Oldtown Lux Hostel

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Traveller Type: solo traveller

Wonderful
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : The hostel vas really nice for the price and my room was clean and roomy. The staff was friendly and even though i didn’t use the lobby, it seemed comfy and had some kitchen supplies. Would definitely recommend!
  : In the morning i had to wait for the staff to come so i could give back my key and get back my 5€ deposit. I was running late but it worked out fine :)

Good
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : The location is superb and the main receptionist is excellent - so friendly and helpful. New owners are working on transforming the place, so I'm sure it will be well worth a visit when they've finished.

Good
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : Friendly and easy
  : Too noisy

Good
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : Great location
  : It could be a bit cleaner but overall was good. I guess it was more the guest's fault than the staff

Wonderful
Traveller Type: review category business travellers
  : A recently launched hostel. A pretty promising one. Clean. Neat. Improvements and new additions are being made right-on-fly. A decent number of toilets and bathrooms. A suberb location. Rimi grocery store and meal places are 50-100 m away. A pretty bubbling night-life corner of Aia Street and Inseneri Street (4-7 A.M. on Fri-Sun are pretty tricky hours;)). The staff speaks English and Estonian.
  : No air conditioning, even in the sun side rooms. No furniture in the rooms. Having some cheap hanger hooks hanging on the walls could have solved the problem. Also, having some more tables and some real knives in the kitchen would be a good thing too).

Avg Good
Traveller Type: review category business travellers
  : Staff spoke several languages and helped me with my suitcase. The place was moderately clean. That's unfortunately pretty much all the positive I can say about it.
  : One of the staff was acting clearly too familiar. There was nothing but a small bed in the room, not even a hanger for clothes. No chair, no table, 1 socket behind the bed I needed to move the bed to gain access. Likely booking.com's error but despite having requested a private room I ended up in 2 people dormitory. Both showers and toilets were far from the room which would have turned into a problem during the nights and my chronic illness. The room was said to be soundproofed but there was so much noise both from the corridor, from other people and the 24/7 restroom down the hall, oh and of course outside, since the inner courtyard had several pubs and there were people smoking under the window - could not close the window either because it was so hot and there was no conditioning. And people were yelling and shouting outside, not just your usual partying but super loud family/relationship drama etc. It got really spooky. With a food facility downstairs there was constant stench of burning oil etc. PS demanding ID for deposit is NOT OK. I was booked for 4 nights, did not even spend the first one because I did not feel safe nor comfortable.

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Traveller Type: review category business travellers

Avg Good
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : I booked ”Double room with shared bathroom” from Booking.com. When I arrived to hostel (By the way, the entrance is pretty hard to find. Thanks there was a guide picture at Booking, because at the hostel's site I didn’t find any guidelines for arrival.) turned out that I've booked one bed in two bed dormitory. I was shocked a bit because the reason why I booked exactly this hostel was that there I’d get a private room (at least I hoped so when was booking “a room"). So in my booking confirmation reads “1 adult, 1 ROOM, 1 night” not “1 adult, 1 BED, 1 night” (!) but I couldn’t do anything about it and got my one bed in two bed dormitory.Also the receptionist didn't even know is there coming woman or man. I was again shocked because I've always thought in hostel’s two bed dormitories are divided by gender when overnighters are strangers...Later he came and said "a woman is coming so don’t worry” and smiled.I don’t want to blame the staff because it was very friendly and tried its best but on the other hand it’s not my fault if hostel’s booking system doesn’t work correctly. If the hostel offers its service from several sites it has to make sure that sites are in synchrony. But this is just my opinion.In general the hostel is that you can expect from hostel of this price range: staff tries its best but cleanliness is still pretty poor and rooms are very hot (not air conditioners in the hostel were detected). Also not all staff speak Estonian or Russian so you have to speak English. The kitchen was fine. Only a kitchen knife was missing (there were only knifes for eating).So if you're not traveling alone or it’s fine for you to speak English with hostel personal or your stay won’t be long (=no need to cook or take a shower too many times) or you just don’t have any places to go to overnight this hostel will be great for you and the staff will definitely welcome you warmly.

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Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : Hostel is recently opened and located next to Rimi and Prisma 24h right beside old town. Check-in is easy and reception works 24h. There's is a common room and a kitchen in the hostel.