Westend Hostel

needs some coffee but nice pad for the price.

Good summary of this place. You want to be woken up by the staff in the middle of the Night or maybe have a charming chat with the loud alcoholics in your room? You have come to the right, very very dirty place.

It is homeless long term accommodation. Those who stay for a long time are not travelers. They create a dirty smell. The accommodation is better than the price. Great location and bathrooms are enough. However, the dirty smell made from them in a room that is not ventilated is very dirty. They are mostly men. Women can feel fear. If you are a woman alone, do not go.

On the first day of my stay, I literally almost got into a fight with one of the long-termers/workers in the room and the staff was there to watch and did nothing about it instead of kicking him out just because my backpack was in a place where this guy didn't want it (it wasn't even in his way and he just wanted to start issues). This hostel houses a huge group of Romani locals who all know each other and team-up to make the lives of travelers who stay here miserable. When one of the couples first came into the room, they played this loud music and even left without even caring about whether it affects me or not. I also noticed some expensive clothing missing from my backpack after walking around the city. After they came back, another guy entered into the room who wanted to fight me right away outside because my backpack was apparently in a wrong spot. They then wanted me to leave immediately at check-out time even though I was out of the bed in the common room waiting to go to the next hostel. I felt extremely uncomfortable at this hostel and didn't even want to go into the common room in the evening because they all team up against you. I initially saw some bad reviews for single girls staying here because it is nothing but guys so I figured, fair enough, I am not a female and don't have to worry about the locals trying get with me, but surely was I wrong. I would never stay again here even if you could pay me! Do yourself a favor and skip this hostel for it isn't suitable at all!

This place is not what it is advertised as. Yes it’s a budget hostel but what you get isn’t even that. They do have a cleaner so the place is ‘cleaned’ but it’s dirty overall. The walls , the beds, the bathrooms. The staff barely speak English. We were so unsatisfied with our stay that while we had booked for 10 nights we left after the first, none of our money was returned to us. This place is the worst accommodation that either me or my friends has ever seen ever.