Budget Hotels in Songkhla City
6 Hostels & Guesthouses
Real Reviews, Real Value!

Yu Cafe & Hostel (formerly Lyn's Home) is a hostel in an old shophouse right in the middle of Songkhla Old Town, on Nakhon Nai Road, scoring 8.9 from 40 reviews on Trip.com, opened in 2019 and renovated in 2024. What guests mention most is the location — it's a few minutes' walk to the street art, Nang Ngam Road, the cafés and the old-town markets, and you step straight out into the Chinese-shophouse streets. There are cheap dorm beds in the low hundreds of baht as well as private rooms, with a coffee café downstairs. Staff are friendly and good at pointing you to things to see nearby. A fine pick if you want to wake up and start exploring the Old Town on foot.

No5 Hostel is a stay in a handsome carved-teak wooden house — a rare thing at this price, the gate sign reading House No. 5 in Thai. It scores 8.4 on Booking, with location rated 9.2. It's on Soi Chai Khao in the Bo Yang quarter, about 2 km from Samila Beach and a 10-minute walk to Nang Ngam Road in the Old Town. The old timber house is dressed with antiques and classic furniture, with a garden to sit in and free private parking — uncommon for a budget stay in town. Guests call it clean and quiet with attentive owners. A good fit if you want the character of an old wooden house without paying for a boutique.

V Place Residence is apartment-style accommodation in central Songkhla where many rooms have a kitchenette and a fridge, scoring 8.5 from 108 reviews on Trip.com. It's on Sai Buri Road in the Bo Yang area, about a 6-minute drive to Samila Beach and close to Thaksin University. The draw is rooms that are larger than the price suggests, with space to cook a little, which suits longer stays or anyone here to work, plus free parking. Honestly, some reviews report a room that smelled musty or wasn't cleaned thoroughly, so check yours on arrival and flag reception if needed — but overall it's good value for a roomy central base.

Apassanan Place is a small budget hotel in the Bo Yang area whose reviews mostly praise its cleanliness and value, scoring 8.6 on Traveloka. It has 32 rooms, all with air conditioning, a fridge and a TV. It's on Sai Buri Road, about 2 km from the town centre, an easy drive to Samila Beach and the Old Town and close to Songkhla Rajabhat and Thaksin universities. There's free parking, so it suits drivers who want a clean, simple room at a low rate. It's a plain little hotel with no frills — what you get is cleanliness and quiet.

Hop Inn Songkhla is a budget chain hotel built around clean, new rooms, scoring 9.2 on Trip.com with cleanliness rated as high as 9.7. It has 77 rooms on Kanchanavanich Road in the Khao Rup Chang area, opposite Songkhla Rajabhat University, with restaurants nearby and a big free car park. The thing to know is that it's about 6 km from the Old Town (a ~10-minute drive) and closer to Chalatat Beach than to Samila, so it suits drivers or anyone who doesn't mind riding into the Old Town. Rooms are plain chain-standard with no frills, but you get a clean, new room and a comfortable night at a good rate.

Queen Songkhla Hotel is an old, long-running hotel in central Songkhla that trades on a cheap rate and its location, scoring 7.6 on Trip.com. It's on Sai Buri Road in the Bo Yang quarter, about 2 km from the Golden Mermaid statue and within walking distance of markets and restaurants in town. The pluses are the low price, a 24-hour front desk and an ATM on site. To be straight about it, the building and the décor are genuinely old-school, the rooms plain and dated, and some guests feel it's due an update — but if you're not fussy about design and just want a cheap central bed, it does the job. Best for tight budgets and a short stay.