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Alface Hostel Lisboa Reviews

Rua do Norte No 98 1oESQ., Lisbon, Portugal

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87%Overall Rating

From 28 ratings
  • 86%Character
  • 85%Security
  • 96%Location
  • 86%Staff
  • 84%Atmosphere
  • 84%Cleanliness

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83%

Hostel is located in the heart of Lisbon\'s nightlife and close to most of the city\'s attractions. It does get a little noisy in Weekends but that didnt bother me. Shared bathroom can be a problem when fully booked but with good scheduling that is managable.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 30 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • (Country undisclosed)
  • (Gender undisclosed)


87%

Concerning the quality of breakfast (especially coffee and juice), there is still a lot to do...

  • Novice Nomad
  • 29 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Male 31-40
  • (2 reviews)


83%

The location of this hostel is great, right in the center of the young neighborhood of Lisbon. It was simple, but clean, and had everything you needed. The staff are very friendly and eager to help.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 28 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • (Country undisclosed)
  • (Gender undisclosed)


77%

Walls and doors offer no protection against noise from the common area, very loud during evenings and nights

  • Novice Nomad
  • 05 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Couple 25-30
  • (1 review)


77%

On average it's a good hostel, but has disadvantages.If you like to party in Lisbon, this hostel has the perfect location for you; otherwise you would find it a bit too noisy.The rooms are spacious and the staff which is super friendly and wants to do everything to make your stay the best. However, one person only speaks Portugese, which makes the exchange of information a bit difficult. It was clean, but only one bathroom for the girls and you couldn't lock the toilets.Missed some activities.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 05 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Female 18-24
  • (2 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi there, We hope that in the end it was a good experience, thanks for your honest opinion , and we are going to make notice of what is needed do have this hostel going on the right direction . kind regards Bart

100%

The alface hostel is the best hostel i've been at in all europe!! Loved everything!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 22 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Italy
  • Female 18-24
  • (2 reviews)


100%

Adorei! estou recomendando para os estudantes brasileiros. Obrigado

  • Novice Nomad
  • 11 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • (Country undisclosed)
  • (Gender undisclosed)


90%

Great location and great facilities. Next to a subway station and inside of good nightlife street. The wifi internet is with bad signal, but you can use the computer.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 11 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • (Country undisclosed)
  • (Gender undisclosed)


100%

very great location and hostel, very clean and fun atmosphere

  • Novice Nomad
  • 24 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)


60%

I DON'T recommend it to anyone. The main reason is that the 24 hour reception is only a joke. For that reason the breakfast was not ready when it was supposed to be at 8 o'clock- which means we didnt have the free breakfast, no one was there to ask, and on top of that we wanted to check out, and we had given 5 euros for the key which we couldn't take back!!! We rang the bells, called the No of the hostel in case the "24hour reception" appears but nothing!!!! Nobody was there!!!! Unacceptable!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 21 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Greece
  • All Female Group 18-24
  • (6 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi there, we are truly sorry for your bad experience in our hostel, we are going to verify what happen and why did it happen, and if it's something that we can change, we will. We can only hope that even having this bad experience at your check out, it didn't influence your stay in Lisbon and in our hostel beside the check out issue. Kind regards Bart & Rita Alface Hostel

97%

It's a really nice hostel... The staff was the better that I had seen!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 11 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • Male 25-30
  • (1 review)


93%

for that price (7€) with breakfast it was really great!!!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 04 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • (Country undisclosed)
  • (Gender undisclosed)


80%

The staff were plenty friendly, yet they worked mostly in the cafe downstairs, so it was difficult to get a hold of someone to fix the leak in our sink. Lots of character, probably the best location and the bathrooms were very clean. The bed was the best I slept on for my whole European tour. Definitely recommended!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 09 Jan 2012
  • Anonymous
  • (Country undisclosed)
  • (Gender undisclosed)

Owner Comment (Show)
Dear Guests, We are terribly sorry for the inconvenience, our staff did actually coordinated to go upstairs and meet you in the evening to double check if the small leak continued and could be solved that night. My colleagues certainly thought you where fine and didn't want to disturb. If you remember, we actually said that if we couldn't solve the leak we would give you another double room ensuite that was fine and available. Anyway we know that's not really the point, but some days are much busier than others in terms of things to do that are not directed related to guests. Therefore has compensation I'm sure that if you return to our lovely city we can offer you one night stay in another double room ensuite of our Hostel Again on behalf of Alface Hostel, we apologize for the inconvenience. Best Regards Luis Alface Hostel

97%

Amazing!!Still can´t believe how I could find a place like that, good people, good place just in the middle of the city centre, nice and You´ll feel it like home, never feel lonely even when you are just one in a room of 10 people.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 30 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Spain
  • Female 18-24
  • (2 reviews)




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