Five Elements Hostel

Arrived, took one look at the room which was falling apart and a massive safety concern and checked out to go to a hotel. Enquired to 5Elements for a refund. Yet to hear any response.

This Hostel is smack in the middle of the red light district. The neighbouring building is a brothel, and many brothels all around. The streets are full of junkies. It’s very close to the Frankfurt central train station and so easy to get to the airport. The Main river is close and plenty of restaurants, supermarkets and shopping close by. My single room was great, clean, private bathroom, soft bedding, A/C, strong wifi.

I give them a 10/10 review across the board because the description, pictures and reviews accurately described the place. It is clean and in order. They restock things when they run out. The staff is friendly and helpful. Yes the place is next to the red light district with people openly doing drugs but they leave you alone and just do their thing. Sounds crazy, but I never once felt unsafe. Chris was super friendly, had great convo with him while he made crepes. Standup guy for sure.

Its in a sketchy area, a lot of drug users in the streets at all hours of the day.. but it is close to the train station and city centre. Kind staff

Nice hostel. staff were friendly, bar is nice, had a little outdoor section with a bbq dinner.However I am traveling solo, and stayed in Franfurt just one night, I would absolutely not recommended this hostel to women, traveling solo. It is right in the centre of the red light district, lots of strip clubs and similar establishments. A huge majority of men in the area. I was approached numerous times and even followed. I have travelled a lot and never had such a bad area.

The neighborhood is really sketchy which makes for a quite unpleasant stay although the hostel in itself is okay. I was scared everytime I had to leave the hostel which isn't great when you want to explore the city. The staff was nice enough but they seemed to struggle with the system and ask me questions about my reservation for which they should have had the answer. The facilities are nice but the kitchen was really dirty. The view from the room was awesome and the bed confortablz

The staff was friendly and the pricing was great. Facilities were a bit lackluster, as the toilet was sometimes flooded and the shower was a bit janky. But all that was trifle, really. The only actual bad thing was the location, as others have mentioned. I'd like to say that it really looks worse than it is - I was never accosted, and I walked around at midnight etc. People keep to themselves - don't go looking for trouble and you'll be fine :) I'm a tall man though, so maybe different for some.

Great, but the breakfast is not really worth the 6 euros

Don't take my review as gospel but we went back to the train station and went to nurmberg because the streets around the hostel and where the hostel is was full of folk shooting up, human excrement, and loads of shadey characters. We researched more after and found the hostel itself is meant to be very clean, comfy and safe inside, but outside was definitely nor safe. Not the hostels fault, just a big problem that area in frankfurt struggles with.

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Best place to stay in Frankfurt am Main. Very convenient location to the main train station (5 minute walk) and then the S-Bahn train to the airport.

DO NOT GO HERE AS A SOLO FEMALE TRAVELLER. i know the hostel warns about the location but it is so much worse than i could have expected. at 8:30 in the morning after i arrived i stood right outside the hostel to have a smoke and was approached instantly by three druggie men asking me if i’m alone, how long i’m staying and where i’m staying. i obviously lied and said i wasn’t staying at the hostel and then had to do a loop of the block to get away from them. on my loop of the block i had another man approach me saying you me hotel sex and then offered me drugs aswell. the whole area is absolutely filled with crackheads i have never felt so unsafe. i only left the hostel to go to the shops because i was so scared and even in doing that was cat called and stopped multiple times. the actual hostel itself was not bad but the crackheads living on the street ruin it. Cannot express how much i would not recommend going here

es un buen sitio, pero está en una zona repleta de p**ticlubs, y*nkies, etc etc. Literalmente habia gente fumando cr*ck en la puerta del hostal. A mi personalmente eso me arruino bastante la experiencia en Frankfurt y no mr senti muy seguro.

First things first, this hostel is quite nice, clean, nice common areas, decent kitchen with everything needed for a simple meal, super friendly staff and a good atmosphere in general. That being said, the area as many other reviews say is pretty awful. I thought, you only have to walk two blocks from the station, how bad can it be? It's not the worst but you definitely feel uneasy. A lot of drug usage in plain sight, homeless people, broken glass everywhere and I could keep going. The good part is, in my experience, everyone was doing their own thing and didn't disturb you, but I felt quite unsafe. If you choose this hostel I would recommend not looking at anyone, mind your own business, ignore if they talk to you and try to not leave the hostel alone (you will surely make some friends there).