I recently went away for five nights with 3 other friends for an architectural visit. We chose Mad Hostel as it was reasonably priced and quite close to the city. We were more than wrong - it was VERY close! The underground is less than a minute away, and you're about 10 minutes away from the buzzing plaza of Mercado... More

I just spent one day in this hostel. I had a 6 people mixed room with toilet. Every room has personal compartment where you can safe store your stuff. The room was very small but clean. The reception gave us all the information required (they spoke english and italian with us). The breakfast is ok: not a big choice (a... More

Overall, this is a really simple youth hostel, without much atmosphere. There is a toilet/shower block with showers that spurt for about 20 seconds at a time, and nowhere to put dry items down. The 6 bed dorms are a little small, with no extra floor space, and the lockers, while secure, are not big enough for a full/large backpack,... More

A friend and I stayed had booked accommodation in Madrid in a little family-owned hotel but due to inavailability on the first night of our stay in Madrid, we booked one night at Mad Hostel. We were both really grateful that we only stayed one night too. The staff were relatively helpful and the hostel offers a breakfast and free... More

I stayed there in 2009. I found tick in my bed and another passenger told that she had the same problem. So check your bed before hand. Breakfast was not that bad.

This is my first time backpacking in europe. My spouse and I and our daughter stayed in Paris and Barcelona in a couple of fairly nice hostels. This hostel stank of diesel our first night. We asked the staff to check in the morning and they indicated they did not smell anything. Then they said they thought someone was painting... More

This place looks great on paper but it's not, it's woeful! It COULD be great if it were run by decent staff, but it's not. From the moment we arrived we felt like a nuisance. It took about 15 minutes to check in 4 people... not sure why. There are absolutely no leaflets or tourist information and none of the... More

Bed linen were filthy (with pieces of hair) and I got biten around 15 times overnight (limbs, belly, back, feet). According to the pharmacist those were flea bites. Yuck !! You can imagine my panic, I left the place as quickly I could to flee the fleas and had to clean all my stuff. I shall add that a week... More

I don't know what all the bad reviews are about the room I stoped in was fine six beds and still plenty of room and I didn't find the staff at all rude they were very helpfull the common room was a great place to meet people good lockers and the pub crawl they organise from cat hostel is great