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Plussat: Loved everything about this hostel. It was spotless and the facilities were excellent. Great common area and events run at night by the staff which are great for meeting people. It’s the staff that make this hostel truly outstanding as they’re all so helpful and informative, sharing tips on places to go in Saint Petersburg and also giving a very thorough tour of the hostel. If I could give this hostel a higher score than ten I would!

Plussat: Everything looks nice, stylish and well cared about. The staff are very friendly and helpful.

Miinukset: There was some kind of a noisy night club next to my window, but nor it's the Hostel fault and I was still able to sleep

Plussat: Staff, clean, guests,etc.. The location is perfect, facilities awesome. Such an incredible hostel!

Plussat: Everything! The staff, the equipments which are useful but uncommon in other hostels, the kitchen, the cooking classes, movie nights, bed linen. Super clean ! Early checking was a great plus. Felt like home!

Plussat: Soul kitchen in St. Petersburg is the best hostel I have ever stayed in my life. Apart from The friendly staff, good location, stylish decoration and the view of river, the details of the hostel is so impressive . They have printing service, free IDD call, the music box in toilet and the activities like cooking class and movie time High high highly recommended this hostel in St. Petersburg Really wanna come back to St. Petersburg and stay in Soul Kitchen for a month at least!

Miinukset: N/A

Plussat: The hostal is extremely clean and the people that work there super helpful. One of the best hostels I have ever been to.

Miinukset: There are not USB power points. That could be an improvement.

Plussat: Member of the staff Ksenija was super helpful and nice!

Miinukset: Room too small for two people to share.

Plussat: Location is good. Close to train station, shopping malls, museums and supermarkets.

Miinukset: The receptionist wasn’t helpful. She just stood still watching me take the luggages from the room at the reception area, not even helped to open the door and obviously it is needed. The bathrooms especially the wall and curtain were not clean.

Plussat: Maid and some receptionist were kind. City center.

Miinukset: Some receptionist were not kind or aggressive. People making noise late in the night. Welcoming pretty bad. Pretty expensive for that kind of hotel.

Plussat: Location was good and many places to eat around. Ploschad' Vosstaniya metro station was close by, and walking a bit more there is Moscow station (terminal for train from/to Moscow).

Miinukset: No elevator. The toilets were not properly cleaned, they only took the trash. The toilet paper were of bad quality. There was no TV channels in English. In the private room, the bed sheets were smaller than the mattress without elastic so it would move as you move. The given towels were really old with stains.

Plussat: Sijainti on loistava. Edullinen hinta hlö/yö.

Miinukset: Ei hissiä, yhteiset pesu- ja wc-tilat, ilmanvaihto oli huono, koska huoneesa ei ilma vaihtunut, ja oli kosteahko. Patjat olivat kuluneet, jouset vaan soivat ja tuntuivat. Maksupääte ei toiminut, eikä henkilökunta tiennyt valuutanvaihdon sijaintia. Tietokoneita olisi voinut olla useampi, ja wi-fi ei toiminut.

Plussat: Sijainti, hinta/laatu

Miinukset: Vain yksi peitto.

Plussat: Расположение

Miinukset: BEWARE is a word for foreign guests. The place tries to charge extra fee from non-Russians for making a mandatory police notification of stay (which is called "temporary registration" sometimes). By Russian law, to make that notification is a hotel's own responsibility, and it shouldn't be paid as a special service, as service means the ability to decline it and here you can't. The trick is, they don't include the price of their work at a basic fare and then, after you agreed to let's say 1500 RUB deal for the room, they inform you it'll be 250 RUB more for that service of notification. It's pure bullshit as if they invest so much time and efforts to make it - fine, no problem, but then the basic fare should be appropriate and no additional payments should follow. Here, their style of work is similar to ask you just some let's say 50 RUB for basic fare but then 100 EUB extra if you'll use the bed and 150 RUB extra if you make shitting and their junitor will have to clean the bin of your toilet paper and then 200 RUB extra if that'll be raining and your feet will be dirtier than in hot summer. In short words, it's a plain cheat and it's against the law, which was proven in our case: just having a prospective to have police called to study the ask for "necessary additional payment", the hotel receptionist immediately backed and made all the notifications for free, as it should be. Very unpleasant impressions from that style of cheating, and the clear decision to never use the whole net wherever. Hello guys, that's the result of your clever policy of how to raise a buck.

Plussat: Location is great, stuff also was amazing

Plussat: The hostel was 2 mins away from the subway and there's a mall opposite of the mall as well. There are money exchange, coffee shops, restaurants and subway food chain 24/7 nearby. The place itself was clean and not bad for the price.

Miinukset: The WC is common for both men and women also the shower. If this is common to them, it may not be for their visitors/guests so they should be sensitive to this. The receptionists do not speak English and are quick to get mad and be rude if they don't understand. I was opening my translation app and I could see her eyebrows getting together, I was only asking if they can skip cleaning our room as our stuff was all over. On our last night we asked for a taxi for the next evening going to airport and we were told it will come pick us up at 7pm. 12pm, upon check out we asked if the taxi pick up is confirmed and the girl showed me a sticky note saying it's written here so its confirmed. So we went out, came back 6 pm and noticed a different girl is in reception so we asked if the pick up is confirmed and reconfirmed if they accept card, the reception said if it was confirmed the previous night then why are we still asking?! - she was yelling and very rude.. 7:05pm same receptionist who was yelling came to my friend and said that the taxi was not booked, she said the previous receptionist only enquired the fare but did not confirm the pick up. Please if you will accept English speaking guests, you need to hire at least one person per shift who speaks English otherwise do not accept English speaking guests because it will just cause inconvenience to both parties.

Plussat: The location is really great. It's quite easy to find, easily accessible from both Baltic Railway Station and Metro Station Baltiyskaia.

Miinukset: The staff of the hostel has really much to be desired. The receptionist who was on duty (18th February/19th February) was extremely rude, she spoke to the 4 children under 18 y.o. in the offensive Russian language, she was really threatening them, they were so scared and shocked by such attitude of the staff that they couldn't fall asleep. Besides, the suite where they were staying wasn't ready by 14 pm, so we had to spend a couple of hours just hanging around and waiting for the room to be ready. And one more thing, they haven't been able to repair a handle in room № 4 ( a 2 persons room) for 2 weeks, our relatives were staying in the same room 2 weeks ago, and even at that time there was the same problem with the handle in that room, the receptionist knew about it , she said they were going to fix it (2 weeks ago), but nothing happened, it doesn't work properly...

Miinukset: Liian kova sänky

Plussat: Excellent place..friendly staff...good facilities...and clean room...

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: Clean and comfortable room, nice beds. OK location. Very good price.

Miinukset: Thin walls - we heard our neighbours snoring; very bad wifi; no breakfast available although we booked this hostel just because it said they offer breakfast - disappointing!

Plussat: Great location, tidy

Miinukset: Very hot in the room. Poor ventilation.

Plussat: Staff is friendly and helpful, they made you feel welcomed!

Miinukset: I'd say communication could be much better. I've advised that I was arriving in the early morning to the hostel (after 6am).. Even though no one told me the main entrance would be closed. I had to call the reception.

Plussat: Staffs are very friendly, although they can't not understand English much but they try to communicate.

Miinukset: The bathroom could be better and the kitchen should be improved.

Plussat: I don’t know how to say ! My last 15 years experience I never felt so uncomfortable to stay in any hostel. Any things I was doing one organizer telling wrong ! Really left & sad sorry to say that. I wish that you should not feel the same. Prayers !

Miinukset: Don’t like the organizer & people working.

Plussat: No

Miinukset: Its verry deep down in the earth

Plussat: The staff is helpful, the hostel used to close at midnight, but once I came late and I called so she opened the door.

Miinukset: The bathroom and the beds were really small.

Plussat: Nothing

Miinukset: Everything

Miinukset: dirty and semmely place

Plussat: Nothing

Miinukset: It is TRAP. The place is nothing like the photos!! The owners are very noisy all nigth, and one was drunk. There was only working toilet. I woke up at night to find this drunk guy sleeping in the toilet!!