The Railway Hostel

AWFUL EXPERIENCE! This hostel is horrible. It's RUN DOWN and badly managed. Greedy owners who don't reinvest a single cent back. For 27€ without breakfast, the place is a rip off. The people who work there we asume are part time staff. Genuinely sad, because we heard that this place used to be a lovely hostel and it could be again with propper work put in. I doubt they change bed sheets! Really dirty and smelly. Luckly no bed bug bites (even they might have escaped this place) The underside of the matresses are MOLDY. Half the matresses are less than 10 cm thick and so worn out, you sleep on the bed frame. Dirt in every corner. They only clean the middle of the floor. You can see where did the "landlord special" paintwork, where they painted the floors dark, but only to the bed frame. Then the bed was slightly moved. 2 outlets for 5 people. 2 toilets for the whole floor and they are mixed sex. 4 showers for the whole floor, also mixed, and with only a push button, the water starts at ice cold and goes to boiling. No regulation. The fridges are full of old stinky food, dirty. Most of the stove tops are broken. If I would have continued to search and document mold and grime, I would probably just go sleep in the park...

I paid €65 for a double private room, it was the cheapest hostel from the area, but still it wasn't worth the price. The cleaning was very poor, beds were a way too old, cover duvets were probably used several times and never washed, I had to use my jersey to cover the pillow, which had hairs and stains on it... At least the bathroom was clean despite there wasn't hand soap. We didn't have any problem with other guests there and the staff was okay, although they only accepted cash, which was inconvenient. I wouldn't recommend it if you are a woman planning on sharing a room with strangers, it doesn't feel safe.

Great night. Don't listen to the bad reviews, people are far too sensitive. Nice place, well heated and honestly pretty clean. Yeah the plastering on the walls could be better and the sink in the kitchen wasn't working at the time but these aren't things that really effect you, its a hostel not a five star hotel. Very fair price and friendly staff. Thank you! p.s. beware of the Smurf Room😩