BackpackerBerlin

I loved my time here! Perfect location, incredibly sweet staff (knew me by name, actively wanted to know about the guests, happily accommodated my changing schedule), free cookies, tea, and coffee, and the communal spaces are wonderfully festive and peaceful. Plenty of private bathrooms, which is rare in smaller hostels. I do wish the bunk beds were slightly bigger for taller guests and offered more privacy.

Could not recommend enough! Extremely friendly check in staff and lots of places to socialise with other travellers. LOTS of free amenities like shampoo, towels (nice surprise for a hostel), cookies, tea, coffee, cereal, sanitary supplies, the list goes on. Lovely vibe overall. Not too far from public transport (about 5 mins to bus stop and 10 to train station). The only drawback I have is the graffiti on the front door gives a bit of a bad first impression; inside is nothing like that though!

Clean! Cozy! Free Cookies! I had a wonderful three nights here in a mixed dorm as a female solo traveller. There was an incident with one of the guests, however, it was handled with such attention and care by the staff that I never felt unsafe for a moment. My one qualm is that the wifi is somewhat iffy and I had a few things I had to do on my laptop. But there is a cafe across the street with great internet so it wasn't too much of a problem.