Amstel House Hostel Berlin

At least it was cheap. The facts stuck on the doors were cute and there is a laundromat and a big supermarket near.

The guest's kitchen wasn't clean. They don't clean the rooms unless an additional fee is paid, which means that the rooms won't be cleaned too often. I found cereal spread on the floor of the room in which I stayed. Moreover, it smelled terrible. I don't know if it was because of previous guests of the hostel or because there was a dumpster right under the window. We couldn't open the windows on the first 2 nights because it smelled bad from the garbage and it became really hot in the room. I don't know what happened after, maybe they emptied the dumpster, but we were able to finally open the windows. The staff was helpful when I asked them about the means of transportation, but they seemed a weirded out by it. When I checked in, the staff wasn't rude, but they weren't nice either which was really disappointing since I was tired from traveling all day. The shower from the shared bathroom was awful. The showerhead was completely missing and there was just a stream of water coming out of a dirty pipe. Also, near the sink from the room were a lot of ants. I didn't feel safe in the area either since there were a lot of homeless people, although there were some metro stations nearby.