a&o Rotterdam City

Rotterdam · Netherlands

a&o Rotterdam City

HostelPunk Score
15% SHIT
Medium confidence 116 reviews
No bed bug reports in 5,554 analyzed reviews
No incentivized-review patterns detected in 5,554 analyzed reviews

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Drip perks

🚲 Bicycle Hire

Facilities

👕 Laundry 📋 Meeting Room 🍺 Bar
Other facilities (23)
Bicycle Parking Children's Play Area Luggage Storage 24 Hour Reception Tours/Travel Desk ATM Housekeeping Cable TV Wi-Fi Towels For Hire Hair Dryers For Hire Late Check-out Linen Included Hair Dryers Towels Not Included Vending Machines Security Lockers Key Card Access Common Room Elevator Free City Maps Free WiFi Hot Showers

Prices

Dorms $56 / night
Privates $180 / night

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Worst reviews

Netherlands Group Feb 24, 2026 1.0/10

+ Nothing

- All of it

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India Solo traveler Feb 22, 2026 1.0/10

+ It was well situated

- The rooms were a mess. I did not like the atmosphere in the rooms and the people who stayed were not very kind towards the other roommates. They weren't considerate. The bathrooms were also extremely dirty. I wouldn't want to choose the hostel again. Had a very bad experience.

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Netherlands Solo traveler Feb 22, 2026 1.0/10

+ I dont like nothing it is dirty they dont clean it bad smelling

- I dont expect share rood I don't like the share room

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Peru Solo traveler Feb 18, 2026 1.0/10

+ No me gusto porque no tenia ni enchufes en el cuarto , estaba sucio

- No me gusto porque no tenian enchufen el cuarto, estaba sucio y la gente que tambien estaba en cuarto buscaba hacer una fiesta de noche con drogas

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Belgium Family Feb 16, 2026 1.0/10

+ Rien

- L’accueil est horrible . Pas de télévision qui fonctionne et le mec qui est venu a dit qu’il me tiendrais au courrant je ne l’ai plus jamais revu .

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France Group Feb 15, 2026 1.0/10

+ La localisation

- Salle , tout est cassé des chasses d’eau au prise , pas de casier , pas de draps , pas de cuisine , pas de respect, même pas d’acception du cash

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France Group Feb 15, 2026 1.0/10

+ La localisation

- Impossible d’avoir des draps à 22h, et draps jaunis et cage de lit sale avec des traces marrons suspectes . Cuisine en travaux sans que ça soit mentionné nulle part , personnelle irrespectuex quand on demande de répéter une phrase quand on a pas compris . C’est précisé nulle part que on peut pas payer en cash aussi . Chasse d’eau cassé, deux casier pour une chambre de 8. Prises cassés . Vraiment n’importe quoi

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Hungary Couple Feb 10, 2026 1.0/10

- There were so many things about the a&o Rotterdam that was just simply not fair or right. Our check in got delayed with over an hour , then the magnetic card to the outside door and the room door was not working , each time we left the room we had to queue at the reception to get it fixed. The reception was over crowded, the staff under pressure. The place operates with low number of staff so everything takes time and it’s inefficient. The heating in the room 163 was broken so I had to ask for two portable heaters that were dusty and made the room smell bad as they heated up. One of them was broken and flickering so decided not to use it. The shower was moldy and worn down, shower head had a broken plastic tube so water spraying everywhere. On top the internet was not working properly. I know we didn’t pay for a 5 star stay but ! We stayed in another brand hotel in Amsterdam same number of days for the same amount of money and it was really good and we were really satisfied. I stayed in a&o on several occasions the past 10 years in many European cities and this Rotterdam one should be shut down because the operation is below standard. I asked for compensation and booking.com said it couldn’t reach to an agreement with the hotel.

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Russia Family Feb 9, 2026 1.0/10

- We stayed for 4 nights. On the second day I noticed that while we were out in the city someone was in our room and went through our stuff. I checked and found out that a box of jewelry was missing. Administrators at the reception told me that it was probably someone from the cleaning staff with an electronic key, but they couldn't tell more as there are no cameras on the floors. The manager wrote me a note that I could attached when contacting the customer service. On the next day I went to the local police and reported the incident. The same day someone broke into the room again and made some mess, so I could see it - it was a revenge for making "noise", obviously. I wrote an email to the customer service, describing the events - it's been a week with no reply. Stay away from this place.

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Belgium Group Feb 9, 2026 1.0/10

+ Echt niets. De kamer was vies, de badkamer was walgelijk, de bedden waren vies, het balkon. We spraken met de mensen die in de gang waren om schoon te maken. Ze moesten gaan schoonmaken. Ze ontdekten alleen de gootsteen die bedekt was.

- Alles was verkeerd, het personeel werd onbesneden. We konden niet slapen omdat de jongeren naast ons de hele nacht lawaai maakten, schreeuwden en marihuana rookten. De marihuanarook ging door het extractiekanaal naar de kamer. Ik had twee kinderen. Het was een zeer onaangename ervaring.

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Recent reviews

Egypt FEMALE 18-24 Mar 31, 2026 Atm 40%

at checkin the female dorm smelled really bad so we changed it "still a female dorm" when w came back from our night out while changing we saw a man sleeping in a bunk bed, we freaked out and went to report and yes they did change it but after blaming us that we chose to change the room in the first place. mind you its supposed to be a female dorm and they changed it to a mixed dorm because "there was no space for him" like WHAT??

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Argentina MALE 25-30 Mar 24, 2026 Atm 20%

Por favor, limpien las habitaciones y saquen a la gente de las habitaciones que NO PAGA por la noche, dormi las 7 noches con vagabundos. Literalmente

Translated to English

Please clean the rooms and get people out of the rooms that don't pay for the night, sleep seven nights with tramps.

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Turkey FEMALE 25-30 Mar 21, 2026 Atm 20%

Security is weak. Someone snuck into our friend's six-person room and two people slept in one bed. So a six-person room became seven-person. Someone used weed in our room all night, and the whole room was constantly filled with smoke. The check-in machines jammed, and it took two hours to complete. Our money is stuck in the bank as a pending transaction. So we paid twice. Thanks to our bank, we were able to get the money back. The customers isn't good either.

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Turkey MIXEDGROUP 18-24 Mar 21, 2026 Atm 20%

it was so bad experience people are in here are mostly homeless people and they are smoking doing weed in rooms..

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Turkey FEMALE 25-30 Mar 21, 2026 Atm 20%

If I could give 0, I would. Disgraceful… It’s far from basic safety and hygiene standards; people are smoking weed in the rooms, and it’s unclear who is coming in and out of the hotel. During my first payment, they said the POS machine was broken and charged me twice. I had to argue to get my extra money back. I was need to check out early, and I still haven’t received the refund I’m owed because of that. DONT GO TO THAT HOSTEL!!! TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE…

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Latvia MALE 25-30 Mar 19, 2026 Atm 100%

I really love this place and highly recommend it! 🫡😊

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Belgium FEMALE Mar 7, 2026 Atm 80%

First of all, a big thank you to Annabel who fixed the problem with my booking and was extremely helpful in all sorts of ways. The entire staff was really kind and I overall enjoyed my stay.

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Spain MALE Mar 4, 2026 Atm 80%

It was cool not bad at all

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Netherlands Group Feb 24, 2026 1.0/10

+ Nothing

- All of it

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Netherlands Solo traveler Feb 24, 2026 7.0/10

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Norway Solo traveler Feb 23, 2026 10.0/10

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Denmark Solo traveler Feb 23, 2026 2.0/10

+ Great location, low price

- Dirty bathrooms and rooms

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Belgium Family Feb 23, 2026 10.0/10

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Poland Couple Feb 23, 2026 6.0/10

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Belgium Group Feb 23, 2026 9.0/10

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Belgium Group Feb 23, 2026 5.0/10

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Belgium Family Feb 23, 2026 5.0/10

+ Six person room with private bathroom facilities

- Dirty towels, bed linens and un-emptied dustbins in the room. We were however immediately given a different room.

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New Zealand Couple Feb 23, 2026 10.0/10

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Germany Group Feb 22, 2026 6.0/10

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India Solo traveler Feb 22, 2026 1.0/10

+ It was well situated

- The rooms were a mess. I did not like the atmosphere in the rooms and the people who stayed were not very kind towards the other roommates. They weren't considerate. The bathrooms were also extremely dirty. I wouldn't want to choose the hostel again. Had a very bad experience.