Description: This was my first hostel stay, so I cannot compare it to other hostels.
To start with the location was nice. It is located in the 13th arrondissement, a short walk from either the Saint-Jacques or Glacière metro stations making it very easy to get around the city. This is not a "tourist" area so there was not a ton of restaurants or stores near by, but it is five metro stops from Montparnasse (you can also walk to Montparnasse for dinner).
The front desk was pleasant, I cannot say they were very helpful with finding things in the area. There were people of all ages staying there, while we were there a conference of some sort was going on and it appeared that there were a few families staying there as well. It has a small bar with some outside seating, cafeteria, restaurant, laundry, a computer center and lots of conference rooms. The breakfasts were simple, one serving each; bread, yogurt, croissant, orange juice, coffee and cereal per person. The restaurant and the bar had limited hours so we found food out. The laundry seemed expensive at 7 euro to use the washer, including detergent, and dryer, but it was welcomed after we accumulated several days of rain soaked clothes.
The room felt like I was back in a college dorm. We had a room with two single beds and a bathroom but not much else, it was narrow but we had plenty of room. It felt clean and was cleaned everyday. I have no complaints about the beds, the shower would only stay on for about 2 minutes, you have to push the handle to start it again. The major down side was that since there was no AC you had to keep your windows open and every morning pre-7am there were loud trucks outside and late into the night you could hear activity on other floors and in the streets. We took to sleeping with our earplugs.
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