No air-conditioning in the rooms, meaning one computer fan inside the pod was supposed to cool it down. It did not, not even during cooler months. The walls of the pods were thin sheets of plastic, meaning you could hear everything. Guests were not silent, so bring anything you can to help block out sound. The night we arrived someone was listening to music and discussing with normal voices in their pod, which could definitely be heard throughout the dorm. There is no one in the reception when guests come home drunk and rowdy. At one point someone was sleeping on chairs in the common area, either because they were too drunk to get into their own pod or because they'd gotten into the hotel when someone else got in. The place is not clean and everything is a bit broken down. Lockers sometimes don't open or lock, and in general they're very DIY and rickety. Showers and toilets are ok, nothing fancy but they did work at least most of the time. There are no two person pods, if you're two people in a pod it means you're sharing what others have for themselves. There's only one key per pod, meaning if you need to go to the toilet while your bunkmate is sleeping then they'll be losing electricity from the pod. I don't think people were horrible, just average hostel behavior in a poorly designed maximize-profit kind of place with a sci-fi gimmick. Now I know what capsule hotels are, and I'm happy to have had the experience, but I don't recommend unless you're on a tight budget.
No air-conditioning in the rooms, meaning one computer fan inside the pod was supposed to cool it down. It did not, not even during cooler months. The walls of the pods were thin sheets of plastic, meaning you could hear everything. Guests were not silent, so bring anything you can to help block out sound. The night we arrived someone was listening to music and discussing with normal voices in their pod, which could definitely be heard throughout the dorm. There is no one in the reception when guests come home drunk and rowdy. At one point someone was sleeping on chairs in the common area, either because they were too drunk to get into their own pod or because they'd gotten into the hotel when someone else got in. The place is not clean and everything is a bit broken down. Lockers sometimes don't open or lock, and in general they're very DIY and rickety. Showers and toilets are ok, nothing fancy but they did work at least most of the time. There are no two person pods, if you're two people in a pod it means you're sharing what others have for themselves. There's only one key per pod, meaning if you need to go to the toilet while your bunkmate is sleeping then they'll be losing electricity from the pod. I don't think people were horrible, just average hostel behavior in a poorly designed maximize-profit kind of place with a sci-fi gimmick. Now I know what capsule hotels are, and I'm happy to have had the experience, but I don't recommend unless you're on a tight budget.
