The Hostelz.com Review
Sant Jordi Alberg is a superb hostel and it's enjoyable to stay here. It's got a great location -- it's within walking distance from Plaza Catalyna, which is as close to the town's center as you can get in Barcelona. There's a little grocery right across the street for whatever you need and all the cafes are a few blocks away.
It's a very social hostel -- every night, Mario (one of the guys who works at the hostel) takes a big group of people clubbing. Just about everyone in the hostel goes, which means late nights (you'll be out until about 3 or 4 a.m.). Also, most of the people staying there are in Barcelona to chill out, and are very open to making friends and hanging out.
The hostel itself has two wings (on the same floor), each side with multiple bathrooms and showers. One side has a kitchen, and both sides have lounge areas (with about six computers available for free internet twenty-four/seven). Smoking is prohibited inside the hostel, but there's a balcony provided that seems to be quite popular. This is the perfect hostel for you if you're into the club and bar scene, love late nights and parties, and want to see some of Barcelona as well.
It's a very social hostel -- every night, Mario (one of the guys who works at the hostel) takes a big group of people clubbing. Just about everyone in the hostel goes, which means late nights (you'll be out until about 3 or 4 a.m.). Also, most of the people staying there are in Barcelona to chill out, and are very open to making friends and hanging out.
The hostel itself has two wings (on the same floor), each side with multiple bathrooms and showers. One side has a kitchen, and both sides have lounge areas (with about six computers available for free internet twenty-four/seven). Smoking is prohibited inside the hostel, but there's a balcony provided that seems to be quite popular. This is the perfect hostel for you if you're into the club and bar scene, love late nights and parties, and want to see some of Barcelona as well.
— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
September 2006
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Just ... PERFECT! The best hostel I've ever been! If we could stay in a 5 stars hotel? Sure, but it would not be the same, especially cuz of the excellent staff and conditions! Good organizing parties! If I ever go to Barcelona again, I must stay at this fantastic hostel! — Pedro Ferreira , Portuguese (2011-04-20) Not that great I was a bit disappointed! I definitely expected a bit more. The hostel isn't bad, but that's just it. Some of the rooms have no windows, so the air isn't that good. Also, I've seen cleaner hostels. The beds are comfortable though and the location is convenient. — Lou , Switzerland (2011-03-28) Best Hostel This was by far the best hostel I've been to. This place has it all! First, the staff are extremely friendly and knowledgeable. I'll never forget sexy Alejandra, my god, I really enjoyed flirting with her. She's got this sexy librarian look going on. Anyways. The accommodations are absolutely amazing. Everyone gets a lock cubbyhole for important belongings. There's a kitchen that anyone can use and the hostel is conveniently in front of a grocery store. The place is hella clean, it gets moped top to bottom everyday by the same cleaning lady (she takes her job seriously). Free internet was a big plus. The best factor though. The PEOPLE that come to this hostel and the night outings organized by the staff here. This place is in every sense a party hostel! It's nuts. So much fun, people are wicked awesome, and the staff her lead by examples -- they know how to partaaayyyy! Get cultured during the day and have tons of fun at night. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PLACE. — Crazy Beaver , Canada (2010-10-13) Perfect This hostel was amazing! Very friendly and helpful staff. They took us out on the town to some really cool clubs and bars, and knew a lot about the city. Good location with easy access to taxis and the metro. I definitely recommend this hostel, it was amazing! — Everett Laidlaw , USA (2009-04-14) Friendly hostel Great hostel -- good location, clean bedrooms, free internet, friendly guests, and awesome staff. There are also a kitchen and laundry services. It is not a crowded hostel. — Ale , Brazil (2008-01-01) A great party hostel Stayed in Sant Jordi Alberg in August 2007 and had a fantastic time! The place is relaxed, friendly, and clean. Located just a short five-minute walk from Placa Catalunya, the metro isn't far either. The highlight was the people -- the staff were awesome (thanks Fernando and Regina!) organising nights out (El Gato Negro is the bomb!) which left me with new friends and some great pics. Definitely recommend. — BG , Australia (2007-08-19) Great hostel, it is clean with friendly people, and has great common area with people always in it. It is very close to big tourist attraction of Barcelona (five-minute walk from Placa Catalunya) and the metro isn't too far either. The people who work there are awesome! — Sam , USA (2007-05-23) Definitely one of the best hostels i have ever stayed in. Downsides -- not that close to great nightlife, pay for lockers. Pros -- absolutely clean, laid back, cheap laundry, social, five computers full of free internet, no curfew, great staff -- even friendly cleaners. — yeahyeahyea (2007-01-19) It was clean and the staff were polite. I was there in January and it was so empty I had a whole room to myself. Good location too. — Giselle (2006-12-21) I was in the hostel in October 2005 for 5 nights and I can fully recommend the hostel. It was clean, quiet and comfortable. The staff were friendly and helpful. The only problem was that the girl at the reception was not able to speak English — in the end we used sign language to tell her what we wanted and it was ok. — Sam (2005-10-12) A really great find in Barcelona. I would recommend this place to anybody who wants the mix of a great location (easily walkable to Placa Catalunya/La Rambla and also to Casa Mila and Sagrada Familia) and the chance of a decent night's sleep.
SO clean it was untrue with good showers and a nice-sized kitchen. Two nice big sofa/TV areas (shame they didn't have any DVDs on offer) with four dining tables next door and five PCs with high speed Internet access for FREE and open 24 hours! Too good to be true. Stay there! — MJ (2005-07-05) A friend and I traveled to this hostel in mid June 2005. We had a great experience. Everything is meticulously cleaned, and the free Internet is awesome (five computers for use 24/7). It was probably the best hostel we stayed in, and we went all around Europe for a month. Highly recommended! — Anonymous (2005-06-14) Clean, clean and clean! This place was wonderful. Nice kitchen, nice living room with a TV and free Internet (five computers available all day long). I will definitely be heading back! Great experience. — Canadian (2005-05-30) Forty-four of us stayed here before Easter and it was excellent. The rooms were nice (if a bit on the small side, but you did have loads of living space) and the staff were absolute saints. (Seriously, we were the group from hell but they did everything they could to accommodate us.) I would recommend this place to anyone. — Lu (2005-04-09) We stayed with five people in the hostel in one six-bed dorm around New Year's Eve 2004/2005. It actually really is pretty much the way it is shown on the pictures. It's clean (cleaned daily) and has good common rooms. Both the receptionists were very kind and helpful. However, our room was a bit too small, though even one bed wasn't used. I couldn't have stayed more than one night in our dorm with foreigners. The beds are just too close to each other.
After all, it's a very good and clean hostel! And Barcelona is definitely worth the visit. The hostel is not far away from Placa Catalunya, and all Metros depart just about a ten-minute walk away. At night, it's possible to walk about 20 minutes from the central city to the hostel. — Chris (2005-02-13)