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Reviews of Carol 51 Hostel

Bulevardul Carol I 51, Sector 2, 020914 Bucharest, Romania

#210 of 231 hotels in Bucharest

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Review score

Based on 41 hostel reviews

7.2

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    7.9

  • Comfort

    7.2

  • Location

    8.1

  • Facilities

    7.1

  • Staff

    7.3

  • Value for money

    8.2

  • Free WiFi

    8.5

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  • Reviewed: 14 March 2024

    7.0
    It was good🙂
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Three-Bedroom Apartment
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The heating machine was not working and that's why the apartment was cold and we didn't have any hot water.

    The place where it is situated, because it was near the centre.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 16 August 2023

    6.0
    Other rooms may be better, but ours was not.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Economy Quadruple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Our room was at the ground floor, towards the street, so it was very noisy during the night. There was no AC in the room, so we had to keep the window open. The door of the room has glass so the light from the hallway can be seen during the night from the room.

    It is clean and staff is really nice.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 29 May 2023

    7.0
    Good to stay for night or two.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights

    There is allowed to smoke in a kitchen, so the smell is not good. Rooms are in basement. The hostel is by a big street so it is noisy.

    It a very basic for stay in Bucharest. Rooms are in a basement. Quite clean. Good to stay for night or two. Location is relay good. Clear instruction how to enter the rooms. And there is a working coffe machine :)

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: 6 May 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Economy Quadruple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Very good location

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: 3 May 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Bed and pillows were super uncomfortable

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 21 February 2023

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    One of the two bathrooms wasn't functioning meaning all guests had to share just one toilet and shower which were in the same room. This wasn't great when getting ready in a morning. I was also surprised to hear from the host via WhatsApp as opposed to directly through booking.com as this hasn't happened before. The shower had to be hand held to avoid making the bathroom wet.

    The location was very central, and for the price it was good value! The host was very responsive and easy to communicate with. It was great that we had bedding and towels, as well as our own mini fridge. It was very helpful to receive a video on how to check in/collect the keys effectively. The rooms were quiet which made it easy to sleep.

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: 18 October 2022

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Problems with the windows...they wouldn't close and too much noise from outside because of that. The rest was fine.

    Location and staff

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 9 August 2022

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Too much light at night: When people walk in the common area at night, the lights automatically turn on. The bedroom doors are translucent so the light came in and woke me up.

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 17 July 2022

    7.0
    good for 1 night stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Economy Quadruple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    we could not find the key for the hotel to make self check in which lead us to wait almost 1 hour in the street to meet the receptionist to receive the key, it is too hard to find the hotel because it is inside residential building

    the hotel is not far from downtown

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: 13 July 2022

    7.0
    Good
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The floor was dirty and dusty

    The location is very comfortable, not far from the city center. There were kitchen where I was able to cook

    Stayed in July 2022

  • Reviewed: 11 November 2023

    4.0
    Disappointing
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    I don't have space enough to tell how was wrong in this "hostel". It looks more like a open sky rubbish. The toilet was very unclean and hairy. The smell in the room was unbreathable.

    The materasso was comodo and the curtains cover the indiscrait eyes who were looking into our room. Thank you

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 24 September 2023

    10
    For this price excellent 👌
    • Group
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    All good

    Communication was great! Outside you are thinking that it not nice. But when u came in. It’s really clean place with comfortable rooms and beds. Have two showers and toilets. Clean towels. For one night staying was really good!

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: 10 May 2023

    2.0
    Worst hostel I've ever stayed in
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    We couldn't find the accomodation due to its not having a sign with Carol 51 or Hostel . Also it looked like a derelict building. The security to get in was excess, with the door handle to one entrance being fallen off.. The 24 hr desk check in was non- existent. We didn't see anybody at reception the whole time we were there. The whole place looked desolate, like it was mainly used for Romanian male workers, and as females, we felt unsafe. If I'd have been a solo traveller I'd have rebooked somewhere else.

    Closeness to the centre

    Stayed in May 2023

  • Reviewed: 25 February 2023

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Economy Quadruple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nice and clean rooms , fridge , two public toilets and a kitchen

    Stayed in February 2023

  • Reviewed: 28 September 2022

    3.0
    Better search for something else.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It qas right under the street, it was noosy, it was cold and it was full of nude pictures on walls.

    It was located in the center.

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 11 August 2022

    2.0
    Very poor
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    left my wallet in the property after check out and the owner / cleaner claims it isn’t there when I know for a fact it was.

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 19 July 2022

    10
    Exceptional
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    Nothing comes to my mind.

    Excellent communication with host, attentive, careful, nice and clean rooms.

    Stayed in July 2022

  • Reviewed: 27 June 2022

    5.0
    Not so good as I expected
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights

    The left window has a big gap so it was the feelings that the window was always open. The streat was really noizy. There were huge traffic and a lot of loud people even at night. The right window shutter did not work and I was not able to open it. The mattress is really hard. I had the back ache One bad linen was dirty. The duvet cover had a big yellow spot and the sheet had couple gray spots. Fortunately we needed only two beds so we could avoid the dirty one. The booking confirmation said that I can check in from 7 till 23 but in the real life you can check in only from 14. It's really confusing and extremely irritating. By the way the two administrators told me the different information about the open hours and the ability to leave the luggage. I walked one hour around the neighborhood and came there at 11 cause one administrator said that they open at this time but there were no one at 11 too. The property is self-check in. Other administrator said that we should wait when previous guests leave the room and cleaning service do their job but from 11 till 14 there was still no one. What was the reason of keeping us away of the room when they have check in hours in confirmation letter from 7 I don't know. We didn't leave the luggage in the lobby cause it looked unsafe. We didn't know if there were other guests there or they would close the entrance door or not. There is some kind of office in this property but I didn't see the administrator for four days. So there is no person to check and control everything there permanently but there are some cameras. I think because of that other guests were smoking in spite of the no smoking signs and the hall smelled awful. The payment was with cash that was unexpectable.

    The room was big and had a fridge, a wardrobe, a table and a tv set. It's enough for a short stay The bathrooms were really clean and good equipped. The glass screen for the bath is much better than the curtain and thank you for that. There was also an iron but I could not find a hair dryer maybe I looked for it bad. The kitchen was equipped well you can find there everything you want. Also thank you for your message about the water from the tap. It's important information. You don't need an air conditioner in these rooms cause the hostel is located in the underground floor and there were always cool. When we had the 32 degree outside we slept with the duvets. But because of the location the rooms are pretty dark. There are some kind of matter covering on the windows so the passerby people can't see anything inside the rooms.

    Stayed in June 2022

  • Reviewed: 20 May 2022

    9.0
    Nice hostel with greath rooms and location!
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Location is good. Rooms are nice!

    Stayed in May 2022

  • Reviewed: 6 April 2022

    5.0
    You can find better I guess
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The place did not have hot water or heating most of the time

    Good position

    Stayed in March 2022

  • Reviewed: 28 March 2022

    1.0
    HELL
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Economy Quadruple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    Everything, it was a disaster.

    Nothing. It was a disaster, !

    Stayed in March 2022

  • Reviewed: 12 October 2021

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The washing head was broken I heared the voices from outside in The room I got

    The location

    Stayed in September 2021

  • Reviewed: 29 August 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 18 May 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Basic Triple Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    There are no comments available for this review

    Stayed in April 2023

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