New Orleans Hostel - Marquette House Reviews

Location is not really central, is more like 30min from the French Quarter even riding street cars. A significant number of guests are local bartenders and musicians, so the Marquette House is not really the typical youth / backpacker hostel you would expect, with Wi-Fi or activities organized for visitors.

Come on!!!!! Travelers NEED a decent shower!!!!! Please fix the dribble in 2B.

Right by the trolley and nearly across the street from a great 24 hour bar/restaurant. We felt very safe.

Been there before be back again.

The hostel is old and run down. The rooms and toilets are not clean, not even close. Mold and bedbugs were experienced by some of the guests. The atmosphere is very poor, and badly influenced by the large number of permenent residents living there. Many of them sat in the common area getting hevely drunk and smoking weed from noon til late in the night. The reception was closed many hours eatch day.And there were no lockers availeble to protect valueble items. Wifi didn\'t work.

I rated everything average because nothing about the hostel stood out to me. The private room was as-expected, no more. It's a fairly large room with a bunk and a double bed, small bathroom, kitchenette, and table with chairs. There were no bedbugs. Air conditioner broke halfway through. Reception was prompt and efficient. Good place to book if you're not going to spend much time there. It's a trolley ride from the French Quarter, not exactly near it (though trolley ride isn't long).

This place was a bit grim, and not particualy fun, a better bet would be to go to India House.

It was a great place to stay during JazzFest. Affordable, a but away from the French Quarter, but a bus leaves from just around the corner and goes straight to JazzFest and the streetcar just up the road will take you to the French Quarter. There's a pub with a laundry (!!) around the corner, a convenience store and walgreens is not far away either. Bed could definitely more comfortable, but no problem with bedbugs as others suggested and it is definitely good value for money.

Pleasantly surprised, given the poor rating and the fact that I visited during Jazz Fest. Liked the authentic local building, and spacious dorm room which was half empty for my whole stay. Bathrooms and linen were clean, and garden was a great place to relax and meet other travellers. Some handsoap in the bathrooms would have helped.

Luckily I was in one of the better rooms, but the bunks were dangerously weak, and the roofing and walls were falling apart. The patio would be a nice place to sit if the long-term stays weren't getting drunk every day from morning until night, making it a uncomfortable to spend time there. The office hours are frustrating, and I think that for short-term stays they need to be give out information that might be useful for a tourist. The "wi-fi connection" is a joke. Location is nice though!!

Dirty No Lockers rooms stunk.It was a hostel that felt like it was more a cheap place to live than a place for travellers...ended up moving to another hostel after 2 nights for the rest of the week. I read some bad reviews before I came there and just brushed them off as fussy people. But one I read stands out that said it was like walking into an insane asylum which describes it the best. But saying that New Orleans is an amazing city and make sure you head here and embrace it.

The hostel was far away from downtown. The guy in recepcion was not the nicest guy.

My first night was in a big room with lots of people, but one of the air conditioners was broken and the air was quite stagnant and smelly. I could not sleep and it was absolutely HORRIBLE. When I spoke the night-shift person at the front desk, he happily moved me into a 4-person room with a functional air conditioner. The room was clean, smelled good, and the air conditioner made a big difference. Stay in a four person room, not an intolerable12 person. worth the money, I saved $90.a night.

If you sign up to stay at a hostel, you shouldn't expect a 5 star hotel! Marquette House was a great place to sit down and have a bed for the night. I didn't have any problems what-so-ever, and really I didn't come to New Orleans to stay inside a hotel the whole time. I'd recommend it if you want to experience new Orleans and not fork out the big ones for expensive hotels. The only downside was there is no lockers for your things, but really you can just take your valuables and leave the rest!

Ya know......the reviews are pretty negative......and sure it could always be better. But its like goin and stayin' with a batchlor.

Two words - Bed Bugs! Not only was our room infested but our friends room across the road. It seems they have known about this problem for awhile now judging from previous reviews. I have had the lovely experience of bringing these little friends home with me and spending $500 to fumigate my house. Thanks for the present guys.

The Area is not very safe, but is ok, it is New Orleans. The Bed the Kitchen were totally dirrty.. But i saw them working on the building and doingt stuff, so it is not like they would not take care about it. So if you want to have a cheap bed and do not have problems with bedbugs and cockroaches it is yours.

This hostel was okay at best. We were in a 3 bed room which was nice and big but that was about it. The beds were on blocks to try to make them level but this wasn't very successful at all. Also the bathroom door didn't close which was not overly good either. It is also a long way away from Bourbon St but at least it is close to the tram which takes you straight to Bourbon St.

Do not stay here under any circumstances . I first thought I had the address mixed up this has gotta be a Mental Hospital Bed Bugs kitchen is filthy so terrible Im still avin nightmares a week after...!!

Quite expensive for the level of cleanliness