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Reviews of Help Yourself Hostels - Restelo

17 Rua Pedro de Sintra Restelo, Belem, 1400-277 Lisbon, Portugal

#372 of 398 hotels in Lisbon

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Review Score

Based on 239 hostel reviews

6.4

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    7.5

  • Comfort

    6.8

  • Location

    7.3

  • Facilities

    6.9

  • Staff

    7.6

  • Value for money

    7.3

  • Free Wifi

    8.1

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  • Reviewed: November 19, 2024

    5.0
    Wasn’t the best. Under equipped kitchen and very squeaky beds
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The earliest check in time is 7pm which is really late in the cooler months

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: November 18, 2024

    5.0
    Enough impression to come back, but they can improved for sure for better.
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There's not really a reception and/or receptionist(so any complex questions or issue, or anything related to your stay it's hard and limited for the Volunteers-receptionist to solve or help you with, you'll have to try to contact the owners preferably. A constructive criticism now: I think is very important and will be a must if you specify that the bunk beds are not normal 2floors bunk beds but 3 in 1 (that helps to calculate the real space a person has to sleep/bed wise). And the Use of bathrooms time (15 mins use policy) it's a little harsh and short, example: shaving+ shower time is too short. Other than that, I believe this hostel has a good potencial to become better. Costumer-treat trainings also will be great for your business.

    The hostel is kept clean, towels, bedsheets and corridors. Has a keycode-door access(so you can go in or out anytime). The volunteers (that do the job of temporary receptionist) try to help in whatever in on their hands to do so.

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: August 25, 2024

    7.0
    very good place
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 6 nights

    longtime to draw towel

    Frequent cleaning services, personal Empathy and established rules no smoking place, no noises during rest time, kitchen rules and waste segration

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: July 25, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Far from center of Lisbon, dirty streets around..

    The staff was nice, get there late 30 min late to check in hour and they met us with smile (added couple euro for that), the shared bathroom was clean, room clean, free parking next to the hostel.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: July 12, 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Bed. 3 bed as column

    Staff is good and its clean

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: July 2, 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The persons are coming late night. Last person came at 1:30 am night

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: June 25, 2024

    5.0
    For the price it was a fair place
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The room gets hot for the amount of people that sleep in the same room. The bunk beds are not stable, every time someone moved the whole bunk bed would move. Not very comfortable when 3 people sharing on bunk bed.

    Friendly and helpful staff. The beds were clean

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: May 22, 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Camarote de 3 niveles

    Price

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: February 27, 2024

    5.0
    You can't sit on the bed because the space between the bunk beds is very low. The price was good.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    There were three bunk beds, I got the center one, I had one on the top and one on the bottom. I couldn't get up in my bed because the bed wouldn't sit up, would crawl up into the bed and then couldn't even change the crotch because the bed made so much noise. When I got out of bed once in the morning with difficulty, I did not go again because I had to go into bed with my head down, which was difficult. The biggest problem is that the person cannot sit in the beds, the head is on top. A person who sleeps on the top bed can touch the ceiling of the room.

    The location was good. The staff was also very nice. The place was also clean but very small. The kitchen was also very good but at the same time too small for many people as breakfast time in the morning became more crowded. The dining area was very small. Washrooms were also nice and clean. Everything else can be adjusted but the setting of the room and beds is not good at all.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: February 23, 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    i would say it was not so bad , pillows may be too small for an adult , next day i had a neck pain .

    Staff are really friendly , it is located near downtown

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: January 19, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    It wasn't so clean specially the room

    The stuff and location

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: January 3, 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

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    Stayed in November 2023

  • Reviewed: December 24, 2023

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights

    This hostel has a casual, laidback culture, which is fine, but not excellent. There isn't very much room for the staff and guests to use the kitchen at the same time. The beds move and make noise when you move, so I felt bad every time I moved. It would be nice if the staff could space out the guests because there were plenty of empty beds.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: October 8, 2023

    7.0
    We enjoyed it.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Our room had an off smell.

    It is a good location staf was very accommodating. We had a shared bathroom it was clean.

    Stayed in October 2023

  • Reviewed: September 28, 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The bunks is too high i tried to let them change it to lower bunk for me but they didn't

    Lovely staff

    Stayed in September 2023

  • Reviewed: July 18, 2023

    7.0
    Decent hostel
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Beds are very small and its difficult to get into them. People can be weird and the bathrooms are often busy.

    Very clean good bathrooms.

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: June 23, 2023

    7.0
    Generally ok but some things to take care of (especially coakroaches)
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 8 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    The worst thing is there were coakroaches on the terrasse and also one inside near the kitchen the day I left. I think maybe they came from holes in the ground, walls or ceiling that should be filled up. The bunks of 3 beds are quite noisy and the « ceiling » of the bed is very low. The wifi practically isn’t working in the bedrooms.

    The neighbourhood is calm, there is a bus stop nearby (but 25-30 minutes to the center). The staff is nice but it would be easier for them and for the visitors if they could speak better English in my opinion. The other visitors I dealt with were pretty respectful. The kitchen is quite completely furnished and basically the equipment is ok. Generally it was rather clean because there is a lady cleaning every day. It’s the visitors who sometimes left the bathroom or so dirty. There are sufficiently big lockers for each person in the bedroom

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: December 5, 2022

    7.0
    Good
    • Business trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Standard Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    bathroom was not clean

    room was clean

    Stayed in December 2022

  • Reviewed: October 4, 2022

    6.0
    okay for a short stay
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    little light in the lounge and dining area, 1 bathroom for two multi-bed room

    good location near Belem, good bus connections, near supermarket, small terrace overlooking the river

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: October 2, 2022

    5.0
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

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  • Reviewed: September 28, 2022

    7.0
    I helped myself 😊
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 6 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    it’s an adventure ;)

    very good location: near Belem, supermarket close to the hostel, good bus connection

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: September 23, 2022

    6.0
    Good but for the price it could do more. Staff are brilliant!
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveler
    • Bunk Bed in Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    Ladies shower on 2nd floor smelt of urine. Shower cubicle could be slightly more spacious as it is very difficult to get dried & changed in the existing cubicles. There is no kitchen to prepare meals and in most hostels that is usually a given so folks can cook their meals. Overall the place was good. Great location for me. Staff were amazing. It was clean & tidy with fresh linen.

    I didn't have the breakfast as I don't eat until after 11am bit it looked very good except the fruit looked a little over ripe

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: September 12, 2022

    5.0
    facilities weren’t greet and a bit far from the city but a warm friendly vibe
    • Leisure trip
    • Travelers with friends
    • Standard Family Room
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted from a mobile device

    bathroom on our floor was broken, stained sheets

    great kitchen, our family room had a nice balcony and was a comfortable size

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: August 29, 2022

    5.0
    Not really the best but it's enough for a short stay.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Family Room
    • Stayed 4 nights

    The room was a bit too small, the bedsheets were dirty and in the bin there was some trash left probably from the previous guests.

    The bathroom was quite big and cleaner than the room.

    Stayed in July 2022

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