Local Hostel & Suites — Hotel in Municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands

Read the review and decided to give this hotel/hostel a shot. Like many mentioned, this is a great place to sleep. There is not much around the hostel so be prepared to walk to the station, if you come from the airport it would likely need to be transferred that would cost €3.40 total. Coming from Corfu town you can take line 7 and would cost about €1.70.

Staff: The day time receptionist wasn’t friendly. A few times I almost felt attacked when I wasn’t standing the the correct area to check in or unapologetic attitude. I asked a few questions regarding bike rental, recommended places, she straight up told me she doesn’t know anything, they just put the flyers up. When asked about beaches in Corfu, I was told “all beaches are good, I don’t know” it looks like the same feedback was given in some other reviews. Also when the check in is 3pm, and the room is ready at 3:25pm, yet a late check out would be assessed, that is something maybe could be improved. However the night time gentlemen was really nice and gave good recommendations on the island. Seems like it’s hit or miss.

Cleanliness: 4 The facility is converted from a prison and while everything is practically brand new, I found that that bathroom’s cleanliness (on the hostel part can be better) very fragile shower curtains hanging that make it almost seems like you are showering with another person.

Location: 1 I would strongly advise not to walk alone at night since the property is in front of an abandoned garage that has very limited lighting, but once you cross the sketchy part everything is very nice. During the day time is it quite noisy because there are elementary school kids near by. I was very unlucky at night since we had a roommate who snored all night and the rest of us all didn’t have a good night sleep. (But it’s a hostel, what can we do)

After all, 10 years of traveling and reviewing over 100 hostels I must not recommend Local Hostel and Suite to young backpackers unless you have a car. The back and forth to the city would add about €3-4 euro each day, there’s not much social aspect to it and it seems like there are areas that have so much potential at this place that it’s exciting to see how it can evolve to in the future. But for the time being, stay in Corfu town or go straight to the beach area like Kevos or Agios Gordios where they understand more about the hostel industry, more hospital, cost less, and have...

I wanted to give this accommodation a higher star rating however it needs some improvement. ||I stayed here for a few nights while in Corfu. It's location is good, on the outskirts of the city and you can get a bus to the city from close to the hostel. The hostel itself was very nice- new, fresh and modern and the staff were very nice. The bathroom facilities were excellent and there was lots of space in our dorm!||||However it was not clean! There was leftover rubbish and food in our dorm from previous people because there was no bin in our dorm to actually put the rubbish into! We asked for one at reception. They gave a bag which was then removed the following day but no physical bin was put in the dorm. The kitchen was also very dirty. It looked like nobody was cleaning it. I know in a hostel its common etiquette to tidy after yourself however sadly some people don't do this. The fridge was packed to the point where you couldn't put anymore food in and people had not removed old food. This is essential in a hostel. Somebody needs to check the kitchen, make sure its clean and to sort the fridge out. A second fridge is definitely required as there's plenty of space for one! ||Approaching the hostel at night time is very dark. It's down a dark road/lane that could really use a light. Yes when you reach the hostel an automatic light goes on however it needs more light on approaching the hostel to feel safer. Maybe the hostel could do something about this?||||I would stay again as it was a really nice hostel to be fair and hopefully give a higher rating if improvements...

When we entered the room after check in we saw a large venomous ant on the curtains. We had never seen that kind of insect so we took a picture of the ant and did a reverse image search with Google. The Google results determined that it was a velvet ant which packs a venom that is so PAINFUL it has the nickname “cow killer.” ||||When we informed the owner about the venomous ant, he looked in disbelief and acted annoyed that he had to help us. He proceeded to spray the room with insect repellant. On the bottle of the insect replant it says to open the windows and stay out of the room for a few hours after use. After he sprayed the room, he told us that we can go back to the room in a few minutes in the hall way. He didn’t care about our health or experience AT ALL! Overall, the owner was uncaring and had a huge attitude problem.||||The owner was so inept that he proceeded to kill the ant in a tissue and showed it to us. We asked hotels.com to help us cooperate with the owner but he refused a refund and did not provide any apology.||||After the incident, he continued being unhelpful and played loud rap music while we sat in the lobbying searching for a new hotel for that night. ||||AVOID THIS ACCOMMODATION AT ALL COSTS! The building is a literal former prison. The location is inconvenient. Do not support this miserable business owner and save yourself the stress of having to find a new hotel at 9pm on a...