Fishtail Hostel Phuket

So clean, on main road with no noise, very close to beach and few facilities.

The street dogs in entrance

Fantastic. Soft bed, everything well organized, really fun art throughout. The little kitchenette/common room was very helpful for us since we had a very early morning departure. Bananas, crackers, and drinking water available all the time, which is also helpful. Common bathrooms were clean and plentiful enough that there was never a wait, and they have real doors so you have privacy. The location is phenomenal- walk right across the street to the beautiful beach.

Property great, Zero complaints.

Really good location, staff very helpful and friendly, rooms were cleaned every day, with fresh towels and toothbrushes given.

The location is EXCELLENT with its conditions. I mean if you're a slow traveller, this place is for you because it's on Karon beach, right at the Karon circle and offers you that option of doing tourism your way. The property is good, offers beach view as mentioned, has beautiful karon beach right across the road, and is cleaned everyday. The white bedsheets are actually white, and the beds are strong enough to not make noise or shift when someone climbs up or down the bunk. They also have refillable refined water and a fridge to keep your things. The staff sent me location information, public bus information, how the hostel looks like etc ahead of time via Booking.com, so it was a smooth travel.

Warning: the criticism is of the location, not the property! The location is too dull for a tourist place. There are EXTREMELY limited things to do in comparison to the Patong beach. So I would not recommend staying anywhere in Karon if you're visiting for fun. And again, this is a criticism of location, not the property. The public transport in Phuket is a wordplay on the location itself - phuked. There are ZERO buses that run regularly in the city or that are affordable. Only he smart bus is there which goes to and from airport - so in case you want to explore the city, your best bet is to book tours, cz my friend if you try toe explore the city on grab - you'll be paying more than 2000B in transportation. Fortunately the packages are readily available of all kinds (mixed, private, type of vehicle and all), and at pretty decent range. E.g. i did Maya bay+phi phi+ khai island in 1300B (which included lunch and pickup/dropoff). The property is the best on you can find for the prices and location. Just that I couldn't meet the staff - cz there was none. In 3 days I stayed there, no one was there at the reception. Not that I had an issue (cz they did give their whatsapp contact everywhere for issues), but no one at the reception looked awry at times.