We stayed in a dorm here and found the place okay. It is a little grubby in places, at times, but tolerable. The shared bathroom is inadequate for the number of guests it is required to service and totes an unfortunate miasma towards the end of the day. On the plus side, however, the staff are very helpful, and Mama... More

stay here 5 nights and we fall in love with MAMA ! the atmosfere and the family diner are excelent the room - a double with insuite bathroom is a good value for the price the location in the heart of the old town is easy to find and everybody now mama naxi we highly recomended this hostel

Stayed here 2 nights as a base to get off to tiger leaping gorge Certainly not easy to find (read impossible unless you run into the right people) but the location is good nonetheless. In the heart of the old town. Good dorms, clean showers. Nice courtyard and bar/restaurant area where wifi is accessible too Good level of English spoken... More

I have stayed in many hostels and hotels in my time but as far as a hostel this is what a hostel is supposed to be. Family dinners are each night for 20rmb and did she cook up a storm maybe 8 or 10 dishes. She has a great dinning area for you to meet and visit other travelers and... More

Do make a reservation - this spot fills up quickly as it's very popular with backpackers. This is a hostel - so don't expect anything fancy. The rooms are very basic. However it's completely serviceable. Mama and Baba Naxi are very, very helpful and very nice. I arrived around midnight - much later than expected, tired and hungry - and... More

Staff are more than helpful, got an Internet room, breakfast is prompt and taxi services are readily organised to take you where you want to go. Rooms okay, good for the price in the old town. Really cute courtyard within mama naxis. Most who stay are there to do the gorge and they organise the bus to the start of... More

Mama Naxi is fairly well pricey for the generally overpriced Lijiang Village. The rooms are small but they do the trick if you are in town for a couple of nights. Walls are thin, floorboards creek and you WILL be able to hear your neighbours at all hours..... The communal eating area is festive and food on offer is average.... More

visited may 2010. We had a great stay. This place is the one for back packers where every dollar counts. The warm welcoming feeling you find in Mama Naxi's Guesthouse is reverberated all around the old town of Lijiang. We ate the 20 yuan dinner and left the dinner table absolutely stuffed. The breakfast was also great. The banana pancake... More

We were referred here by the Lonelyplanet guide. We enjoyed our stay immensely. The guesthouse is situated on a quiet and picturesque street in the otherwise Disneylandish Old Town of Lijiang. Mama Naxi herself is quite the character. As soon as we arrived Mama Naxi had us sit down and fed us tea and a bunch of fruit. We found... More