Backstage Party Hostel & Bar

Great location for both sightseeing and going out for a drink/partying. Wonderful bar on the ground floor below the hostel where the staff are all amazing. For the price, the beds/amenities were great. The people doing the check in were great and would answer all your questions in much detail. I've been in many European hostels and this surpasses all of them.

This is the place to be.

This is the place to be...

I unfortunately would not recommend this place due to the presence of bedbugs, and the owner’s response in dealing with it. We did get our money back, which I’m grateful for, as we left only 4 or 5 hours into our stay, at about 3am. I noticed a bad smell immediately but assumed it was one of the dormmates… The black sheets struck me as odd and sketchy, but I slept anyways. My friend woke up with bed bugs on him.. and we rushed out. I had unpacked my stuff under my bunk (also, not a ton of room to do that) and in that short time I had picked up so many that I had to get rid of some stuff, including my big backpack. Despite admitting to finding some bugs in our bunk after leaving, the owner insisted that a treatment had been done prior to our arrival, so it was not possible for any bed bugs to survive into adulthood(?). We had adult bed bugs on us and our stuff. I was accused of having brought them there, and blamed for my alert costing them unnecessary money in inspections…? I contacted our other stays, and they provided proof of clean inspections, so, no bugs at our only 2 other places that we’d stayed in our week prior to Backstage… Anyway. The staff I dealt with upon arrival were really nice, and the bar was cool, but overall I would definitely not recommend this spot…

The bar at the bottom is lit. It feels like a modern version of a Tavern. The staff are really nice, and very helpful. The guy who checked me in spoke Spanish, English, Japanese and I think also French, so if you can read this, you'll be fine. The neighborhood is pretty central to Osaka, I was able to walk to Dottonbori, Kuramon Market and Osaka Castle (the other direction). It's on a main road, and there's two train stations and multiple convince stores are very close. The actual accommodations are what you'd expect for a hostel. I was in the dormitory, so I can't speak for the private room(s), but the bedding was nice and comfortable. The mattress was a futon style on a wooden (not tatami) frame, so it felt a bit thin. But overall it was fine. The shower is very nice, but there's only one. Overall 4/5 stars for the experience + price. I'll probably stay here again next time I'm in Osaka