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Reviews of Ballhaus Berlin Hostel

Ballhaus Berlin Hostel
Chausseestraße 102, Berlin

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 27 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 35 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 11 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 82 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 5 out of 82 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Lucie

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
perfect
Have had an amazing stay - perfect location, super friendly staff, comfortable and very clean environment. Absolutely recommended.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2022

8/10 Good

Benas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Automatic check-in was brilliant. Everything was convenient and easy to use.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2022

2/10 Terrible

Steven

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

yarden

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
No reception most of the time but everything is with locks and screens so it doesn't work perfectly and there's no one to talk to
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Andy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome and friendly staff
Awesome place! Great staff! There is an awesome bar downstairs!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

6/10 Okay

Jamil

Fine
It was fine, not much to say or complain about according to the price
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean
Great hostel but kitchen wasn’t open which I wasn’t aware of before arrival
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2020

8/10 Good

Wolfgang

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice to location to discover Berlin
Good location close to the center a lot of restaurants around.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Simple yet sweet
Perfectly basic and perfectly nice. Well located with supermarkets nearby.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Deposit for key and locker of £20 but they did return. Nice caudual and straight foward
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Mobolaji, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Located in central Berlin with friendly staff with great access to the public transport and venues
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019

4/10 Poor

MAGGIE MAE

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cheap but would not recommend it
I needed a cheap place to spend few hours after arriving in Tegel Airport half past 10pm and before my train to Hildesheim at 4am. This hostel is walkable from Berlin Hbf. The reception is at the third floor. The lift is going under renovation for a week so that means I have to carry my heavy luggage walking up the stairs. I was glad that a man who was also going up with a luggage offered to help carry mine. I profusely thanked him until we reached the reception and later found out that he is the receptionist. My room was in the 4th floor and this time I had to carry my luggage. That was fine. In the early morning, another man was in the reception. I politely asked for two things: (1) to book me a taxi and (2) to assist me with my luggage. He would only do (1). He reasoned that he cannot leave the reception. Unlike when I arrived where it was full with young people drinking and chatting, there were nobody else in the reception except us. I was utterly disappointed. But in the end, he was obliged to help me since the taxi would come in 1-2 minutes. It would took me couple more minutes if I had to carry it myself. So, was still thankful. There should have been an advisory that the lift isn't working. Had I known it, I wouldn't book this in the first place. The toilets and showers are very dirty. Hallways are also noisy. I couldn't even sit up in the bed and I'm only 1.5m tall. There are better hostels which are cleaner, more comfortable beds and also cheap
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Bathroom door was a little quirky as it was off the hinges. Shower also leaked water onto entire bathroom floor
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

We booked a double room with private bathroom and was pleasantly surprised by the size of the room. Staff was friendly and helpful. The corridor to the hostel door looked shady when we were first trying to locate the hostel, but we were glad the hostel turned out fine. There's also a convenience store nearby which was great.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

nikki, staffordshire, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hostel. Clean and safe. My first hostel experience and won't be my last. Only reason for 4 stars is it isn't very social. Not the hostels fault, but the common room has no atmosphere and not many of the people staying were open to conversation. Also only had 2 female toilets and 2 showers for the whole floor. So trying to get a shower in the morning could take a while.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Elbek

It was a great place to stay, location is excellent, nice and clean rooms
Stayed 14 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

J

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

Chris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bedroom and locker were good. Sitting area near reception good to chill out and eat food. Could probably get quite busy though in peak times. Couple of seats and tables outside the bedrooms aswell which was quite handy. Kitchen very small and limited appliances. Fridge was packed full and it was fairly quiet when i went. Only one urinal and one toilet for all the floor which was just not enough. Only 2 showers also.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2017

8/10 Good

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ballhaus O.K.
excellent location, reasonably priced, and clean
Stayed 10 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect hostel
I stayed days and had an amazing time and the staff was super helpful and nice.
Stayed 11 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

A, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Modern Facility
Modern hostel rooms. Bathroom is shared with entire floor. New towels are provided daily.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location but too noisy
Too noisy at night from the room, there was a bar below. Small room. Showers have fix temperature and was not continuous. Nice staff and kitchen can be used.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice Clean place
Nice and peaceful place. Friendly staff Clean room
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2017

6/10 Okay

Miriam, San Francisco, California, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Beautiful place ruined by the shower facilities
The building is gorgeous. We stayed in a private bedroom which was specious and comfortable. The staff is excellent; friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. The experience was almost perfect. The decor is beautiful and had a 20's feel to it. The downside was the shower. First, you must press the water button every 30 seconds. Taking a shower in this way is very frustrating. What makes it worse is the fact that the lights are on a motion sensitive timer. I'd you shower for more than 5 minutes, prepare to have the lights go off and showering in the dark or getting out of the shower to activate the lights. For us, this was a huge turn off regarding the space and really took away from the experience. As beautiful as the space was, bexcuse of the shower, we would not stay here again. On a side note, the building is a shared space and on one of the floors, there is a dance studio. The dance studio was playing very loud but very lovely music. However, it was past midnight on both occasions. I made a complaint and they immediatelytook care ox it by having the studio turn down the music and issuing me a 50% discount for one of the nights I was staying there. TL;DR really great spot- showers ruin the experience.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Average hostel experience
Good points: this hostel is very centrally situated, with one minute walk you can already get to metro station Naturkundemuseum. I arrived at midnight and the friendly staff were still there to help. Padlock is available to rent at the front desk and they don't make profit of it - you get the money back when you give the padlock back (as opposed to some other hostels I've lived in). With the key you get a discount in the bar downstairs which is quite nice. Not-so-satisfactory points: Too few sinks and showers. There are only one sink in women's toilet and another one in the bathroom for a whole floor with around 10 rooms, every morning washing and brushing is a hassle. Also the lower bunker bed is too low, I (165 cm) couldn't sit straight on bed and hit my head a couple of times when I sit on the edge of my bed to read.

6/10 Okay

hiu yan nikki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Close to U Bahn, friendly staff, tiny bathroom and need to wait a bit

6/10 Okay

Ryan

Liked: Staff & service
Good location, that is it
The location was perfect for tram or subway. But the hostel itself bed was too soft and pillow was a cushion folded into a pillow case. Whole floor only has one toilet and two tiny individual showers which you always have to queue. I'd rather stay somewhere closer to town next time

8/10 Good

Tuncay

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Antoniet

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
cerca a la parada de tren.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

2/10 Terrible

Jonathan

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Despicable
I arrive at 2am and there was not reception. They claim the sent me an email with a code to do the check in with a machine installed at the door, but I got no email. Therefore I had to spend the night outdoors. They did not care the slightest, not even as to refund my money for a night I didnt use.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Amanda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Alt var helt greit. Du får hva du betaler for. Litt slitt. Kunne dratt tilbake
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

2/10 Terrible

Mohamed Tewfik

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

10/10 Excellent

Vivien

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

8/10 Good

Zied

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Good Hostel
Good Hostel with very kind staff. The building and the amenities are quite old though but it was clean
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Gilio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Manuela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ein schönes Hostel mit Vintage Flair und besonderen Charm. Sauber geführt. Service und Housekeeping Personal sind sehr freundlich. Der Biergarten mit Schöner Bepflanzung. Die Inhaber des Hostels sind dort anzutreffen und man spürt das ,das Hostel eine Seele hat. Bis zum nächsten Mal!
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2020

10/10 Excellent

Sangyul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
지난번의 경험이 마음에 들어 다시 투숙하게 되었습니다. 저렴하지만 시설은 어디에도 밀리지 않고 위치나 교통편까지 좋습니다. 지난번과 달리 락커에 본인의 자물쇠를 거는것이 아닌 프론트에서 보증금을 내고 키를 빌리는 방식으로 바뀌었습니다
Stayed 6 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Jimmy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Mysigt
Jätte fräscht,lite lyhört vi bodde mittemot receptionen så det var mycke spring på kvällen å tidig morgon.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Cihan

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

6/10 Okay

Osvaldo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Bueno y accesible con buena ubicación
Al ver las fotos me generó una espectativa que no se cumplió. Me quedé en una habitación con 7 personas más y hacían demasiado ruido y fue muy difícil descansar.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Benjamin

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One night in a dorm
The dorm was ok except a locker could have been a bit larger. The location was good as it was close to the airport as I had an early flight but also close to many attractions.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Anastasia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Милый отель недалеко в паре километров от центра города. В номерах производится ежедневная уборка, душевые и туалеты достаточно чистые. На кухне имеется все необходимое. Есть удобная зона отдыха. В целом отель интересно оформлен, на ресепшене всегда играет приятная музыка. Персонал отзывчивый.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Aram

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful place ,very clean, friendly personal and helpful. actually the area is not far from the most of the famous places. I surly recommend people to choose this hostel .
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Die Duschen waren echt ecklig recht schmutzig der Rest war gut bis sehr gut :-) Sehr freundliches Personal
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Amenities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019