Central Hostel

8.6

Excellent

160 Guest reviews

8.6

Excellent

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Cleanliness8.4/10

Service8.8/10

Comfort8.6/10

Condition8.6/10

Neighborhood9.4/10

Amenities8.4/10

Nice hostel for short term stays. Can be noisy due to people on the street outside.

Location location location! I loved my stay at the Central Hostel. The staff were super nice and helpful and the location is truly central and very walkable. I stayed in a 8 bed mixed dorm for the first time and the blackout blinds were a gamechanger for me. Other than a microwave there's no kitchen but there're an Aldi and Carrefour nearby which is super helpful. The washrooms and the showers weren't the cleanest and it didn't feel like they were being cleaned daily but it's a hostel after all. If I'd ever go back to Bordeaux, I'll definitely stay here but would book a female dorm instead. Merciii :>

Brilliant stay

Fantastic service, very well situated - great value for money for a short stay in the city.

The area is not safe, a lot of homeless around the hotel. Services are very limited: WiFi didn’t work, terrible smell in the lobby and bathroom, not possible to set your temperature in the room, no iron available even if you ask the front desk. The overall experience was not so good.

Huge private top floor room with a view

We stayed in 401 which is a very large private room. We lived everything about the room and the stay. The hostel is perfectly located for walking to all the old town sites. We’ll stay again.

Unfortunately, the hostel does not have control of its surroundings. At the time of my stay, there were some unhoused people with dogs. And at night they would bark. ( the dogs not the people ) But in no insistence did I feel unsafe. The area is very centrical and walking distance to most attraction. Highly recommend.

great stay

very pleasant stay julliette was very informative and professional. highly recimmend staying here good location!!

We had a great stay in a family room. When we closed the window it was completely quiet with no noise getting in from the square. Staff were very helpful. The breakfast option was excellent. The location was perfect for walking about the beautiful city. Highly recommend.

Fantastic!!

This did not seem like a hostel. It was amazing. we had a private room. Location cannot be beat. Amazing cafe and area to hang out downstairs. super quiet. On a famous square in an old church.

Excellent service

location is brilliant in the centre of Bordeaux. However, i went expecting breakfast as advertised only to be told they did not serve food. They need to change their ads about the hostel. However, excellent cafe just round the corner. They also need to be more communicative about tourism, and where the tourist bureau is, as they themselves were not able to answer my questions. Staff good natured however.

Cute, clean, centrally located hostel!

Amazing hostel! Cute, clean and perfectly located on StCatherine street (longest pedestrian only street!! Lots of shopping!). All the facilities were in great condition and updated. As a solo traveler it could have been a little bit more socially oriented, but that is being super picky! Would recommend!

Staff

Es war gut.

Hostel liegt sehr zentral, sauber und freundliches Personal Betten bequem. Das ist die Fußgängerzone und wenn es dunkel ist, möchte ich da nicht raus gehen.

Great place for a girls weekend!

T'was a girls weekend in Bordeaux. We booked a private suite for four. Very comfortable, clean room. Confusion re the towels - we "rented" some per the welcome email and the room ended-up having towels. Hooks would be nice to hang them after showering, as well as water cups. Also, housekeeping was advertised. They did a partial cleaning and ended-up taking some of our souvenir cups. We fortunately got 4/6 back. Also, very much appreciated coffee and tea in the room. Overall a great stay and would return. Oh, and the location was good though there were a lot of homeless people/squatters in the square.

Amazing location

The location was spot on, right in the middle of the city. Good facilities and a nice cafe bar on site.

Best place to stay if traveling alone

If you travel alone this is the place for you. Very helpful and friendly staff. Very clean and comfortable. Stayed for a few days and I didn’t want to leave. Close to lots of beautiful churches and monuments. Lots of shopping nearby. If I’m ever in Bordeaux again I will definitely stay here

Disappointed and poor design

I stayed in an 8 bedroom bed...if you have a suitcase or big bag it won’t fit in locker. There were only three of us one night and if there was a fire ...there were two large bags in the small path to door. I could expect it could be worse with more bags. Hard to brush teeth in morning when hostel is full, two sinks for woman for a number of rooms. Downstairs is a restaurant but also I think a lounging area??? Wasn’t quite sure if you could just lounge. It would be great if staff welcomed you with an overview of the city with a map. Great location. Very expensive considering.

A pleasant stay

Good location. Cozy design. Spacious and comfortable room. Breakfast is good at reasonable price. The restaurant "Kitchen" provides good food too. One advice to those using iPhone with phone language set in Chinese (I don't know if this applies to other languages other than English). You can only access to the hotel's wifi by turning the phone language into English

Location is very good. There is a restaurant and bar if you like.

September

Great staff, clean room, thanks again!

The location of the hostel was perfect for a night out and to occasionally come back to freshen up or drop things off. The beds were very private and the curtain blocked out a lot of light. Nice looking showers and amenities, even had a hair dryer. The lobby/restaurant is a nice place to hang and do some work/research. I would say that the showers and bathrooms could be cleaner. The room was warm at night and we couldn't keep the windows opened for too long because of the noise outside.

Good hostel

The hostel is new, central, clean, cheap and well decorated. The sounds are sound proofed. The breakfast is good. The girls wearing there are attentive and polite. I would say that the beer is a little expensive and it was hot at night due to it being 32C during the night but I would recommend this hostel.

When can I go back?

It was absolutely amazing, I got to meet new people everyday that was sharing the same passion for traveling as me. The breakfast was delicious and this hostel is located right in the center of Bordeaux, walking distance to every nice restaurants or touristic monuments

Nice hostel

New hostel, very clean and stylish. Location is great, right in the old town pedestrian area. But a bit far from bus stop to train station.

A great place to stay

Great place to stay. I love that there are shutters so you still have that little bit of privacy and it does well to block out unwanted light at night from other people. Very clean.

The place is hip and new with new facilities and a restaurant/bar in the lobby but it's not quite a hostel. It does not have any kitchen facility. Even just a kettle and a microwave would make backpacker's lives easier. I felt that the price was extremely high for what you get - even the luggage storage in the locker is at cost before check-in and after check-out.

Double room

Not great accommodation and wouldn't stay again. Probably good for backpackers in dorms, but not worth the price of the double rooms. Room was very cold on arrival and had to go downstairs to ask for room to be heated at least 5 times in 2 days as there is no thermostat in the room. Staff seemed to turn heat on for 30 mins then off (aside from 1 time when left on for 2 hours) so was generally cold again very quickly. No blackout blinds as advertised and those that were there were old and broken. Music playing on Saturday night until 2am downstairs, which prevented us from sleeping on floor 4... Basically a party hostel with some overpriced double rooms that would cater to a different crowd.

Good hostel

I stayed in a female only room. Each bed comes with a spacious locker, outlet, light, and shelf. Privacy curtains are there, but they’re more like blinds and are very noisy to open, which you have to do any time you want to leave the bed. Not much maneuverability between the rows of beds in my room though. Only big complaint I have is the fact that after you check out, if you want to keep your bags at the hostel, you have to pay for it. The lockers are secure, but still frustrating to have to pay for a service that is usually offered free of charge at hostels. Location is very good.

Great location!

Check-in was quick, and the first impression of the hostel was great. The room, 8 bed dorm, was very very compact. There's a barely enough room for a person to pass by between the beds. However, It was very clean and loved the privacy curtain. On the other hand, I didn't appreciate no kitchen plus no outside food allowed in the hostel policy. It just make it more difficult for budget travellers to stay at this hostel. Overall, it was a good stay.

Great

Great location, nice facilities and very friendly staff.

Le service était parfait. Cependant, une odeur desagréable etait presente dans les escaliers pour accédez aux autres étages

Super séjour !

Superbe séjour. Chambres impeccables et pièces communes propres! L espace d Evie commune est top et convivial La personne présente au comptoir ce matin est avenante et à la recherche de solutions pour tous! Attention à la vague 😉

Cooles Hostel

Sehr angenehmes Hostel, die Lage ist echt zentral, das Zimmer war renoviert und sauber, das Bett auch bequem und angemessen für die Preis. Leider ist die Sauberkeit des Duches fraglich: man sieht deutchlich Schimmel.

En verano te mueres de calor

La habitación estaba bien pero no había aire acondicionado y encima la ventana no se podía abrir del todo. No pudimos dormir por el calor que hacía en la habitación.

Bel hostel au cemtre de Bordeaux

Bien situé, couchette bien équipé avec rideau black-out, prises et lampe. Par contre, couloir étroit entre les deux rangées de lit, ce qui bloque la circulation dans la chambre.

Auberge de jeunesse très bien placé par rapport au centre ville et les lignes de tram. Malheureusement un peu décu par l'accueil, qui aurait du être plus cordial, et l'état des services: savons vides dans les toilettes, portes des lockers cassées, lockers non utilisables, cadenas indisponibles, ... .

Leider ist es sehr laut da vor dem Hostel sich viele obdachlose mit Hunden aufhalten. Der Geruch im Hostel ist auch unangenehm. Das Bett ist bequem

Agreable sejour sur Bordeaux

L'emplacement est top. J'ai mis 10 minutes env en trottinette depuis la gare. L'hotel est en plein centre et pas loin des quais pour les visites, ballades etc. L'hotel possède un super accueil avec bar et tables pour se poser et prendre un verre tranquillement. L'accueil est réalisé par une équipe jeune et dynamique et j'ai été agréablement surpris par la bienveillance de l'équipe . Malgré le fait d'être en dortoir, j'ai trouvé la chambre hyper calme (j'ai eu la chance d'avoir des convives respectueux), et tout était d'une super propreté. En gros je recommande vivement cet établissement. Le séjour était parfait.

Decent stay but lacks aktivities and cleanness

I was a bit disappointed with my stay at this hostel. The location was very good, and the room was nice with very private bunkbeds that each had its own curtain. That made you feel like you had your own little space. However, there were no activities during my stat, and there was generally not a hostel “vibe” where you felt it was natural to speak to others. The bar-area in the reception was alright, but each person just sat by themself. For me, that was quite disappointing. Furthermore, in the room, there were some very weird-looking dark spots in the ceiling that definitely looked like some kind of mould. Unfortunately, I do not have any pictures, but it was definitely a bit concerning. Other than that, the room was clean and the bed felt very nice as well.

The service was very good and comfortable.

Comme toujours , un personnel aimable et au service du client.hotel impeccable et idéalement situé au coeur de Bordeaux .je recommande

Bonne accueil, mais il y avait une odeur nauséabonde dans les escaliers pour accéder au chambre (odeur d’égout). Le petit n’est pas à volonté dommage.

Le personnel est très sympa, la présence continuelle est d’ailleurs super pratique. La propreté des espaces communs (salle de bain) laisse à désirer le soir, mais c’est parce que les voyageurs ne font pas attention et non pas à cause du personnel ! Il y a beaucoup de turnover, attention donc à vos affaires (n’oubliez pas votre gel douche dans la douche …). Les casiers sont très spacieux d’ailleurs !! Les rideaux occultants font vraiment bien leur job, superbe idée. L’auberge est super bien placée en centre-ville, très pratique ! Expérience positive, je recommande :)

Das Personal war freundlich und auch sehr zuvorkommend, sie haben einem alles erklärt. Die angeschlossene Bar und Restaurant war gut besucht und auch eine gute Auswahl an Essen/Getränken. Das Gemeinschaftsbad war groß und die Duschkabinen, eigentlich Duschräume waren sehr groß sogar mit extra Spiegel und Schrank ausgestattet, davor gab es nochmal einen kleinen Raum mit Waschbecken. Tolle Unterkunft! (:

보르도 시내에 위치해있어서 관광하기에 매우 편리합니다. 트램 노선도 근처에 많고요. 호스텔 바로 앞에 마트가 있어서 장보기도 좋았고, 가장 유명한 까눌레 가게도 나란히 두 개가 붙어있어요. 저는 6인 혼성 도미토리 썼는데 방은 전자키로 여는 형태였고, 침대마다 블라인드가 되어 있어서 프라이빗하게 생활할 수 있었습니다. 샤워 공간이나 화장실도 깔끔하니 좋았어요.

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Pas mal du tout

Séjour familial donne sur une place avec quelques personnes bizarre . Préférez des nuits en semaine avec la famille sinon super emplacement

La chambre est vraiment de bon goût, spacieuse et confortable. En plein cœur de Bordeaux

호스텔은 좋지만 프랑스는 싫다.

숙소 자체는 아주 만족스럽고 바로 앞에 역도 있어서 파리 시내 어디를 돌아다니든 좋았습니다. 그런데 숙소와는 별개로, 외국과의 문화 차이인지 아니면 그냥 예절이 없는건지 밤새 떠들어대고 갑자기 새벽에 소란 피우는 등 잠 자기에는 좋지 않은 조건이었습니다. 호스텔이라면 감수해야하는 부분이긴 한데 제가 세계 여행을 해오면서도 유독 파리만 더욱 그랬네요. 관광지도 뭐 별거 없고 제 세계 여행지 중 프랑스가 가장 별로였습니다.