Similar to other visitors, I am in agreement that Hostel’O has significant potential given its location and recent renovations. However, I also wish to share my experience in hope that it may assist future guests in their choice of accommodation and owners in improving their services.
Upon check-in (approximately around 6 pm on Saturday) I had discovered the beds to be full of dust as a result of repairs that seemed to have been done just prior to our arrival. The floors were covered with scraped paint, and there were several cobwebs on the wall. In addition, the room was filled with the odour of sewage and lights were missing in the bathroom. Having complained that the room was not usable, we were moved to a hotel within the same complex and given a one bedroom apartment containing one double and one sofa bed (approximately around 10 pm). This meant that I shared the bed with my son, while my daughters shared the sofa bed. Because the person at the reception did not have pillow covers, we were provided with 7 bed sheets to”improvise”. We were promised by the owner’s daughter that our original room will be usable the next day.
After arriving to the room following repairs on Sunday, I found that the bed sheets were changed, the floors were clean and the smell of sewage was gone. However, the lighting in the bathroom remained an issue (there was no ceiling light and two out of three 25W lightbulbs provided only minimal lighting -I was told this could not be fixed over the w