Baron's Hostel

I am reposting this as the owner rudely taken down my previous review but I will not stop until this hostel is closed and no one stays here as I wouldn’t want anyone to experience what I did. What a terrible stay I experienced at this …

What a terrible stay I experienced at this hostel. I would do anything to not stay another night in this hostel. To begin the lift was unsafe and moved up and down with the doors still open, although this major safety concern was casually brushed off by the hotel worker. To add to the safety concerns the fire doors would be unsafe in event of a fire as the fire door would not open unless a certain technique was used. This concern was once again brushed off by the worker who told us that it would be fixed tomorrow, but that is irrelevant. The stay however was absolutely terrible. To begin the night we found that the extension cables were linked together like Christmas lights, which is a big big fire hazard, and I think the owner should check his facts before attacking one of his guests about his previous claim in their review. Futhermore when I was in the hallway I was rudely told to be quiet by a drunk guest, which I think is simply unacceptable around school children. The showers reeked which the owner claims to be a common thing, although I haven’t experienced it at the other hotels I’ve stayed at in Iceland, my towel also disappeared so I think the owner must have stolen it as some kind of practical joke. To top of my stay I was disgusted to find the owner unblocking the sink with his hands, to which he then used to open up the bread for breakfast. Proper grim. a place like this must be closed immediately!

As reading the review by Tim Boka I fully agree with him as we both shared the same experience . I find the owners response as an outrage as he comes to a realisation of how horrible and unsafe his hostel is . You should not stay here if you take safety somewhat seriously as plugging multiple extension leads into each forming a daisy chain is highly dangerous which the owner disregarded which is highly concerning . The hostel was not clean as there was rotten food in the fridge with urine stench in the toilet blended with eggy water making the bathroom revolting . The rooms were dirty and dangerous with exposed wires and daisy chain of extension leads making me fear a fire could occur . No lights in the emergency stairwell was highly concerning as well as the ancient lift which felt unsafe as we were trapped in there for 10 min. As there people under the age 18 staying seeing a prostitute walking around which is rather concerning . The owner disregard some of the concerns bought to him about the emergency door not working and lights not working . This hostel is a truly terrible place with staff have no concerns for safety .