Alternative Hostel of Old Montreal Inc.

One of the best hostels i have been in. Clean, safe, organized, fun. Friendly staff. Ask for local recommendations and they gladly help. I wish the common area stayed open all night. The common area is always quite live and bright, you really enjoy the time you hang out in there. There is free coffee and books, you can spend hours without even noticing. They are always playing hip music, which makes the ambience even more fun. There are tables and chairs that are just the right height to work on your laptop without getting a back pain. And the are couches to lounge on on the cozy corner. The common space is clearly designed for efficiency and collaboration. The tenants are fun and chill. The most lovely ones seem to be using French all the time but they can converse in English just fine too. The whole space is very clean; shower area is off limits for shoes which means the area remains very, get clean. The toilets are clean and has always smelled nice. No food allowed in the rooms but you have plenty of room to make your own food and have them in the kitchen area. Quiet hour after 12:30am. The is no parking. If you need parking, there are public pay parking lots nearby. However you can use the street parking which is free overnight. Parking cops don't seem to be super vigilant around here about meters, but be sure to check parking restrictions, you will surely be ticketed or worse, towed away if you make an illegal parking.
7 years ago (19-11-2017)

I recently spent 7 nights at this hostel and it was great! The location is great; it was nice to be right in Old Montreal. It was a quiet and laid-back environment; the common room was a good place to sit and relax for a bit and the kitchen was well-equipped to make meals. I stayed in the rose room; it had 6 beds with storage underneath, a fan and an air conditioner for the nighttime. The bathrooms and showers were shared with all rooms on the floor, but I never experienced a lineup more than a couple of minutes, and I saw staff cleaning the bathrooms and rooms on a daily basis. If I come back to Montreal again, I will definitely be booking a room here.
7 years ago (03-08-2017)

Competitively-priced, well-located, and friendly atmosphere. I had no problems with the management or the other residents. It is a bit dirty though and privacy, even for a hostel, is quite lacking.
7 years ago (03-02-2018)

Great place to stay. Nice location and is kept clean
7 years ago (02-04-2018)

Location is great. Walking distance to everything. Be prepared for many, many stairs! There's no elevator so try to pack relatively lightly. Also, no air conditioning. Summers are hot as hell. Kind of sad when the room is hotter than outside. Showers are awesome. Stayed in a four person dorm and it was small, but nice. Great to have privacy curtains for the bottom bunks. One thing of note though was the cleaning. We had a bit of a special set up as we had a group of 4, and we booked out a 4 person room. So it was a big shock to us when we woke up at 10am to a lady to let herself in to empty the garbage. At one point, we came back to the hostel during the afternoon and saw our door wide open, with one of the ladies cleaning out the fan by our stuff. We didn't lose anything, but it was alarming for sure. Make sure to lock your things up, even if you're in a room with only people you know.
7 years ago (23-07-2017)