Hostel Kolbenka — Hotel in Prague

I stayed in this hostel because I had a congress in Clarion Hotel, which is very close from there.|I read some good and bad reviews about it and would like to leave my opinion. I tried to be as fair as possible.|- Localization: if you're going to Prague for tourism, this is definitely not the best place to stay, since it is far from the center and you'd have to take the metro every day. Also, the surroundings are very empty. During the day, it's ok to walk around, but at night it's dark an there's almost no one in the street. I was alone in this trip and I tried (and failed) to never come back when it was dark. This, I think, is the weakest point of the hostel. However, it is very close to the metro and the tram station, which is an advantage.|- Staff: nice staff. The receptionists that stay there during the day speak English, but cleaning and night staff don't understand English. It wasn't a big problem for me, though, but stay aware if you need anything during the night.|- Services: the room is not cleaned every day. The kitchen is very poor, maybe I can't call it a kitchen. It has only one microwave and some glasses (doesn't have plates, knifes, spoons, not even a chair!). This is the second weak point of the hotel. Doesn't have an elevator, so keep that in mind if you wish to take heavy luggage with you. I'd say this is a hostel where you should stay just to sleep. Towels are old.|- Room: the room was heated every single moment and there was a frigobar inside. The bed is comfortable. The room was clean when I arrived. They didn't provide soap or shampoo, but I never expected that anyway. The walls are thick, so I could hear everything that happened next door. A very important highlight: the free Wi-Fi worked VERY well...

We booked this last minute but on Booking.com it seemed ok. When we got there however we were just shocked. This hostel is situated in an old factory which had no kind of rustic charm at all but only dirty and quite frankly spooky and scary. There was Wifi in the room but that was the only good thing really. The walls are paper thin and you could hear the party that was going on in the next room. Everything dirty and run down. We ended up putting a chair to the door for extra protection and we slept in our clothes in case something would happen during the night. We just couldn´t get away from there faster. Absolutey NOT...

눉Pésima localización, si recordais donde se desarrolla el la batalla final de la peli de robocop, os imaginareis el entorno donde se encuentra el hostel. No se corresponde en nada la realidad a lo publicado en booking. En cuanto al personal, es cierto qe llegamos algo mas tarde de lo esperado, aunq realmente no lo especifiqué porque no lo sabía, pero cuando conseguí acceder a la recepción del hotel con mi chica, bastante agobiados por loq nos encontramos, el recepcionista no nos recibió de la manera mas agradable. Las instalaciones son muy insuficientes, no deja lugar a una opción a desayuno. No hay ascensor. Una vez en la habitación, aparentemente limpia despues observas los detalles y te derrumbas aún, si cabe, mucho más. Mobiliario antiguo y ropa de cama desgastada en exceso. Luces de la habitación de oficina. La tapa del retrere estaba suelta y tenías qe agarrarte para no caerte si te sentabas, al margen del color amarillento qe mostraba uno de los tapones donde se sujetaba a la taza...en fín. La moqueta no apta para pisar descalzo (no esq me fie en ningun hotel pero en éste menos aún). Las cortinas, con puntillas, no cumplian su función de opacidad con las ventanas de manera qe en cuanto salía el sol te cegaba la luz qe entraba en la habitación. Paredes sucias, en una de las mesillas había un pelo sospechoso de provenir de zonas intimas de quien sabe quien. Por último recalcar su ubicación y accesibilidad, como ejemplo os diré qe una vez hecho el "check in", para volver por la noche la conductora del uber qe pillamos no se atrevió a adentrarse para dejarnos en la puerta del hotel asiq imaginaos transitar con vuestra pareja, de madrugada despues de un concierto, por aquellos lares dignos de una peli de Paul Verhoeven. Peor hotel...