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Hostel Utopia Reviews

nieuwezijds voorburgwal 132, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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64%

Rating
619 Total Reviews
  • 61%Value For Money
  • 61%Security
  • 89%Location
  • 73%Staff
  • 58%Atmosphere
  • 51%Cleanliness
  • 55%Facilities

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89%

I enjoyed my stay here. The girls operating from the coffee shop downstairs were helpful and welcoming. The hostel is 5 minutes walk from Amsterdam Central on a major street so it was easy to find. The hostel has a good standard of cleanliness and the beds were comfortable. Would stay again.


91%

Staff are really nice helpful people. Sonia is hot!!

  • 12 Apr 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male, 18-24
  • (1 review)


89%

I had read the review on this hostel before going and it was given a bad review saying it was discusting to stay hear it had bed bugs but infect it was the compete opisit. The room was very clean, toilet and shower room was excellent it had hot water and was very good value for money. I'd definighy go back and stay again well the trip is already planned for November 2013

  • 06 Apr 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Mixed Group, 25-30
  • (1 review)


54%

Well the perk of the place is its location. And from there - you get what you pay for. We expected a modest accommodation, but not that modest. The double room was like 7 sq.m. And the interior has definitely seen some better days. Of course it must be taken into account that the overall prices of housing in Amsterdam are ridiculously high and it was the cheapest place in the city centre.

  • 05 Apr 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • Estonia
  • Couple, 25-30
  • (1 review)


43%

the house of mickey mouse...there was a mouse scratchin around our room...if we forget about the mouse it is just a place to sleep...nothing else...

  • 04 Apr 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • Greece
  • Male, 18-24
  • (1 review)


40%

This hostel should be called...HOSTEL DISTOPIA....we paid 55€ each per night for a 3 bed room that turned out to have ONLY TWO beds.....one was a double bed....but this was NOT mentioned anywhere on the site when we booked...the guy running the reception (in the downstairs coffeeshop) didn't take care***THERE ARE RATS HERE!!! PLENTY OF RATS....i thought my sister was lying, but my chocolate bar was eaten..D..O..N..O..T...S....T...A..Y.....H...E...R...E 8

  • 29 Mar 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • South Africa
  • Male, 25-30
  • (1 review)


46%

You might just choose this hostel to pass the night


80%

There were a lot of graffiti in our room. The stairs are quite crazy and you won't know until you see it for yourself. The location is great--near all the sites and places to eat. There is a coffee shop right below and that, to me is my favorite part. Cheap, but you get what you pay for.

  • 28 Mar 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female, 18-24
  • (1 review)


49%

Deberían limpiar algo, en 5 días que estuve solo vi una señora limpiando el baño y para eso bastante mal limpio, está lleno de ratones, vimos varios, no podíamos dejar comida en la habitación, la música del coffee estaba muy alta y ya a las 8.30 de la mañana. Lo único bueno que tenía era la ubicación y para ser un hostel no pe pareció para nada barato. Las fotos de la página no son ni de coña reales

  • 27 Mar 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • Spain
  • Mixed Group, 25-30
  • (1 review)


71%

a good location for this hostel but a liitle bit expansive


80%

I was just a night and was really fine ; )

  • 14 Mar 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • Spain
  • Male, 31-40
  • (1 review)


91%

i really got suprised when i arrived and saw a cosy really nice place after been paid not too much money for it. For sure i'm gonna comeback amsterdam and i'll book utopia hostel again, i passed realy good moments in the reception that is a coffeshop in the same time ,hilarious :D. p.s really good staff working there.

  • 10 Mar 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • Portugal
  • Female, 18-24
  • (1 review)


29%

I've stayed in many hostels all over the world, but this one was really dirty and very expensive for what we got. The only good thing was the location


54%

It was about what I expected for the money (cheap+good location) my biggest problem was one member of the staff who was extremely rude, and not just to me. I spent one week there and in that time, just from coming and going I overheard him being rude to 3 other people and heard another person complaining about him to another staff member. To me this is unacceptable. And it is to bad because the rest of the staff was very friendly and helpful.


77%

Hostel Utopia was better than what we expected. The shower was cleaned daily. The room was very clean when we checked in. The bathroom was quite dodgy though and the entire place smelt of weed. But what else would you expect from a hostel in Amsterdam. Overall, we thought it was a great hostel and would recommend it to others. ((there was a mouse in our room, but it only ate the food in bags...so we moved the food to the sink and nothing was eaten there.))

  • 19 Feb 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female, 18-24
  • (1 review)


57%

its cheap ok, you dont expect a nice, big and good room, but the rooms a so dirty, without any idea of made it with love. the room number 7 it is not a room, not for 3 euros for a night, with realy bad thinks writen in the walls, an with a lot of dirt everywhere. so im sorry, but the hostel is realy bad, but cheap,. so its your decision

  • 08 Feb 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Male, 25-30
  • (1 review)


80%

Top floor room's window was not isolated correctly -> lots of noise and cold air coming in.

  • 07 Feb 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • France
  • Male, 25-30
  • (1 review)


63%

The hostel is ok, but it have 2 problems. The quality of the building infrastructure is low. And for me this is very important: Have rats!


29%

there was so many mouses there...they made a hole in my suitcase and ate some chocolates that i had inside, so at night i pick up my stuffs and went to sleep at the central station to wait check out time...at least they gave me half of the money back =/ it was really disgusting situation

  • 01 Feb 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • Female, 18-24
  • (1 review)


49%

the shared bathroom was not up to date. i found a dead mouse in the bottom of our trashcan after it started smelling really bad in the room. we had a room for 3 that was miniscule. location is good the coffeeshop which is also the reception was original and the poeple working there seemed cool.

  • 31 Jan 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • Denmark
  • Female, 25-30
  • (1 review)


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