Auberges de jeunesse à La Haye

This place is both good and bad. Good - 1) has a cafe in front which served really good coffee and food. Food was vegan - the vegan hamburger was excellent and the coffee great. Decent beer and wine selection and the cafe staff (who also check people in and out of hostel) were very friendly and efficient and make a great cup of coffee! 2) laundramat very close by; 3) cafe has bands/musicians some nights and were OK; 4) cafe serves as a lounge area and has games for people to play and hang out; 5) location was great - a metro station is just outside the back door and trams pass by every few minutes; 6) price is very good per bed; 7) other fellow guests were pretty quiet. Bad - 1) Room was dirty - floor looked like it hadn't been cleaned or swept in a long time - especially under the bed. Lots of dust, dirt, etc. under the bed. When we checked in a lone dirty sock was on the floor near my bed. Was told by another guest it had been there for days. I stayed there 5 days and it was still on the floor when I left. Dropped my book under the bed and it was covered in dust when I retrieved it. The walls really need a paint job. Just felt grimy staying there; 2) Several bathroom fixtures did not work. There is a room for toilets - the sink to wash hands did not work so you had to go to the shower room to wash hands. There were three sinks in the shower room, but one of those also did not work - not a great situation when several people are trying to brush teeth and wash hands, put on makeup, do their hair, etc. 3) The cafe out front is open to the public and the only bathroom for those customers is the same one that the hostel guests use. With the toilet sink not working, that means a lot of people coming and going to use the sink available in the shower room. Really made me uncomfortable taking showers in the evenings with all the people coming and going into that room. 4) one of the showers was used several times to store equipment, making it unavailable for use. 5) We stayed in one of the first rooms in the hallway coming from the cafe - all the food smells and noise of the cafe permeate into the room. 6) loved that bands play in the front room on some nights, but they were EXTREMELY loud and played till around 11:45p so if you stay in that room, be prepared to not sleep before midnight. 7) loved that there was a cafe that served coffee and breakfast - but it didn't open until midmorning in April so not really useful for morning coffee - you'll have to search out a place a distance away - nothing really open at that time in the near vacinity so got used to taking the metro every morning to get coffee on the way to sightseeing. 8) there were lockers in the rooms, but the one I was using was broken so there was no way to close it or lock it; 9) one of the staff evidently had one of the beds in the room permanently which felt a little weird. The rules stated no food in the rooms, but this rule evidently didn't apply to him. I think i

Le gars qui travaille là-bas ce soir a besoin d'un contrôle d'attitude. Il semble penser qu'il est le roi Kool lui-même. Je suis arrivé tard pour réserver une chambre et ils avaient de la disponibilité. Il a dit que l'heure d'enregistrement était dépassée, mais il m'a proposé de me vendre un appartement privé. Cela sonnait bien et j'ai demandé s'ils bénéficiaient de réductions en personne. C'est une chose assez standard à demander, et je l'ai demandé poliment. Il a expliqué qu'il faisait une exception pour le départ tardif et m'a dit qu'il pouvait m'accorder une ”réduction” de X. Eh bien, il s'avère que j'avais déjà vu la chambre se vendre à moins de X sur Hostelworld, alors je lui ai dit. J'aimerais le réserver en ligne (encore une fois, poliment). Eh bien, King Kool s'est senti menacé par cela, je suppose. Je n'ai aucune idée de ce qu'il pensait, car il m'a alors dit que nous ”ne pouvions pas parvenir à un accord” et a continué en disant qu'il faisait tout son possible pour moi... et m'a dit de partir et d'aller au Ibis! Peut-être qu'il n'aimait pas être dénoncé pour avoir menti à propos d'une « remise ». Chère direction : lorsqu'un client propose de prendre une chambre que vous n'allez pas vendre ce soir, qui rend service à qui ici ? Je suis content de n'avoir rien donné à King Kool.

Le petit déjeuner est très copieux, il y a du saumon, toutes sortes de fruits, du lait, et l'emplacement est également très bon, mais l'oncle étranger sous le lit fait un peu défaut. Rappelez-vous que l'hôtel ne dispose pas d'articles de toilette. Vous devez apporter vos propres serviettes. Ensuite, vous devez apporter vos propres serviettes.