Really dont know why this place is rated as excellent. The price is way to high for what you get. The ppl are indeed very friendly but some things - what make a place great - really do need improvement. First of all the price wasn't 250 as noticed online, but 280 because I stayed "just two nights".
When you travelling alone and want to meet ppl, this is not the place. The communal area is not a place you want to sit for fun and the dorm is depressive (an other guest described it like a 'mental institution'). They did a hard job trying to make the bathroom look "cool". But in the end its a bad lighted place with no atmosphere. Some graffiti will look good in there. Please clean the sink towel provided, same for bath towel, as they ask ppl to get there shoes off. It both looks proper grey and dirty. About towels, for 280 a night I expect to get a towel on my bed when I arrive,
The cleanness is not ok in my bed as well. Hairs were still on the pillow and I'm pretty sure they didnt clean the sheets; as there were clear turn wrinkles on the bed. (and please remove plastic of mattresses! who wants to sleep on foil, like children pie in there bed all the time?!!)
This place is fine, its what to expect of it. But certainly not worth more than 150 baht. As you can get a proper private in Chiang Mai for 200 baht, and a really good dorm for 120 baht...

An excellent Hostel, I stayed at FWD for two weeks and loved it. The owners Win and Phon are truly lovely people who look after every need you have out there. The hostel has everything you want, privacy, great hostel atmosphere,cleanliness,comfort,close to everything. Win has some great contacts around the city so anything you need they can organise, and at the best prices. We made some really good friends there particularly with Win and Phon. This place is truly a home away from home.

This is lovely little hostel in Chiang Mai and I stayed here for two nights in January 2013. The hostel is small with only ten beds, but is clean and comfortable.

The pros of this hostel have been higlighted by other reviews. For me, the negatives were only one shower having hot water (the second shower only had cold water) and the air conditioning only running between 8pm and 8am (which meant the room was rather hot if you wanted to have an afternoon nap). The service was generally quite good, although I did detect a clear preference to book day trips and excursions with the hostel rather than independently.

This hostel can be difficult to find and on a number of occassions taxis were unable to find it. A helpful tip is to ask to be taken to one of the nearby temples. The hostel is approximately 20 minutes walk from the Night Market.