Baloo Hostel

Clean, friendly staff, nice bar to meet some people, there is a curtain for each bed so you can keep your privacy easily. The location is good, close to 2 metro stations

The area is a bit shady especially at night. There are many homeless people but it seems like they are not really dangerous:)

- the atmosphere of the hostel; - the playlist playing in the common areas; - the free water, coffee, and fruits; - the large kitchen area where you can comfortably cook, eat or chill

Very central location, 7 min walk from Omonia metro station, and close to Exarchia, Kypseli and Monastiraki. Rooms are spacious, clean, ventilated and air conditioned. The hostel was considerate of my request for an upper bunk bed. Each bed has curtains, a power socket, a small shelf and a railing. There is a lot of room for bags either under the beds or besides them. Kitchen is super well equipped, there are some fruits offered every morning and hot coffee. Showers are in order, with plenty of hooks to hang personal items. Staff is very friendly and helpful. Amenities like towels and locks are provided for a very fair price, once for the entire duration of the stay. There are also events hosted by the hostel. Overall the vibe is social and I found it easy to meet new people. Shared spaces are designed in a way that makes it easy to engage. I recommend it!

Not enough time with Jenny!!! And keycard has to be carried everywhere, I got locked out of my room at least thrice

The ambience was great, the staff friendly and the place was very clean.

The showers were clogged and the shower heads on and of the shower could be adjusted, resulting in the stream of water aiming straight ahead and needing to hold it by hand in order to take a shower. Additionally, on our last night we had a friend leave a jacket at the front desk to our name but the jacket was mysteriously lost and despite our friend stating he was sure he handed it to the front desk girl, no one at the hostel acknowledged receiving it, and just told us it wasn’t their responsibility. While we understand that, the overall experience with the staff was that they were inexperienced and very disorganized. They asked us to wait for example while their looked for the jacket and then simply forgot they were doing that when we went to the front desk to ask again some hours later. Lastly we booked a bed on a 4 bedroom room but it had 5 beds, when asking they commented “its bookings problem not ours”. Again while that may be true, it just came across very unprofessional.