HoM Balderas

loud. Not only the motorcycles but every sound echoes (some rugs would help a lot with this). Someone brought a "guest" home at 4am, and another night a guy I think was working there was sitting by the entrance hocking up a loogie every half hour and you could hear it on the top floor. Gross. Did not feel like a travelers hostel at all, def no social vibes. It's not really close to anything but the location is super convenient bc it is on two metro lines and bxt zocalo and zona rosa

No one speaks English. It's more of a Mexican workers habitat. No AC. Big ventilators instead. Noisy. Mosquitos. Stuffed beds in real small room. Kitchen is not really clean. I assume the guests are just dirty, because i saw the woman cleaning in the morning. I might be too European for this place. They do have electricity, light and shelve at the bed tho.

There were only 2 bathrooms with showers and sinks in a building of 3 floors, and there wasn’t consistently soap to wash your hands. Given the volume of the washroom use, they were pretty gross. I did not feel comfortable with the hygiene conditions. Most of the rooms had an only a tiny window to the hallway, so the ventilation and sound were challenging. The “common area” was always occupied by people watching TV, and not very inclusive to socialization. I left early to move to a better place.