Hostal Forestal Reviews

great option if you are on a budget in Santiago, location is fantastic and rooms a good size - especially if you are on the first floor. Good size kitchen and social space, everything you want in a hostel!

I stayed in many hostel around the world but this one was quite something... lets put it this way: the actual place is very different from the photos on the website... my room was bad. It was dirty and smelled petrol. Not sure what that smell was but it was similar to gasoline. The staff are very nice and helpful. Location is brilliant and they have great facilities where you can socialise with others. The only thing that drags it down is the quality of the room(s). Shower = catastrophe

For some reason, the hot water on the showers never really worked for more than 2 minutes or so. In addition, the rooms were unbearably cold at night. Even though it was the winter, I expected better insulation...

Great location, friendly and helpful staff. Bathrooms cramped and shower quality variable.

Altough the secrurity was good, I was attacked just a 100 meters from the hostel by someone who gripped me from behind to snatch a chord of my reading glasses (it was around 22:00 in the evening). It might be that he tought it was my purse hanging around my neck. However the only thing he's got was my chord. My small backpack was locked and my money belt safely stored and secured under my coat. I recommend to inform your guests about this possibility. Further I really enjoyed my stay.

Well decorated hostel, with good music, really nice staff, in a nice neighbourhood, right next a park/bars area, good breakfast... Really good hostel :)

Everything about this hostel was fine. Good character and location, friendly guests and decent facilities. Everything you expect from a hostel.

We had bedbugs in one room but inmediatley they changed us to a diferent one. Offering us a free loundry service.

Really good place

Bed bugs. It is a testimony to the otherwise strong charm of this place that I would still go back: when I woke up with big welts, the staff relocated us to a better room without bugs. Beautiful location near the park and metro line. Only four total toilets in a very large hostel causes some traffic backups for showers.

perfect hostel, great location, good breakfast, wifi working well, but the bed was really awful shaking very well, and sounds creak. but except that everything was good. if i go back to Santiago I'll stay here again!

was there for three nights and it was a very good experience... the location is excellent as well as the facilities it has ( especially the living room - chill out area ) .. the staff is ok, if you need some tip they will help you. it s worth the money you pay. if some day i am in Santiago again i would go there

We enjoyed staying in this hostel. The common spaces are very nice. Kitchen is a bit small though ;). There are electricity plugs near every bed, you can lock up your whole backpack if you want to. The days that we spent there ( Easter) the breakfast wasnt that big and good, like we have read in the reviews.

We were only there one night but it was a pleasant stay. The common areas were nice and clean as were the kitchen and bathrooms. Huge lockers in the rooms and great location with a standard breakfast.

Location excellent but average hostel overall. Tiny area for breakfast and grumpy lady in attendance who ends proceeding on the dot of 10. Otherwise front desk staff are nice. Average to por cleanliness.

I made the booking to my grandma and her friend cos they love places with young people... And they think it was a nice place to stay... except that in the night was a bit noise... The rest was great.... Thank u for all!

Great Hostel, very good breakfast, cleand and friedly. The staff at the front desk is really kind and helpfull. The hostel has a grat location and it has lots of common areas to chill out. They have an awesome BBQ every saturday!!!

The + : The place is near many shop, coffee and markets. You have common parts really cool to work or look TV The - : The hostel is quite clean but the paint looks old and worn! The breakfast is note before 08:00 O'clock...

The staff here were great.They were really helpful and kind.

nice hostel if you want to stay only for some nights. Two baths were under construction, so it took quite some time for everybody to get a shower. The breakfast is okay. The kitchen is sufficient.