Milingona City Center Hostel

Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler

Very Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple
  : Good location, lovely and helpful staff, nice breakfast, cute yard.
  : Typically for a hostel, many guests stay up late in the yard, playing music and talking. So it's not easy if you want to go to bed early. Also we wanted to use the washing machine, but that thing needed a cleaning. It was all greasy and smelled moldy. The same smell sticked to the bedsheets and mixed with the sweet fragrance of the washing powder - what an olfactory experience.

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Poor
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  : The location is incredible! Just a short walk from the Skenderbeg square and right next to the bus stop of bus n11. The volunteers were kind, theyd lend me their computer, when I had to do some college stuff.
  : Upon arrival to Tirana, we messaged the hostel asking for bus connections to the place and got no reply for 2 hours, by the time we received said reply, we had already figured it out ourselves and managed to arrive.They showed us around the place, everything seemed fine and chill.We left for the day but when we returned we discovered none of the (multiple) wifi networks were any good. We tried changing locations, switching it on and off, all to no avail.After that we wanted to take a shower but we were disappointed yet again. The shower and the toilet are in the same cabin - no curtain, nothing to separate the toilet seat and the shower head, so the toilet was completely soaked and the floor was very dirty. The shower experience is therefore very unpleasant due to the toilet stinking up the cabin. And on top of that, they charge 100 lek for towels, beware!The room was very stinky as well and my bed cover smelled moist. There was a windowsill behind my head, which I thought would be very convenient, but it was so dirty, that I didnt dare put anything on it.And now, the worst part - we mistakenly trusted them with our laundry.The place is crawling with hippie (australian/british/american) volunteers, who mostly just talk a lot, read their personal poetry out loud at 11pm and sing 2000s hits on guitar and/or ukulele at night. All of this would be okay, if it wasnt in the nighttime and right above the only window of our room.So, we were told, they would do the laundry for us and they handled it accordingly.There is one washing machine, which is in a questionable location and state. Our clothes were left in there through the night, still there in the morning, they only hung them to dry after we asked whether we are supposed to do it ourselves.Turned out that the questionable washing mashine cetrifuge didnt work so the clothes came out soaking wet and terribly smelly, like they forgot to use detergent.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler

Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler

Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler

Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : Great staff and owners. Awesome spaces to hangout and socialize.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : I really enjoyed my stay at the Milingona City Center Hostel. The staff and the owners are super lovely and welcoming. Overall the hostel had a good vibe and it was really easy to get into contact with other travellers. In the evening the volunteers and guests would often sit together and played some music which I really enjoyed :) During the trip I lost my phone and the owner was super lovely and helpful and made sure that I was taken care of. So I really enjoyed my stay and would definitely come back!
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Wonderful
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : Super location, the staff were amazing and helpful , cute yard