My first time staying at a hostel and glad for the experience! Stayed for 7 days.
Pros:
- Affordable
- Met 1-2 new travelers in my room each night, got to swap stories, origins, travels, work talk (met fellow web devs). I wanted this experience as I solo-traveled and met cool people. Got to do a little networking and just hanging out and talking.
- Good internet connection working remotely 4 days remote desktop + vpn in bar area. I think my vpn connection broke only one time during stay.
- Polite and personable staff, would pour me complimentary coffee during my morning work, make small talk
- Later check in, but they did hold my bag at no extra charge so I could explore the city until I was able to check in.
- Daily bathroom cleaning
- Stove top, microwave, toasting amenities and shared refrigerator to store food.
- Lockers and $3 rent lock, no one messed with my stuff.
- Card operated rooms, password-locked bathroom
- Very convenient location downtown, 3 block walk from union station where I arrived in Denver.
- Neat interior decoration/vibe. I stayed in the "motorcycle room".
- Bed was comfortable
- No one killed me in my sleep lol
Cons:
- Parties extremely loud. As a light sleeper, I could get as little as 3-4 hours of sleep, and as a non-party'er, I hated it. From what I hear, parties are a hostel thing and not just a Hostel Fish thing.
- Bathrooms a with varying disgust level post-party. Again, from guests, not really Hostel Fish. I'd wait until after daily morning cleaning to take my shower, then I was just fine.
Overall, not sure I want to do another hostel for a while, but from what I understand about hostels, I'd rate this high on the list and worth checking out. If you do like to party, this might be your paradise :)