20 Reviews of Gecko Hostel

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• 27/02/08, 05:02
  17 -7

  Mark Untersander

  It's really a great place: lovely staff an nice guests. I wanted to stay there for about 3 days - and ended up staying for more than a week...

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• 26/02/09, 12:27
  9 0

  Amanda

  I really loved my stay here, wish it could have been longer! The staff are all very nice and helpful. I especially love the rooftop patio, perfect for asados and just relaxation!

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• 27/02/12, 14:29
  1 0

  Sandy Van Coninckxloey

  Staff is really friendly and helpfull. Bathrooms could be cleaner but when you have a lot of people who need to shower around the same time it is not easy off course. In general it is a really nice hostel close to the parks, bars and restaurants.

  25-35 | Female

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• 05/04/10, 19:05
  7 0

  Niko

  EXCELENTE HOSTEL!!! Son una gran familia, unos gandes amigos, un perfecto lugar para que la vida en Buenos Aires, sea aun mejor!! La atencion, la gente, la buena onda, la comodidad, el bar, las terrazas, la musica, el arte, las jodas y el desayuno son cosas que siempre recordare!! Realmente son UNA EXPERIENCIA DE VIDA! GECKO LO MEJOR!! un abrazo

  18-24 | Male

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• 20/12/11, 02:07
  0 -3

  Alessandro Girotto

  The place is disgusting, the bed was full of hair as well as the bathroom, even found dog shit and pee in the stairs. Very noisy and poor breakfast. Don't trust pictures on the website. Pity because the building has lot of potential.

  25-35 | Male

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• 24/12/10, 07:53
  1 0

  Marla

  The moment I arrived at the doorstep of Gecko, I know right away that this is the perfect place for me. The place is filled with charm and energy. I like the rooms especially the bathrooms. And the people are great!

  Austria | 35-45 | Female

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• 17/01/11, 23:59
  0 -6

  Samuel Hussey-Smith

  Nice communal areas, and a nice bar. Handy location in a trendy suburb. While the staff at this hostel were generally friendly and helpful, there were a number of aspects to Gecko Hostel that I found very disappointing. First of all, the double rooms are extremely small, and the beds are absolutely awful (thin mattresses, very old) and tiny (my feet touched the end of the bed), definitely the worst I've slept in during my four months travel. The rooms are also - at least in Summer - really uncomfortably and unpleasantly hot, so much so that most people have to sleep with the doors open. I started dreading coming back to the room. There is very little privacy also. For some reason, our room didn't have curtains, like all other double rooms. When I raised this with a staff member and asked whether we could get curtains she told me 'There are no curtains in that room'. I went looking around the hostel and found a store room with spare curtains, so took them and put them into my room. The dorm rooms looked reasonably comfortable. They also have a bizarre door system, where you have to get a staff member to physically unlock the front door to get in and out of the hostel, and you often have to wait to leave because a staff member isn't at the reception desk. I have no idea why they do this, when it's so easy to install an electric unlocking door. It's fairly clean, but I know there are definitely better hostels in BA - for the reasons above, I wouldn't recommend Gecko Hostel.

  Australia | 25-35 | Male

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• 10/06/09, 20:49
  3 0

  Phillip

  Fun hostel, relaxing and comfortable too. Hot water, clean rooms and they have laundry services available. Very friendly staff!

  Australia | 18-24 | Male

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• 31/12/10, 14:45
  0 -1

  Reema Hamdan

  Nice staff, nice rooms but if you want to party and experience the nightlife of BS then def give this place a skip.

  Australia | 25-35 | Female

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• 01/08/10, 02:11
  1 -5

  Carla De Maria

  The rooms are extremely cold. Don't go here if you're looking for somewhere warm. Also, there is a lack of lockers, so it's first in best dressed if you want a locker.

  Australia | 18-24 | Female

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• 25/01/11, 12:43
  2 -1

  christopher Bourlon

  We stayed four night in Gecko in summer. The location was great, just next to nice bars and restaurants. Even if we felt like in an oven in the four-bed dormitory, the place was quiet enough. Staff was great, and it was easy to get to know other backpackers. The kitchen and the bar helped to feel a bit more at home.

  Belgium | 18-24 | Male

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• 10/06/09, 20:48
  4 0

  Travis

  This is definitely one of those hostels where you plan to stay a few days and somehow end up still there 2 weeks later...its just that great a place. You really feel at home when you walk in the doors and the hostel is really spacious but comfortable and cozy at the same time. Big reception area with computers, nice bar area, comfy living room with TV and comfy chairs, and huge rooftop area with parrilla.

  Canada | 25-35 | Male

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• 10/06/09, 20:47
  5 0

  Tim

  Best location, right in the heart of Palermo Soho. Lots of great bars and restaurants just blocks away. Plaza Serrano is really close too, make sure you check out the crafts fair on the weekends, great place to get souvenirs.

  United Kingdom | 25-35 | Male

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• 10/06/09, 20:48
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  Jan

  I loved the bar area, its perfect for enjoying your breakfast in the morning and also happy hour in the afternoon.

  United Kingdom | 25-35 | Female

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• 06/04/11, 10:26
  0 0

  Arvind Kumar

  Decent hostel in a good part of town. They have well-sized lockers and helpful staff (after a bit of prompting). I was in a dorm which was fine. Not that many people here though - maybe it's not high season.

  United Kingdom | 18-24 | Male

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• 10/06/09, 20:48
  5 0

  Kelly

  Amazing staff are so friendly! Cecilia and Juan, thanks again for everything! We met so many great people here, it was hard to say goodbye.

  New Zealand | 25-35 | Female

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• 14/12/10, 02:53
  1 0

  Emie

  The moment I arrived at the doorstep of Gecko, I know right away that this is the perfect place for me. The place is filled with charm and energy. I like the rooms especially the bathrooms. And the people are great!

  Philippines | 18-24 | Female

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• 21/10/09, 17:15
  1 -7

  Alex Gusu

  Very friendly staff. Party atmosphere inside. But the reservation was not so successfull. I've booked via minihostels.com a double room with ac and private bath and when i arrived i got a small dirty room with shared bathroom. (queue was huge at bathroom because hostel was full). They said the reservation didn't come through correctly because i've booked with minihostels.com. (allthough i think it was just an excuse)

  Romania | 25-35 | Male

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• 04/01/11, 03:47
  0 0

  Karishma Shah

  The hostel had a great staff and fulfilled the requirements of a good hostel. I wouldnt say its the best Ive seen or the cleanest.Overall good value for the price you pay.

  United States | 25-35 | Female

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• 15/03/10, 07:20
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  cory niu

  really nice staff and close to a very happening party of city. only thing i didn't really like were the bathrooms which were a little funky

  United States | 25-35 | Male

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