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Reviews of Ideal Youth Hostel

Unio, 10-12, Ciutat Vella, 08001 Barcelona, Spain

#581 of 584 hotels in Barcelona

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Review score

Based on 497 hostel reviews

5.0

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    5.3

  • Comfort

    5.2

  • Location

    8.4

  • Facilities

    5.1

  • Staff

    7.3

  • Value for money

    5.8

  • Free WiFi

    7.8

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  • Reviewed: 21 May 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Bed in Female Dormitory Room 10 pax
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Beds- not comfortable, too low beds No duvets only bed sheets

    Location Staff

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 May 2024

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with External Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Noise

    Location

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 April 2024

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    I was locked out from the room twice Not being able to close the toilet and the bathroom, either soap available The building is under different constructions internally

    Great location Price was ok for last minute reservation compared to high prices on a busy Saturday

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 April 2024

    5.0
    We were barely in there - just a place to shower and sleep. Good location quite rough around edges
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with External Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    2 plug sockets for a 10 person room, shower & toilets had no locks on, at the moment it’s a building site so expect lots of construction work noise

    Location, easily accessible, staff, fridge, kettle roaster and microwave available. New showers installed, lockers

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 24 March 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Equipment is not up to par

    The most beautiful thing about the hostel is that blonde employee, she was very nice ❤️

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 March 2024

    6.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Toilets , Storage at the Room , Bed , and Breakfast

    Emplacement

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 February 2024

    6.0
    For me it was great place to stay for one night. I booked whole 4bed room for my family. But stay there longer is not an
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Quadruple Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Beds are not comfortable and everything needs renewal,

    Great location, very friendly personal.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 February 2024

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    no kitchen, bad breakfast, no lockers

    the vibes and the beds have courtains

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 3 January 2024

    4.0
    Disappointing
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    - Rooms looked like they hadnt been cleaned in ages, there was so much dust - The showers only had cold water and you had no place to leave your things -Only one plug per room - You have to ask for bedsheets, and the first night i was there they run out of blankets -You need a pretty big padlock for the lockers

    - Key card system - Big common área

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 16 November 2023

    4.0
    Terrible stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Twin Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    BE AWARE !!!!The shower is terrible. It’s a 3 seconds shower. The water won’t run unless you hold the water handle. So it leaves you w just one hand to wash yourself. And they want to charge you $5 for towels. What a joke I couldn’t believe it. I think showers in jail are better.

    Good location

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 8 November 2023

    5.0
    gold for 1 night. not worth 25 or more after city tax
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Bed in Female Dormitory Room 10 pax
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    squeaky doors, children- yes children running around til midnight on the stairs- 12 years old I would say. bathrooms really small.

    location

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 6 November 2023

    5.0
    As hostal for one or two days is ok but could be better or improve it’s rooms
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Quadruple Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Rooms, beds, baths l

    Location

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 3 November 2023

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Bed in Female Dormitory Room 10 pax
    • Stayed 4 nights

    - There weren't any sockets to charge electronic devices next to beds. Honestly this seems like a must to me for a hostel, and not a difficult thing to change. - Required to have a locket to lock your things, would be better if it was clearly mentioned or better still, the hostel gave you one for your stay. Like give a euro or 2 and take your money back as you hand the lock back. - Toilet space too small. Seriously. Am not a big person. Too small. And no soap. It's not that much of an expense to have at least one hand soap per bathroom/floor. C'mon.

    The location.

    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: 1 November 2023

    5.0
    Better look for something else
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Bed in 6-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The bathroom was dirty and the space in the toilet is very small. Impossible to use the toilet. The beds are very unstable.

    The location was good, close to what I wanted to visit.

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 26 October 2023

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    there is no kitchen if you need spoon, fork etc. you need to tell the responsible person and they are giving you. for the bed idk everyfime you move so loudy. and the showers and toilets has prison vibe. i stayed two nights in 8 people mixed room there was so little locker but it was not working so i put my belongings outside so i just trusted my luck. nothing happened tho.

    just tbe location was great

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 21 October 2023

    6.0
    good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Bed in Female Dormitory Room 10 pax
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    no proper privacy in the bathroom, no proper door in the bathroom, room floor was full of dust, very noisy outside until late hours can’t sleep properly

    it is next to la ramblas, few minutes walk from the barceloneta beach, accessible to attractions and facilities, staffs were very helpful

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 17 October 2023

    4.0
    Survival
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Single Bed in Female Dormitory Room 10 pax
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The bathroom facilities were very dirty, the beds were uncomfortable and unstable, the lockers didn’t have a lock. There were only 2 sockets in a 10 person room. I've heard a lot of stories about stuff getting stolen in the hostel, so I was anxious about my stuff getting stolen all the time.

    The location

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 9 October 2023

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Location is perfect. Facilities are basic as expected from a hostel but ok. Useful vending machines with coffee etc.

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 5 October 2023

    5.0
    Cheap but not safe
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Bed in Female Dormitory Room 10 pax
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Didnt feel secure or safe.

    Cheap and near centre with nice staff

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: 27 August 2023

    6.0
    Good location
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The rooms are very congested.

    The location is really very good & convenient.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 23 August 2023

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    There was no clima in my room

    Peoples are great and the localisation as well

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 22 August 2023

    4.0
    Comparing with other hostels in Barcelona, which I used, this is the worst.
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Dormitory Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    The staff is very lazy. I ask to show me the room, and they just show me the elevator, and told me that I can find the room alone. The elevator is slow. The beds felt very unstable, especially when you are on upper deck of a bunkbed. Stairs for bunk beds are the most uncomfortable stairs, which I ever used. In the bathroom are no sink. Sinks are in the room, not in the bathroom. In the bathroom is no any place, where you can left your items (no shelf, hook, cupboard, anything).

    Location is good, close to Royal square.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 15 August 2023

    4.0
    Ok if your looking for a basic short stay with no air con
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    NO air conditioning, there was a fan in the dorm that didn’t do much to cool anything down, it was very hot in the room. The guy at the desk wasn’t very helpful and didn’t activate our room cards so we had to go around looking for him to get it sorted. The whole place is concrete and dark. The bathrooms were dirty.

    Good location

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 14 August 2023

    5.0
    Passable
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with External Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    There is too much noise, and the room too hot

    The staff was good

    Stayed in August 2023

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