The place is just as advertised, eight beds distributed among two rooms, one of them sharing space with the kitchen. It does have incredibly good value given its location (5 minutes walk to either Rue Saint Maur or Parmentier station, also very close to Republique) and given that it's in Paris.
You have a bookstore in front of the apartment, two supermarkets nearby and plenty of restaurants (from a wide range of international cuisine), bars, patisseries in the neighborhood.
Now, the negatives: the check-in was atrocious, I never met Ruth either when checking in or when I checked out of the room, I just never heard from her again. She left me and another guest waiting outside the door of the building and we were only saved by another guest that was just leaving and happened to open the door. We were then welcomed by a French man that spoke very little English (or Spanish for that matter) and wasn't in the best mood apparently. Very unwelcoming.
On the other hand, I met some exceptional people over there and I will fondly remember our late conversations, reuniting people from Chile, New Zealand, Lithuania, Bangladesh, Brazil and the US in the kitchen.