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Hostel Helvetia Reviews

Sewerynow 7, Warsaw, Poland

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83%

great hostelthats not too far away from the train station (2km). absolutly great staff,very helpful and will goabove and beond for you


86%

Excellent hostel. The place was very clean, great security and lockers in the room and the staff were very helpful!


86%

excelt hostel. It is simple but good. Great location, nice beds, clean bathrooms, that's all I need in a hostel. very well for helvetia!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 19 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Chile
  • Male 25-30
  • (1 review)


56%

Ok to stay if you're only there to sleep. Not much character in this place but the staff are lovely.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 13 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Female 18-24
  • (10 reviews)


90%

Great hostel, friendly and helpful staff, rooms are clean and comfortable, free breakfast and free wifi. One complaint is regarding the laundry service - pay per kg to get it washed and dried, however mine was returned still wet (slightly dried in the drier but not completely) so I had to try to dry it in the dorm room. Only a minor complaint though, and it would not stop me from recommending this hostel or staying there again!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 03 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • New Zealand
  • Female 25-30
  • (8 reviews)


100%

Excellent place to stay, already planning our next trip.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 01 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • South Africa
  • Couple 31-40
  • (1 review)


83%

Good breakfast, helpful staff, spacious dorms and awesome showers. I would recommend staying here

  • Globetrotter
  • 28 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Couple 25-30
  • (48 reviews)


76%

Central location walking distance from the old town. The check in time of 2 or 3 pm is strictly adhered to, so when we arrived off an overnight bus at 6 am we had to rest on a park bench before finding refuge in a coffee shop... They stored our luggage though and the rooms were comfortable. Free breakfast too!

  • Avid Traveller
  • 26 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • New Zealand
  • Male 25-30
  • (13 reviews)


100%

Great location, comfortable rooms, wonderful showers, excellent breakfast. If you are visiting Warsaw you should consider staying here. It's easy to get from the airport, and there is a lot to do around here.

  • Globetrotter
  • 25 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Male 25-30
  • (22 reviews)


56%

It smelt really really bad. I dont know what like but it was horrible. The bathrooms were dirty and the staff unpleasent. Location and securtiy were good. There are better places in the city then here

  • Novice Nomad
  • 24 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 25-30
  • (6 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
We are sorry you found our place so unfrieldly. Your opinion would be much more helpful for us though if you mentioned more precisely: where did "the horrible smelt" come from, which allow us to deduce if it is our staff's fault or maybe other guests' activity (or lack of it) . We clean the bathrooms several times a day but we are not able to control every person who use them. Therefore we ask the guests to inform us if they see it is dirty so we could clean it immediately. We don't claim we are perfect but we find your opinion slightly unfair.

96%

Really nice hostel! perfect location, clean, great common area to meet new people and very helpful and nice staff!! Greetings from brazilian brothers!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 21 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • Male 25-30
  • (1 review)


83%

Good location to the old town, the more interesting side of Warsaw. For the price and location it is worth staying here. Free toast and cheese in the morning


100%

Thank you for the nice stay, the staff absolutely perfect, we had the apartman luxy, very good, we liked also the breakfast. Good job, go on! :)

  • Novice Nomad
  • 21 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Slovakia
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)


93%

The 3-bed female dorm was fantastic! The showers were incredibly clean; the water pressure was great. I liked the free wifi with your own device. Super easy accessibility via 175 bus to train/bus stations and airport, and very well located to Stare Miasto for everything else. Bicycle rental is really reasonable.


96%

I had a great time there, the staff was exceptionally kind and helpful. The rooms were clean, wi-fi was excellent and the whole atmosphere was really homely.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 16 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Hungary
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)


90%

Good location for people who visit sight seeing places by walking - located in between old town and royal route. Also provide quite environment as it is not right on the busy street/road. Interior design is nice and I like the common room where it let people feel comfortable. Room's floor a bit dusty. May be we are lucky, people staying here is much more considerate and respecting the hostel regulation compare with people we meet in hostel we stay in Krakow (e.g. keep clean, stay quiet).


100%

GREAT HOSTEL! Located in a walking distance to everything and almost at the same street with a big night live. Staff is so kindly and ready to help that you like them at the very same moment you arrive. Breakfast is good (coffe, tea, milk, cereals, butter, marmalade, honey, cheese, ham, bread) and the common room the best place to make new friends (also with computers for Internet, TV, books and DVDs). All the hostel is extremely clean and rooms very nice with your locker as bedtable.


96%

Really good hostel - one of the better I've stayed at. Excellent location (in the old city but slightly away so it's quiet). Facilities / beds are good and staff is very friendly. Really overall no complaints and would definitely stay here again next time I'm in Warsaw.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 09 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Bulgaria
  • (Gender undisclosed)
  • (14 reviews)


83%

Unfortunately the internet is not for free, the rest was very good!!!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 05 Sep 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • (Gender undisclosed)
  • (1 review)


100%

Great hostel, I would recommend everybody to stay there.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 26 Aug 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Denmark
  • Male 31-40
  • (1 review)


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  • 09 Feb 2012 (63%)
  • NOTHING SPECIAL, Staff is helpful but I don't think they are kind. Some of them didn't care about guest and they are so cold. ...
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