Youth Station Hostel

Met Expectations
Ok, so this place was pretty much my expectation of european hostels in general. Its not the cheapest hostel, but not the most expensive. Its not clean, but its not dirty. There were ants in the hostel bathroom which was gross, but manageable. There are ten beds/room with an en-suite bathroom that was fine. The area is great to meet people and I made a lot of good friends there. I do feel a lot of that has to do with the people that are there and your outgoingness but the hostel is set up for people to meet. There are also lockers that they give you your own key for, but people have said that there's could be opened by shifting the door a bit. Mine was fine, at least. The staff are bad but by the time you go, they'll probably have switched. Otherwise, close to the Bologna metro and bus stops and a nice park and bakery.

I had an ok stay here. Only one tiny bathroom/shower for a ten-bedroom room (although there are two extra bathrooms/showers in the hall for the whole of the hostel) -- and the shower floods the floor. I consider location to be important when choosing a hostel, but this one is far from the center of the city. Located in Piazza Bologna, the area itself is pretty boring, but the supermarket two buildings down was convenient. The staff was mostly unhelpful, especially the dude who told me to quiet down when I was only having a conversation with a stranger in the common room (albeit it was late). The air conditioning was great, the beds were clean, but they do put you in some cramped quarters. Warning -- my friend and I booked a female room and were put in a room with eight other guys. I'd stay here again because of the price but the hostel was only average.

This place was ok. We stayed in a ten-bed female dorm. The room was incredibly small for ten bunks as well as lockers, so there was very little room to move around. Beds didn't have ladders, which was a bit inconvenient. Room was quite dark too. The room was clean, although they only offered one sheet, and then we found out later that they don't change the duvet cover between guests, so essentially you share that with countless others. The bathroom seemed to be cleaned everyday, so no complaints there, but there was only one bathroom for ten girls, which was really inconvenient. Staff were more or less friendly, and helpful most of the time. The kitchen was really only a microwave, toaster, and two small fridges. Also, very little in the way of cups and plates, so improvisation was the order of the day. Left luggage was 3 euro. But, it's very, very noisy. I had to sleep with ear plugs every night. For some unknown reason, they turn the TV up louder at night after 10 p.m. I wouldn't recommend staying here if you like a good nights sleep. But then that is usual for hostels.

This is the worst hostel I have ever stayed in. Go there and lose your dignity. This is definitely not a place for human beings. Even chickens would have more space to live in. All that is in their website is fake. The pictures show the biggest room. Actually there are four rooms (corridors) that contain ten beds each. The picture show a narrow room with beds aligned on the side. The reality is that the beds are double decked (the ladder is lacking on some beds) and the number of lockers is two times more so you have even less space than what is shown. There is a very tiny bathroom in each room. If you insist on going there, make sure you don't bring clostrophobic friends along. This hostel is just for business, the owners want the maximum money and don't care about the clients. It is made only for young people who don't complain -- no adult would ever accept such swindle. By the way, credit cards are not accepted though the website says it does! This shows how much honest they are. Internet is 1 euro for half-hour and there are only three computers. It's expensive compared to other hostels where it is free. The kitchen has just a microwave and two little fridges. Air conditioning doesn't work. The emergency exit in my room didn't work. The room cleaning is bad and didn't include bathroom when I was there. A second bed sheet is given on demand only. Bags can be kept after checkout for three euros. They'll desactivate your friends magnetic keys so that you cannot enter the room and pick up your bag without them. Please consider my note and don't experience this hostel -- this bunch of crooks doesn't deserve any other penny. The rooms are forty meters long and two meters wide, filled with beds and lockers that hardly let the light in. They even added old desks in the way supposed to help us but rather make us more suffocate.

This is the worst hostel that I have ever stayed in. When I arrived at the hostel I was informed that the single sex dorm that I had booked six months earlier was not available, however I was not informed before arriving. I was not offered an alternative even though I stated I didn't want a mixed room, the staff informed me that I could find myself a different room for the night and they would not charge me, but where at three p.m. in the middle of July are you going to find a room in Rome? They also did not accept credit card athough I was told they did, so I had to walk ten minutes to a cash point on my own in Rome at ten p.m., in a not so nice area! Also the air conditioning did not work in the dorm, no ladders were on the bunks so had to get another traveller to lift me up, and finally there was 1 combined shower and toilet room per room, so took around ninety minutes to have a shower in the morning due to the queue. I really do not recommened this hostel to anyone.

This hostel was definitely nice and cozy. The staff was helpful and the hostel itself was very clean. It is near the metro (one block) and is easy to find. The rooms were quite narrow (wasn't expecting that), but it didn't deter from a night's sleep. I recommend ear plugs. It will be the only way you will get any sleep! I travelled with a group of four under the name if Goss and we were quickly led to our room. It is safe here!

The facility itself is average: rooms of varying occupancy. Yes, the shower stalls flood (true of many hostels) but they got the job done, and rooms are clean. It's your basic HI hostel. I found the staff to be INCREDIBLY personable, pleasant and helpful. As for the location, it is definitely not in the center of all the action, but it is literally less than a block away from the Metro and a bus stop. It was very easy to navigate around the city from here. On my way out of Italy, I had to stay in Rome again, and without hesitation I booked with Youth Station Hostel a second time.

This hostel was terrible. The worst part was the staff. The toilet was broken, and when I tried to mention it to the girl behind the counter, she was more interested in talking with her boyfriend on the phone than helping me. Plus she was rude to me about it. There is only one bathroom and one shower for a dorm room of 10 people (not convenient), which floods the whole floor if you take a shower, plus there is very little space to move around in the rooms. I would not recommend staying here, there are so many better ones in Rome.

I have to say that it was generally an okay hostel but they screwed me around with the price. I saw the price (18 euros a night) on the Internet but decided to give them a call instead of book it online. So I booked by phone and when I turned up, the price was 23 euros a night!!! I tried to complain, but they said that's the way it is. They even suggested I book online instead of pay at the counter if I wanted to stay an extra night!!! That's just stupid, really. Also, it really is a way out of the center of Rome, so get back early or walk! This hostel is also outside the range of most maps of central Rome. Overall, not recommended unless you're desperate! :)

It was a pleasant experience for all of us. We stayed for five days, during the end of October 2004. We had traveled from Greece and we wanted a nice place to stay, at some good prices, too. Youth Station Hostel is a fine choice for someone who wants a place full of hospitality and fun.

This hostel was great! We had our own bathroom, and it was surprisingly clean for a hostel. The staff was very friendly and helpful — they even let us keep our luggage there after we checked out so we wouldn't have to carry it around Rome all day! It's also not far from the Metro station, which is definitely a plus — although you should keep in mind that the Metro stops running at 11 p.m., so if you're downtown, you'd have to catch a night bus from the station to get back. Aside from that, it was definitely one of the best hostels.

We stayed at this hostel at the beginning of our 7-week trip around France and Italy, and so we had no idea what to expect of hostels. It was a clean, friendly, and busy place to stay. Our room was full, when we arrived, with lots of American, French, and British people who were in general very friendly. The only problem we encountered was people coming back in the very early hours and having no consideration for us when we were sleeping (despite the fact it was 3am) with yelling and just general chaos. In general, one of the better hostels we stayed in.

I loved my stay here! They provide good service, and it's a very nice hostel. I was on a trip to Rome with my class, and everybody thought that this hostel was a very nice place to stay.

Good hostel. Our sports team stayed here for a week. We were very rowdy, and nothing was said to us except to keep it down outside the building. This place is ideal for large groups who want to have a mad time. It's fairly far from the center of Rome. It has excellent staff and it's perfectly clean--hotel-like. It's a good place to stay.