Mandarin Hostel — Hotel in Budapest

So we stayed at this accommodation previously and loved it! In fact not only loved it but fell IN LOVE THERE! However, upon returning to this memorable hostel… we were every thing but happy. Our beds were ridden with bed bugs the size of melons. After a lovely scroll on the town we stumbled back into the room admittedly having a few to find nothing else but a small white man inside my bed with MY boxers laid on top of him. Now I’m not one for arguments or confrontations but i addressed this matter immediately and was treated as I was the crazy one who was in the wrong. The man whose name we shall spare (not Voldermort) … kindly told me that he had occupied that bed for the last couple of days and that the hostel owners had completely permitted him to do so.. and had obviously got a mix up. I apologised however was still concerned that he was sleeping in MY boxers. We therefore took matters into our own hands as the main desk was conveanately unoccupied! I tried to grab more bedding from the front desk but was unsuccessful. Therefore had to sleep in a single bug ridden bed with my partner. This is an example of only one of the numerous troubles at this so called hostel. A once loved memorable hostel… now an ever lasting nightmare. AVOID....

The Hostel is managed by an elderly Hungarian man called Zoltan who speaks fairly good English. He lives on the top floor of the Hostel and so has to travel down to the ground floor to answer the door bell. He is no spring chicken and some younger backpackers tend to lack patience and want immediate attention. If anyone is sarcastic to Zoltan, he is sarcastic in return. I cannot imagine how he finds all the energy to manage the place with little or no help over a twenty four hour period because he always seem to be on duty.

The Hostel is not clean. The toilets cannot be locked from the inside and no toilet tissue is provided. The showers are basic, mostly broken fittings and all need replaced. The bed mattress have seen better days and are torn and stained. I was severely bitten by bed bugs on my arms, neck and back. This Hostel still gives me nightmares where I wake up scratching myself. Does the Budapest city council not have a Health Inspectorate to moniter Hostel accommodation ?

Mandarin Hostel is attractive to those only who are seeking cheap accommodation. Experience has taught me that it is better to pay some extra money for good clean accommodation. It saves on costly medical treatment for Bed bugs,...

One of the worst hostels I've ever been. The "luggage room" had garbage in it and a couple inches of dust everywhere. When we went to our room the sighting was no better: dusty and barely cleaned. Linens had been washed but were so old and worn washing them was likely pointless anyway. Apart from the WC (which should have been cleaned more than one a day given it was used by at least 15 rooms, but was obviously cleaned maybe once a day during our stay), the common bathroom has not been cleaned during the entire 4 days we were there and was leaking everywhere: one of the showers had actual feces smeared on its bottom for the entire 4 days of our stay. As soon as I'm back home I'm going to shower with cloridric acid,...