El Calafate Hostellit

Plussat: The staff is beyond helpful!! Amazin peaceful location!! Would definitely go back again!!

Miinukset: I wish I stayed more!

Plussat: The staff were great and helpful, the common area is real nice, good view and Location, and the sold food is good but a little pricey.

Miinukset: It's a double edge sword, the heated floors are great if it's really cold, but since they are on nonstop and in your room the rooms get very hot and it's people opening and closing the windows all night.

Plussat: Staff

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: Our friends recommended that we stay here so we booked a double room with mountain views. The room was small but comfortable and we really enjoyed our time there. The staff were so nice and gave us excellent restaurant recommendations for restaurants (we loved Mako!), helped us book a tour of Perito Merino as well as other travel. Two thumbs up!

Plussat: +LOCATION: it’s pretty close to the main street in Calafate. +FACILITIES: the rooms and bathrooms are super clean and the living room is cozy and welcoming. There are plenty of young travellers, and ideal to meet people from all over the world. There is a bar and every night there is a Parrillada. Some nights there is live music.

Miinukset: -STAFF: there is something that I did not like about the staff, which was that they were uninformed about some routes, buses and activites and they did not help on some of my queries.

Plussat: Breakfast was simple but good. Staff were incredibly helpful. Good vibe without being obnoxious, or too quiet. We stayed in the private room w shared bathroom (basically a separate cabin), which made for a quiet sleep. Dogs and roosters wake you up tho haha! Overall a great stay.

Plussat: We liked the location. Most of the stuff was nice. Breakfast normal.

Miinukset: One of the receptionist was rude. We saw a mouse in the kitchen walking around. We booked a room of 6 and they gave us a room of 10 and when we said that was a mistake, the receptionist was not happy with it even if it was her mistake.

Plussat: - The guy who was working there when we checked out was friendly. - The kitchen was good. - We were able to check in a couple of hours early.

Miinukset: - Stains on the bedsheets (see photo). - Staff play music until late (we had to ask them to turn it down because we could hear it from our room). Music was also playing at 6.20am when we got up for breakfast. - They use an extortionate exchange rate. The price when you book is given in dollars but they only accept pesos and they used a rate of 65 when the actual rate is around 59.5. - 10% charge for paying by card. - Grumpy staff. I tried to take food through to the room to pack. I was told that food must be kept in the kitchen. I can understand if they don't want people to eat in the room but I just wanted to pack some sealed foods because we had to leave early the next morning (6.45) and we didn't want to disturb our roommate at that time. Despite explaining this, I was still told I had to keep my food in the kitchen. Don't make a mistake with your dates when booking this place. I accidentally booked an extra night, informed them of this within half an hour of making the booking, and still had to pay for the extra night. I can understand that those were the conditions of my booking but I notified them straight away (which was still weeks before the stay) so it would have been nice if they could have waived the fees.

Miinukset: We didn’t sleep more than 3hours going to bed early. I had to go to the common room to ask someone to stop screaming and moving chairs for’no reason at 1am You can hear EVERYTHING that’s happening around you and on the floor upstairs. Too noisy. Do no recommend if you want to sleep A little more light in the room wouldn’t hurt given the window doesn’t provide natural light

Plussat: The hostel was in a nice location, most of the staff was nice and helpful.

Miinukset: I didnt like the fact that out bathroom window was connected to the kitchen of the hostel. There was much noise during the night. The breakfast was very basic and not good. They didn't even have a proper coffee.

Plussat: Really friendly staff, great location, nice breakfast and good kitchen facilities. Good value for the price.

Miinukset: The room we were in was right next to the common area so were kept up late - past the hostel's advertised quiet time. The room and furnishings are also starting to look a bit tired and run down.

Plussat: Great staff, very friendly and helpful! The location is great!

Plussat: Very nice, helpful and English speaking personel. They help you booking the tours. Breakfasts are only sweet, but tasty. Great location, close to the main street, shops and restaurants. You can use the well-equipped kitchen. Good price/quality ratio, it was worth booking this place.

Miinukset: Walls, doors and ceiling are very, very thin. You hear every move and breath that the other guests make. I even thought on a number of times that someone was knocking on my door. Weird rules about not eating in the room and obligation to keep your food and drink purchases in the kitchen.

Plussat: Clean, comfortable, nice staff, close to the bus station (and a bit further from center), big commun room, equiped kitchen

Plussat: The receptionists were all very nice and helped me book trekking on the glacier. The kitchen is great and well stocked. The laundry service is very fast! Room was decent with lockers under the bunk beds. Shower was very hot.

Miinukset: When I did my laundry I asked for my vacuum seal bag back, but when it arrived it was not in the bag and the staff told me they mixed up the clothes and gave another guest my bag. They gave me a refund to help me buy another bag which I appreciated! My mattress in room 4 (bed C) was very thin. they tried to switch me to the cabin outside but all the mattresses looked identical so I just stayed in the bed in my room because the cabins seemed worse. No heating in the room - the heater is located in the bathroom. Dusty lockers with dead spiders

Plussat: The room was available at ten instead of 3pm and we were given the keys immediatly

Miinukset: Very noisy place (children yelling during hours without reaction of the direction or their responsible, loud music all day and television in common room on nearly all night long. The beds are ok if you like springs in your back and dug mattress. Breakfast a little bit light for a day trekking.

Plussat: Location and staff were great. Bed was comfy and the room was clean.

Miinukset: The only thing I can really complain about is the temperature inside, it was very hot! As the rooms are on the ground floor it is difficult to leave the window open. Also they did not have a hairdryer available.

Plussat: Location is near bus terminal Good wifi Bed is clean and comfortable Basic breakfast but nice Staffs is very nice

Miinukset: Some locker is broken

Plussat: Amazing service from extremely helpful staff. Did laundry for us. Mini toiletries provided in private room. Free breakfast.

Plussat: Good deco quite warm and cosy. Nice and big double bed room with heated floor!

Miinukset: 10 min off the main high street but easy to walk.

Plussat: The staff was amazing! They help me organize my journeys and gave advice on places to visit.

Miinukset: There was not ham and cheese for breakfast

Plussat: Cosy room, warm

Miinukset: Got lost a bit at night, not much light around the area.

Plussat: Kind reptionist during the evening, nice look of the building from outside

Miinukset: Staff in the morning did not want to give us breakfast at first although booked. Had to show booking confirmation to get breakfast. According to a guest who stays here more often, this unfortunately happens frequently. Beds not comfy.

Plussat: It’s a great hostel. Warm and not too far from town

Miinukset: The two breakfast ladies were miserable, unfriendly and rude

Plussat: Friendly staff, well equipped kitchen

Miinukset: Mattress seen better days, felt like being in floor also toilet could do with toilet brush and light in ladies bathroom not working for several days and without toilet paper. Also beer is 180 pesos if you from Argentina and 200 if you foreigner which is the most ridiculous, disgusting and sad thing I have ever seen in my whole life !!!!!!

Miinukset: We ordered room included breakfest. We leaved hostel at 6.45 a.m. Breakfest starts from 7a.m. One day before we asked for possibility to get breakfest earlier. It was promised, but it we didn't it. In the bathroom we didn't have warm water and it was out of order one water tap and we have some problem with water in WC. In our bedroom for 4 people was just one chair.

Plussat: The price, even though you can't escape the tax, which adds 20% more, but still the cheapest in town if you're travelling as a pair. The laudry service is cheap

Miinukset: Kitchen not arranged properly, and access only until 10pm and after 10am. You then found yourself with 6 groups trying to cook at the same time. Not practical The tax, that can't be avoided The mattress are super thin The toilets clog very easily

Plussat: nice big room

Miinukset: uncertainty about payment no WiFi in the rooms, blunt internet very little English language