The staff are mostly very nice, the space is decorated nicely with murals on the walls and it's relatively clean. The kitchen is adequately equipped although they only have one plate which can go in the microwave as the others are metal and the 6 stovetop burners are electric so when load shedding happens for 6-9 hours a day, you can't cook or heat food up. There are good restaurants nearby within walking distance. They offer several tours which are affordable and the guides are great.

If you are a light sleeper or a digital nomad, it may not be for you. The only community space to sit/work is a bar which is open to the public and plays loud music until 11-12 every night AND there's another bar/club on the corner which plays loud music where you can practically feel the bass thumping until 2-3:30am 7 days a week. Since the hostel is open to the public via the bar & they don't issue bracelets or anything to identify guests/residents, anyone can wander through the place and knock on your door which is a bit unsettling. The wifi signal is weak throughout the hostel and when load shedding happens for hours at a time there is No wifi signal in the rooms.

It is in a really bad area of the town. I didn't feel safe even though staff told me it's safe to walk around. But just weird vibes in general in the hostel and around it

met similar minded travellers and exchanged tips and experiences. all age groups

load sharing also atad noisy from nearby night club

I liked the neighborhood, although it can be unsafe during the evenings and it’s not recommended to walk by yourself.

I had a very bad experience since I paid for shared female dorm and they ended up putting me in a mixed dorm. Since I didn’t know the room was mixed, I got very scared during the evening when men entered. As a woman traveling alone I tend to choose female dorms that makes me feel safer. They changed my room and put me in a dorm with 10 beds instead of the 6-bed I paid for. The noise during the evenings is insane and I could barely sleep until 3am when the music stoped.

good hostel vibes, lots of activities offered and great to meet people, friendly staff

sketchy neighborhood, you can hear club music so you can’t sleep well, terrible Wi-Fi, the showers are not in the room so you have to walk to there and the showers are shared

Cool hostel with stylish comunity areas, very helpful staff, interesting tour options to get to know Joburg better and locted in a lively neighborhood with deliciouse eating options.

On weekends it can get quite loud at night.

The staff was helpful.

Rooms and beds were really dirty. Wifi doesnt work well.

Very social and local atmosphere. If you wanna habg wuth some hip africans then this is your place. Not many rich white guys around which is a nice change. Very cool. The street this place is on is pretty safe.. but dont go thinking this is a small beach town on western cape. Still not actually safe. I think this is the best place to stay if you want to see the real joburg.

The security of the hostel seemed a bit casual. Many locals walking through the pub/hangout area, wouldnt be much to walk up the stairs. There is a keypad on the room, however. Thats the only security apart from the bar man watching out. Staff were pretty cool, but a bit too "cool" if you know what i mean. More interested in fist bumping their hip ganja smoking friends than connecting or advising guests..

Easy booking

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Great location, clean , staff very kind

It's a good place and affodeble

The upstairs balcony is a nice place to eat and get work done. The wifi worked much better this time, compared to when we stayed there a month ago, although it still does not work in the downstairs private rooms.

We had stayed here before a month prior and enjoyed our stay. However, this time, the bar of the hostel was open to people not staying there and they were noisy until late in the evening. It was a Sunday night, and we had to be up early in the morning, but it was impossible to sleep with the loud music and everyone yelling. It was also very uncomfortable to walk from our room downstairs to the kitchen or bathroom, especially in our pajamas, because there were dozens and dozens of drunk people everywhere.

one of my favourite hostels! I really love the vibe of the hostel and Maboneng. thanks a lot!

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Noise

Good atmosphere (party!), very good location

Staff were nice but often not present, we couldn't find anyone to do our check-in for a while, then same to get back our luggage from the luggage room. Also it got quite noisy at night and the buildings are quite bad quality (doors and windows don't properly close) so no noise reduction whatsoever. Also take into account you have to walk through the outdoors backyard to get to the shared bathrooms/showers which was ok for us but I wonder how it is when it's raining...