was in college and when I didn't have money. But to get a place like this because I wanted to be closer to my appointment and to save on money was one of the worst decisions of my life. I could not convey how angry I am at myself for booking this hole. If you think this part of manila is a dump, wait till you get into one of these rooms. The photo shows the city view at night from my top bunk bed.

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- Location is pretty unbeatable for the price. Right next to Rizal park, short walk to Itramuros, and close to a mall. So this is a great place to stay if you want to spend a day or two exploring the center. - Mattress was pretty comfortable. - There are lockers in the dorm if you want to store your valuables - Shampoo and hand soap available in C/R - Toilets didn’t have toilet paper or bidet - Bathroom got kinda flooded and the bathmat outside was completely soaked - Room was quite humid and hot and A/C was not really working. - Small metal bedframes that are very squeaky and shake with the smallest movement

Location wise, it's great. The elevator was a bit scary because it's old and not in great shape. The bathroom has no mirror or even the room itself. It's difficult to shave without a mirror. There are also no garbage cans in the room and the bathroom. It's only good for an overnight stay.

It's clean and the location Only one card key for a dorm bed so if other guest will arrive late you need to get up and open the door.

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Clean room with CR No individual key card.

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Very good

The building is a little old and dirty, and the mattress is very slim

Very friendly host and nightmanager Great price,good facilities, everyone very helpful

The aircon system and the friendly staff Lacks mirror in the room or in the comfort room

Very good

Clean Nothing. It's perfect for me