Guest User
May 13, 2023
The staff were good, competent and friendly. The location was good for city access but the partying started in the hostel every evening by 7 and didn't finish until about midnight, but the street party noise didn't finish until 2am. it was so loud in the hostel there was no sleep to be found, nightly until will after 2am. Outside people, not staying at the hostel, have easy access into the whole hostel, which is not safe. My uber, as well as other guests' uber were very unsure about dropping us at the address upon arrival. The front counter is tiny and behind a locked gate, even though access to the on site bar is fully open and that access leads to find and the front counter. Bathrooms were not very clean, nor inviting. My female dorm was an unbelievably cold room (extra blankets were provided and one under desk heater, although with so much load shedding, the heater was of no use. The bunks were so close together, you could not sit upright on the bottom ones. Lockers we're only big enough to hold a day pack. They flies in my dorm squeaked so loudly, it woke my entire room when I moved around. The curtains were insufficient to cover the windows, or keep out the light. The mattress was so overused, it was permanently imprinted in the middle so if you wanted to sleep off center you have to roll up the incline to do so. The single pillow was flattened and separated into chunks, and had to be squished together to become useful. The showers are black tile and have no room inside then for so much as a towel. Everything you bring to the shower had to be hung outside the shower, in three open bathroom area. There are no emergency lights in the bathroom, so during load shedding the entire room is completely blacked out.