South Beach Hostel

Location, location, and this hostel has its own bar!
you have to give this place some credit, considering that it's mostly long term and that some "Guests" have lived there for months. So you're dealing with twenty or so individuals from all over the world that live with each other day in and day out and that are also coming and going. (What a place to write a book about!) Along with all that it has to offer, there were also free spanish lessons, I believe twice a week! Though I'm sure one could pick up a little bit of every language staying here. The rooms are a bit small and the bathrooms were being renovated, great TV room and kitchen, and I was so impressed with the ethnic diversity, I felt as if I were on another planet. This is the hostel to stay at for at least a week. Just remember that hostel owners and employees deal with a whole diversity of individuals. This hostel was my home for a week, back in January 2008, before I sat sail for the caribbean. I highly recommend this hostel for the individual that has a taste for variety, the night life and all that South Beach has to offer.

Very good hostel
Friendly staff and (the most important part of an hostel) great common room, who cares if rooms are not the best ever (they're just a bit old but not dirty) and when i was there bathrooms were being restructured. also it's really near the beach and to south beach's night life, i really recommend this hostel.

Worst Staff and Toilets
Well The Staff screwed up my shuttle reservation to the airport. It cost me $2 to get there from the airport and $75 to get back, because I had to take a last minute taxi cab to make my flight. It sucked! Try to avoid this place if you can.

The worst place i have stayed on ever! I would rather sleep on the street and give $25 plus tax to a homeless than stay in that sh*thole again. We booked a four-bed dorm with free internet access on their computers and free long distance calls. We got nothing. Fourteen-bed dorm, twenty-cent-per-minute internet and not even a pay phone. When we told the staff that we got the wrong room they just blew us off. Do I need to add that the toilets didn't work or that they only had cold water in the showers? I've been traveling for six months now and nothing hasn't been even close to this. We checked out the fastest we could and got a hotel for almost the same price. Do not go here!

This was an altogether unpleasant experience that I never want to repeat. We were there on Superbowl weekend 2007 and the hostel was absolutely foul. The showers were disgusting, the beds were uncomfortable and we returned to the U.K. with a healthy dose of scabies. Yes scabies. After three days of constant itching we finally clicked and went to the doctors. Not before we'd passed it on to our girlfriends though. Very cheap and a perfect location but do yourself a favour and pay that little bit more for a hotel, I wish we had. I've stayed in some nasty places in my life but this beat them all by a good stretch. I don't care how little you charge, it's pretty simple to keep things relatively clean and at the very least tidy. This place was neither. No security, the cockroach stories are true (we saw them), the stories about homeless people staying there are also true (we had the joy of living with one for a night). All in all, avoid this place like the plague. Otherwise you run the risk of actually getting the plague.

So, this is the absolute worst place I have ever stayed. One star is giving it far too much credit. I felt like I was walking into a crack house. The first room we were in had a bad air conditioner and shook from the bar (btw, the Hostel's policy is no loud music at night). Then, they moved us to a new room (after considerable complaining). The new room had faulty wiring -- no overhead light. They had to get a light from one of the people who works there (who, to confirm the rumors from earlier was a bum) and give it to us. The bunk beds were so badly put together that you could touch one and the top would move almost a foot. The tile on the floor was cracked horribly and the hostel smelled like someone was cooking rotten meat and there was also the smell of illegal drugs. The staff barley spoke any language, and refused a refund. Basically, whatever you do, where ever you stay, avoid this hostel at all costs. Stay at a hotel and just be a little more conservative of your money -- it's not worth it!

Basically a sh*thole. We walked in and couldnt beleive the state of the place. It has been decorated either by a blind man or someone with no mental capabilities if they think lime green goes with purple.The woman on reception is your stereotypical prostitute type with additional attitude thrown in for good measure and as helpful as sunglasses on a man with one ear. The room was about one meter squared with four beds in. The window was removed and filled with an air con unit and to make secure cardboard was placed around to keep any criminals out. Nowhere to keep your valuables except a cupboard with the door missing! The place was filled with assholes, homeless people, and general scumbags. You didnt feel safe. No fridge in room. One available in main area where everyone puts their food so would get raided by the sneaky bastards. Unless your name is on the goods which will stop the thief in their tracks. So in conclusion avoid this place if you have any standard of living. Anyone who believes this place is ok needs cannot be trusted as they either own the place or are on heroin.

This hostel doesn't deserve even half a star. I am from Brasil and even being used to poor hotels and lack of cleaning I was disgusted when I walked in. The floor is made of ply wood, the guy in the front could not speak English or Spanish properly (he claimed Spanish was his first language). While trying to get there he got us lost for over an hour and then when we finally came they had messed up my reservation, which I had called to confirm the day before. I do not recommend you stay here. If you have a bunch of people with you, rent a four-person room, throw a air mattress down, and stay elsewhere. This place is ridiculous and the staff didn't try and help us at all, he was a complete a-hole. The place doesn't look safe location wise or structurally -- it looks like a whore house.

We will start by saying it was not like the pictures showed. One shoe could fit in the lockers, there were no windows, the bathroom from upstairs leaked into the one downstairs -- but other than that, it was a great place to stay. We met lots of great people, and had an absolute blast -- amazing location. Had quite a few crazy nights in the A bar. The staff were great -- very helpful, and they were always there. For the price and the location, it is a very wonderful place to stay. As a matter of fact, we're headed back, so it can't be that bad.

To call this place a hostel is an insult to other hostels in Miami, first of all there are homeless people who beg the streets staying there, and the facility itself looks more like a jail no that would be an insult to the jail, this place is filthy.

Well during my stay i learnt to stay up at night and sleep in the day as it is indeed noisy a night. but the bar is great! Staff are generally friendly. rooms are tiny and i had no locker and when i locked my key in my room they handed me another not asking any questions as to whom i was...alil dodgy. Its what you make of your experience, i had a great one.

Not too bad, but not great either. To start with, the showers were freezing cold! There were a few people actually moving to other hostels just for a hot shower. The staff were ok. It's really noisy at night too, because of the bar. Also, the rooms are quite small and cramped, not great if your roommates are weird. On the plus side, you do get the Internet and the phone, and it does have a kitchen. It's also clean enough. All in all, it's an ok place, but if I went back to Miami I'd probably investigate the other ones.

A very poor hostel and absolutely grubby. The rooms are tiny and pretty much the whole place should be avoided. That's including South Beach, which is the weirdest place on earth. Seriously though, I've been travelling for nine months now and this is the worst hostel I've stayed in.

I enjoyed my time at this hostel — nice location — it's close to beach and easy to get to from the airport (take the bus, it's 75 cents!). The only thing I would advise is to bring your own cutlery, though; the kitchen doesn't have a very good supply of either cooking or eating utensils. It has free Internet and breakfast, and helpful staff that are at the desk 24/7. Showers downstairs are nicer and not so stuffy. The bar is being renovated; however, you can still get cheap alcohol from the store and sit outside. A great place to stay!

This is an alright hostel, not so cheap compared to the others in South Beach, but the atmosphere is friendly and it's close to the beach. What really deserves the stars is the bar with the best bartender ever! Cheap cocktails and beer, thanks Flo. The rest of the staff is also friendly, but stay away from the owner, he's scary!!!