The Hostelz.com Review
Luxembourg City Hostel isn’t bad at all for an HI. It’s new, bright, and clean.
The Location
The hostel offers low cost shuttles to the airport and train station, a really good bet considering it’s located down a huge hill and lugging backpacks and whatnot up or down the hill is no fun. If you’re not taking the shuttle from the train station you take bus 9 in the direction of Neudorf and ask to get off at the hostel. When you get off cross the street and follow the steep path alongside the bridge. Being down a hill, the hostel isn’t the most conveniently located (everything is uphill from it) but it is pretty close to the city center and most things are within walking distance. The area is safe enough to walk in alone.
Rooms and Bathrooms
The hostel has two types of rooms, four beds with en-suite bathroom, and six beds without private bathrooms. The beds are bunk beds and guests pay an unadvertised dollar extra for a room with a bathroom. Each room has lockers for each guest and a small table with a few chairs. Linens are provided but you have to make the beds on your own.
The en-suite bathrooms are a toilet in one compartment and a separate compartment with a shower and sink. The rooms and bathrooms are kept clean in this updated hostel, much better than most. A major problem with the shower is that it is push button and it’s difficult to turn the knob to control the water temperature. All doors are key card-controlled so the hostel is pretty secure.
Common Spaces
This hostel has many different common areas. There is an outdoor patio, a family room with a TV, a bar/restaurant, the hostel lobby, and the cafeteria/breakfast room. Breakfast is included in the price of the room and you get bread, some meats and fruits, yogurt, and your normal breakfast selection of drinks. The bar, in addition to serving drinks, has televised sporting events. There are also vending machines and lockers in the lobby for you to leave your luggage until check out. Overall the hostel is pretty quiet and not at all social. People mostly stick to their traveling groups, and considering it is family friendly, it isn’t really a place to have a drink and get to know your fellow travelers.
Summary
The Luxembourg City Hostel is not a bad deal for the money. You may want to consider that they accept group reservations and will book the entire hostel for one group so a bed may be hard to come by. The place isn’t at all fun or social but it’s not a bad place to stay if you’re with friends or don’t mind being on your own to see this city.
The Location
The hostel offers low cost shuttles to the airport and train station, a really good bet considering it’s located down a huge hill and lugging backpacks and whatnot up or down the hill is no fun. If you’re not taking the shuttle from the train station you take bus 9 in the direction of Neudorf and ask to get off at the hostel. When you get off cross the street and follow the steep path alongside the bridge. Being down a hill, the hostel isn’t the most conveniently located (everything is uphill from it) but it is pretty close to the city center and most things are within walking distance. The area is safe enough to walk in alone.
Rooms and Bathrooms
The hostel has two types of rooms, four beds with en-suite bathroom, and six beds without private bathrooms. The beds are bunk beds and guests pay an unadvertised dollar extra for a room with a bathroom. Each room has lockers for each guest and a small table with a few chairs. Linens are provided but you have to make the beds on your own.
The en-suite bathrooms are a toilet in one compartment and a separate compartment with a shower and sink. The rooms and bathrooms are kept clean in this updated hostel, much better than most. A major problem with the shower is that it is push button and it’s difficult to turn the knob to control the water temperature. All doors are key card-controlled so the hostel is pretty secure.
Common Spaces
This hostel has many different common areas. There is an outdoor patio, a family room with a TV, a bar/restaurant, the hostel lobby, and the cafeteria/breakfast room. Breakfast is included in the price of the room and you get bread, some meats and fruits, yogurt, and your normal breakfast selection of drinks. The bar, in addition to serving drinks, has televised sporting events. There are also vending machines and lockers in the lobby for you to leave your luggage until check out. Overall the hostel is pretty quiet and not at all social. People mostly stick to their traveling groups, and considering it is family friendly, it isn’t really a place to have a drink and get to know your fellow travelers.
Summary
The Luxembourg City Hostel is not a bad deal for the money. You may want to consider that they accept group reservations and will book the entire hostel for one group so a bed may be hard to come by. The place isn’t at all fun or social but it’s not a bad place to stay if you’re with friends or don’t mind being on your own to see this city.
— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
October 2009
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Hostelz.com Guest Reviews
Nice to stay we stayed there only for one night. everything is very clean and tidy. the breakfast was great! But there is no hostel atmosphere. nevertheless I would stay there again! — Katja , Switzerland (2008-12-14) You've seen it all before it's a normal HI. the en-suite rooms were clean, security was tight, it has no kitchen, an expensive bar/cafe, and average breakfast. the location is perfect for sightseeing and going around the old town, take the bus from the train station. it's nothing special and if this city had another hostel (an independent one), i'd probably stay there. — Kathy , Canada (2008-06-13) Modern with a good atmosphere The staff were a little flustered because some guest was complaining that they didn't speak spanish at a hosteling international place! Seeing as these guys spoke french, german, english, letzebuergsch, and in some cases, dutch and italian this seemed a little silly and this guy would have a fit if he went to the U.K. or Australia! Breakfast was good, room was clean, good bathroom, very modern. Security was good with key card access. Bit of a walk to station, but the area is nice to walk around. Recommend it. — Kristian , Australian (2007-10-27) A nice hostel with a few drawbacks Clean, modern rooms. Motion sensor lights in the bathroom would turn off at inconvenient times though. Great, big breakfast. Terrible laundry facilities -- the dryer refused to dry our clothes after almost two hours. Very expensive Internet, too. Overall, a nice hostel with a few drawbacks. — Jen & Karen , Canadian (2007-08-25) As already said by others, it is large, very clean, and safe (chip card lockers for each room), the people at the reception are reliable, therefore no complaint. And it is the only hostel in Luxembourg city, located centrally to the tourist features, therefore there is no (payable) alternative, and sometimes it may be booked out due to larger groups. However, I have known this hostel before they have renovated it some years ago, therefore I was a bit disappointed. It definitely had more charm and was cosier before, though not as modern as now. And in former times there was a self-catering kitchen downstairs that does no longer exist. The restaurant is rather expensive, so better go out for some pubs nearby (in Clausen, just a few minutes walk). — Grezzy , German (2007-03-30) The worst hostel I have ever been to. We stayed two nights. The first one was very uncomfortable because of the heat. No possibility to open the windows more than some inches, and although they apparently had unlocked other windows, they told us that it was forbidden to unlock our window. When we came back the second day at about eleven p.m., we found our room occupied by other people. The staff had just taken our luggage out of the room and down to the reception and when we were complaining very loud, they just said that it had to be done to give the other six people a room together (we were three travelling together). As we could not believe such a terrible behaviour, we tried to make clear that we were not willing to accept this, but their excuses just went worse; they could have told us, as they said, if we had been there at that time, but as we apparently were away (from eight to eleven p.m.), they had to do it like that, and so on. At least, they gave us one beer each (of this lousy Bofferding) in the end, as we were really upset.
Although the hostel was very clean and the breakfast huge, the really unfriendly staff makes it the worst hostel I have ever been to. — Wysi (2006-08-05) this is great accommodation facility, but as a youth hostel it sucks. sure it one of the best places 'hostel' i have ever stayed, but the staff are less than friendly, its like Fort Knox and on the two separate times i was there, the place was booked out. Two hundred twenty beds! and no not by backpackers, but by badminton teams, soccer clubs, old people, your mums cooking club, you name it. i think i saw maximum five other backpackers the whole time. but its close to the city, the breakfast is huge/great (cereal, bread, meat, cheese, chocolate, coffee etc - all of which can be stealthily taken for lunch) the rooms are super clean, some have bathrooms others are shared, lockers are really big, but there is no kitchen, and trying to find a supermarket in the city was a mission to say the least. i saw staff turn back a young backpacker girl in the middle of the night after (after midnight) simply saying that they were full. not the type of 'youth hostel' that are really in it for the youth. — MK (2006-06-07) It is a super hostel! It was the best place I've ever stayed at (and I've stayed at quite many different hostels in Europe). Everything was just great! The nicest single-sex rooms, very clean and cosy -- wooden beds with individual light, nice sheets, wooden lockers inside the room, where you not just store your bag, but even hang your clothes, a table with chairs. It was amazing, because usually you can hardly find anything else except bed in hostels' rooms. Besides, we had a super view from the window. The hostel offers buffet breakfast, which was very good, too. You can also have some delicious meals there during the day and in the evening, for very reasonable prices. The cafe's open-air terrace is lovely.
The bathrooms are also very nice and clean, everything seemed to be new. The only thing which was a little bit annoying is that after a few minutes the water automatically stops to run, so you should push the button again and again. But all in all, this is not really a problem!
The staff is very nice and helpful.The location is just great! It is situated in the very center, down in a valley, which is extremely beautiful. It's maybe not easy to walk up the hill with your luggage, but believe me, it is worth it! I would love to come back to Luxembourg city and I'll definitely would choose to stay at this hostel. I do recommend it to everybody! — Anonymous (2006-05-18) The hostel is great. I stayed in a room with four beds and we had a bathroom in the room. Everything was clean and the room was big and bright with really comfy beds. The breakfast was really good, big variety of things to eat and drink. — Franzi (2006-05-14) brand spanking new and very flash -- this place was fantastic. the staff were friendly and helpful, the bathrooms were clean, the lockers in the rooms were handy, they have a nice big TV lounge with comfy couches, the cafe was a plus and made really nice, and big, meals (the lasange and the pizza were great!), and the security was impressive (swiping the security card to get to your section of the building as well as your room). the breakfast selection could have been better but was fine overall and no-one was watching if you took a bit extra for lunch! it is down the bottom of a steep hill which is quite a walk up in the morning but is very good for ya! — Gil (2006-05-05) This is a good hostel! It's brand-new and the rooms are very clean! The breakfast was also very good. The hostel is close to the city center, but you have to walk uphill. That isn't too bad, and it's very healthy! — Anonymous (2005-05-14) I liked it. The location is EXCELLENT — the valley in which it sits is nothing short of gorgeous, there are plenty of pubs in several directions, and the city center is within walking distance. The common room is plain but a great place to hook up with fellow travelers. Dinners are filling, though the breakfasts were a bit sparse, and distributed as if one was in the military! Dorms are huge. — Fester (2005-03-30) This was a great hostel, but the beds were (although new) a bit uncomfortable. But hey, who cares? It was nice, clean and cheap!! Good breakfast food! — Anonymous (2005-02-21) Average place. It's clean, has a good breakfast and helpful staff, but it's very busy. It has an institutional atmosphere and not much personality. The price is average, also. — Spyder (2005-02-19) Very good hostel. It was totally modern, clean, comfortable, and well located. The price is quite good, the breakfast is enormous and the staff are quite nice. Good choice! — Juano (2005-02-13)