Rio Hostel

Great location,very basic room , did us a job at a good price , probably wouldn't stay there again 😔

I have chosen this hostel because of the location but I didn't read the reviews, if I did I can confirm a few things. Arrived at the hostel in the evening, I had the Collage room, not my thing, tacky decorations. But I was welcomed by this stinky pungent smell of sewage. I thought opening the window might help since I couldn't figure out where the smell was actually coming from. So I left to do some sightseeing at night, returned quite late, and realised the smell was coming from the sink and especially from the toilet!! (I had a private room). In the morning, I told the staff, they seem to know the situation and offered to put some chemical down the sink and toilet. It worked for the sink but not the smell from the toilet. I was polite to the staff since its the building issue. But I will not have paid 60£ per night for me to sleep in a stinky hostel. I have checked the bedding, it smells too as if they haven't changed it, the towels were dirty and the pillow cases. It seems they haven't bought new ones from a decade ago. If you are a light sleeper, super void, you can hear EVERYTHING. and the inconsiderate of others like my next door neighbour showing at 2am in the morning and the water is gushing out and it's very loud. Like other people said, people will talk loud regardless of the time and the locals outside. There is a disgusting kitchen, communal, it clearly says in both languages to wash their things after use, but it's like a pig style. No order, no responsibility, no respect for others. Its literally disgusting. I am not used to this kinda cleaning level, so it was a shock and was dying to bloody get out.