The Hostelz.com Review
Staying anywhere other than St Christopher's at Mosaic House would be a disappointment. St. Christophers recently merged with Mosaic House to offer part hotel, part hostel in one building. The idea was a major success and will undoubtedly catch on around the world. This merger allows each guest to experience the luxury of a hotel with the social life and great prices of a hostel.
The Location
The location is hard to beat. It is just enough off the beaten path so you don't have the higher prices but it is close enough so you can easily walk to everything or take the tram, which stops just around the corner.
Rooms and Bathrooms
The room styles vary from sixteen beds with private baths to private rooms with private baths. All beds come with sheets; towels are available for a fee. The bathrooms offer a rare "I don't want to leave this shower" feeling (quite opposite of most hostel showers where you attempt to touch as little as possible). The rooms also have an extra sink and mirror to limit the line to the bathroom.
Common Spaces
St. Christopher's offers an all-you-can-eat breakfast -- it is a little overpriced, but the food and quantity are excellent. Along with breakfast they have a bar and restaurant ready to serve you at almost any hour. There is a stage where they regularly have bands playing in the evening, a great lounge/movie room, and plenty of tables and chairs for eating, journaling, or surfing the web. The place has free Wi-Fi, computers with internet (for a small fee), a phone that allows you to call home and pay for it when you are finished, plus staff ready to assist you as much as possible.
If you arrive for check-in or want to leave your bags they have an entire hallway -- with large lockers -- for you to lock up your own bags until you return. They also have the best Prague map filled with quality information and a size that doesn't scream tourist every time you pull it out to figure out what area you want to see next. With multiple tours leaving the hostel daily -- some free -- and staff willing to assist you with your planning, it is hard to miss any of the great sites in the beautiful city.
Summary
Staying at St. Christopher's at Mosaic House is almost as great as visiting Prague itself. Both companies are part of larger hosteling/hotel chains so you know you will receive quality service during your stay. This hostel can only improve upon your memories of this great city.
The Location
The location is hard to beat. It is just enough off the beaten path so you don't have the higher prices but it is close enough so you can easily walk to everything or take the tram, which stops just around the corner.
Rooms and Bathrooms
The room styles vary from sixteen beds with private baths to private rooms with private baths. All beds come with sheets; towels are available for a fee. The bathrooms offer a rare "I don't want to leave this shower" feeling (quite opposite of most hostel showers where you attempt to touch as little as possible). The rooms also have an extra sink and mirror to limit the line to the bathroom.
Common Spaces
St. Christopher's offers an all-you-can-eat breakfast -- it is a little overpriced, but the food and quantity are excellent. Along with breakfast they have a bar and restaurant ready to serve you at almost any hour. There is a stage where they regularly have bands playing in the evening, a great lounge/movie room, and plenty of tables and chairs for eating, journaling, or surfing the web. The place has free Wi-Fi, computers with internet (for a small fee), a phone that allows you to call home and pay for it when you are finished, plus staff ready to assist you as much as possible.
If you arrive for check-in or want to leave your bags they have an entire hallway -- with large lockers -- for you to lock up your own bags until you return. They also have the best Prague map filled with quality information and a size that doesn't scream tourist every time you pull it out to figure out what area you want to see next. With multiple tours leaving the hostel daily -- some free -- and staff willing to assist you with your planning, it is hard to miss any of the great sites in the beautiful city.
Summary
Staying at St. Christopher's at Mosaic House is almost as great as visiting Prague itself. Both companies are part of larger hosteling/hotel chains so you know you will receive quality service during your stay. This hostel can only improve upon your memories of this great city.
— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
October 2010
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Very Good Hostel I would give it a 5 star, was it not for the fact the breakfast is not included and the location could a little better, and closer to the old centre and prague 1, and they had towels in the room. Very clean place, good security system, good bathrooms, helpful staff. Nice pub crawl. — Drago , Brazil (2012-03-09) Great value, but a bit sterile This place feels more like a hotel than a hostel (actually, it does have private rooms, so really is somewhere in between), and while it's spotlessly clean and the facilities are excellent, it feels obvious it's part a large chain. Though the bar and social area gets packed with guests, there's not much of the sociable atmosphere you want from a hostel. The staff are almost sinister in how smiley and helpful they are. And the bar, while it's handy and serves ridiculously large portions of food, is really overpriced in a city where a beer is usually only one euro. — KC , UK (2010-08-05)