Auberge Internationale de Rivière-du-Loup O76381

Free street parking available, can park on both sides. 7 to 10 am free breakfast. They have password protected wifi for different parts of the hostel. There's a common room with board games and books. There's a tv room with Netflix, Amazon Prime and maybe Disney Plus on the tv. There's an open outdoor seating area right outside the kitchen. There's a full kitchen and 2 dining areas. There are cooking equipments, cutlery and utensils. The kitchen and dining areas are shared. Shared fridge. We got the mix men and women shared room. We've never booked for a hostel before, so we're not too comfortable sharing rooms with complete strangers. The bathrooms are shared. The showers are a bit claustrophobic. They said that there are no thefts in the hostel and around the hostel. So, I guess we trust in that. This was the only place available on July 1- Canada Day. So, we bit the bullet and booked this hostel. We're rather uncomfortable with how hostels work, so we're not too keen on ever coming back to one- since it feels so suspicious or sketchy or not safe. I guess it's good for more open people who don't really care about privacy. We care about privacy a lot. There isn't that much space in the room, so we only brought in our essential luggage and left everything else in the car. The beds are hard so, my back ended up hurting from sleeping on it. There are bunk beds, some chairs, a table and a fan. For the free breakfast, they have cereal, coffee, tea, bananas, apples, boiled eggs, muffins, toast, waffles, jams, butter and maple syrup. Breakfast was very crowded and busy at the dining areas. The microwave was trash and broken. Barely works. It seems like everything else works fine... I hope. There's no napkins, just brown paper towel. Well, we didn't enjoy our stay. Maybe you would.