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It's an old little hostel, but well located, clean and very affordable. Staff is friendly!
Especially the upper bed squeaks if you turn around. That can be annoying...
Facilities and staff were fine. I sent the night tossing and turning and itching. Could hardly sleep. In morning no apparent sign of bites but that evening I found I was covered in itchty bites. Flees or bed bugs in bed presumably! Horrible!
Location
No tv in room
No Wifi in room 20
Old smell
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019
4/10 Poor
Verified traveller
Travelled with group
22 Sept 2019
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness
The hostel smell terrible. Didn't see any cockroaches or bedbugs though. Scary neighborhood, but it feels safe inside. Not sure if this is what to expect for a 110$ a night in Vancouver.
Checkin was easy. Does not have typical hostel feel. Kind of felt on own to figure things out. No nearby convenience stores and not many food options. This hostel is located a little further from attractions but walkable and easy bus/train nearby. Bathrooms were clean and adequately up to date and always available. Glad they were single room toilets and showers. Handsoap in toilet areas would be beneficial. Bed was comfortable. Pillows not so much. I can see the rooms being too warm in summer and loud noise from cars and people in bar across the street on weekends can keep light sleepers up. I think place is priced about right for conditions.
Like the location, very close to many restaurants.
Jake
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019
10/10 Excellent
Verified traveller
18 Aug 2019
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
4/10 Poor
Verified traveller
9 Aug 2019
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
8/10 Good
Verified traveller
6 Aug 2019
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great little hostel in a really not so great neighborhood. As a solo female traveler, I felt safe gmat the hostel. Bad neighborhood but close to the train station. I’d stay here again.
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
5 Aug 2019
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Good locations staff was helpful. Bed was very uncomfortable could feel springs digging into back and fan too cool you off at night was unbearably loud made it hard to sleep. Not worth the 40$ a night I paid.
Bed bugs. Bugs. State of disrepair. Stereotypical bed bug marks: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Twice. Dead mice. Luckily didn't see living mice. Had some kind of spider bite on my arm too.
The host will give you tips on how to go around the city, give you map to navigate Vancouver and its downtown. You have privacy in your own room, and the other tenants are mindful and respectful.
friendly people, but steep stairs to reception a bit awkward with my bag when I arrived and left.
Verified traveller
Stayed 3 nights in May 2019
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
25 May 2019
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
6/10 Okay
Verified traveller
2 Jan 2019
Very accessible. If youre not picky and just looking for a place to sleep this is a place to be.
Verified traveller
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2018
6/10 Okay
Jenny, Portland, OR
27 Dec 2018
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Fine hostel to stay in when travelling without a car. It is in a rough part of town which makes it less interesting to stay if you want to be out after dark.
Main complaint is we picked this hostel because we were driving. Turns out free parking was actually the downstairs stores parking and could only be used after five. We were also warned multiple times by hostel employees that our car could be broken into. Also the owner of the lot said they wouldn't feel comfortable leaving their car there after dark. We ended up changing plans and location based on this advice and our own impressions of the neighborhood.
Jenny
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from JOE on 22 Jan 2019
TRUE ANYWHERE DOWNTOWN.
10/10 Excellent
Verified traveller
16 Oct 2018
Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Verified traveller
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018
4/10 Poor
Verified traveller
12 Oct 2018
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The bathrooms were dirty and our room had cockroaches. Will never stay there again.
Way over priced for the place. Didn’t end up staying the night there it was so bad. I thought I’d give the reviews benefit of the doubt... but nope not s good place! Plus was given a room other than the one booked. I was so grossed out I didn’t even bother saying something. Just changed and left my items on the chair-not bed!
The man on front desk was awful! He was so so rude and unhelpful.
Room was tiny and uninviting. Don't even with the communal bathroom. The rats fighting in the alleyway below our room was a nice touch :/
Kait
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
8/10 Good
Verified traveller
9 Sept 2018
Good location
Good location.
No internet access inside the room.
Verified traveller
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
4/10 Poor
Verified traveller
9 Sept 2018
Bugs me
Nice staff and good location but there's bugs literally everywhere. Every morning I lifted my case off the floor at least 10 roaches would scurry away. Bathrooms weren't clean.
Its a run down place with bed bugs the size of my finger nail, and the cockroaches make it difficult to feel clean there.
The rooms are as hot or hotter then hell itself.
I have stayed at 3 hostels in vancity and this is the last one ill ever stay at again.