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Budget hostel with pool

Bob’s your uncle; an easy formula but many don’t get it and Mercy’s main drawback is that its success makes it tricky finding a room during high season. The location, down a soi along side Wat Jedyod makes it both central but quiet and within a five minute walking radius you have the bus station, night bazaar and bars and restaurants of Jedyod Road.

Restaurant and coffee shop

It’s laid out in a U shape with a one story, white-painted building housing their various room options surrounding a communal area and small but adequate pool. There are reclining pool-side seats plus tables and chairs in a cafe area with pool table that also thoughtfully provides basic kitchen facilities free of charge to guests. Rooms are basic in terms of decor but spotlessly clean with a series of 8 bed, (4 double bunks) air-con dorms plus some en-suite options too. There are only five such latter rooms but they are excellently appointed with large hot water bathroom, cable TV, fridge and French doors though being one storey no room has much view to speak of. Finally there are a few triple bed options though these come without private bathroom. As with the overall hostel, shared bathrooms are kept clean and tidy.

Simple, clean interiors

We found staff to be very helpful, chatty and friendly and without any hard sell offered a range of day tours and onward transport booking options. There’s efficient WiFi throughout and conveniently bicycles are also for rent for 50 baht a day. (No motorbikes but you’re just around the corner from Jedyod Road.) Finally, in a separate building in the front yard is their 1962 Cafe and coffee shop offering breakfasts from 79 baht upwards plus fresh coffee and a few standard Thai options for dinner or lunch. 1962 is so named since apparently it’s the owner’s birth year and opens from 07:00-21:00 except for Wednesdays when they have a day off.