Riga · Latvia
Cinnamon Sally Backpackers Hostel
Bedwantsrapporten
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Mogelijk Booking.com
La 1ere nuit, au moment de me coucher il y avait quelqu’un dans mon lit! J’ai du changer de chambre . Mais dans mon nouveau lit J’ai attrapé des piqûres de punaises de lit! Et j’ai du encore changer de chambre!
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Bevestigd Google Maps
Bed bugs, broken lockers, broken toilets, broken beds, broken shower drainage. No activities.
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Bevestigd Booking.com
there were bedbugs in my bed :( halfway through the night I switched beds to the one unoccupied bed in the room and it also had bedbugs :(
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Bevestigd Hostelworld
I got bit up by beg bugs all over my face and hand while I slept. I told the staff member and she told me bed bugs don't bite your face. This is a lie as they do tend to bite the face. My face is very itch, painful, swollen, and red. You can feel and see where the bugs bite me. She did not offer anything to help. She demanded my full payment. Stay here if you want to be miserable for the rest of your trip.
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Bevestigd Booking.com
Bedbugs. Chinches. Lo siento, pero devolverme el dinero de la primera noche (que dejé en la nueva habitación cuando me fuí) y un cambio de habitación, no son suficientes; cuando les expliqué que me habían "comido" los chinches sentada en una butaca de la zona tranquila, me dijeron que no habían visto nada en mi cama, a pesar de haber matado uno contra la pared. Ahí seguirán, campando a sus anchas.
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Bevestigd Booking.com
The showers are clogged and the bed had bed bugs
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Bevestigd Booking.com
Cleaning of showers, toilets and rooms. I was always afraid of getting fungus and biting from bed bugs. Rooms are not clean, smells awful. Plates, forks, spoons, glasses are dirty. Showers are small and very dirty. There's hair and bristles everywhere, the water doesn't go away. Cleaning is a big issue.
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Bevestigd Booking.com
I was bitten by bed bugs at night. I even managed to take a picture of one. I had about ten bites. I spoke with my roommate, and he was bitten too. I had to urgently leave and look for accommodation during the night. Thank you for refunding my money.
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Bevestigd Booking.com
Lots of bed bugs 🐛 ...and my skin is swollen everywhere 😫 ..and the water in the showers does not drain, so I had to stand in dirty water from the person before me. Gross 🤢
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Bevestigd Booking.com
A little bit hard to find, almost thought it was McDonalds. And a guy in my room found bed bugs…
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Bevestigd Google Maps
While the location of Cinnamon Sally, Latvia, was incredibly convenient, my stay was marred by significant issues. The noise levels from the street were unbearable and, to make matters worse, I encountered a severe bedbug problem. Needless to say, I was not pleased with my experience.
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Bevestigd Google Maps
Amazing hostel unfortunately had a bed bug problem in at least two of the rooms
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Bevestigd Booking.com
I would definitely give a 10 if not for the bedbugs which really bothered me during the stay, and some other guests experienced the same
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Bevestigd Booking.com
However, there were bed bugs and since I had a severe allergic reaction it ruined the rest of my vacation...
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Bevestigd Booking.com
There were bed bugs everywhere, not only in the beds but also in the Sofas. I stayed twice there. Beginning and end of November. I had bites both times and had to clean very well clothes and stuff after staying there. The first time staying there I was not Sure about the bed bugs, thats why I booked again the same Hostel. However the second time I could confirm it.
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Bevestigd Hostelworld
BED BUGS! Stayed for 3 nights, and a friend has come back full of bites which have been diagnosed by a doctor as bed bugs - DISGUSTING. Location is good, but facilities are pretty poor - showers are awful with dirty shower curtains and sodden bath mats. Staff were okay, but some of the “leaders” very hostile and clicky with certain guests which isn’t what you expect from a hostel. There are plenty of other hostels in Riga, so AVOID this one.
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Bevestigd Hostelworld
Need to be honest bc I’d want to know as I read reviews.. November stay included an unexpected bedbug encounter in two diff rooms, but staff swiftly addressed it, inspecting thoroughly and even doing my laundry for free. Also got a refund for my stay given the situation. Positives: great location, delicious breakfast, a clean hostel, friendly staff who clearly care about their guests. It’s an excellent hostel, I just got unlucky with some rogue bugs it seems.
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Bevestigd Google Maps
A chill place. Unfortunately, on my third night here, I got bit by bed bugs here, all over my body including my face, neck, hands, arms, legs, feet. I spoke to the owner Julius about receiving a refund and he got angered by the idea of me even asking for one and told me to leave. They did wash my clothing for free including my backpack but that was only after I asked for it- it was a very slow service, I gave it to them in the morning and I didn’t receive it till the next day so one night I went without pajamas. The volunteers I met here were very friendly.
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Bevestigd Hostelworld
I got bed bugs from this hostel.
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Bevestigd Google Maps
Awful, don't go there. I got bedbugs, and they not even do nothing. I paid by myself all the medicines I needed, they didn't refund my money back of that night and when I found a room un the city I already paid that night I asked for my money And they didn't let me that favour. Hours later of changing me the bed because of the bedbugs i saw that they give someone that sale bed to another guy without doing an exhaust cleaning. Very bad experience.
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Vibe-analyse
Cinnamon Sally Backpackers Hostel is een centraal hostel in Riga met een echte sociale hartslag: pub crawls, stadsactiviteiten, Lets dansen op woensdag, muziek en gemeenschappelijke ruimtes waar je makkelijk aanhaakt zonder dat het meteen totale chaos wordt. De energie van het personeel is een groot deel van de plek, met warme check-ins, lokale tips en een huiselijk ritme rond de keuken en ontbijtruimte. Het ontbijt is de uitschieter. Reken op een royale gratis spread met koffie en thee, overdag fruit, en soms verse wafels, croissants, brood, eieren, kaas, jam, komkommer, tomaat en Nutella. Er is ook een stille kamer of werkruimte, een sociale kant van het hostel, lockers in de slaapzalen en een geen-schoenen-binnen-beleid waardoor het hostel meer als een huis voelt dan als een doorvoerhub. De locatie is uitstekend voor Riga: dicht bij de oude stad, het centraal station, bussen en de belangrijkste bezienswaardigheden. Het vreemde deel is praktisch, niet poëtisch: de ingang zit binnen in een McDonald's, het hostel ligt op de derde verdieping, en laat aankomen kan verwarrend zijn als je toegangscodes of aanwijzingen mist.
Signalen om te checken
- De ingang vinden kan echt verwarrend zijn, vooral 's nachts of bij slecht weer; zoek de deur binnen in McDonald's en houd toegangscodes klaar.
- Geen airco en beperkte luchtstroom kunnen kamers in de zomer warm of klam maken, terwijl open ramen straat-, binnenplaats-, ventilator- of McDonald's-geluid en geuren binnenlaten.
- Badkamers en douches kunnen een zwakke plek zijn: beperkte aantallen, drukke momenten, afvoerproblemen en wisselende schoonmaak.
- Privacy in slaapzalen is in sommige kamers basic, met ontbrekende bedgordijnen, klein beddengoed voor langere lichamen en soms ongemak op bovenbedden.
- Veiligheid geeft gemengde signalen: slaapzaaldeuren voelen niet altijd gecontroleerd, schoenenopslag is gedeeld, en eerdere diefstal- of kwijtgeraakte-spullenproblemen maken lockers het gebruiken waard.
- Oudere klachten over ongedierte zijn serieus, vooral bedwantsen; een bedwisselincident in 2026 ging ook samen met beten.