Reviews of El Firulete Hostel Downtown

03 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Clean, spacious rooms with tall ceilings. Our double had a small balcony. The breakfast was quite good. Staff were ok but not the most friendly or helpful we've come across.

Disliked: The pool table was not in use and there was not really a great social vibe about it. When we booked it advertised a free pizza party on Friday nights but when they got there they said they didn't do them any more.

09 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Super friendly staff, accommodated us after we missed our flight. Clean, well kept.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

02 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Location was great. Security was good. Breakfast was amazing. Best breakfast of my whole trip.

Disliked: The showers were hit or miss. Some had good pressure and hot water, some had only one of those. We were facing the street and it was ridiculously loud, but not all rooms are like that.

31 July 2011

Liked: friendly staff, interesting location - read dislike too

Disliked: Very noisy bedrooms (noise + vibrations)... On a street with a lot of traffic til late in the evening and early in the morning...

15 June 2011 Hannah would recommend this property

Liked: I 've staid here twice now. The staff are amazingly helpful and the breakfasts are great.

Disliked: Nothing really. I guess the stairs could be an issue for some people but other than that I really like this place

25 April 2011

Liked: the living room

Disliked: the recepcion is not in the main entrance

21 April 2011 ANA INES would recommend this property

Liked: Friendliness of the staff

Disliked: Nothing

09 March 2011 wayne would recommend this property

Liked: great guys running the hostel. they encouraged me with my problems at the brazilian visa office. the hostel is in the middle of all the action. great cafe at the end of their block. dinners around $10. cold beer. soccer on the tv. great four day stay, considering the visa hassel!

Disliked: the street was being torn up while i was there. it shoild be fixed soon.

15 November 2010

Liked: The only thing that I liked is that there were other fellow travellers around.

Disliked: First of all, if you plan on resting you can forget about it. The place is right next to the street (I mean NEXT to the street only separated by a narrow 1meter sidewalk) and there were loud buses and horn bonking all night and all day even on a Sunday morning. I had to shower on cold water because of *whatever*^. Beds were extremely narrow and all the furniture was old (even the beds). I don't recommend this place.

10 October 2010

Liked: the showers are always hot, no matter the time of day, or how many people are using them.

Disliked: One of the two toilets was broken, there was not any toilet paper, ever, i ended up going out to buy my own. We booked and were confirmed a private double in advance, but when we arrived only a dorm was available. both myself and my partner woke in the morning with bites on us, bedbugs i dont know, but something.

15 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Location, price

Disliked: Noisy, blocked toilet

08 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: It was quiet. People polite and helpfull.

Disliked: The breakfast should start earlier. Some days we took a bath with cool water.

05 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Central location, 24 hour reception

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

19 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Good location. Good breakfast. Friendly and helpful staff.

Disliked: Rooms overlooking the street are noisy from about 5:30am. We were woken a few times in the early hours of the morning by other guests coming in. The toilet doors did at least close (unlike many other public/shared toilets in Argentina) but didn't lock & didn't always have toilet paper.

09 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: comfortable and homely feel.people very friendly and helpful

Disliked: very noisy on Maipu avenida. bed is very hard to be comfortable

15 July 2010 Jose Filipe would recommend this property

Liked: The room that we stayed was pretty big. The location of the hostel is very good too, just one block from Calle Florida and three blocks from subway station.

Disliked: The place was very noisy (inside and outside). The outside part is OK, as every hostel/hotel that I've been is BsAs looks like the same, but inside the hotel, during dawn, there was staff + people talking really loud - not necessary. The breakfast service could be better too: the food was OK, but things just were filled back when some guest complained.

19 October 2009 Marcos Javier would recommend this property

Liked: nice beds and armchairs, clean pleace, good location, some reception guys not in the mood to do a good job but its allright I think.

Disliked: Marcos Javier left no negative feedback.

28 September 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Didn't stay for long but staff seemed helpful.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

13 September 2009 Peter would recommend this property

Liked: The location is great and it´s very secure. A cheap and good option compared to other places in BA.

Disliked: Peter left no negative feedback.

17 August 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Excellent location, clean baths, good wave. The only details that kitchen does not have and the TV does not work well, but I recommend it.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

16 August 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Hostel was cheap and in a great location.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

30 July 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great location, nice breakfast, clean bathrooms.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

29 July 2009 natalie would recommend this property

Liked: This hostel is in a great central location and offers a good free breakfast until 12pm. The staff are really helpful and friendly and the communal bar/tv room/pool table area is a great place to meet people and hang out. On the downside the beds are really uncomfortable and the traffic outside is quite noisy! Also there are no locks on the toilet or shower doors and some rooms also remain unlocked!

Disliked: natalie left no negative feedback.

16 June 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: the best pooltable ever! didn't like the noisy rooms and uncomfortable beds.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

21 April 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: This was really close to Florida Street. Hostel was a good place to chill out - no wild parties, it had clean, comfortable beds. It was however very noisy due to loud buses, but not much it can do about that. Staff were very friendly and let me keep my luggage behind the front desk.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.