Reviews of Puerto Limon Hostel

30 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Nice atmosphere, helpful staff and nice parties in and outside the hostel. Cheerful place! Love the courtyard and airco in the rooms :) Go to the pizzaplace UGIs at the corner of the street!

Disliked: Just one computer with internet, but internetcafes closeby

30 January 2012 Catalina would recommend this property

Liked: The common areas downstairs are just as chilled out as the photos seem! I really loved how comfortable and relaxed you feel here. There's loads of room for all to mingle and chat over brekky or in between excursions, or if you like to stay in your dorm the internet access here is excellent! Celia was on reception when I arrived, and I found her lovely and helpful. Nubia is also a gem. Location was good, there are plenty of varried classes of eateries nearby, and buses or subte are really close for all those day trips outside of San Telmo.

Disliked: Power points are hard to find.

23 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great people, great vibe.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

20 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Compared to a lot of the mega-hostels in BsAs, Puerto Limon had a much more close-knit vibe. The hostel staff were friendly and mingled easily with guests. I felt very relaxed here.

Disliked: Because it's a smaller place, the social scene can be hit or miss. Things were very quiet when I was there, and several of the other guests told me they weren't really "party people." A couple people who had been there longer said things had been much livelier a few days before, so I guess it really just depends on who's staying there. It is BA, though, so if I'm there I'm hoping to go out pretty late on the weekends...

18 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Everyone is really nice, and the atmosphere is fantastic, is defenetly staying here when I come back to Buenos Aires in may :)

Disliked: not much

04 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Location

Disliked: Breakfast

08 December 2011 Asher would recommend this property

Liked: Good communal area with music playing in the evenings, big comfy couches, nice outdoor courtyard and good vibe. Good location, and is easy to catch the bus to places from the street over and close to San Telmo sunday markets. Would stay here again.

Disliked: Staff were pretty unhelpful. Didnt show us our rooms, where the bathrooms were or the kitchen, and we had to ask for the free towels. Because some didnt speak English they couldnt tell us anything about the area, give us a map or tell us where to catch buses etc. Was a bit overwhelming trying to figure all this out on our first day in South America. Have lockers in the room but mine was really dodgy and didnt close properly, although I think the rest were better. Pretty average breakfast consisting of bread, crackers, tea and coffee.

20 November 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The price for a private double with ensuite in BA was excellent. The room was clean and had a great shower.

Disliked: Breakfast was as basic as basic could be - diluted juice, tea/coffee, tiny bits of bread and cake with spreads. Not bad by some other South American standards but not good enough for Argentina where generally the breakfasts have been great. One of the two computers was on the blink and neither were at a desk - you had to rest the keyboard on your lap.

12 November 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: attactive building with pretty court yard garden. good shower and we liked the ceiling fan

Disliked: the room was very cramped with no storage space. It was very noisy from 11pm until the early hours. People smoked everywhere including inside the hostel We would not stay there again

11 November 2011

Liked: Lay out meant there was always someone else around. Very friendly but had the impression it was used as a boarding house by some people staying long term in BA.

Disliked: The noise made it impossible to sleep as all the rooms are situated around the communal area and the windows in our dorm seemed to be non existent so lots of noise from the street.. Hard to get some sleep. Kitchen should be condemned. There was a dog belonging to one of the staff which did its poo in the communial area at breakfast time!! Luck I didn't stand in it!! Smoking indoors in all areas so while using the internet you get a good dose of second hand smoke. There is no designated smoking area so people smoke EVERWHERE! Too noisy if you do not want to party, if you want a good night's sleep this is not the place for you.

28 October 2011 Stefan would recommend this property

Liked: very helpful staff, clean and in a good location close to plaza dorrega,nice restaurants, bus to aeroparque leaves around the corner

Disliked: nothing really,all is good

16 October 2011

Liked: Nice atmosphere and a lot of space. In San Telmo where you find Tangoshows.

Disliked: A lot of noise on the streets and the windows in our dorm seemed to be inexistent. Hard to get some sleep.

15 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Hot water.

Disliked: Upon arrival the guy atthe front desk was very unhelpful and only grudginly gave us information about what to do in BA. Later on there was a girl at the desk who was alot more helpful. On the Friday night there were about 50 people in the communal area all singing and cheering until 4am. We´re not even sure that the people were staying at the hostel. The noise made it impossible to sleep as all the rooms are situated around the communal area.

10 October 2011

Liked: Nothing

Disliked: smoking in commen room, Unfriendly staff

09 October 2011 Rui would recommend this property

Liked: it was a very pleasant stay in the hostel. the stuff members are friendly and helpful. the location of the hostel is very good, the birthplace of tango. the antique market is just a few blocks away, and the metro station is nearby as well. the private rooms are behind a yard, so it's quite ok even there is a party overnight.

Disliked: if the room is bigger, it would be perfect.

06 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Kitchen and common area. Shower rooms were nice and didn't seem to be too stretched.

Disliked: Some of the dorms overlook the noisy main road.

21 August 2011 Luke would recommend this property

Liked: Our double ensuite was great - Lonely planet says that this is the best room (#2), it is not in the main building so quiet, very large with heating, cable tv and dvd and large windows. They gave us the Hola discount even though we'd booked through Hostelbookers (they don't update their availability on Hola as they just joined).

Disliked: We don't speak Spanish, no one else in the hostel really spoke English. Bit of a wierd atmosphere in common areas.

16 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: This hostel has a good location, the facilities are good and the building is just lovely.

Disliked: Nothing.

08 August 2011

Liked: the staff made a good efferot to help us.

Disliked: bokked a double room and ended up in a private four bed dorm. Also i was dissapointed that smokers were allowed to smoke indoors in all areas.

28 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: free left luggage

Disliked: Staff hanging around common areas/bit of an in crowd.

21 July 2011

Liked: not much,location only

Disliked: there was no water at all for our entire stay.

14 July 2011 Jon would recommend this property

Liked: friendly relaxed atmosphear

Disliked: google

10 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Loved the eclectic decor, and kitchen was well equipped. Staff were friendly and spoke English, and clearly appreciated our bad attempts at speaking Spanish.

Disliked: Breakfast was pretty basic, although I know Argentinians are not big on it.

02 July 2011 VENANCIO would recommend this property

Liked: Um dos poucos lugares recomendado em Buenos Aires para hospedagem. Parabéns à todos da hospedagem

Disliked: ok

04 June 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Nice spacious communal areas, with large patio and chairs outside. V. clean. Friendly staff....our laundry was done within a couple of hours! San telmo was also the area we found a lot to do in, so location was excellent as its right near the huge street market that happens on a sunday.

Disliked: V basic breakfast, just jam and bread, tea and cofee.