1 of 8 6/2/2008 3:33 PM Find hostels in: Search Hostelz.com - "Reviews of All Hostels Worldwide" Hostels Guide > Western Europe > Germany > Berlin State > Berlin Hostels > David's Cosy Little Backpacker Hostel David's Cosy Little Backpacker Hostel Berlin (Mitte), Berlin State, Germany «Prev 55 of 68 Hostels in Berlin Next» Online Booking Secure Instant Booking Guaranteed Reservation Arrival Date: 2008 - June 2 Nights: 1 People: 1 (Choose your booking dates to see availability information here.) Address Bredowstrasse 35, Berlin (Mitte) Map Price from 10 to 25 Euro, dorm at first night 15, each further night 1 Euro less, 10. Check Current Prices by Date Here Location/Contact Location Our hostel is in a very central and safe location, only 5 minutes from the western central train-station "Zoologischer Garten", called al well "Bahnhof Zoo", in englisch "Zoo-station". From there you take the Underground Nr. ) = the U 9, 3 stop, in direction of Oslo Straße, until Birkenstraße. (3 Minutes) There, you take the left exit. Walk strait, turn the first left, then yo usee it, on the right corner. (2 minutes) Website hostel-berlin.org (to make a reservation click here) Telephone +49 (30) 3935359, +49-30-39885394, +49-30-98298172 Fax +49 (30) 39038420 Number of Beds: 24 Bedsheets: Sheets Included Towels: Available Parking: FREE Luggage Storage: Available Coed Dorm Available: YES Bathroom in Room: No Credit Cards Accepted: YES Reservations Accepted: YES Internet Computers: Pay Details Age Range Allowed: All Ages Minimum Stay: 1 night Maximum Stay: Unlimited Lockout: No Lockout Curfew: No Curfew Checkout: Noon/Midday (12:00) Reception Hours: 7 AM - 11 PM (07:00-23:00) Clubs/Networks: None Membership Required: No
2 of 8 6/2/2008 3:33 PM Open Dates: All Year Reviewers Wanted: Hostelz.com pays travellers US$10.00 (that's roughly 6, AU$10, or CAD$10) per hostel to photograph and review hostels. If you're interested, use this form to get more information. Hostelz.com Poll Which do you use for opinions when choosing a hostel? Comments from Hostelz.com Users (the ones with star ratings) Hostelz.com's own Exclusive Reviews Both Description David's Cozy Little Backpacker Hostel Berlin * Linen included! * No Bunk beds! * Big common breakfast-table! * Cozy and hippie atmosphere! The place feels very homey, unlike many other hostels. Cool living room, nice staff, clean, small and intimate. Not sure / don't understand Other: Submit It is a very small and non-smoking cozy hostel with a very special character. ATTENTION!!! It is designed for a small number of people and ONLY for YOUNG travellers. Ages between 16-35!!! Single travellers are here especially welcome, as well as couples and small groups of up to 4 people. Groups bigger than 4 are kindly asked to go somewhere else The place offers a lot of opportunities for talks and contacts with nice, relaxed, tolerant and laid-back people all sorts of international guests, from Europe, Asia, Africa & South and North-America. Breakfast is available for 2 only! and includes tea, coffee, toast and marmelade
3 of 8 6/2/2008 3:33 PM Cornflakes, Müsli & Cereal with milk and a boiled egg or a yoghurt! C o m m o n K i t c h e n Kitchen use all day & night, exept the stove can only be used from 3pm to 10pm. To use the stove cost 50c per person. C o m m o n L i v i n g R o o m with a jungle of plants and sofas No TV! No noise. Fresh Air. Relaxed Easy going Personal. It's a bit like a home of a big family. Simple, quiet and smoke-free bed-rooms : Girls-Dorm-Rooms, Mixed Dorm-Rooms, a Triple room and some Double-Rooms available Doubles & Singles( in simple apartaments) are outside of the main hostel building and accross the street.walking distances 3-5 minutes They have there own kitchen, but their guests can join as well the others in the main kitchen and living-room, for breakfast or the evenings, as they like it. W h e r e i t i s? 2 minutes walk from the underground station Birkenstr. 3 minutes walk from the underground station Turmstr. 4 minutes by U-Bahn from the train station Zoo = Zoologischer Garten 10 minutes by bus from the central train station = Hauptbahnhof 15 minutes from Tegel Airport (TXL ) 30 minutes from Schönefeld Airport ( SXF ) It is the ideal place for those, who don't mind simplicity, and desire a cozy, personal, private atmosphere, with friendly people of character. Gay boys / man & Lesbians are especially welcome. We try to offer you a friendly, romantic, human, cozy and a bit artistic hostel. You find a lot of possibilities for communication with other travellers, cultural explorers night-life-experts and german-language-students. It's a place for individualists, personalities, characters, We are a simple small hostel, and one of the cheapest in town, with a laid back atmosphere, informal and non-institutional, but still professionel. Anytime you have access with your own key, after you checked in. Our reception is open from 7 morning to midnight. check out time is 11:00 in the morning
4 of 8 6/2/2008 3:33 PM Later check-ins by extra appointments only. Details see at : Hostel conditions Our hostel is completely free of smoke, but you may smoke outside in the garden zone in front of our house, with some benches to sit on, under the trees. Our bed-rooms are quiet, with private lamps for everyone. In our cozy little living-room, you can always meet some nice people, read books from our library or listen to music. Please bring your own CDs or cassettes to play them. Here you can find as well Berlin-Guide-books, program-magazine of Berlin's day- & nightlife, or play chess or monopoly with someone, or use the computer. Local phone calls for just 10 cents for 5 minutes! FREE : Book-swap FREE : Library use with Berlin Guide Books in English, French, Italian and Japanese language, with information about sites and history FREE : 4 different weekly program-papers to read : Tip-magazin & Zitty, and the 2 gay Siegessäule & Sergei. And night-life-maps, museum-maps Luggage storage, for 1 per piece STATISTICS: Most of our guests are from Australia, Italy, Finland, Canada, UK, Sweden, Japan, Germany, USA, Spain, France, Denmark, Spain, Sloveniya, Switzerland, Greece, Argentina, Ireland, Austria, Taiwan, New Zealand, Mexico, Singapore, Brazil, South-Africa, Portugal, United Arab Emirates NO FIVE STAR HOTEL We are a cozy, simple, nice, and heartful little hostel for backpackers, but no 5 star hotel. So don't expect too much: Especially people from Main Land china or often not aware, that this is one of the cheapest accomadations in town. Then they come, expect for 10 a 3 star hotel and are very demanding, which make us upset. More details? BED-ROOMS : Our Bed-rooms in mellow peach colors are simply furnished, with tiles and carpets, and have cozy quality matraces, but non of this horrible bunk-beds!
5 of 8 6/2/2008 3:33 PM - Internet for 2 cent for 1 minute or 1 per hour - Towels to borrow 1 Euro - Soft drinks 1 Euro - Laundry service 9 Euro - Phone from 10 cents - Maps for free and maps for 1 Euro &r 3 Euro - trips and picnics ( from 10 ) to the Royal Castles of Potsdam, the country side, like Spreewald & Mecklenburg, until the Baltic Sea, 100 km north of Berlin OUR PHILOSOPHY This hostel is especially designed for single travellers, who like to meet other people on their trip. I personally would more prefer to meet interesting intellectuals and students of arts or philosophy, rather than a more ransom crowd, who haven't much else in mind than drinking beer and smoking dope all day. The latter is in any case strictly forbidden inside, and even in front of the door, since dope is not legal in Germany. People consuming drugs in our premises get kicked out immediately with no refund.. D A V I D ' S special interests: Anthropology, South-East Asia,India & Indonesia, Film-Making, Theatre & Film, and all sorts of adventures in Africa or Asia, and Gay man, to some extent. David speaks German, English, some French, Arabic and Indonesian Vegetarians who cook for us get discounts, especially when they join there food with David, who loves Vegetarian Food! Dan from Israel with his yummy vegetarian & kosher food is still in good memory. Special discounts available for bicycle repairers, you could maintain our always damagded bicycle armada. Extra cookies for bally dancers, guitar players, Japanese singers and magicans! We can`t wait to see you soon. David & Son & Friends Some guests Reviews: It's unique! It's better than at home! Less boring at least. Sarah, Basel, Switzerland
6 of 8 6/2/2008 3:33 PM Features Free Breakfast Kitchen Lockers Travel information provided Lounge / Common space Air Conditioning Phones (public or in room) Your Comments This is an open forum, and unlike other hostel guide websites, we don't censor out the negative comments. We do not validate the legitimacy of comments posted on this site so take what you read here with a grain of salt. Comment by Heidi, USA December 2007 A huge Joke I stayed there with my daughter. I ended up getting bit by some bugs -- I had bites all over my back, I told Adrian (a very nice man). He then told his boss David, who ask me to leave and he would get me a new place to stay for the last night in Berlin and he said he would give me a full refund. Well he only gave me a little bit of a refund and the place he found for me to stay was more expensive then Davids Hostel and therefore I couldnt afford it because I was on a budget. My daughter and I ended up staying awake all night in the train station which was freezing waiting for the ICE train back to Hamburg. I was lied to and misled and bitten by bedbugs. I will never stay at another Hostel again. Beware! stayed Oct. 7 and 8 then stayed at the train station on the 9th -- Thanks a lot David. Comment by Félicie, France August 2007 Great That was a great place to stay. Have no hesitation to make yourself at home, cooking, drinking, speaking, playing with all those crazy and various people from all over the world. I met amazing people there. Clean place, warm and comfortable! Comment by kostas lazaridis May 2006 friendly, better than home. Comment by John Ramirez November 2005 I was only there one night, but I had so much fun with David and Valentin that I never will forget it. They are sort of entertainers, and they should definitely join the show business! It is basically a living room with a kitchen, where everyone meets, and the bedrooms, which are sort of basic, but clean and quiet. Highly recommended. Comment by Alexis from Athens, Greece February 2005
7 of 8 6/2/2008 3:33 PM A small and nice little place, warm, clean and always has nice people. But it wasn't as gay as it was promised. Then David, the owner, came and said the gay guys were all going to John's hostel now. (John is David's son, I believe.) So I moved to John's and this was even more fun, in the gay boy's room. Both are great, with a lot of character. Comment by Karsten Meister, Aachen, Germany January 2005 There were at least four showers there. I stayed for a week and used all of them after a while. It felt very much like at home there, and that is what counts for me the most, after having been in so many places that were as inviting as a train station. I found it to be clean enough and the staff were friendly and helpful. I had a lot of fun there, and we went out with the staff every single evening. Comment by Johnas December 2004 This is a friendly place, with lots of characters and fun. It's clean and has a very easy-going atmosphere. It brings back the 70's fashion style. Comment by Thomas, Stockholm, Sweden October 2004 This was the most exciting place I ever had been to. And I was there for more than three weeks! It was so entertaining there. All the crazy people in Berlin are there, chatting all day and night long. I never got out of that place, because it was so much fun! It is indeed very cozy, because it's so small and always amusing. The more you stay, the more fun it gets. Okay, the breakfast wasn't that breath-taking, just toast and marmalade, and tea and coffee, but it was unlimited. Beloved long-time guests get more and more every day; free dinners from Victor or Adrian included. David even invited me for a Chinese dinner once. The showers can be used by up to three people at once; that was quite fun sometimes! And the mattresses were great to crash on, better than those damn bunk beds everywhere, which are really horrible. And the neighborhood is great, if you like Arabic-German kids and a multi-nation ambience. I recommend this place a lot and want to come back soon. I just love it. Comment by Amadeus October 2004 This was the best-ever place I've stayed at so far. It was an easy-going place, and I did meet many other people, mostly of them lonely artists. It was just great. Comment by Swiss Stefan September 2004 I stayed at this hostel for ten days. David gave me a very good price and the Greek employee, as well as the Filipino receptionist, was extra friendly. David was fun, but he always ate up the pasta I cooked. There is only one shower, but it is spacious and clean. The hostel is even wheelchair-friendly, and, what I found exciting, the bathroom is equipped for the handicapped, too. I met people from almost every damn corner of the world in here. I can recommend it but you'll be forbidden to bring your own beverages. That sucks! Otherwise, 5 stars +++++ Comment by Anonymous August 2004
8 of 8 6/2/2008 3:33 PM We booked by phone, and when we arrived they didn't have free beds. But it worked out fine for us. The hostel isn't clean, though. When you brush your teeth everyone sitting at the kitchen table can see you. I didn't like that. And there's only one shower. And prices aren't the same for everyone (which we found out later when we talked to others). I don't recommend it. Comment by Anonymous August 2004 I found this hostel unclean and uninviting. I wouldn't recommend it at all. I wasn't enjoying Berlin at all until I moved to another hostel. Comment by Barbara June 2004 We booked by phone three days before, but when we arrived in the evening the manager told us that he had already given our room away in the afternoon!!! So we had no place to stay in Berlin! It was already dark and other hostels were full. They didn't even let us come inside. Comment by Heather May 2004 The owners were very nice and welcoming. The mattresses are on the floor, but you can't go wrong for 9 euros. I would definitely go back. You can have as much toast and tea for breakfast as you want. It was a nice, friendly atmosphere where you can meet people. Not the safest or cleanest place, but it had a lot of character. :-) Comment by Anonymous April 2004 The beds are only mattresses on the floor, which was really uncomfortable and the pillow was only a tiny square cushion. Even though we booked accomodations for a single sex room, the room was coed. The water wasn't hot in the showers and at times wasn't even warm. Not in the most happening neighborhood but the people staying in the hostel were friendly. The management was hard to find when problems arose after 11 pm. More Comments... Have you visited this hostel? Post your comments here. «Prev 55 of 68 Hostels in Berlin Next» Hostelz.com is the only hostel guide with complete information and reviews on all youth hostels and backpackers worldwide. About Hostelz.com - Contact Hostelz.com - Add a New Hostel - Group Bookings - Reservations at David's Cosy Little Backpacker Hostel Copyright 2008 Hostelz.com