Five Elements Hostel

Wouldn’t recommend to stay in this place, as it says, the hostel is located on a red zone so it gets dangerous pretty easily. The SECURITY IS BAD, they let one man in and somehow went to our bedroom through the amenities part at night and stole me and another roommate €750. They just said “I’m sorry guys” I mean, come on! They couldn’t care less

I booked a private room. The heating was off and the room was cold at the night, could not able to sleep during the night. When I asked the staff they said it's because of inflation the heating system is set to a minimum even though I paid the full amount.

Einfach Klasse, hier bekommt man die Facetten des Lebens präsentiert, ich liebe dieses Hostel! Die Lage ist für mich als (Hobby) Sozio- und Psychologen eine faszinierende Erfahrung. Wenn man im Hostel ankommt, wo es sauber und warm und herzlich ist, ist man froh in dieser Bubble angekommen zu sein. Und ich habe ein riesen Vergnügen daran, durch die Fenster das Verhalten der hiesigen Unterart des homo addictus, zu studieren. So eine Art umgekehrter Zoo, oder ein Haifischkäfig... Klasse!!!

Check in 16:00 pm ? make no sense and was 16:15 and the reception boy say: your room is not ready.. When i was to do the check in the woman of the reception she Saïd: you need pay 32 euros more… wtf i payed my reservation in hostelworld!! and a man from Chile he say: i don’t care your reservation in my computer say that. (boy you’re a luckyman) the neighborhood my good!! people getting high, drinking and dirty. Bathrooms and room dirty If you pay with card, you pay 1 euro more..

Overall I didn’t mind staying here. I was very aware of its location and willing to accept that risk. I kept to myself and ignored the people on the street and had no issues with them, even walking by myself at night. It’s about it 15 minutes walk to an area with restaurants and shopping. Super close to HBF as well. As far as in the inside of the hostel, the rooms and bathrooms were clean but there’s only 1 shower per gender for the floor, so you have to be flexible on your timing. I thoroughly checked my linens for bedbugs and found none thankfully. But the linens are stained and could definitely be replaced. The highlight of the property is the staff, they’re all so kind and helpful and will give you the best recommendations. Happy hour is great and was always packed during my stay.

Debo decir que en términos generales el hostel está bien, lástima el lugar en el que se encuentra, por ese motivo no me quedo otra que salir temprano y regresar antes que se haga de noche. Respecto al hostel, algunas zonas necesitan remodelaciones, mejorar limpieza en baños, la cocina era pequeña y no muy limpia, compete lugar con la lavandería, por ende si querías usar las máquinas se dificultaba.

Ok so I read the reviews and prepared for a ruff landing and it really wasn’t that bad. Yeah it’s a crackheads area but they don’t seem to bother anyone and there’s plenty of normal people walking around or hanging out. Just be cool and walk straight. The property is completely safe inside and only guests can get in. Aside from that it’s a great value stay - comfy beds with charging ports, clean linens, clean facilities, plenty of lounging space and strong wifi. Cool staff. Good deal overall.

In a really weird area, felt completely unsafe. But they warn you about that upfront so can’t really complain, but it was a lot worse than I thought. Quick walk from the train station but you may trip on a few crackheads on the way. The hostel itself was very safe and clean!