St Christopher's Berlin Alexanderplatz

Very good location

A poor place part of the staff was rude

Curtains allowing you some privacy Location (not far from Alexanderplatz + U2 metro station just in front of the hostel) - but public transport in Berlin is great so next time I would consider staying not in the city centre but with good connection there Fortunately, I got room in 2nd floor and not above the bar, so there was no noise from the bar.

Price of the night is 10 EUR. It is around 1 EUR more than on their website. BUT! It does not include breakfast - they charge you extra 5 EUR for it. On their webpage it is free. So THEY ARE SCAMMERS! They only want to be seen on one of the most popular booking pages to be known but they want you to book on their page. Unfortunately, this is legal from booking.com perspective/lowest price guarantee. The info about free breakfast is also everywhere in the hostel. So at least for next time - check hostel website/other booking services. I am ok with paying slightly more while booking here (10% max) but more than 50%?! There is no kitchen, no microwave, no boiling cattle, no fridge. Nothing - no place to cook or at least heat some food. (For sure because they want you to spend money in the bar/for breakfast, not to bring something or cook "for free"). There is no common room where you can meet other travellers, chat, work, relax... Just bar, noisy bar (which is also open for public). There was a queue for check-in. It was very hard to hear the receptionist because of the noise in the bar (btw I have never seen such impolite and not helpful receptionist), Reception was always busy (too big hostel, too many beds), so there was no opportunity to ask some questions or ask for recommendations. The lockers under beds are not very practical. You need to pull out the whole bin to open it so you need a lot of space. The hostel is like labyrinth - too many doors in the corridor, many turns. Every day I found new showers/toilets. You can only open windows for few centimetres. It is not enough to get fresh air into the room (with 16 people), so there was bad smell. I had old chewing gum placed on the bed above just above my head. Pillows are not properly stuffed - they are almost empty and folded in the half by the stuff and still quite flat.