City Hostel Geneva Reviews

good security at the hostel: front door opens only with keycard, seperate lockers for luggage in rooms and basement, seperate boxes in the fridges (all locks free but w deposit). Very clean kitchen and bathroom, rooms are tiny, though. Common TV room and snack vending machines in the lobby. Staff isn't much talking, basically leaves you to yourself until checkin time. Payment before seeing the room. Lobby open from morning til midnight, with lunchbreak. It is basic with no flair, still recommend

Great location, recommended!

Good location and great map by the staff members. Loved the nightly movies. Great facilities with hairdryers and individual fridge and kitchen lockers - no need to worry about your food getting stolen!!! Was quite austere though, not much of an atmosphere

Good - Centrally located, comfortable bed, very good hot shower, warm room in mid-december in Geneva, nice staff. Not so good - this is very basic accommodation for CHF63, but then Geneva is an expensive city. There is no breakfast or cafe in the hostel.

It's really convenient~

Only stayed here overnight, but great clean hostel. Staff are VERY friendly!!

My stay was due to university reasons and I was scared it was gonna be busy and noisy but I was surprised to see it was really quiet. They have different spaces like the kitchens (very well equipped, I even found some free food) or the relaxing room and the computer room, so people willing to gather up and talk can do it and without bothering the others. The only thing I didn't like was the unwelcoming staff, swiss people were generally nice but the people I found at the hostel were cold

Nice place to stay, the staff are really nice and is very close to the train station.

Very clean and nice place! Location is perfect right by the lake and close to the center and train station. If I will go back to Geneva I will definitely stay here again! :)

Excellent. It is quite close to the train station, it was clean, very well equipped, it has elevator (useful to carry the luggage), lockers, complete kitchen, they give you blankets and towels (although the shower towel is medium size, and they rent you the big one). We went in autumn and fortunately the room was warm. The corridors were very quiet and the shower and bathroom were always available (we stayed in the hostel in low season, I don`t know how does it work on summer)

I had a great time at Geneva City Hostel! It was warm and comfortable, and a great value in such an expensive city! Also, a great location, very close to the main train station which has access to many of the tram lines. If I ever go back to Geneva, I'll be staying here!

Very clean and quiet, good to provide a guest kitchen because eating in Geneva is expensive, 3 bed dorm makes closer and more interaction with room mates. A bit expensive but it is Geneva XD, better if you can include breakfast for this price. Very clean bathroom with hairdryers. Very user-friendly self made map, provided many useful infos for sightseeing and getting around. Better if you can reserve more bed for backpackers, those who really need a hostel. :)

Clean, warm and toasty (important in winter), and practices green initiatives (encouraging recycling). Located not far from the main train station (5-7 mins walk, 1 tram stop away) but in the other direction from the old city (20-25 mins walk, 3-4 tram stops) and main areas of interest for visitors. Also note that it is not advisable to walk around Paquis late at night. Easy 5-7 mins walk to the lake (north side). Towel provided is small hand towel size so bring your own as needed.

The value was good, but a little bit higher price than I am used to. However, an amazing price for Geneva. My friend and I really appreciated the map with businesses and sites and in addition, found the staff very honest and helpful.

I was really impressed with the efficiency and friendliness of staff

Good location and a fairly nice hostel. They had a common room that showed films at night, but that was basically the only thing happening though, not really the best place to meet people.

Very nice and clean, close to train station, but trains can be noisy if your window is open

I have stayed before. It has always been good. It is my place of first choice. I will stay again.

We enjoyed the free transportation card, and also the gift shop inside the hostel.

Staff treatment is ok... a little too cold Rooms are very small and the closet door from our room always opened so it was difficult to open the door of the room as they were one next to the other. Otherwise bed are comfortable and the bathrooms are very clean and spacious, with hair dryer. The only thing is that everything works under deposit, the big towel, the key for the fridge lockers, the lock for the lockers etc etc...