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Review of Green Tortoise Seattle Guest H...

I won't be returning to this hostel -and I'm not s...

I won't be returning to this hostel -and I'm not sure if I would recommend it.

The hostel itself is fine. Bathrooms are great. The common areas are nice. The beds have an ample framing, but having a good bed seems to depend on how lucky you are with the mattress. I wasn't.

In the social aspect, they have a lot of activities. And a lot of freebies: beer nights, ice creams, et cetera. It could be -theoretically- a great hostel.

A lot of people present in the hostel are staff, working for accommodation. While this creates weird underlying vibes of tribalism, most of them are extraordinarily nice. I met the exception: someone who had an intermittently arrogant, ununderstanding, unwelcoming and ultimately insulting demeanor. He reacted with unexpected, open (and I would like to think undeserved) verbal hostility at one point. Without wanting to make a big deal about it, I reckon that that whole interaction somewhat spoiled my stay there, and bittered my memories of this place.

Nonetheless, I can't justify giving the hostel less than 3 stars.