TRENDY Hostel

Didn't take a breakfast

The bed

The staff were lovely, always quick to smile back and respond to greetings. It didn’t feel unsafe at all to a young foreign girl who didn’t speak French. The staff barely spoke English but were very patient while I used a translator app. Free microwave and kettle. I didn’t see any rats as complained about in other reviews, and only one cockroach on one day of my five nights. The staff often went around with cleaning spray wiping table surfaces, and mopping toilets regularly. Only one very hard working staff per day, but only after 9am, so when I checked out early at 7am I had to leave a note with my room card on the receptionist’s desk. Plug socket right near each bed in bedroom 2, and the bathroom attached had two showers and two toilets so there was never a wait to use the facilities. Drains weren’t blocked. Free good quality WiFi. Plug sockets in the lounge/dining area as well. I didn’t see anyone sleeping in the lounge as complained about by other reviewers. The other residents were very polite and quiet. Abundance of large lockers in the rooms. Ramps to the bedroom, so disabled friendly. There is a large toilet with shower behind reception that was always sparkling clean, and also has handles that made it a disabled friendly toilet. Extremely comfy bed and pillow. The hostel is in a lovely quiet neighbourhood, but very close to grocery shops and restaurants. High turnover of people staying, and I never heard any complaints from any of them about thieves or anything else. Extremely multicultural guests, no sign of discrimination. Extremely multicultural neighbourhood as well. Overall I would definitely recommend this place to stay as it felt safe and the staff are lovely, and it’s perfect if you are poor and all you really want is a roof, a bed, and a shower, and you don’t care about frills.

I booked female only, but was put in a mixed dorm. However, the receptionist apologised profusely and said I could check back the next day to see if there was any space in the ladies dorm, but I didn’t because I didn’t feel unsafe in the mixed dorm. Make sure you bring your own soap - none anywhere for the bathroom sinks or for washing up, and hit and miss on whether a spoon or fork would be available. I bought disposable cutlery. However, really pleased that the plates and bowls were free to use. No fans, so really warm and stuffy. No radiators either, so in winter it will probably be cold. The three tiered bunk bed squeaked so badly at the slightest movement, even when breathing, however the two tiered bunk beds were fine. Despite the cleaning done by the very busy receptionist/jack of all trades, the tables and floors and bathrooms got really dirty very quickly, it was rare to see anything clean. And yes, there was mould in the showers, and the toilets did stink, but everything worked so it wasn’t an inconvenience. The lockers didn’t have locks, you have to bring your own padlock, which would be fine, however you have to make sure you bring a padlock with a very thick bar as if it is less than 6 millimetres thick then the lockers can still be twisted open. I unfortunately kept coming back at the end of the day to find that the handle had been twisted severely and had gotten jammed as people have tried to open my locker, but thankfully because my padlock bar was very thick they weren’t successful in turning it all the way and accessing my things.

After seeing the reviews i was very scared but it was nothing like the reviews said. My room was FEMALE ONLY!! So so happy they keep women and men separate. The staff were absolutely amazing. They’re literally available 24/7 and the manager is always there if you need any help, they have a female only bathroom which is great really big but the men do use this unfortunately, they have a kitchen a fridge the reception area has charging cables it’s really cute and comfy and chez marwan a food takeaway is literally two seconds away from the hostel which is PERFECT. They change the bedsheets as soon as people leave and they constantly mop the floors, The metro is literally a two second walk away as well. I met the loveliest girls here thank you so much. It cost me just under £80 for 3 nights, it takes an hour on the metro to get to paris city centre and the Eiffel tower etc but for me that’s not a big deal for such a cheap convenient place the travel isn’t much you don’t feel it it feels a lot more quicker

I did see a big bug that looked like a cockroach on the wall of the kitchen behind the microwave which was scary and the bathroom can get really smelly at times but that’s not the hostels fault they try keep it as clean as they can, it’s some people who don’t have home training

Staff was nice. The air conditioning was broken in the female dormitory and it was extremely cold that night but they found a solution the other day. Beds are comfortable, location is fine - there’s a metro 2 minutes away from the hostel. Beside the AC , the bathrooms were a bit dirty but overall for this value of money it was fine.

It was cold because the AC didn’t work. Not much common areas to meet with people, but that’s fine.