Austin · USA
Firehouse Hostel
Bettwanzen-Meldungen
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Bestätigt Booking.com
When I first went, my locker was already locked, so I couldn't use it
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Bestätigt Google Maps
Avoid this place! Bed bugs al over the place! They will bite you while you sleep. Rooms don’t match the pictures posted on the website (they don’t have curtains, fans gets super hot) The staff not really friendly, was talking with the manager and he kept on rudely interrupting all the time. They look at you:” why you come here…” also no social life at all organized by hostel staff. No bar hopping, no social trips nothing at all is offered even for the payment… very odd vibe. Lack of social areas too
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Bestätigt Hostelworld
Avoid this place! Bed bugs al over the place! They will bite you while you sleep. Rooms don’t match the pictures posted on the website (they don’t have curtains, fans gets super hot) The staff not really friendly, was talking with the manager and he kept on rudely interrupting all the time. They look at you:” why you come here…” also no social life at all organized by hostel staff. No bar hopping, no social trips nothing at all is offered even for the payment… very odd vibe.
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Bestätigt Hostelworld
good location. Great vibes in hostel. Loved the common space. Shower and toilet were decent. I would stay again if I came back to Austin but I did get bit by bed bugs for the first time ever and it was across my neck which wasn’t a fun surprise 😅
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Bestätigt Google Maps
Room 201 has bed bugs! I stayed in the top bunk on the right in 201 and was bit all throughout the night. The location is great, the people and staff are nice. But something definitely went wrong here. There was no one at the front to tell about the bed bugs. They didn't answer their phone at the front desk. I had a good stay overall without the bugs. I don't know if I could stay here again specifically because of the bed bugs. Avoid the top bunks!
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Bestätigt Booking.com
They have bed bugs it was an absolutely awful experience I want a full refund I had to throw away half of my stuff and destroy my things because the property had bed bugs which I am allergic to not to mention it's a massive health violation someone needs to look into that immediately
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Bestätigt Booking.com
I was there 5 hours to sleep and I got bed bugs.
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Bestätigt Hostelworld
The bathrooms are disgusting. Three small showers which only have a curtain which doesn't fully close off for your privacy. No shelf either for your toiletries - any towels or clean clothes either have to be put outside on the dirty floor (which also had puddles everyday) or over the top of the shower curtain. Puddles also outside the restroom. I was affected by bed bugs also - over 30 bites in the first 2 days. I have stayed in over 50 hostels in North America/Europe & this is by far the worst
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Bestätigt Google Maps
Pros: The staff was dope, super helpful and friendly! Just a great location overall! Cons: I don’t know if there were bed bugs in my room but I got bit up all around my body. Also for some reason our door wouldn’t shut all the way unless you put your back into it so hopefully that gets fixed in the future!
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Bestätigt Google Maps
Bedbugs beware!!! They seem to take the proper steps to spray for them monthly but I and another gal still had them. I’ve traveled all over the world and never got them thankfully but was shocked to get them in my home country. Had to fight for a full refund. They basically kicked me out after that instead of changing my room or making other accommodations. This hostel is close to the parties but I’d probably choose somewhere else to be safe. I was in an all girls room.
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Bestätigt Google Maps
Bedbugs. That was a nightmare.
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Vibe-Analyse
Eine Speakeasy-Style-Bar sitzt unten, mit einer Art Buecherregal-Tuer als Eingang und sehr echtem Effekt auf das ganze Gebaeude. Firehouse liegt in Downtown Austin nahe 6th Street, Bars, Clubs, Restaurants und Capitol, also funktioniert es am besten als billiges zentrales Launchpad fuer Naechte draussen. Der Tradeoff ist nicht subtil. Musik aus der Bar kann bis etwa 2 Uhr laufen, und der Bass kann Betten zum Wackeln bringen, besonders in unteren Etagen. Schlaf ist hier eine schwache Wette, ausser der Plan ist, lange draussen zu bleiben, nach Last Call zu crashen und ein raueres Hostel-Setup zu akzeptieren. Es gibt eine Kueche, WLAN, warmes Wasser kann solide sein, und Fruehstuecks- oder Laundry-Perks koennen verfuegbar sein. Personal kann nett und hilfreich sein, aber Service ist uneinheitlich. Zimmer koennen eng, dunkel, heiss oder ueberklimatisiert sein, mit inkonsistenten Vorhaengen, abgenutzten Matratzen, begrenzter Privatsphaere und wenig Kofferplatz. Die Kueche ist die wichtigste Shared Zone, also kann das soziale Leben rund um Naechte draussen oder Pub Crawls funktionieren, aber das ist kein grosses lounge-lastiges Community-Hostel.
Signale zum Prüfen
- Sauberkeit ist ein ernstes Risiko: Baeder, Duschen, Boeden, Bettzeug, Ventilatoren und Zimmerecken koennen dreckig oder schimmelig sein.
- Bettwanzen oder unerklärte Bisse sind ein wiederkehrendes Risiko, inklusive spezifischer Bunk- und Zimmerprobleme.
- Die Bar unten und der 6th-Street-Laerm koennen Schlaf vor 2 Uhr unrealistisch machen.
- Interaktionen mit Personal und Check-in-Support koennen uneinheitlich sein, von sehr warm bis feindselig oder desorganisiert.
- Downtown-Umgebung und Gebaeudezugang koennen sich nachts unsicher anfuehlen; Parken kann teuer oder awkward sein.