La Zona Hostel

Excellent stay for the price in San Salvador. I would highly recommend either option - private room or deluxe dorm. I stayed in both and they were fantastic. The best part was the service. The girl on the reception was friendly and also went out of the way and helped me call the airport for my delayed baggage as I didn’t have regular calling. Thank you!

A very well-located hostel. The rooms were clean and well maintained. A big advantage is that a shuttle bus to Guatemala stops right in front of the hostel, making transportation very convenient.

I have mixed feelings about my stay, the lady that checked me in was not the nicest, she didn’t seam to care about the guest’s at all. She did not show me the kitchen ore the other password on the second flor she also didn’t explain any cone of rules. Which in my case didn’t matter that much this I have status in many hostels before, but it’s more about not putting in the effort at all that I find really disappointing. But later I met a really nice lady that helped me find the right busses to the next place I’m going to. The rooms are okey, nice with the curtains and the fan. But the kitchen is not well equipped, it has the pots and pans and the essentials but no coconut oil ore seasoning except for salt, also no free coffee. Ther is a lot of places to eat outside and a supermarket ish 20 min by walking, I would highly recommend that you check out Tacos Hermanos • San Benito, love this place, amazing food!!!

Pros - located in San Benito/ La Zona, which is a nice modern and safe area in San Salvador - 20 mins Uber from the centre and also easy enough to take the local bus to the centre. The staff were helpful when I asked about directions etc though this information is not readily available for guest and was a lot of guessing. Cons - this hostel has the worst mattress I’ve slept on in my whole month of being in El Salvador, I picked a more expensive hostel in hope to get a good nights sleep before travelling 26hrs by plane the next day. I could feel springs in my chest all night, which meant it was impossible to sleep without them digging into my body. The hostel promotes itself as luxury and modern at a high price point, the cheapest shared dorm is $17, however, there is nothing that reflects that high price point e.g showers are cold, no free towel, no free breakfast, no free morning coffee, and not even free drinking water available (which is bare minimum) at that high price point, you would expect this to be offered, as I have seen in many, if not ALL other hostels in El Salvador. On a whole, the amenities are quite basic. I was really disappointed with this hostel. It was the most expensive place I stayed in the whole month in El Salvador and is where I had the worst nights sleep I had the whole trip! Maybe they are a new hostel, but I would highly recommend acting on this feedback for improvements.

Really one of my worst hostels so far. Good and safe location, but the hostel itself is below average. Rooms are extremely small without any shelf and tiny space on the floor. It was very inconvenient being in the room. No curtains by the windows so that you can’t sleep once the sun comes up. Only cold showers! Almost no one of the staff speaks English.

My boyfriend and I stayed here for 2 nights and it wasn’t too terrible as it was just a place to sleep however the images look nothing like the rooms. There is also no AC in the rooms just a very load fan. Also not very social. Wouldn’t really recommend staying longer than one night here. It was also a 15min drive from downtown and not much near by.

This has been the worst hostel experience I’ve had in El Salvador. The rooms were dirty, my sheets had stains, and the amenities were poor. It’s obvious the staff doesn’t care about their guests, only about money. We paid for two nights in advance, but after a terrible night’s sleep (two people snoring loudly in the same room, and bunk beds that squeak and move with every turn), we decided we couldn’t stay another night. When we politely asked the staff to cancel the second night, they refused any kind of refund, even for $15, hiding behind a “no-refund policy.” We weren’t even asking to be reimbursed for the first night, only to cancel the one ahead, since they told us the snorer would stay several more nights. The beds are uncomfortable, the rooms feel unclean, and after reading other reviews mentioning bed bugs, I completely believe it. This place clearly does not care about its clients or their comfort. I would not recommend La Zona Hostel to anyone, save yourself the trouble and stay somewhere that actually values guests.

Decent hostel in a really nice, safe part of the city with plenty of international restaurants, bars, and shops around. It’s about a $2–3 Uber to the central part of San Salvador and around $8 to the Boquerón Volcano, which was very convenient. Good for a short stay of one or two nights, comfortable overall, though the third floor gets quite hot and AC would have helped. Slightly pricey for the region, but there aren’t many solid hostel options in the city. Breakfast was a great deal at $5, and the 24-hour reception was a big plus. My only wish is that it were kept cleaner, especially on the third floor.