Reviews of Orient Express Hostel

8A Hristo Belchev str., Sofia, Bulgaria 1000

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76.1%

67 out of 97 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'Orient Express Hostel'

Atmosphere
71.2%
Location
88.0%
Facilities
68.8%
Cleanliness
82.4%
Staff
70.4%
Value
76.0%
Safety
76.0%

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80.0%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 80% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Customer review

Alone

Partying / nightlife
Work / volunteering

10 November 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Good position in the city.

Disliked: nothing

57.1%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 40% Facilities - 40% Safety - 80%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 40%

Customer review

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

31 October 2011

Liked: Not much quite frankly.

Disliked: If I pay to use a hostel, then I deserve the right to utilise all the services the hostel claims to offer. I was refused some of the services the hostel claimed to offer and therefore I cannot recommend it to others.

80.0%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 40% Safety - 80%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 80%

Customer review

Alone

Work / volunteering

31 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Very clean. Friendly staff

Disliked: The hostel was very difficult to find. It needs a Big sign out front

94.3%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 100%

Customer review

Alone

City break

15 March 2011

Liked: central,cheap and nice people there.

Disliked: noisy.very noisy.extremely noisy.noisy as hell. difficult to rest:everyone was shouting in an incredible way!

25.7%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 20% Facilities - 20% Safety - 20%
Location - 40% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 40%

Dimitra Dalakoura

With friends / other travellers

Events / festivals

25 January 2011

Liked: We didn't get to stay there for much time,but from a quick look at the place,nothing seemed likeable.

Disliked: It didn't look like the pictures given on the site,it was very small,looked quite unclean and untidy.

71.4%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 60% Facilities - 60% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year

27 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The location is great, right in the heart of things but still fairly quiet, interesting conversations with the owner

Disliked: No matter what we did there were so many mosquitoes! Also breakfast was not really how we expected 'all you can eat' to be

34.3%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 40% Facilities - 20% Safety - 20%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 20%

Serdar Özkan

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
City break
Sightseeing & culture
Partying / nightlife

13 September 2010

Liked: Only the close location to sights.

Disliked: They said they have some kind of problem with bookings so they moved me to some other hostel which is already closed! Therefore, there was only me in the place and it was a really scary place with some gipsies living in the building. Also, the place was on top and there was a construction on the roof. They started making huge noises at 7 AM! so I could only sleep for 1hour as I was out partying. Not the mention that the place and sheets were dirty and bugs were all over the place.

80.0%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 80% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year

01 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Private double is a slef contained apartment

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

97.1%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 80% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Family Holiday

14 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: la situation en centre ville

Disliked: ???

48.6%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 20% Facilities - 20% Safety - 60%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 60%

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year
Romantic getaway

27 July 2010

Liked: Interesting tiled heating stoves in the bedrooms.

Disliked: Everything else. Poor customer service, uninterested proprietor, mismanaged booking and then even cocked up our relocation. After 12 hours on a sleeper from istanbul this was the last thing we needed. Don't bother with this hole.

97.1%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

Customer review

23 May 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Price,Location right in the heart of the city.Clean,freindly staff,secure and safe.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

60.0%
Atmosphere - 40% Staff - 40% Facilities - 40% Safety - 60%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Customer review

14 December 2009

Liked: It is in the heart of the Capital city

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

94.3%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

anel kanuric

23 November 2009 anel would recommend this property

Liked: suzie and rumi were great hosts, good hostel central location in sofia highly recommended

Disliked: anel left no negative feedback.

94.3%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Carlos González Magdaleno

20 November 2009 Carlos would recommend this property

Liked: Very central, very nice staff and helpfully, good breakfast. Thanks to the Lady for the tea during the nigth!

Disliked: Carlos left no negative feedback.

74.3%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 40% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Customer review

11 November 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Good location.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

65.7%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 20% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 60%

Customer review

13 October 2009

Liked: The location was great but the staff spent more time arguing amongst themselves then helping guests. Also all the rooms, except one, are off the common room so its really loud. The breakfast was good, and depending on the lady you might get an eggs.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

100.0%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

nurit margalith

11 September 2009 nurit would recommend this property

Liked: Very nice staff, very good location, homy rooms

Disliked: nurit left no negative feedback.

74.3%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 60% Facilities - 60% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

alejandro navarro

31 August 2009 alejandro would recommend this property

Liked: This is a large flat with several bedroom, well located near all main attractiovelersns, clean, helpful staff and a nice atmosphere, good value for money, particularly for single tra. Only issues are that the hostal is in a 4th floor without elevator and there is no air conditioning (which could be a problem a few hot days).

Disliked: alejandro left no negative feedback.

91.4%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 80%

Customer review

25 August 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Staff were extremely friendly and helpful particularly Rosie who always seemed to make time to answer questions even when she was busy.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

91.4%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 80%

mark bristow

21 August 2009 mark would recommend this property

Liked: like staying in some ones home, hostel is a converted flat, the staff are very friendy but the breakfast is very basichostel in in a very central location

Disliked: mark left no negative feedback.

100.0%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

Ivan Yoong

30 June 2009 Ivan would recommend this property

Liked: All the staff looking after us were very warm and hospitable and gave us loads of information in and around town. Also got to see sophia through a local's point of view and learned much.

Disliked: Ivan left no negative feedback.

100.0%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

Miss I FEIJOO

20 May 2009 Miss I would recommend this property

Liked: Nice and quiet place (at the time i was there), spacios rooms with balconies, helpfull staff, very convinient central location. I had no problems at all

Disliked: Miss I left no negative feedback.

88.6%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 60% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

Fausto Brighenti

25 April 2009 Fausto would recommend this property

Liked: The receptionist was very hysterical

Disliked: Fausto left no negative feedback.

71.4%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 80% Facilities - 60% Safety - 80%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Earl Karges

09 March 2009 Earl would recommend this property

Liked: wi-fi in room

Disliked: Earl left no negative feedback.

82.9%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 80% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 80%

Rodney Duncan

05 January 2009 Rodney would recommend this property

Liked: It was a GREAT locaiotn to the major sites.

Disliked: Rodney left no negative feedback.


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