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Elements Hostel

2516 Mission St, Mission district, San Francisco, CA 94110
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2.0 of 5 stars 62 Reviews
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dr_doik
1 review
1 of 5 stars Reviewed October 5, 2011

Where do I start?! Firstly we had payed for a 12 bed doorm (their cheapest and largest room) when we got the room there where 14 beds in there, not a major thing id admit but it just adds to the shoddyness of the place. The lock on the room was damaged and almost never shut. The bathroom lock was... More

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daytripperyeah60713
San Francisco, California
1 review
1 of 5 stars Reviewed September 13, 2011

My partner has bed bug bites from head to toe (including on her face) from staying in this place. I'm lucky that bed bugs don't like me as much and I only have a few bites. Many other guests has similar experiences. More

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1 helpful vote
4 of 5 stars Reviewed September 3, 2011

I only wish I would've discovered this place sooner. More

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Lora D
San Francisco, California
1 review
2 of 5 stars Reviewed August 29, 2011

All I really have to say about this hostel is that you get what you pay for. It is the second cheapest hostel in San Francisco, which is great, but it's not the best. I stayed there for about a week and the first night gave me over 100 bed bug bites all around my body. The vacation was definitely... More

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maya32655
Los Angeles, California
1 review
1 of 5 stars Reviewed July 20, 2011

Bedbugs. And not apologetic about it - that's all I'm gonna say. More

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Stumblein
1 review
1 of 5 stars Reviewed July 18, 2011

There were bed bugs all over. The mattress was gross with yellow dusty smelling sheets and pillow cases. People from the night club underneath had access to the hallways of the hostel. Now im terrified to go home. More

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mumpmump
london
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed July 18, 2011

We were expecting a youth hostel and ended up sharing a number of rooms with older homeless men, although nice people there was no atmosphere whatsoever, nowhere to hang out with the other people in the hostel.... more of a homeless half-way-house with many of the people living there full time in the dorms. The manager was lovely but most... More

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plug-switch
San Francisco, California
1 review
1 of 5 stars Reviewed July 13, 2011

This Hostel is Bedbug ridden,the service is basically non-existent,it's very loud and inhospitable. More

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sturgeonchick
Davis, California
1 review
1 of 5 stars Reviewed July 10, 2011

I stayed here with friends the night of a bachelorette party and we woke up in the middle of the night with bedbugs crawling on us. Actually, the thing that first woke us up was a random guy showing up in our room (we had reserved the whole 6 person dorm room) at 3 am looking for his stuff b/c... More

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Blandolonious
Albuquerque, New Mexico
1 review
1 helpful vote
1 of 5 stars Reviewed June 27, 2011
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Do NOT stay here!! There were bed bugs in my bed and I got bit like crazy. I quarantined my stuff and I thought that I did all I could to stop them but now I'm back home and have a bed bug infestation!! I had to pay $250 (that's the VERY VERY cheapest you'll find) for an exterminator to... More

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