This was my first experience staying in a mixed dorm and it was a very positive one. The pods make it private, and if you climb into the pod and pull the curtain across the end it feels more like you have your own very small room. There were good-sized lockers either under your pod or at the end of the room, and the bathrooms (separate male and female) were right next door and very clean most of the time. The kitchen was well equipped with all cooking and eating equipment and utensils. It does not have an oven or a freezer.