The location is great for nightlife! The hostel is massive and there is a pool table and arcade machines. The showers are warm and nice. They have an indicator light to help you keep your water usage down! Very eco! There is a coin op laundry. I needed to check in at 2am and they did it for me with no issues. Accessible by public transport.

The hostel is in a pretty loud spot for nightlife, which can be great but if you are a light sleeper it could be hard. They give earplugs tho and that was enough for me. It was a bit pricey compared to some other hostels. There were no privacy curtains or anything but I think this is very normal for a US hostel.

Breakfast. Good kitchen.

We got a room facing a pub which played loud music until way past 2 am. Loud enough so that the windows vibrated. It was impossible to sleep, even with earplugs on. We talked to the front desk people, who gave us another room facing the same pub, even though we found out later on that there were quiet rooms available, but of a superior category (and of course, they wouldn't give us those without paying extra, even though our room was absolutely unacceptable.) The front desk being so unhelpful, I had to call Booking in the middle of the night. Booking green-lighted the upgrade for our second and third nights, but the hotel manager didn't reply to the message and the front desk people told us they couldn't give us the upgrade without the manager's approval. We ended up in a room that was worse than the one we originally paid for (with a bunk bed instead of a double), but at least this one was silent. We stopped complaining to the front desk as we realised it was a lost cause. I also messaged HI directly and got no response. I felt completely abandoned here. I have been travelling the world for more than 15 years - I have never had such a bad experience in a hotel I hired via Booking. To the hotel, please soundproof your rooms. We have stayed in noisy cities before - NYC, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Vegas, Paris, you name it... We never had this problem before. You cannot have a room available in which your guests are unable to sleep.

Location is amazing, right in the middle of the Gaslight district

Incredibly noisy AC units are blarring all day and all night - constant noise. Next door there is a cigar parlour and our room stunk like a Montecristo

The interior is so nice. Simple breakfast provided which is good. Great location and easy access to many places. Very convenient.

They dont have curtain for your bunk bed like some of the other HI hostels. Kitchen isn’t very big and only have 2 kitchen sinks. Some people not so considerate and just left dirty dishes in the sink filled with water while cooking. So will have to wait. This happened both days during my stay.

The mattress was terrible

Central location at gaslamp quarter, nice living-room and kitchen

No sockels nor reading lights at each bed

Convenient if you wanna meet people

I liked the Location

it’s strange that I have to show a piece of paper everytime I get inside

The location is great! My room was not facing the street so I got all the fun and hardly any of the noise of the area. Staff is very kind, and the area, especially the hostel, always felt safe. I will add that my bed was surprisingly comfortable.

Bathrooms are a little rough. Everything still works but they could do with a bit of a fix up. Ac unit in my room was very loud. That being said: it did work!

Good location

Overall smell / cleanliness, old building

Everything is ok, especially location perfect

Nothing

I like the grocery store a couple blocks down and cook my own food but I liked the bananas.

I don’t like the loud noise from party happy businesses next door. It was hard to go to sleep.

Everything was great! It was my first experience at a hostel. “Great”

Loved everything

it is great

always come here when traveling.. just a great atmosphere.

when it is fully booked!

It is convenient only for people who will party everyday. The noise in the room at night was unbelieble until the nearby pubs close at 1am-3am. It was impossible to sleep since the windows where a century old. I cannot recommend the place unless you go to San Diego for partying. I was there for work and made my experience a nightmare.