Rising Cock - Hostel & Apartments

Overall:

"We all had a really great stay, everyone was super friendly and the staff are so helpful. This is definatly a place to stay if your going to party in Lagos but if you plan on getting alot of sleep I wouldnt recommend it." — source Hostelworld

"great place to stay, beach all day party all night wake up at lunch time to mammas creeps, and do it all over again, great social environment." — source Hostelworld

"It is a very party orientated hostel so i wouldnt recommend it if your just looking for a place to actually sleep." — source Hostelworld

"The Rising Cock is a great place to relax after a long day at the beach and an even better place to party." — source Hostelworld

"overall it had the perfect mix of what a hostel should - i would highly recommend to anyone." — source Hostelworld

Clean:

"the rooms are clean and comfortable and the crepes and lemon tea in the morning are exactly what you need after a heavy night." — source Hostelworld

"The main hostel building was overbooked, so they moved us to a nearby apartment, which was cool, but not especially clean." — source Hostelworld

"With consideration of how much partying goes on here, Mama does a good job keeping the facilities clean." — source Hostelworld

"But if you want a nice, clean place and a bit of peace and quiet, i wouldnt recommend it." — source Hostelworld

"WIFI, great staff, clean and Mama makes the best crepes and lemon tea EVERY morning." — source Hostelworld

Service:

"Very friendly staff, good atmosphere, but maybe a couple of euros too expensive for what you get." — source Hostelworld

"really friendly staff, great lounge/outdoor area upstairs." — source Hostelworld

"very friendly staff always willing to help." — source Hostelworld

Location:

"Common room/outdoor area provides a buzzy atmosphere to mingle. Fabulous location to the night life and 10 minute walk to the magnificant beaches." — source Hostelworld

"When u see the slideshow in the lobby of half-naked spring breakers doing body shots, u see its a Spring Break or summer location for sure." — source Hostelworld

"Access to internet and movies was a huge plus, and the location brings you right to the center of town and five minutes from the beach." — source Hostelworld

"The location was great and in very close proximity of some fantastic beaches and food (not to mention bars)." — source Hostelworld

"Perfect location, fun staff, great parties at night and amazing beaches to chill hard at during the day." — source Hostelworld

"The food is fantastic and very reasonably priced." — source Hostelworld

"Fun hostel and mama was lovely and clearly made an effort to put similar people in rooms together. Our room was noisy next to the reception though and the door vibrated a lot." — source Hostelworld

"Just beware that the booking online will most likely not correspond with the actual room you stay in. We booked a 4 person room and ended up staying in a 12 person." — source Hostelworld

"When we turned up to the hostel Mama had given our room to someone else and tried to bully us into accepting another of much lower standard than that we had paid for." — source Hostelworld

"cons - extremely overpriced, dirty, crowded/hot rooms, poor security. there were aussies doing coke in the rooms almost every night i was there." — source Hostelworld

"Two of the lockers in our room were damaged as if someone had tried to break in and I know people had in other rooms had things stolen." — source Hostelworld