The house rules stated a quiet time from 12am to 8am. I had no issue with that, so I booked my stay. When I arrived, I found out that the downstairs bar would be open until 2am. I didn’t think anything of it until I arrived back at the hostel later in the evening and the music from the lounge was BLASTING, until 2AM. This music was SO LOUD that upstairs, laying in my bunk, I could still hear the music through earplugs, and feel the VIBRATION of the music. This was the worst night’s sleep I have ever experienced in a hostel, of the 30+ hostels I have stayed in over the years.
My complaint isn’t about the hours—it was a Saturday night in Austin, I get it—if I had known this in advance, if the information in the listing was correct, I simply would not have booked a stay here. I recommend updating this information so that it is crystal clear that anyone not partaking in the downstairs activities should plan to not be able to sleep until 2AM.