Reviews of Riga-Backpackers Hostel
Marstalu st.6, Riga, Latvia LV-1050
142 out of 191 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'Riga-Backpackers Hostel'
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| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
Alone
City break
03 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: central, cheap
Disliked: not too clean, but what do you expect for the price
| Atmosphere - | 20% | Staff - | 40% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 40% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 40% |
Customer review
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
27 December 2011
Liked: not much
Disliked: no internet in room and bathrooms unclean
| Atmosphere - | 20% | Staff - | 20% | Facilities - | 20% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 40% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
17 December 2011
Liked: not so much.
Disliked: No internet, no common room open between 11PM and 7AM. the 4th persons room is a 5th person room just near the restaurant. You have to pay the restaurant, no available ktchen. 12persons bedroom with only one little radiator and broken shower.
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
Romantic getaway
Sightseeing & culture
25 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: great location, very nice big and clean room, helpful staff, very quiet all the time
Disliked: i liked everything, no complaint
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Events / festivals
Partying / nightlife
Shopping
17 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Very close to nightlife of old town of Riga.
Disliked: Sound insulation could be better.
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 40% |
Jason Robb
With friends / other travellers
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
18 September 2011
Liked: Location was very good
Disliked: The smell and the fact you couldnt use the toilet without standing in the shower.
| Atmosphere - | 20% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 40% |
Customer review
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
Events / festivals
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
11 September 2011
Liked: onle the building itself it is very beautiful , and an excellent location
Disliked: the filthiest room I have ever had in my life , such as dried vomit on the wall just beside my bed , the shower was black with mold and funguses , never cleaned for the last few years , during all my stay I was lonely almost all the time in that dirty room : Their pictures in your web have nothing to do with the reality : This place should closed down for serious lack of hygiene
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
Alone
Business / conference
28 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Location
Disliked: Why there are TV sets in the rooms - witout electricity and arial?
| Atmosphere - | 20% | Staff - | 40% | Facilities - | 20% | Safety - | 40% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
17 August 2011
Liked: Really good location
Disliked: Only one ensuite bathroom in 14 bed dorm, it was dirty, the shower was infested with mould, and the carpet outside the bathroom door was constantly wet. The beds were broken (stuffing coming out of the mattress) and the staff were not helpful at all.
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture
15 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Cheap, excellent location
Disliked: Loud room, not very clean towels
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 20% | Safety - | 20% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 40% |
Alexandr Iscenco
With friends / other travellers
Beach / sunbathing
Business / conference
Sightseeing & culture
10 August 2011
Liked: - Availability of staff in the night; - Clean bed linen and towels; - Shower; - WiFi.
Disliked: - No sockets in the common room; - A lot of noise outside in the night; - Though I have booked a bed for 5 days, during the last days they gave it to other persons!!!
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 40% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 60% |
Wendy hodge
With my spouse / partner
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
05 August 2011
Liked: Great location
Disliked: It was filthy - we had two rooms and neither had been cleaned properly. Neither bathroom was clean and the second room hadn't even been vacuumed (there was someone elses rubbish on the floor). Other people in privates were given breakfast but it was never offered to us. We waited outside for almost ten minutes for a staff member to let us in one night - there was hardly anyone else there and they definitely weren't cleaning so why the wait? We had to change room on the second day but weren't given an explanation and our new room was much smaller. Also the drains in the bathroom were blocked. The hostel has so much potential - location, space etc but it is managed terribly.
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 20% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 40% |
Customer review
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
02 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: location
Disliked: staff not friendly NOISY !
| Atmosphere - | 20% | Staff - | 40% | Facilities - | 20% | Safety - | 40% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 40% |
ALESSANDRO PACE
With friends / other travellers
Sightseeing & culture
01 August 2011
Liked: Location
Disliked: Cleanliness, room, privacy
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
30 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Amazing location. There is a big room (formerly used as a bar) with sofas if you want to relax.
Disliked: The computer for internet is soooooooo slow! There is no atmosphere in the hostel.
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
As a family with children
City break
Events / festivals
Family Holiday
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family
Work / volunteering
26 June 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Really recommend! In a very good place for a very small money!
Disliked: nothing
| Atmosphere - | 20% | Staff - | 40% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 60% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Events / festivals
Partying / nightlife
16 May 2011
Liked: Good location.
Disliked: Dirty.
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
Alone
Sightseeing & culture
15 May 2011
Liked: The location was great
Disliked: Staff not so friendly. Interet is free but so slow you can't use it. No common space to meet people
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Sightseeing & culture
03 May 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Friendliness and helpfulness of the staff (Kristina). Big clean rooms comfotable beds ((: beautifull stairs!!
Disliked: there was a problem with sewage: water didn't leak in the sink=( it's a pity that youdon't have your own parking
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 80% |
Rebeca Fernandez
With friends / other travellers
Backpacking / gap year
City break
Sightseeing & culture
29 April 2011 Rebeca would recommend this property
Liked: very well located
Disliked: there was a bathroom inside the room for 16 people so when somebody was having a shower nobody could use the toilet or wash basin, thet should be separate. Besides, the bathroom could be cleaner.
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 40% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 40% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
City break
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
26 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: The price was very cheap and the hostel has PERFECT location
Disliked: The room for 12 or 14 people had only one shower.
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 100% |
Pierluigi Fiorentini
With a large group / tour
Events / festivals
18 April 2011 Pierluigi would recommend this property
Liked: Good location.
Disliked: Shabby canvas.
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Sightseeing & culture
24 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: the location was the best ever, in the very heart of the old Riga. Staff really helpful and polite
Disliked: staff were not always there, but they gave us the key of the whole building so that was ok in the end
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 80% |
Chris Prinsen
With a large group / tour
Partying / nightlife
09 October 2010 Chris would recommend this property
Liked: Own toilet and Shower
Disliked: There was no breakfast
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 100% |
Koos van den Berg
With friends / other travellers
City break
03 October 2010 Koos would recommend this property
Liked: spacious building, quite location, in a side street yet right in the middlle of everything
Disliked: "no breakfast" BUT: for only 3 LAT you can have a huge buffet breakfast at the hotelbar across the street
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