This place is awesome if you're looking for a cheaper option then staying right in the heart of Venice. It's much less expensive than hotels in the city and costs only 1,30 euro to take the train into Venice (about 6min.). Mestre has a lovely downtown where we really enjoyed walking around and getting great gelato. We even stumbled across a lovely photography exhibition there, and it's a nice place to just have a relaxing walk in the morning/evening with some beautiful architecture as well. The hostel itself was really more like a super cool hotel with dorm rooms. It's a two minute walk from the train station, has 24 hour reception (with hosts that answer all your questions and give great local suggestions), there's a place to do laundry (costs money), the kitchen was lovely and spacious, the rooms were super clean, they have a bar downstairs where you can also get pizza, and lot's of different rooms to do work/relax in a cool atmosphere. Overall, really enjoyed my stay here and if I ever come back to Venice I would definitely stay here again. Recommending it to all my backpacking friends!