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R.K.Hostel Reviews

642 W. Hawthorn St., San Diego, CA 92101, San Diego, California, USA

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72%

Rating
118 Total Reviews
  • 76%Value For Money
  • 68%Security
  • 80%Location
  • 69%Staff
  • 69%Atmosphere
  • 69%Cleanliness
  • 72%Facilities

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89%

All round amazing hostel. The staff (James) makes you feel very welcome as soon as you arrive. The rooms are clean, big and not rammed full with people which makes a change. The bathrooms are very clean, spaceous and there are many of them. There is wife, computers with internet and tv/ x box which is a huge bonus. Perfect location,10 minutes from the airport and right in the middle of little Italy and walking distance from the marina. I highly recomend this hostel.

  • 09 Jun 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Female, 25-30
  • (1 review)


20%

Don't ever go there they got bed bugs they got bad piping they have no customer service they have no knowledge to the customers and just the big bugs I seen three babe bugs on the bed please do not go there if you don't want to be bit by the Bay blog like I did

  • 08 Jun 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • Egypt
  • Male, 25-30
  • (1 review)


74%

RK was a sweet palace to stay. Of you get the boss' sense of humour you are all good here. Great place to visit little Italy and maritime museum, metro line and plenty of good eats and drinks around.

  • 26 May 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Couple, 18-24
  • (1 review)


89%

EXCELENT TIMES IN THE HOSTEL WOULD RECOMEND ALL TRAVELERS TO STAY FOR A WHILE

  • 03 May 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Male, 25-30
  • (1 review)


66%

My room was noisy (hearing all discussions, and cars outside), and with very poor furniture (no chair nor something to hang out clothes, nor table, no curtain & store was damaged ,(lack of intimacy). Its door was not very strong, (don't feel safe as locker). Hopefully, staff was very kind and keeping the hostel quite clean. access to internet was easy ,shared bathroom was excellent. Location of this hostel (near large roads and closed to airport) would deserve better equipment to reduce noise.

  • 26 Apr 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • France
  • Female, 41+
  • (1 review)


34%

This Hostel is the worst hostle I ever seen in my life. It smells bad; It is not clean. The rooms are full of bug. I couldn't get sleep. The staff the so called manager has no human character. In the kitchen I see mouse then I stop cooking or eating there. I got coughing as every body in that hostel. In the night it seems you are in hospital because people from every rooms are coughing. I think The City of San Diego has not made any inspection, rather it is collecting a 10.50% tax from us.

  • 09 Mar 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • Ethiopia
  • Male, 31-40
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Hide)
This entire review of yours is a complete fabrication!!! If you had such a bad time then why did you extend your stay with us by a couple of days? You were told when you decided to extend that the two bed room you were in was unavailable and you gave our staff what was an unjustified hard time about it and were completely unwilling to work with us to resolve the issue. It was explained to you that we had a very large group coming in and that adjustments had to be made. As far as any bugs THIS HOSTEL DOES NOT HAVE BUGS!!! It has been recently treated by a professionals. The tax is a standard tax that is required by the city. The tax requirements is posted on our Hostelworld booking site. We may not be perfect however we are always trying to improve not only our facilities but our guest services as well.

37%

I've had an issue with this hostel ongoing since February-- an employee ran off with my nice C.K. sweater. The hostel told me in an extremely harsh manner that they would mail it back to me if I did ALL THE WORK because they were 'so busy'. It is not a busy place, though. I did mail them a check for $13 and they cashed it...without returning my sweater! It is now June and I am still in the process of trying to get my $13 back! My sweater is gone for good, they say... scary. rude. theft.


74%

Bit of construction going on but other than that the staff were friendly and very helpful with directions and info!

Owner Comment (Hide)
We are happy you enjoyed your time with us, as far as the construction we are remodeling one of our showers and it will be completed this week and will look amazing

100%

After reading a few of the reviews I was a little skeptical about staying here, however I found this hostel to be a very cool little place and a far better alternative to the hostels downtown in the Gaslamp, which always have homeless people hanging around. They are located in Little Italy and are close to the airport which I found to be very convenient. James and Jeff are both super friendly, helpful, and had me laughing the entire time. I felt very safe and welcome thanks to these two.

  • 28 Jan 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • Canada
  • Female, 18-24
  • (1 review)


49%

the staff are so far from reality and not up to international hostel standards and have been found fighting and calling each other names. the dust under the bed was so thick i could write a letter in it. the common area has a weird vibe and the bathrooms are not great. boo. this place seems to attract the seedy. booooooo!!


60%

I didn't care for this place. The staff where not friendly and welcoming. It was actually hard to tell who the staff were and who was a guest. The place lacked warmth. The most offensive thing I experienced was the men's bathroom on the first floor. I used the troff urinal. It had no plumbing attatched to the drain. so, the urine and flush water spilled onto the floor and ran across the bathroom floor. They could have at least posted an out of order sign or taped it off. Not returning

  • 08 Jan 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Male, 41+
  • (1 review)


66%

Persons who works in the hostel are very nice but cleanliness is bery bad. I was bitten by some bedbugs ! With my friends we have found some insects on the bed... So they have to pay attention about the cleanliness of the rooms.

  • 04 Jan 2013
  • Novice Nomad
  • Anonymous
  • France
  • Mixed Group, 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Hide)
We appreciate your complimenting our two employees. However I can assure you that the rooms,beds and entire Hostel is cleaned quite well on a daily basis. I can also assure you that this hostel does not have bedbugs in any of our rooms as well as through out the rest of the building. All beds are sprayed and sanitized and all linen is washed and bleached after each guests checks out! We have had no complaints brought to our attention, however if we were to ever receive a complaint we would take every step to rectify the situation. The two employee's work very hard to keep everything in good shape We thoroughly enjoyed your stay with us and apologize for inconvenience you may have experienced!

54%

The house looks very pretty from the outside but it was a really weird Hostel with very weird people in it! We had the feeling that most of them are homeless in there. Me and my friend we were kind of scared to spend the night there...

Owner Comment (Hide)
We are terribly sorry that you felt the way you did. However I can assure you that none of the guests staying here are homeless. We under no circumstances allow homeless people to stay with us. Nor do we allow homeless people to hang out in front of the building as well!!! Remember that hostels receive guests from all over the world and from many different cultures as well, so what you may find weird is normal to someone else, In your eyes you may be normal but in some one from a different are of the world you mite seem just as weird as they did to you!!!



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