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HI - Luxembourg City Hostel

Luxembourg (Pfaffenthal), Southern Luxembourg, Luxembourg

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Address
2 rue du Fort Olisy, Luxembourg (Pfaffenthal)   Map
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Their Description

Features

  • Free Breakfast
  • Lockers
  • Gameroom
  • BBQ
  • Food/Restaurant
  • TV
  • Washing Machine (laundry)
  • Elevator/Lift
  • Bike Rental
  • Currency Exchange
 
The Hostelz.com Review
The AJ Luxembourg Youth Hostel provides an exceptional value in the capitol city. The building is secure, with keycards required to enter the building (past the lobby, restaurant, and breakfast room), stairwells, and different floors of the hostel. Two buildings overlook a river valley, medieval arched bridge, and the skyline of the old town. The larger building was recently renovated, and consists of three floors of modern guest rooms, while the smaller, two-story building is older and accommodates larger groups.

With its size, several accommodation options are available, including large dormitory bedrooms, small dormitory bedrooms, and private rooms. It seems that all rooms have their own bathroom facilities. Our private rooms for two had four bunk beds, a table, dresser with space for Master Locks, a shower, toilet, and sink. This room is also rented to parties of four. The hostel, including common areas, is spotless. Accommodations are very quiet at night but the lobby and hallways can be loud during the daytime.

Some rooms have a terrific view of the river valley, while others overlook trees or the large, arched bridge.

The hostel provides an excellent breakfast in a very large, cafeteria-style room with huge windows. Breakfast includes cereal, milk, coffee, several types of juice, rolls, bread, peanut butter, jelly, a nutella-like product, honey, bananas and apples, yogurt, and a mysterious sour cream-like item. The breakfast is well-staffed and items are continually replenished. However, one morning, they ran out of yogurt and juice. A restaurant within the hostel serves lunch and dinner and has a lovely bar and patio overlooking the river valley.

The staff is very helpful -- check-in procedures are smooth, linens are provided, and directions are given in English, German, and French. However, they gave us better directions when we spoke in German, compared to English. The front desk also rents bicycles and has access to a large, underground bicycle storage facility.

Finding the hostel can be slightly difficult, as the city bus stops on the top of the hill (the hostel is located down below in the river valley, via a set of long stairs). Trees partially obscure the roof of the hostel, so it is difficult to see the building immediately upon exiting the bus. Despite this, the hostel is a terrific value, especially considering the full breakfast, proximity to old town (ten-minute walk), restaurant on premises, and high cost of staying in this city!

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Comment by Kathy, Canada
June 2008
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.
Comment by Kristian, Australian
October 2007
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.
Comment by Jen & Karen, Canadian
August 2007
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.
Comment by Grezzy, German
March 2007
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).
Comment by Wysi
August 2006
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.
Comment by MK
June 2006
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.
Comment by Anonymous
May 2006
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!
Comment by Franzi
May 2006
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.
Comment by Gil
May 2006
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!
Comment by Anonymous
May 2005
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!
Comment by Fester
March 2005
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.
Comment by Anonymous
February 2005
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!
Comment by Spyder
February 2005
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.
Comment by Juano
February 2005
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!
Comment by Anonymous
February 2005
It's very new so everything is clean and tidy, but it was huge and had no atmosphere at all! Very institutional, just like all HI hostels. Boring!
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