Youth hostel Setúbal - PJS

Recently refurbished with an amazing style!! A place for young people to stay and enjoy Setubal!

Amazing hostel! Super well located and super clean

A fully recommandable youth hostel. New - nice design - friendly - Cafe Bar in the yard - good location.

Inadequate measures against covid: no air ventilation in the common bathroom, people without masks in common areas. It seemed like air trasmission of the virus has been ignored. However the staff was helpful and nice.

This would have to be the worst place that I have stayed at after years of backpacking. I've never encountered such rude staff from beginning to end. When I first arrived at 12pm the hostel there was no one manning the desk, so the cleaners asked the receptionist to come up. She said the rooms were not available till 6, and that she was eating lunch and couldn't help me. What a welcome. I came back later and her manager was there who was a lot nicer, confirmed that a room was ready and checked me in right away. The same staff member who refused to serve me came back with a toasted cheese sandwich- how unprofessional! The hostel is very clean, however is mixed with a youth association, offices, and cafes, so there are no real common areas, so looses hostel vibe. As noted by other guests, no air con at night so rooms get stuffy. Staff seem reluctant to help out with tourism ideas. They don't store maps. I had to figure out what to do myself. The staff at reception did not speak good English and consistently looked unhappy when asked to assist despite the fact that the hostel is empty and there are no guests. While bother working at a hostel if you are going to be rude to guests? What a shame for Portugal, that when people venture off the beaten track to less popular tourist destinations they are met with this sort of welcome. Setubal is a really great spot, I was planning to stay here the whole week, but checked out due to bad attitude from staff at hostel. Hostels in Portugal are normally outstanding, this is my first negative experience, note to management, please get more enthusiastic staff who speak English and can showcase this beautiful country, and keep up with the standards set by the rest of the country.

Nice staff ready to help. I had a private room for a reasonable price. The only annoying thing was that I had to stay with a bunch of loud Dutch high-school kids on one floor...

Absolutely terrible experience. When I checked into the room, it smelled absolutely disgusting and rancid. We went in the bathroom and there was mold all over the ceiling. The smell was so intolerable no one in their right mind could ever spend more than a few minutes in there. I told the man at the front desk and he offered me a different room (didn’t say sorry). The other room didn’t have a private bathroom and I was so disgusted since there is no possible way that was not a health hazard, my friend and I left (and had to find accommodation at 10:30 pm). I emailed the staff and they said they won’t refund me because they offered me a different room and I refused. But they did say they acknowledge it is mold but sanitized it so it is safe. This is just incorrect. Therefore, I definitely don’t recommend this place to anyone. Not only is it disgusting, but the staff won’t offer their customers a small refund after they’ve been exposed to that.

The staffs were amazing, friendly and helpful. The rooms were extremely clean, centrally located, with breakfast (a small one but nice). You really couldn't ask for more. Very nicely decorated. The linen we're spotless and clean. The little patio area is adorable.