3 Emily Georgia - a month ago
I have very mixed opinions on rhythm u0026 rumble. Me u0026 my partner booked a private room here for our 5 night stay in canggu. On initial impressions the hostel is really nicely decorated u0026 gives off a good vibe. We specifically booked this hostel due to location (super close to the beach) u0026 the outside pool area. However, we had booked a private room in order to have our own privacy after staying in dorms u0026 unfortunately this hostel does not give privacy due to poor layout. We both feel that aesthetically it is great, however it is not practical. The private rooms directly face the pool / communal area and lack sound proofing u0026 any other natural light outside of the sliding doors that open onto the pool. This means that in order for people to not see into the room the curtains need to be permanently drawn making it rather dark u0026 the lack of soundproofing is ridiculous when people are socialising until the early hours of the morning (on more than one occasion literally screaming / singing at gone 1am). The hostel does have a no noise policy after 11pm but I cannot say this is implemented very well at all. They give a number to contact if there is too much noise but we did not get a response until the next day by which point we had already been kept awake half the night u0026 to make matters
Worse there is a building sight next door. I have seen on previous reviews there is an agreement that the building does not start until 10am, however banging has started as early as 7am on our stay. For this reason rhythm and rumble didn’t necessarily meet our expectations, particularly as it is fairly expensive as hostels go u0026 the private rooms really don’t offer much privacy (we felt we had more in a pod dorm in Singapore????). However, we can acknowledge that the social dynamic in this hostel is brilliant and if we were solo travellers or staying in the dorms, we probably would’ve enjoyed our stay more! Overall the service was good from the staff u0026 the hostel itself is lovely, just unfortunately the practicality let’s it down.