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Reviews of The ASH - Hostel

2 out of 5
The ASH - Hostel
Italiëlei 237-239, Antwerp

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 93 out of 330 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 162 out of 330 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 49 out of 330 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 16 out of 330 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 10 out of 330 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Hossam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very good
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Amod, Olathe

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Freddy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Hostel
I stayed in a 3 bed room as I was traveling through Antwerp as part of longer trip. The hostel was nice and my budget. My only compliant has nothing to do with the hostel itself (a guy wouldnt turn the light off way into the night). I would stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
Response from The ASH on 18 Oct 2022
Hi Freddy, we are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your stay. Next time please let uw know if there are problems in the room or with other guest so we can help and look for a solution.

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Brand new hostel with amazing kitchen for Backpackers.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from The Ash Operations Team on 29 Jul 2022
Hi there, Thanks for this feedback of your recent stay. We are glad that you had a pleasant experience with us and our facilities helped you make the most of your stay. We hope to see you again in the future. Kind regards, The Ash Operations Team

10/10 Excellent

Teun

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location, few minutes walk of the central station, this however also has the downside that it can be noisy outside in the night. Furthermore, it can be hot in the room in the summer.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022
Response from The ASH on 3 Aug 2022
Hi, Thank you for the review and the fact that you point out our excellent location within walking distance of all the main buildings in Antwerp. The rooms can indeed be hot but we provide fans at the reception so definitely ask for one on your next visit. Have a great day.

10/10 Excellent

Clare

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location, clean comfortable room
Excellent hostel, exceptionally clean, better than expected for a city centre hostel. Fab location, would definitely recommend and stay again
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022
Response from The ASH on 29 Jun 2022
Hi, Thank you for the great review, we'll be happy to welcome you again in the future.

8/10 Good

Christian, Reuland

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice hostel perfect for short stays for those in a budget. Clean rooms and very central. Very helpful staff.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2022
Response from The Ash Operations Team on 11 May 2022
Hi there, Thank you for your wonderful review. We are pleased that you appreciated the high standards and quality service which we strive to uphold. This kind feedback will motivate the entire team to continue pursuing excellence in all that we do. We are very pleased you found our prices competitive for the quality services we deliver. We hope to see you again in the future. Kind regards, The Ash Operations Team

4/10 Poor

Gary mabley

Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
Response from The Ash Operations Team on 29 Nov 2021
Dear Gary, Thank you for rating your recent stay. Unfortunately, it seems that we did not meet all your expectations. We would appreciate it if you could provide us with some more information. We hope to welcome you back for a return visit, Best regards, The Ash Operations Team

10/10 Excellent

Erik

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Meher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Georgios

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice choise
Good location and price. Fast wifi. Friendly staff
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Richard, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A nice centrally located hostel with basic but good rooms at a good price. I had a twin room with bathroom, which suited my needs perfectly.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Dywain

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
3 lovely days in Antwerp
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Response from The ASH on 24 Dec 2019
Hi Dywain, Thanks for your stay at our hostel. Looking forward seeing you again. Wish you all the best for 2020!

10/10 Excellent

P

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A Great Hostel
v frien dly, cheerful & helpful staff. Simple but v tastey breakfast. Will definitely stay here again.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bedbugs!
Pillow, blanket, and bed were dirty and had multiple stains on them. I didn't use the blanket as it seems most hostels in Europe don't wash them between guests. I watched as housekeeping placed new linens on the bed, but didn't change out the blankets on any of the beds. Gross. I barely slept after I found bedbugs crawling around. The bathroom is in the room which sometimes can be a good thing, but this one had a frosted wall in the shower so every time someone used the bathroom in the middle of the night, the bright light would wake them up. Plus, horrible construction right outside the hostel. Spend more money and stay elsewhere. Not recommended.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from The ASH team on 20 Jul 2019
Dear guest, This is a great rating. Thank you! We look forward to welcoming you again. Best regards,

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2019
Response from The ASH team on 20 Jul 2019
Dear guest, Thanks for giving us a perfect rating. We are happy we were able to cater to all your needs. We look forward to welcoming you again. Best regards,

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Micaela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hostel!
The ASH hostel has a nice location close to the train station, and just a 20 minute walk from the city center. The decoration and building are new and have a modern feeling to it, which is nice. Staff are friendly and glad to help if they can. This is one of the few hostels that I've seen around Europe that has an elevator which is quite comfortable if you're traveling with heavy luggage. Kitchen is fully equipped and has plenty of space for several people to cook or do the dishes at the same time. Communal areas are clean and spacious, with a little patio on the back to enjoy during the summer. Rooms and beds are okay, quite roomy and comfortable, though I have to say that it was pretty uncomfortable to sit up in my bed (I was the bottom one from a bunk bed) since my head would bump with the upper bunk bed. Other than that, my stay at the hostel was lovely (I stayed for just one night) and would definitely go back again.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

KAZUKI

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Felt good impression with a staff with friendly smile at check in
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly, basic and clean
Friendly youth hostel with private rooms. Basic, clean and easy. We stayed in a double room with private bath. Great view of the avenue below.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
You may try to sleep there
No power socket nearing the bed for charging !!! No daily room cleanup, I still saw those used thing in 3 bed dom. Also there is not a heating at room's toilet. No space for luggage or you have to rent a lock. Kitchen is available at fisrt flood, you cab have a simple breakfast there.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location. Staff were kind. Also our room was clean and really enjoyed our stay there :)
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hostel is located near main Railway station. The rooms are not cleaned everyday. Kitchen is open till 23.00 only.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Location of Hostel is in central area near Railway station. But can not recommend it for a long stay.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hostel is quite big. But not too much comfortable.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Austen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

King, SF, us

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hostel with excellet location, very basic that's all you need !
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good Place for a good price
Good place with appropriate facilities and nice staff. I stayed in a four-person dorm and had a fine experience with all amenities in good condition. Nothing exceptional, but its reasonable price already tells you that.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from Djamila Lambertus on 14 Nov 2018
Hi Guest, Thank you for your feedback. We really appreciate it. Best regards,

10/10 Excellent

Nick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Simple and attentive place, Great Location
The ASH was great. From reservation, to making a slight change, to check in, during the stay and checking out. The room was very simple, was clean. There is a kitchen to use. If you go there knowing that it is no frills you will be happy. Yes it was noisy but it is noisy EVERYWHERE near there as there is massive construction occurring, this is not the fault of ASH. Highly recommend.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Djamila Lambertus on 14 Nov 2018
Hi Nick Thank you for your feedback. We really appreciate it. Best regards,

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Spacious room and clean toilet. There is a closet, a fridge and a large table in the room. The revision room and the kitchen is nice. However I have found a bug on my linen. The location is quite convenient, less than 10 minutes to the train station.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Response from The ASH Team on 19 Sept 2018
Hi Thanks for your review and comments. All the best The ASH Team

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2018
Response from The ASH Team on 30 Aug 2018
Thanks for your rating

8/10 Good

Jocelyn, Los Angeles, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The city's construction made it hard to get around (not that it's The ASH's fault), but I do love its proximity to the town center. The room was fairly clean but it was hot with no AC so we had to leave the windows open, resulting in me getting bug bites. Overall, the worst part about the stay was the noisw from the other residents. With the windows open, at 1am I couldn't sleep because they were outside talking and drinking. But I met a cool group of people and the staff was awesome. So the unconfortable, interrupted sleep wasn't so so bad.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2018
Response from The ASH Team on 30 Aug 2018
Hi Jocelyn Thanks for your comments. We are sorry the recent heat wave inconvenienced you during your sleep. We don't have AC as we only ever get a few warm days like this in a year and the investment would not be viable. Glad you met some nice people and that you found our team "awesome" Hope to welcome you again soon

8/10 Good

Camille, California

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Conveniently located for my travels, day staff were friendlier than the night staff, perhaps they were tired as we all get once in a while. Complimentary shampoo/conditioner would have been nice.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018
Response from The ASH Team on 30 Aug 2018
Hi Camille Thanks for your feedback, glad you enjoyed the location and and the interactions with our team! Shame you found the night team less friendly, this shouldn't happen We are looking into Shampoo dispensers but haven't found a good solution yet

8/10 Good

CYRIL SEAN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from The ASH Team on 30 Aug 2018
Thanks Sean Cyril

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The shower in the room was really small with toilets on the same space, bad itself didn't looked that clean
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
Response from The ASH on 15 Jul 2018
Hi Not sure how to respond, yes we are a Hostel where all rooms have ensuite bathrooms with toilets and showers and sinks which are together in 1 room, this is pretty usual!? However apologies for the not so clean experience, this is not great and I hope it wasn't after the Housekeeping has been to the room. Sometimes, in dorms it happens that other guests don't always leave it the same way they found it. Hope to welcome you again in the future. The ASH Team

6/10 Okay

Z, HK

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
budget accomodation
room looks the same as the photo but cleanliness is just so so. it was quite noisy when roommates take shower during late night since the bathroom is inside the room. the bunk bed is not that stable and sounds come out when the upper one turn around during sleep, it even made me awake
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2018

6/10 Okay

Daphné, Montréal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Big hostel with lots of people who like to party during the night. It is not my case as I like to sleep well when travelling. Also, only one washing machine for the whole hostel, not enough. Staff was very friendly and helpful though.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

2/10 Terrible

sav, united Kingdom

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rubbish hostel .It's not a hotel
Didn't stay Pictures misleading Still took money off me though
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2018
Response from The Ash on 27 Mar 2018
Dear Nicolas Thank you for your rating and review following your recent visit to The ASH. You mentioned during our conversation you would write negative reviews on all websites available to you, this is your right however you tried to use it as blackmail so you would get your money back. This is something we don't accept at all and therefore I refused to further discuss any other possible resolution with you. Additionally we have been advised that this is not the first time you do this by the organisation through which you booked your stay, during our conversation with you I have made you aware of this feedback we have received about you. In detail about your experience and your above review: We offered to close the window and increase the heating but at that stage you already decided you were leaving and we could do nothing further for you.... You will also notice that the vast majority of our guests find us to be reasonably priced and actually good value for money. 22,5 EUR per person per night in a private 4-bed dorm with ensuite bathroom is a fair and correct rate during a city wide weekend event where we and most other Hostels and Hotels were completely full. And yes we are a Hostel as you write and not a Hotel, the rating on Google is not given by us, but by Google or other guests. A Hostel provides limited service and functional furniture, in order to be able to charge affordable rates. We are sorry we didn't live up to your expectations but can do nothing further for you. The ASH Team

8/10 Good

Ma Cynthia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Location is good. Walking distance to the Train Station. There is a vendo machine should you feel hungry/thirsty. Washing machine only accepts 2Eur coins and the Dryer only accepts 50cents - so keep those coins if you plan to do laundry. Bfast is 5Eur - not so many options but still good & cheap compared to eating out. All the staff I encountered are nice. My only complaint was the bed - I have bottom bed and I cannot sit down else I'll hit my head. I'm not even that tall. So it's either I stand-up or lie down which is not always convenient. And the beds make noise - when the person at the top bed moves, for sure you will wake up.

8/10 Good

kaelyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and comfortable
It’s your run of the mill hostel. Other guests were very loud/drunk late into the night, but that’s to be expected when staying in this type of environment. The location was good, it was clean, and comfortable.

10/10 Excellent

vivian

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
I love the location,
the experience was good. the only problem for me was the water it's very low
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2018
Response from The Ash on 27 Mar 2018
Hey there and thanks so much for taking the time to leave us your feedback! It also sounds like you were able to take full advantage of our central location, which is what we like to hear ;) As for your comment about the low water pressure, we're so sorry to hear you had this experience while staying with us. As we actually had an issue with our boiler depressurizing, and during your time here we were waiting on parts to arrive, we can promise you this has since been repaired. We're well pleased to see thought that this didn't too much of an issue on your time with us ;) Again, thanks so much for the feedback and we'ed like to wish you all the best on your onward travels!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Easy to find because it is only a 10min max walk from Antwerpen Centraal train station. Staff are really friendly and the place offers daily breakfasts for only €5.00 - Super cheap!! The place also has a kitchen which made late night arrivals when everything is closed a blessing to find. Overall it was a comfortable and quiet place to stay and would recommend to anyone on a budget travelling to Belgium/ Antwerp
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

shaun

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
ok
On suite room , basic , clean comfortable bed
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Marsha , London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Perfect location for business trip
Easy check in accompanied by Techno music. Even though a student hostel is wasn’t crazy busy messy. Using the key ring to operate the lift offers security from unwanted guests which is great. We were visiting for business and spent minimal time at the hotel however was happily pleased with the facilities, on check out you have to take your own linen. Would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018