The Common Room

The Common Room is a hostel in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City, on Bùi Viện street, with air-conditioned dormitories, one private double room with its own bathroom and a shared lounge. The rooms range from a 14 m² double room to a 36 m² mixed dormitory, and the bunks have privacy curtains, reading lights, shelves and secure lockers.

Guests share a lounge with a TV area, board games and puzzles, a shared kitchen, laundry and a lift, and the front desk is staffed 24 hours a day. The team organises communal dinners most nights, and happy hours and pub crawls are part of the social side of the hostel. Reception staff speak English and Vietnamese.

Daily housekeeping, 24-hour security and a safety deposit box are part of the daily running of the hostel. It suits solo travellers and small groups who want to meet other guests in the middle of the city, while couples will find the Deluxe Double Room the most private choice.

The Common Room has four room types: a Deluxe Double Room with a private bathroom and three dormitory rooms with bunk beds. All of them are air-conditioned. The double room is the only one for two guests and the only one with its own bathroom, with a shower and a bidet, while dormitory guests share bathrooms fitted with showers and bidets.

The dormitories differ mainly in size and in who shares them. The Single Bed in Female Dormitory Room is the only women-only option, with eight beds and a balcony. The Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room is the smallest dormitory at 15 m², while the Single Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room offers 36 m², 14 beds and a balcony. The bunks have privacy curtains, reading lights, shelves and lockers.

Free WiFi covers all areas of the hostel, and internet services are available for guests. Common facilities include a lounge with a TV area, board games and puzzles, a shared kitchen, laundry, lockers and a lift. The front desk is staffed 24 hours a day, security runs round the clock, and there is a safety deposit box, CCTV in the common areas and daily housekeeping.

Each room has air conditioning. The bathrooms, private in the double room and shared in the dormitories, are supplied with toilet paper, towels, slippers, a hairdryer, a bidet and a shower, and the dormitory rooms have a socket near the bed. Happy hours and pub crawls are on the social calendar, and staff organise communal dinners.

The hostel has no parking, so arriving by taxi or ride-hailing is the practical choice. It is non-smoking throughout, and non-smoking rooms are available.

The Common Room stands on Bùi Viện street, the busy walking street of District 1 that runs through the backpacker quarter and is lined with bars, cafés and restaurants. Quoc Anh, Flav 'n Love and The Public are all within 50 m, while Running Man is 200 m away and Memorial Place 300 m. Thai Binh Market is 200 m from the hostel, so a snack or a quick purchase takes only a few minutes. The street is lively at night, when the bars along it are busy.

Bến xe Sài Gòn bus station is 250 m away and Saigon Railway Station is 2.3 km, so both are easy to reach from the hostel. Tan Son Nhat International Airport is 5.5 km away. For the last stretch with luggage, a taxi or a ride-hailing app is the simplest choice, and the team helps with transport bookings, so a ride from the airport can be arranged in advance.

For sights on foot, Chùa Phước Hậu pagoda is 150 m away and Tao Dan Park 950 m. Ben Thanh Market, one of the city's best-known covered markets, is 1.1 km away, and the War Remnants Museum, devoted to the Vietnam War, is 1.5 km. Nha Rong Wharf on the Saigon River is a further option for an evening by the water. Visiting the pagoda and the park first makes an easy morning, with the market and the museum in the afternoon.