Sarah charles (Thewhereto)
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I’m finding it hard to review this place because there are positives and negatives, so hence it scores in the average range.
Firstly it is a great Location on the beach, about 20 mins from the airport in a vehicle. 20 min walk to Jaffa, 10-15 min walk to Florentine, Carmel Market and right in the central area itself.
The check in process was easy, for the counter is open 24 hours. Staff are very friendly and helpful.
There are dorms and private rooms (with private or shared bathrooms). We had a private room with a shared bathroom. The room was great and had a comfortable bed, sink, television and air conditioner. The hotel was very clean, you always saw them cleaning and the smell of bleach was there which highlights very clean to me.
The property provides breakfast with pancakes, cereal, fruit, Mediterranean dips and olives. They also have coffee and tea for access at all times on the ground floor.
The rooftop would be great in summer.
They arrange events like yoga, shabbat dinner, pub crawls so it has a good vibe.
Whilst there, our first room air conditioner broke and the staff were good in moving us the second day. There was also a bad storm and our second room started leaking (as did a number of other rooms). Again the staff were good In moving us. I’m not sure what they would have done if it was full. The electricity then went out and it wasn’t back on that day. We moved hotels and they kindly refunded me. I think the staff did super well dealing with the issues.
I think it is part of a bigger picture and the hostel should look at a long term investment to fix the windows re leaking and electricity overall.
I think in Summer this would be the perfect place to stay.