Hans Brinker Hostel Lisbon — Hotel in Lisbon

Not my type of hostel. For starters, within moments of walking into the hostel, 2 guests were incredibly rude to me, totally unprovoked. I was literally standing there, and was hurled abusive comments from other guests. I've never had this in any another hostel (and I've stayed in quite a lot across Europe and Asia). Not the type of company I like to be around.

The 6 bed dorms are small. No locker space and no room whatsoever to put your lugagge anywhere. Prepare for room Tetris. You think it might get better after a shower.... No. The showers are only in-room, no communal floor showers. The in room shower is on a 30 second timer, so you have to constantly press the button.

The mirror is just 4 tiny squares scattered around the sink so you have to find the right spot. They gave me a bath floor mat as my towel... I'm not sure how effective that is at covering up my body...

They also require you to put down a €20 deposit to get the air conditioning remote. They will not turn it on for you. So if you're in a room with 5 random others, you need to keep the remote to yourself to ensure it doesn't go walk about so you get your €20 back. Really annoying. Other hostels either a) just give you the remote b) keep the air conditioning control at reception and you go down every time to get them to change it or c) they go up to your room with you and turn it on for you. This concept NEEDS to be rethinked. Honestly, it's not like Lisbon isn't hot. You need the air conditioning.

The location isn't great. It's 3 stops from the action and...

Very clean and nice hostel. All staff were very friendly and helpful except from the gentlemen who works the night shift. We came back from a night out and we were simply talking in our room, the man would knock and when I opened the door he didnt say a word. At first I questioned whether he worked there or not. After telling him we weren’t making any noise he would then say we are playing music (which we weren’t) and he would continuously tell me that there is going to be “big trouble tomorrow night” which was just such a strange comment to make. The only trouble we had the next night was trying to sleep with this man continuously knocking on our door when we were...

PROS:

Great value for money Our bathroom was cleaned everyday which was great The bedding was also nice, white and clean The A/C system in our room was amazing Breakfast was nice aswell - (wished) the milk was chilled though The terrace was a great place to sit just to enjoy the view and the sun. Overall, it is a great hostel for students and its location is very beneficial as it is in the center of a few stations

CONS

Arrived and our room wasn't done - hand to wait for an hour which was not enjoyable as we were tired please hire more cleaning staff. (However, our room was nice and clean so it was...