HI San Diego Downtown - Hostel

Located right in downtown with easy access to everything, and super close to the beautiful Pacific Ocean. The staff was warm and friendly, always ready to help out with any questions. All the common areas, hallways, and lounges were clean and well-kept. The room, bathroom, and amenities were neat and clean, and the bed was fresh and comfortable. They offer free, secure luggage storage for large bags. Inside the dorm rooms, each person gets a small personal locker for their belongings (just remember to bring your own padlock). **Drawback:** Check-in is strictly at 3:00 PM. If you arrive early and exhausted, you can't check in or wait inside—you have to leave and come back at 3:00 PM, which is a bit frustrating. **A couple of suggestions for management:** 1. Consider repainting the wooden walls inside the elevator or covering them with a nice poster. Right now, it gives off a worn-down vibe and makes the building look older than it is. 2. Installing security cameras inside the shared dorm rooms would be a great addition. It would give guests extra peace of mind and improve the overall experience. Thank you so much!

I love this place.

Would have loved to stay longer in the end, as they had lots of actually cool events to see and explore and get to know people - which would have been really nice!

Bottom line is I would stay again in the same circumstances.

Clean room and AC

This was my first time trying out a hostel after a lifetime of hotels and Airbnb’s and I absolutely LOVED it!!! My bed was more comfortable than my mattress at home, despite it being a twin bunk bed. Kitchen was fully stocked with everything you need (except the food/ingredients. Obviously you buy that yourself). Shower’s were nice and warm. Had a bit of a locker room smell but it’s easily ignored. Common room was spacious and all the guests were kind. 10/10 would recommend again if you want to save some money and have some independence.

The noise level from the street below is just unbearable. Not recommended if you want a good night sleep

I stayed in a shared bunk bed room. Rooms were spacious and comfortable. Beds were comfortable as well. Big lockers, and coffee table and chair inside the room. Everything was clean. Bathrooms were also very clean. You can tell staff doesn’t a great work cleaning every day. Only issue with the building (and probably the area) is that it has a urine smell that seems to never go away. The rooms have A/C and were very fresh the whole time. I appreciate that. I enjoyed the common areas, perhaps my favorites from the three hostels I visited during my trip. I enjoyed watching the World Cup matches with the folks staying there, and the atmosphere. Staff were very friendly and professional. I recommend this place if you’re traveling solo!

in a 3bunk beds dorm we got blessed with the bottom bunks which was great but also overall that place very well kept and cleaned and the lady who check us in was extremely helpful definitely cant wait to come stay there again in the future and the air conditioner in the room was amazing

It was noisy, as expected. My only complaint was the pillows, oh my god they were hard. Other than that what I needed was a place to sleep and that's what I got

Staff was fantastic. Room was clean & I was able to check out early

Great staff . They couldn’t be more helpful

Staff was generally friendly. One woman at front desk seemed like she was suffering a caffeine withdrawal as was unsmiling and annoyed. The others there were very helpful and friendly. I rented a solo room which had bunk beds. The lower mattress was so worn out that it felt like a hammock. I used upper bed but what a pain to have to climb down at 04:00 to go to bathroom. Those cards are a bit ridiculous as too big to fit anywhere comfortably. The white digital cards are much better because it’s a standard credit card size but change the color to red or blue so more visible ! Overall a pleasant stay. Not sure about how they sanitize cups. I asked where they were and worker points to dish rack. Does that mean I am drinking from a cup that wasn’t professionally cleaned/sanitized ?

It was good for the amount paid The room smelled funny but I think because the building is old! Definitely needed air fresheners or lysol or something

Exceptional

Very good

I love the fact it's a renovated building. being an old building, it was slightly musky- but it's expected with the type of building.

They helped me when I had a issue and did it immediately and in the best way, personal is always nice

Good

Superb