Victoria Hotels in North Park

Cons: This is used more as an affordable housing option for locals than for travellers. Paper thin walls (we were kept up in our private room by the guy snoring next door), the mattresses are the plastic kind used to prevent bed bugs, the bathrooms are covered in mold, and most of the appliances in the kitchen were not even working. The owner tries to fill the place with as many people as possible, including closet-sized rooms without windows and heating (I honestly have no idea how this is legal). Pay whatever the extra money is and stay somewhere else - we are kicking ourselves for not doing so.

Pros: Cute building. Within walking distance to everything we wanted to do and see! Very nice lady running the place. Awesome price!

Cons: Be cautious while walking after dark, especially if alone. Very thin walls. I would recommend earplugs as neighbors may be noisy and there was noisy foot traffic on the street at night. Hidden fees: $1 per towel $20 cash only key deposit (returned upon check-out .. if checking out after hours, talk to front desk - we returned our key and received the deposit the night before we left).

Pros: It was close to city

Cons: It had 2 broken toilets 1 toilet had no lid to close on the toilet & the seat that was there, was wired on & moved when you sat on it. The other toilet had the top lid on the water tank missing. There was only ONE microwave & it was broken & it looked like they had no intention of fixing ANYTHING The bathrooms also not clean & they had 2 little hooks & NO shelf at all in the shower to put ANYTHING on. The mop & bucket was left in the hall & the mop was filthy. How can you clean ANYTHING with something that is FILTHY. Towels in the kitchen were filthy also. So glad I had my own cup. The toilet smelt worse than ANY public toilet I have been in. Unfortunately I had payed for my 4 nights on line. To top it off ..... the staff were very unhappy & not friendly at all. I thought maybe they were having a bad day .... However ....4 bad days in a row I will stop raving now.

Pros: The owner was very welcoming. It's not the greatest hostel I've ever stayed at but I was pretty happy with the single room I got. It was exactly what I needed. The area itself is in what seems to be the ghetto of Victoria. I usually found trash around where I parked my car. Along with some interesting characters. But if you're ok with that like I am, you'll be fine. They don't bother you at all.

Cons: The whole place had an interesting odour which wasn't always pleasant but you eventually just get used to it.

Cons: Well the staff is bad at communication. I came the building was locked and the lights out. I wake up the next morning to message saying they waited for me to come last night.

Pros: The location

Cons: It was cold

Pros: Sue, the owner, was very kind and the hostel is close to Downtown making it easy to use as s base when exploring.

Cons: As the hostel was full it seemed like there were not enough bathrooms. On the second floor there is only one for around ten rooms.