Chicago International Hostel

Overall:

"and why was it closed between 11-3 it has a terrible hostel and i wouldnt recommend this to anyone, just pay a few dollaras more it will be worth it." — source Hostelworld

"I am glad I have stayed there and will probably stay there again next time I am in Chicago." — source Hostelworld

"Overall impression absolutely positive." — source Hostelworld

"We would not recommend it." — source Hostelworld

"Overall it was good." — source Hostelworld

Clean:

"The shower in the room was not working and the room was not cleaned during our stay there though we were told that it will be cleaned between 11AM to 2 PM everyday." — source Hostelworld

"I spent a few more dollars and got a private room/shower, but even then it looked like the sink hadn\\\'t even been wiped down or cleaned in weeks or months." — source Hostelworld

"dirty, unfriendly personnel,you don't get a key for your room, you have to leave the hostel from 11am to 2 pm-"because they are cleaning" but they are not." — source Hostelworld

"In the week I stayed there, the public bathrooms were not cleaned a single time, the rooms are really shabby, and the rooms don't have locks." — source Hostelworld

"Rooms are clean enough to sleep, bathrooms could do with a bit more work but are fine, location is quite far from the center of town." — source Hostelworld

Service:

"Miles away from downtown, and you\\\\\\\'d think that\\\\\\\'d be an incentive to improve on other things, such as customer service." — source Hostelworld

"but helpful staff and ok location." — source Hostelworld

"Specially since on the online receipt it mentions I needed to pay 22 + 2(service) - 4." — source Hostelworld

Location:

"The location could be better, you are pretty far from downtown and right next to the metro which will come every 5 min." — source Hostelworld

"It's about 4 hours walkway from downtown so if you pick this hostel for the price, remember that you'll need about $4." — source Hostelworld

"Probably the worst thing was the location, about a 30 minute metro ride from any major Chicago destination." — source Hostelworld

"No lockers, poor location (with respect to downtown Chicago), and yea it wasn't very fun there." — source Hostelworld

"If you have a car location is ok if not i dont know how to make it to downtown." — source Hostelworld

"A good hostel, but if you book through hostelworld they will try to get you to pay full price at arrival (ignoring the deposit you have already made)." — source Hostelworld

"Excellent value; very comfortable; feels like home." — source Hostelworld

"I had low expectations given the cheap price, but what I saw was way below acceptable standards for an accommodation in a developed country." — source Hostelworld

"Management is obviously clueless--they couldn't make change when I checked in, I couldn't have a key to my private room, they couldn't find my info to allow me to check out quickly, and the place was frankly a total dump." — source Hostelworld

"This hostel was okay, one of the few that had a private room, which was nice. I didn\'t like that a staff person had to let you in because they don\'t give you a key to your room, but other hostels do that too." — source Hostelworld

"Hostel was being decorated at the time of stay so I couldn't really relax as I would lke to but all staff members were friendly and helpful although the lack of a personal key for room was a bit of a pain." — source Hostelworld

"Strangely, guests do not have a key, the manager have one key for all rooms. When you need to get into the room, the worker goes and opens the door." — source Hostelworld