Alejo Suarez

Review of Hostelling International New Y...

I must say first of all that the hostel is really ...

I must say first of all that the hostel is really very good! The best opinions left me of this place. Hyper large hostel, includes breakfast (basic, but not important). The area where it is located, although it is quite "up" in the city, is one block from metro line 1, with which you can get everywhere. There is no problem to move around the city and the suburbs. Everything was always very clean in general, the hallways of the rooms, the bathrooms, etc. Per floor they have like 3 bathrooms for men and 3 for women. The common areas are a bit small, but since they have a patio, it can be used very well. We were in the middle of winter and it was very crude to go out to the patio haha. In the basement they have TWO KITCHENS very equipped with microwave, kitchen, laundry room, electric kettle, refrigerators and freezers. They have cutting boards for food, plates, glasses, cups. OF EVERYTHING! You can even obviously buy food outside and bring it to the hostel. There is only one thing that I would highlight, in the hostel they do not allow drinking alcohol, it is not something crucial to choose a lodging but there is something that did happen to us, and that seems to me to have more to do with respect for everyone than the fact itself : one night we bought a pizza and a can of beer. After a while, someone from the place came to tell me that it was not possible, I told him I didn't know and threw it away (luckily I had already taken it). So far so good, BUT it happened to us that EVERY night there were people drinking alcohol in the common areas and nobody said anything. Even a person who did not respect anyone came to have a bottle of champagne in the middle of the common room, in full view of everyone. And that same person played very loud music from his cell phone and we all had to put up with that. This I think has a lot to do with respect for all the passengers of the place. Either they allow themselves to drink alcohol or they do not allow anyone, much less bother with the whim of a passenger with their music. For this reason I do not put 5 stars.