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Reviews: Fishmonger

Location Australia, Gender Female, Age 47

  • Fishmonger
  • Australia, Female, 31-40
  • Globetrotter
Hostal Giraldilla, Seville, Spain
4.0
12th May 2017

True score is 0. It's a sign of the moral bankruptcy of the times that someone could be charged to be accommodated in such a space. My horrid room was on the ground floor between the reception and the street. The noise was ceaseless and unbearable, there was no privacy, as reception could hear everything I was doing in my room, and by opening the window and / or curtain the whole world could see me in my room from the street. The room was dark, depressing and cramped, it was a relief to leave.

    • 2.0Value For Money
    • 6.0Security
    • 6.0Location
    • 2.0Facilities
    • 4.0Staff
    • 2.0Atmosphere
    • 6.0Cleanliness
  • Fishmonger
  • Australia, Female, 31-40
  • Globetrotter
Venezia Hotel, Miami, USA
2.9
7th Mar 2013

My bathroom had an unemptied bin. My bed had sand between the sheets & other people's hair and make up stains on the pillows. THIS HOTEL DOES NOT CHANGE THE SHEETS OR CLEAN THE BATHROOMS. Single rooms end up being over $100 after tax, and they add a mandatory 'safe' charge to your bill whether you use the safe or not. Also they take a deposit from you credit card after you book that is NOT the Hostelworld 10%.

    • 2.0Value For Money
    • 2.0Security
    • 6.0Location
    • 4.0Facilities
    • 2.0Staff
    • 2.0Atmosphere
    • 2.0Cleanliness
  • Fishmonger
  • Australia, Female, 31-40
  • Globetrotter
Freehand Miami, Miami, USA
5.7
3rd Mar 2013

Less a hostel than an island crowded with refugees (including people with kids & the middle aged cruise ship crowd) crammed together by the surrounding barrier of the high price of sleeping in M Beach. Like a factory (for printing money for the owners) you will line up & wait for everything (reception, breakfast). If your roomys all go to sleep at 8pm, there's no communal space that's not a darkened party area. Staff are disinterested / rude, it's really expensive & poor value - the norm in MB!

    • 2.0Value For Money
    • 8.0Security
    • 6.0Location
    • 6.0Facilities
    • 4.0Staff
    • 6.0Atmosphere
    • 8.0Cleanliness
  • Fishmonger
  • Australia, Female, 31-40
  • Globetrotter
Mountain Hostels, Manizales, Colombia
6.6
23rd Feb 2013

Don't be mislead! I booked a single room 'with private ensuite'. It doesn't exist. Mountain is TWO houses. The one with reception looks better. The other is crappy - you hear everything going on in the house through the walls (noisy Colomb. permanent residents), they don't clean on sundays so went the whole weekend with no toilet paper and bins overflowing with other people's excrement, my stuff was stolen from the fridge. Some staff helpful re organising trips, but manager rude. Overall depressing.

    • 6.0Value For Money
    • 8.0Security
    • 8.0Location
    • 6.0Facilities
    • 8.0Staff
    • 6.0Atmosphere
    • 4.0Cleanliness
  • Fishmonger
  • Australia, Female, 31-40
  • Globetrotter
Black Sheep Hostel Medellin, Medellin, Colombia
10.0
19th Feb 2013

This place is marvellous. Owner Kelvin is fantastically friendly and helpful. There are plentiful common areas where socialising is easy, yet it's quiet enough to get a good sleep. The location couldn't be better - on a quiet and pleasant residential street, walking distance from the metro, a huge Exito supermarket (with attached Juan Valdez for emergency strong coffee) and Medellin's best restaurants and bars. Best hostel I've stayed in in six weeks in Colombia. Superbien!

    • 10.0Value For Money
    • 10.0Security
    • 10.0Location
    • 10.0Facilities
    • 10.0Staff
    • 10.0Atmosphere
    • 10.0Cleanliness
  • Fishmonger
  • Australia, Female, 31-40
  • Globetrotter
Eco Hostal Yuluka, Santa Marta, Colombia
8.9
28th Jan 2013

This is a GREAT place to stay if you are visiting P. Tayrona. It's 2km from the entrance (walkable) and you are NOT stranded - there are heaps of restaurants on the highway outside the Parque entrance and frequent buses going past the door of the Hostal to get you there. Sleeping here is preferable to being cheek by jowl with a billion campers inside the park and the river across the road is nicer and more peaceful to swim in than the Parque beaches. Owner Nelly is gorgeous - inside and out.

    • 10.0Value For Money
    • 8.0Security
    • 8.0Location
    • 8.0Facilities
    • 10.0Staff
    • 8.0Atmosphere
    • 10.0Cleanliness
  • Fishmonger
  • Australia, Female, 31-40
  • Globetrotter
Hostel Kasa Guane, Bucaramanga, Colombia
6.0
25th Jan 2013

More Guano than Guane. Roaring traffic, beeping horns, grinding gear boxes, multiple car alarms, shouting pedestrians, screaming kids, loud drunks carousing to duff duff in the bar upstairs. All of these sounds can be yours all at once. But wait - there's more! Choking traffic fumes to help your lung cancer along, and a rude dude who treats you as an inconvenience to his phone call when all you want to do is check the hell out.

View Property Reply

Sorry to hear you had such a negative experience when staying with us. While we appreciate your comments the reality of living in a fast growing, buzzing South American city is that sometimes it can get a bit noisy. The countryside around us is beautiful and great to explore and get away for the city if you feel it’s all getting too much. Sorry that you didn’t get a chance to enjoy it and apologies if you didn’t get the level of service you expected. We will use your feedback to improve.

    • 6.0Value For Money
    • 4.0Security
    • 6.0Location
    • 8.0Facilities
    • 6.0Staff
    • 4.0Atmosphere
    • 8.0Cleanliness
  • Fishmonger
  • Australia, Female, 31-40
  • Globetrotter
Tinto Hostel, Barichara, Colombia
9.1
23rd Jan 2013

This is a cute little hostel. It's best asset is sweet and friendly owner Javier, who goes out of his way to help his guests with info and advice, and to keep things scrupulously clean. 'Little' is an important descriptor though - the dorm rooms are tiny. I was alone in mine, so was perfectly comfortable. There is shelf and locker space for everybody, but if the rooms were full it would be quite a squeeze!

    • 10.0Value For Money
    • 8.0Security
    • 8.0Location
    • 10.0Facilities
    • 10.0Staff
    • 8.0Atmosphere
    • 10.0Cleanliness
  • Fishmonger
  • Australia, Female, 31-40
  • Globetrotter
Capital View, Washington DC, USA
5.7
17th Dec 2012

This place is lacking the very basics. No soap or hand towels in the bathrooms. There's a big problem with a communal living space where it's hard just to wash your hands. Sinks are tiny - hard to clean teeth or wash face. No hooks / shelves to hang stuff / towels. No shoes allowed. What does this all mean? Your clothes / towel / socks / feet are condemned to soak up other people's dirty water & urine from the floor and you are going to rub yourself with it / wear it / take it to your bed. Yuck!

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hey there, thanks for leaving such a lengthy review so that we can address it. We provide a free towel for every guest, so that everyone can have their own bathroom to use, rather than a shared towel in the bathroom. There are hooks for towels in every bathroom/shower area. While we do not allow shoes inside the house, starting before the end of January we will have free slippers for every guest. The floor is constantly cleaned; carpet is vacuumed daily and also professionally cleaned routinely, other surfaces are mopped daily. Thanks again, and we will make sure that all of the showers have shower gel, as we have noticed some of dispensers getting low!

    • 6.0Value For Money
    • 6.0Security
    • 8.0Location
    • 4.0Facilities
    • 4.0Staff
    • 6.0Atmosphere
    • 6.0Cleanliness
  • Fishmonger
  • Australia, Female, 31-40
  • Globetrotter
Alexander House Charlottesville, Charlottesville, USA
10.0
12th Dec 2012

This is a magnificent "hostel" - it's simply a freestanding building of one huge room with 3 bunk beds, bathroom and little kitchen. The bottom bunks are doubles - my mattress was a futon, heaven! The place is beautifully decorated, spotless and cosy. Staff are great, you can walk to town, it's a blessing in an area with not many hostels, especially in winter. The hostel has it's own YouTube video, artily shot in summer, making me wish I could've been in Charlottesville to see trees with leaves!

    • 10.0Value For Money
    • 10.0Security
    • 10.0Location
    • 10.0Facilities
    • 10.0Staff
    • 10.0Atmosphere
    • 10.0Cleanliness
  • Fishmonger
  • Australia, Female, 31-40
  • Globetrotter
International House of Washington, Washington DC, USA
6.6
7th Dec 2012

The reviews rave about Ron. Apparently Ron is away - will he be back? Who knows, the current caretaker, Greg, was odd & prickly with me. The hostel interior looks like it has been crafted by someone (?Ron) who really cares about guests - ie rooms with knick-knacks, books, info, appliances, but with a family with a constantly coughing kid permanently residing next to my room & paper thin walls, the place had an atmosphere less hostel, more children's hospital. Staying elsewhere on return to D.C.

    • 6.0Value For Money
    • 8.0Security
    • 8.0Location
    • 8.0Facilities
    • 4.0Staff
    • 4.0Atmosphere
    • 8.0Cleanliness
  • Fishmonger
  • Australia, Female, 31-40
  • Globetrotter
Newport International Hostel, Newport RI, USA
8.0
26th Nov 2012

This place is a godsend to the out-of-season New England budget traveler. The good stuff: being right in the heart of maritime Newport, free street parking, bagging a small private attic room for the price of a dorm, free wifi, Newport mansion books to browse. The nothing is perfect: $29 a night doesn't get you much in the way of heating in late November - scarves and beanies necessary indoors - and shower water temperature best described as harrowing!

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I am not sure why this guest had a problem getting hot water for her shower - she never mentioned she was having a problem. Our showers are steamy hot at a moment's notice. We keep the temperature in the house around 60 degrees this time of the year.. By simply wearing an extra scarf or sweater each of our guests contribute to energy savings that enables us to keep the hostel open during the off-season. Thank you!.

    • 10.0Value For Money
    • 10.0Security
    • 10.0Location
    • 6.0Facilities
    • 8.0Staff
    • 6.0Atmosphere
    • 6.0Cleanliness
  • Fishmonger
  • Australia, Female, 31-40
  • Globetrotter
Glenferrie Lodge, Sydney, Australia
8.3
15th Sep 2012

I stayed here the night before the Sydney marathon - for location it can't be beaten - 5 min walk from the start line, but also in cute and quiet Kirribilli - a stone's throw from Julia's house (the PM's residence in Sydney), the Harbour, the Bridge - unbelievably free and easy to find on street parking on weekends. The room itself was adequate but not flash, with communal bathroom. Adequate, but you are paying top dollar for location, location, location!

    • 6.0Value For Money
    • 8.0Security
    • 10.0Location
    • 8.0Facilities
    • 10.0Staff
    • 8.0Atmosphere
    • 8.0Cleanliness
  • Fishmonger
  • Australia, Female, 31-40
  • Globetrotter
Irish Murphys Geelong, Geelong, Australia
7.4
6th Apr 2012

I stayed in a double room as a single person over easter with the accommodation situation in the area in dire straits, so I was grateful for a roof. If you are two people, 40 bucks each for what you get is probably not bad value. The good: manager Barbara is fantastic, the bed is clean and new and great. The bad: the shower has a clear screen facing the clear window - everyone in the street can see you naked! Feral communal toilet, a lot of noise from lounge room next door, and a lack of bins.

    • 6.0Value For Money
    • 8.0Security
    • 8.0Location
    • 6.0Facilities
    • 10.0Staff
    • 8.0Atmosphere
    • 6.0Cleanliness
  • Fishmonger
  • Australia, Female, 31-40
  • Globetrotter
Melaluka Apartments, Noosa, Australia
7.7
12th Feb 2012

A single room for $30 is pretty unbeatable, and it's perfect if you have your own transport and are going to be out surfing or touristing all day. The room is very very basic, but it is a room in a house, so there is plenty of space to hang out in the common area downstairs, or outside, or at the beach or surf club across the road.

    • 8.0Value For Money
    • 6.0Security
    • 6.0Location
    • 10.0Facilities
    • 10.0Staff
    • 6.0Atmosphere
    • 8.0Cleanliness
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