have booked a bed in a 6-bed female dorm. I've been staying here for last 3 nights and tonight is the 4th one. I have been seeing the following problems in the room:
The lights switch on randomly when someone uses access card to enter in the room. When I told about this at reception, I was told it's a problem with the system and the lady said she would insist that the lights be switched off for all beds. If the hostel management knows that there are problems with the system, should it not get fixed? Why should it be left to guests to switch lights off repeatedly when anyone enters the room - including the lights for the unoccupied beds?
There are four plug points - all are close to one bed. Out of these four plug points, only 2 are functional.
I complained about air-conditioning - today was the third time when I complained and I was told that the air-conditioning is broken. The room has been getting terribly hot in the night. Also, there's complete lack of ventilation. If we try to open the windows a little, there's a problem with Windows too! They open up completely! We just can't keep a small little gap for ventilation.
I have stayed in numerous hostels in Europe and for way lesser cost. This is the first time I. seeing so...
Read moreThis hostel was quite nice. Reception was friendly if a bit unorganized at times. The food that they offered there was very affordably priced. The rooms were a bit cramped and the beds were not terribly comfortable. The hostel has written quotes regarding money in every room. Toilets were absolutely horrible. Small and cramped and smelling very strongly of urine. Shower rooms were adequate but shower curtains are not properly placed. As a result, unless you carefully tuck in the shower curtain, water will leak out onto the floors. The fact that it's in a bank building makes for some oddities in room configurations. However, going down to the basement and seeing the old vault with safe deposit boxes was mildly interesting. It has a small kitchen with microwave but nothing that you could really cook in. There is a locked room in which you can store your luggage before or after your stay. Finally, the location in the center of town absolutely cannot be beat. Note that this is definitely not a wheelchair accessible establishment. There are curved stairways with varying widths on stair risers. They do have an elevator, but you can only access it by getting a key from the front desk. It's also so small that it would only hold a small...
Read moreThe place felt so dirty. The mattresses were filthy, the walls were grubby and the bathrooms and showers were really smelly. Girls from the floor below us came up to use our floor's bathroom on because the one on their floor smelt worse. That was concerning as ours was not great. The shower heads only had a hook a mid chest level so you had to awkwardly hold it one handed while showering. The location of the power points was also really inconvenient relative to where the beds were located. Thankfully a girl in our room had a multiple outlet adapter with USB-C, USB, and power plugs otherwise we would have been in trouble. The elevator was not working properly either so while our luggage could go up in it, it was not safe for people so we had to climb 3 flights of stairs. While I expect this to a degree in Europe, our tour leader said it was broken when they were previously here so I'm not sure what is taking so long for it to be fixed. Staff were friendly enough. The only reason to stay in this place though is the location. This hostel has many tacky quotes about money plastered on every wall, including how money can't buy you happiness. That may be true but money can buy you a far cleaner, nicer hotel room and that is a...
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