With a stay at Oldmancaptain Hostel in Tainan (Tainan City Centre), you'll be a 2-minute walk from National Cheng Kung University and within a 5-minute drive of Chihkan Tower. .This hostel is 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from Tainan Flowers Night Market and 0.2 mi (0.4 km) from Focus Square.
National Cheng Kung University - 2 min walk - 0.2 miles
Chihkan Tower - 16 min walk - 0.9 miles
Shennong Street - 2 min drive - 1.2 miles
Guohua Street - 2 min drive - 1.3 miles
Tainan Flowers Night Market - 3 min drive - 1.8 miles
Getting around
Tainan Station - 1 min walk
Tainan (TNN) - 22 min drive
Restaurants
遠東Cafe - 9 min walk
星巴克 - 3 min walk
摩斯漢堡 - 3 min walk
豪華閣貴賓廊 Horizon Club Lounge - 9 min walk
瓦城泰國料理 Thai Town Cuisine - 8 min walk
About this property
Oldmancaptain Hostel
Hostel with free breakfast, a short walk to National Cheng Kung University
Oldmancaptain Hostel offers 5 air-conditioned accommodations with slippers and hair dryers. This Tainan hostel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests have access to shared bathrooms. Bathrooms include showers. Housekeeping is provided daily.
Make yourself at home in one of the 5 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms feature showers, hair dryers, and slippers.
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
At Oldmancaptain Hostel, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. A complimentary self-serve breakfast is served daily from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM.
Featured amenities include a computer station, express check-in, and express check-out.
A complimentary self-serve breakfast is served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:00 AM.
Oldmancaptain Hostel has a restaurant on site.
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin), English
Property amenities
Internet
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Parking and transportation
No onsite parking available
Free offsite parking
Food and drink
Free self-serve breakfast available daily 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM
A restaurant
Family friendly
Laundry facilities
Soundproofed rooms
Conveniences
Laundry facilities
Limited-hour front desk
Luggage storage
Water dispenser
Guest services
Housekeeping (daily)
Tour and ticket assistance
Business services
Computer station
Meeting rooms
Outdoors
Terrace
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Reception hall
Smoke-free property
Room amenities
Bedroom
Bedsheets provided
Bathroom
Hair dryer
Shared bathroom
Shower
Slippers
Towels provided
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Air conditioning
Soundproofed rooms
Policies
Check-in
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18
Check-out
Check-out before 11 AM
Express check-out available
Special check-in instructions
The front desk is open daily from 9:30 AM - 9 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
Access methods
Front desk (limited hours)
Pets
Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available
Property payment types
Important information
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travelers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
Rating 10 - Excellent. 36 out of 87 reviews" "
10 - Excellent
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Rating 8 - Good. 34 out of 87 reviews" "
8 - Good
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Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 87 reviews" "
6 - Okay
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Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 87 reviews" "
4 - Poor
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Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 87 reviews" "
2 - Terrible
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8.2/10
Cleanliness
8.6/10
Staff & service
7.2/10
Amenities
8.0/10
Property conditions & facilities
8.6/10
Eco-friendliness
Reviews
8/10 Good
Chi
Jun 4, 2023
Chi
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
4/10 Poor
Hsin-Teh, Gahanna
Traveled with partner
Dec 23, 2022
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
Expedia's marketing message for this facility should be corrected at once. First, there is NO Cook-to-Order breakfast, not even one piece of free toast. No free breakfast is included, period. 2nd, there is no Nightly Social Activity as the facility claims to host every night free for guests. 3rd, there is no computer station to use as included in Expedia Amenity list. 4th, there is no Tour/Ticket Desk assistance as claimed. The lady was not even interested in helping us with the local transportation information. I made a decision to pay a higher rate and to accept the shared bathroom options instead of a few lesser expensive business hotels in the area, as I was truly looking forward to the Cook-to-Order Breakfast and the nightly social activities with fellow guests. I am expecting Expedia to compensate me for your false marketing information that led me to overpay my stay.
Location of hostel was very good, closeby the front entrance/ exit of Tainan Train Station. It's entrance was WITHIN the family mart, with an orange door.
Toilet was clean. You get clean sheets/ pillow case, for your stay. Under 3 minutes, there is a bus station very nearby.
When you exit the train station, the hostel is immediately on your left - there is a sign but you may miss it, but it is next to a motorbike rental place.
To get to the toilet / shower on each floor, you have to leave the room and go down the open air hallway - this was a first for me. Just change inside the shower and you won't have to worry about other people peeping.
Rooms are super large, with lots of natural lighting if you don't close the curtains. This can be a positive or a minus depending on the person.
Verified traveler
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
8/10 Good
Verified traveler
Sep 16, 2017
Liked: Cleanliness
amiable stay
amiable stay, first time in a hostel. friendly staff, friendly fellow hostel guests. the space is super convenient (next to main train station) and most places that a tourist will go are accessible by walking. had an interesting experience here, would stay again. oh yeah, it had a good (but small) communal space that had a small but well stocked library of local travel books (which i looked at for a few hours because i had jet lag) and a kitchen (which i did not use, but was there if you needed it)