Holly S.
Google
great location, however we had a very negative experience. my group was placed in a ground floor women-only room, which was fine at first. however we began to notice beg bugs on surrounding beds and mould in the bathroom.
The windows did not effectively lock nor did the fly screen. Just before 3am on July 17th, everyone in our room was awoken to the sound of men shouting and pounding on the windows of our room. Continuing, they managed to open the window and pull the fly screen up to put their phone torches in our room. The men put their hands through the opened window and slammed the shutters on our beds. This persisted for 30 minutes. Myself and the people I travelled with were terrified and felt very uneasy staying in the hostel afterwards. They were loud, and would have been able to enter our room if they wished to. It was a terrifying experience for us and we truly thought something was going to happen to us in the room of your hostel.
I expect that it is within the scope of the hostels duty of care to ensure a safe space for travellers to stay in while in the hostel. It appears that not all measures were met to ensure our safety, as these people could have entered our room quite easily. An emergency number is listed for 24/7 accessibility in the hostel, however we attempted to call 4 times and received no answer. we told the hostel in the morning and there were no attempts to resolve the situation. furthermore, after our stay, I sent an email noting the unsatisfactory conditions of the hostel and received no response . do not go here.