NW Hostel

Fair
Traveller Type: young couple
  : Nice location in a very quiet area of the Vasilevsky island.Our private room was quite nice and clean with large sleeping area upstairs.
  : 1) The staff is not very nice nor welcoming. The girl at the reception barely looked at us during our check-in and she asked us to pay for the registration of our VISA, which eventually turned out to be useless (as we pointed her out ourselves!!). Most of the people in the staff seems only interested in texting without even looking at their guests.2) We had breakfast included in our reservation...but we ended up having it mostly outside the hostel since it is not very good and not worth the money! It includes only tea and pancakes, “cheesecakes” out of the freezer...with no coffee included (100 rbl!).3) We had the intention of cooking something in the common room, but we quickly changed our mind once we saw the condition of the frying pans and grills: very oily and dirty!4) No map of the city is present in the hostel and there is no helpful indication for guests. 5) The hostel is located in a building situated in the courtyard of a palace which contains several shops, bars and some unclear activities.Overall: we recommend this place only to young and not pretentious backpackers who don’t mind living in such a place for few days and do not expect too many smiles from the staff.

Good
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : Nice decoration and helpful stuff
  : Beds are not comfortable and fridgeder is not enough

Good
Traveller Type: review category business travellers
  : Staff was very friendly and pleasant, so I felt there like at home or with old friends. Breakfasts were made of semimanufactures, however, they were cheap.I lived in a capsule room, and at first I was very surprised by its too small size (when I was sitting, I could touch the ceiling) and by the way to get there (by ladder). By then I get used to it, everything was ok, there was a ventilation system there, sleep was quiet, convenient and excellent. But don't expect you can live there with a huge suitcase:)There were two bathrooms, and when one of them was occupied, someone could go to another one.
  : I don't know. Of course, everyone loves a lot of comfort, big rooms, individual toilet and bathroom and so on. However, it was a hostel; it was presumably known, what to expect. Prices complied the quality.

Good
Traveller Type: young couple
  : I liked it being just over the bridge from the centre.
  : Hated the fact it was so hard to find at first, right left right left and turns out other way.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : Staff is friendly and continuously inspect the well being of the property. Very central location at the tip of Vasilievsky Island! Beds have a very thin but very comfortable mattress, at least for me!
  : Sometimes you have to wait long for the bathroom.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: solo traveller

Good
Traveller Type: review category business travellers

Wonderful
Traveller Type: review category business travellers

Excellent
Traveller Type: with friends
  : Perfect location with great views and no tourists

Very Good
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : I stayed at NW for two weeks in total. Staff was very friendly and attentive to the cleanliness of the place which had a cozy atmosphere in general.
  : I stayed in a capsule room for 3 days and this capsule has serious problems when you are trying to get into it. It has a large support bar in the middle which makes the space even smaller. I realized that the condition of other capsules are far better than the one I stayed in, I ended up switching to a bunker room with many people instead. The ladder I had to climb to access the capsule was also not comfortable and gave me a scar.