Reviews of Anker Hostel

Storgata 55, Oslo, Norway 0182

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75.7%

1337 out of 1707 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'Anker Hostel'

Atmosphere
69.6%
Location
85.6%
Facilities
70.4%
Cleanliness
76.8%
Staff
83.2%
Value
66.4%
Safety
77.6%

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

DUNCAN MCKINLAY

With friends / other travellers

Events / festivals
Partying / nightlife

12 February 2012 DUNCAN would recommend this property

Liked: On arrival we were upgraded to the Anker hotel,No extra cost,No reason was given for this,so i didn't complain about it.

Disliked: I didn't dislike anything

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

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

City break
Romantic getaway
Sightseeing & culture

12 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: We got a free upgrade to the hotel next door! Score.

Disliked: We got charged for sheets and food...but I guess we can't complain about that too much...

62.9%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 80% Facilities - 60% Safety - 40%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 40%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

05 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: comfortable beds, simple but adequate cooking facilities in the room.

Disliked: having to pay for linen, poor wifi (it cut out at 10pm), strange people in the common room and walking around the hallways (not sure that they were guests at the hostel), no mop for the shower so the bathroom was always wet.

71.4%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 100% Facilities - 60% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 60%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

City break
Sightseeing & culture

03 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The hostel is located between the city center and Gronalokka, a nice area with pubs and bars.

Disliked: The room wasn't very clean.

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

Barbara Labus

Alone

City break

24 January 2012 Barbara would recommend this property

Liked: Well, it is really good located, not far from Oslo`s center and train station is few minutes away

Disliked: Well, there suppose to be lockers in every room ,but thats not always like this, it is strange that you have to pay a deposit if you won`t to rent a fork or cup or a pan.

77.1%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 80% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 60%

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family

10 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Ensuites on rooms. Good location, easy walk to main train station.

Disliked: Small foyer area, not heaps of common space but then again rooms were quite spacious.

54.3%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 100% Facilities - 40% Safety - 40%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 40%

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year
City break
Sightseeing & culture

08 January 2012

Liked: The Anker Hostel is the Ryan Air of hostels. If you don't care about some noise and a bit of overall grubbyness, this is certainly the cheapest place to stay in Oslo. Bring your own linnen and towels, as every little extra has to be paid for. There are kitchen boxes to rent for wich the general grubbyness also applies. The personel was very nice though, and the beds unexpectedly comfy.

Disliked: Unfortunately we do care for clean and reasonably quiet rooms, and the two kitchen boxes we got were both in varying stades of disgusting, so overall I wouldn't go there again. Also, we booked a 2-person room and got one with 8 beds (all for our selves) in a corridor of 8-bed rooms, of which at least some were quite full -> noisy!!!

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

Jean Ignace Nicolau

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

05 January 2012 Jean Ignace would recommend this property

Liked: The staff were very nice

Disliked: Nothing, all worked fine

68.6%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 80% Facilities - 60% Safety - 60%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 60%

Gavin Finley

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture

05 January 2012 Gavin would recommend this property

Liked: Best combination of price and location in Oslo.

Disliked: Internet only in lobby was annoying; Room placements were a bit odd (I'm a 22-year-old guy, and had a woman in her 50s and a family of three in my dorm room); Luggage room didn't inspire confidence.

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

Alec Thomas

With friends / other travellers

City break
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture

05 January 2012 Alec would recommend this property

Liked: 8 of us stayed there for NYE weekend. Had a dorm between ourselves, which had a kitchen area including cupboards, stove and fridge (appliances available from reception) and also bathroom which had a nice shower. Bunk beds compfy but would strongly recommend you purchase bedding from reception for aroud £5. The staff there were very pleasent and welcoming, just like the rest of the people in Oslo. Would definately visit again, after stocking up in duty free ofcourse to consume in the room before hitting the bars and paying £10 a pint. WIFI also very good in the hostel.

Disliked: NA

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

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture

28 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The staff were really good and there is WiFi at my room.

Disliked: There was no kettle in room. The bathroom is small and inconvenient.

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

Customer review

Alone

City break

27 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: I liked it all, nothing bad to say

Disliked: n/a

68.6%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 60% Facilities - 80% Safety - 60%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 80%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

19 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: hostelbookers.com

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

51.4%
Atmosphere - 40% Staff - 60% Facilities - 40% Safety - 80%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 40%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

14 December 2011

Liked: nice lounge area

Disliked: kitchens only on the rooms and no real cooking plates

77.1%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 60% Facilities - 60% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 80%

Man Ting Kwai

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities

13 December 2011 Man Ting would recommend this property

Liked: it's not far from the centre, not cheap at all for backpacker, but it's cheap for Norway standard

Disliked: haf to pay NOK50 for the linen...

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

Kasim Balarabe

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

11 December 2011 Kasim would recommend this property

Liked: The staff and the hostel is always kept clean. Nice atmosphere to hang around.

Disliked: Checkout at 11am.

60.0%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 40% Facilities - 60% Safety - 40%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 40%

Christopher Baker

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

08 December 2011 Christopher would recommend this property

Liked: Comfy beds. Good location.

Disliked: Cold welcome from staff upon arrival. No lockers. Had to pay a lot for every little extra - b/fast, linen, etc

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

Customer review

Alone

City break
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities

08 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: location, space in rooms, clean bathroom and warm in winter, reasonable price, helpful staff.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

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

Raphael Henry

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Partying / nightlife
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture

05 December 2011 Raphael would recommend this property

Liked: Located between nightlife area and hippy boutique /cafe street. Relativelly clean.

Disliked: I am not a fan of having a kitchen area & bathroom ensuite as part of a dorm room.

71.4%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 80% Facilities - 60% Safety - 40%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 80%

Mehmet Ali Gurpinar

With friends / other travellers

Events / festivals
Sightseeing & culture

01 December 2011 Mehmet Ali would recommend this property

Liked: the dorm rooms were huge. very clean with helpful staff.

Disliked: location seems a bit insecure especially at night time.

48.6%
Atmosphere - 40% Staff - 40% Facilities - 60% Safety - 40%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 40%

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

26 November 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: One of the few hostels in Oslo

Disliked: Lack of lockers for bags Poor organisation

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

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Sightseeing & culture

15 November 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Everything was clean, opened 24 hours, wifi

Disliked: No cameras in the luggage room, no lockers

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

KOU XIAOHANG

Alone

City break
Sightseeing & culture

12 November 2011 KOU would recommend this property

Liked: clean,quiet,convenient.

Disliked: no,

77.1%
Atmosphere - 40% Staff - 100% Facilities - 60% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 60%

Helen Pitcher

With friends / other travellers

City break

12 November 2011 Helen would recommend this property

Liked: Very entertaining foosball table. LOVED the cheap(er) wine. If you want alcohol, it is definitely worth getting it at the hostel because it's a fraction of the price as in the bars. Staff let us check in early. Very good laundry facilities. Also liked that the kitchen area is in your own room.

Disliked: Could have used a bigger common room area. Needed more stools

88.6%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

10 November 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Very friendly and helpful staff - also good looking Norwegian men!! The dorms were very comfortable and the facilities were great. Also very close to town which was handy.

Disliked: The atmosphere wasn't great but I feel that was because I stayed during the winter.


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