Reviews of Mad Hostel

Calle de la Cabeza 24, Madrid, Spain 28012

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78.4%

979 out of 1125 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'Mad Hostel'

Atmosphere
74.4%
Location
87.2%
Facilities
76.0%
Cleanliness
82.4%
Staff
69.6%
Value
80.0%
Safety
79.2%

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

Customer review

Alone

City break

26 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: well arranged

Disliked: noisy!! and the rooms are superhot, so you have to open the windows but then...there is the noise!

42.9%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 40% Facilities - 20% Safety - 80%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 20%

eric verdaasdonk

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

21 March 2011

Liked: ;;the location

Disliked: its like a prison::theres no athmosfheer at all:the kitchen is to small and it have only one plate for kooking so waitingline a long one; the rooms verry small for 6 beds no space to move the bunks verry low so bumb your head iff you stay below::the breakfast so poor:: and so unpersonly the staf in the morning::iff you can stay somewhere else:::i slept in hundred off hostels:but this is one in my top5 oof the worst::

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

Customer review

Alone

Visiting friends or family

21 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Cleaness

Disliked: Zone

100.0%
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Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

Tricia Bergmann

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

19 March 2011 Tricia would recommend this property

Liked: This is a fabulous hostel, very clean, great location, fun atmosphere and good accommodation!

Disliked: None

68.6%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 40% Facilities - 60% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 60%

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Sightseeing & culture

13 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Good location.

Disliked: Beds were too small for most males (especially bottom bunk). Breakfast was inadequate and serving staff were quite rude and uncharismatic. Would have appreciate more tips and travel advice regarding Madrid/ Spain. Kitchen was very small given the number of guests at the hostel. Only 2 hot plates and no oven so resorted to making meals which didn't require cooking (as were many other guests).

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

Lukasz Poterek

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture

12 March 2011 Lukasz would recommend this property

Liked: Excellent location.

Disliked: Small breakfasts.

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

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

10 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Almost everything was excellent.

Disliked: Almost everything was excellent.

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

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

City break
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture

08 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The location is brilliant, you just have to walk 5 minutes to the city center. The two girls who work in the hostel were really friendly and helpful. Like place to meet fun people.

Disliked: Breakfast is really simple, but okay. The rooms over the street are very noisy, couldn´t find sleep that night.

65.7%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 80% Facilities - 60% Safety - 80%
Location - 40% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 60%

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family

04 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: located near a metro stop.

Disliked: the hostel is located on a difficult street to find.

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

Customer review

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

01 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The central location

Disliked: Breakfast is not very good

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

Julia Oliveira Rosa

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture

27 February 2011 Julia would recommend this property

Liked: It has a lot of character, staff is very helpful and everything inside is very safe and clean.

Disliked: Breakfast was a bit on the poor side. The street got a bit dead at night, but then again I was a girl alone.

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

Customer review

Alone

City break
Sightseeing & culture

26 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Good location next to a metro stop and close walking to main attractions. There were nice big lockers to secure belongings. Key system to get into rooms and common area made it very secure.

Disliked: Didn't have any heat in rooms at night but was able to ask for extra blanket.

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

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

24 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The location is close to many attractions.

Disliked: Sheet is not provided. Breakfast is too small.

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

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

21 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: beer vending machines

Disliked: tiny rooms, very cramped, beer vending machines were shut off after a certain hour

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

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

City break
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture

20 February 2011

Liked: The location was right near two metro stops so it was easy to get places and the staff was very kind.

Disliked: The watches you have to wear as your room keys never worked for us and were very irritating to use. The showers would not stay on for more than 45 seconds without you having to turn them back on again. Also, the beds had hair in them and were extremely tiny and without much room in between them. There were no mirrors or dressers or space in any of the rooms.

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

Customer review

Alone

Family Holiday

17 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: good athmosphera

Disliked: u can not regulate temperature of watter. Really small kitchen

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

Mayra Delfino

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

10 February 2011 Mayra would recommend this property

Liked: Kitchen is good, staff is helpful, location is not that bad.

Disliked: Bathrooms are not so good, and rooms are very tiny!

82.9%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 40% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 60%

Customer review

Alone

City break
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Work / volunteering

08 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Staff ;-)

Disliked: There is only one socket in room (for 6 person) and internet (Wi-Fi) usally doesn't work. And there is no any table and chairs in room

85.7%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 80%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Krisztina Nagy

With friends / other travellers

Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture

07 February 2011 Krisztina would recommend this property

Liked: It is a really nice and cheap hostel in the center of Madrid. The common room is great, it has a billiard table, free internet, wifi and you can meet the other travellers, , also the free breakfast was nice. Afterall we got what we expected and the value for the money is good.

Disliked: The room we stayed in was really small, but just for one night we didn't mind, therefore I would rather recommend this place for travellers staying just a few nights.

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

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Sightseeing & culture

31 January 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Very secure with armbands, with great rooftop verrace, common room, free internet and gym. lockers very safe as well

Disliked: some of the rooms lacked enough air con

85.7%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 60% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 60%

ivana cecilia iriarte

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

31 January 2011

Liked: good location, internet and breakfast (although it wasn`t that good)

Disliked: the showers are terrible; specially if you go during winter. no heating on it, no shelfs to put your things, and the worst thing is that you have to go out naked to pick up your towel (unless you don`t care it gets really really wet). the rooms was very cold. little things to improve, but i have been in better hostels in madrid.

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

Alex Sherratt

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

31 January 2011 Alex would recommend this property

Liked: Really nice, clean and safe, good location

Disliked: Wifi is terrible drops out every five minutes

91.4%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 100%

Tyler Yanda

With friends / other travellers

City break
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture

30 January 2011 Tyler would recommend this property

Liked: It was easily accessible, and close to all the sites/museums I wanted to visit in Madrid. The staff was very helpful and I felt safe.

Disliked: I liked everything.

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

Wlodzimierz Dudka

With friends / other travellers

City break

30 January 2011 Wlodzimierz would recommend this property

Liked: Very nice place in heart of Madrid with helpfull staff!

Disliked: For thoose price no bad comments

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

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Partying / nightlife
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture

23 January 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The staff was very helpful after locking myself out of my room TWICE, the atmosphere is great, it's really close to Puerta del Sol, which is pretty much the heart of Madrid, also met some really great people.

Disliked: It's hard to find, nobody's really heard of the street that it is on, so you must be either really good with a map or remembering land-marks.


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