Generator Berlin Alexanderplatz

Slept here from Thursday to Sunday. I was with a larger group and slept in a room with private bathroom with three other group members. The rooms were very clean and felt quite luxurious. Breakfast was good, but a little bit expensive (8,50 for a simple buffet). I forgot my towel but bought one for 5 euros at the reception.

The place did and didn’t meet our expectations. There were a few things we enjoyed and thought were good but there were a few things that were not great. We enjoyed the friendly and helpful staff and they had options for you to buy important things like locks, plugs, ear plugs. The down stairs common space was okay, but nothing amazing. The room was nice, there was good storage, only some you could lock, we were in an 8 bed dorm. Unfortunately the hostel had no out of room forced times for cleaning, so the 4 days we were in Berlin one guy literally stayed in bed the whole time and the curtains didn’t get opened and it smelt really bad of body odor. Plus only one of the 3 windows in the room worked so we couldn’t really air it out. The bathrooms on our floor weren’t cleaned and they had run out of toilet paper a lot. The boys bathrooms had many out of service toilets and broken locks. Therefore the main thing the hostel was lacking was the level of hygiene you would expect and regular servicing of facilities. We were also disappointed the hostel falsely advertised a laundry facility on their website. They are renovating and therefore no longer have the laundry at this time. Thankfully the staff were helpful and pointed us to a laundromat. It wasn’t a bad place for the price but hygiene/bathrooms isn’t something that should be skipped.This place is for people who want to party, get drunk and stay up till very late and then sleep all day. Not good for people who want to explore the city and travelling.

While the staff was nice and the beds were clean, two major issues made my stay unsatisfactory. For one, for 5 days(and for all I know more) all of the lights in the floor bathroom were broken, trying to take a shower in the complete dark is not fun guys. The fact it went on for that long showed no urgency to care for their paying customers. 5 days in the dark is unacceptable, and I don’t even know if it was fixed after that because I left. And you can’t go to other floor’s bathrooms because your card doesn’t allow access to other floors. Secondly, the one and only common area- by the front desk- was under complete construction and no warning was given. As a solo traveler wanting to meet more people, hostels are typically expected to be able to provide a social space- I found this in very poor taste to not let guests know prior to reserving a bed.

My room was not clean, beds were not made and there was an ice cream metling on my bed. and there was food on the floor, trashbins were also not empty and i found a pair of used clothes on my bed.The service is better but not great, my key card stopped working and they could help me fix it, it worked for 3 days and it stopped again, but they made it work again.Location is great its only 5 minutes away walking from the Alexa" mall."

It’s a cool vibe. It’s a huge hostel with 700 beds so it will be crowded. Good and bad. Good: lots of people and opportunities to catch up with others. Bad: a lot going on and fast paced so if it’s your vibe then all good. It’s Berlin after all so fast paced is kind of the big city vibe although Berlin is super chill with interesting vibes. Definitely go here if you travel. Best and most unique city in Germany

This hostel is very centrally located and the beds are comfy, but I disliked the lack of any sort of shower mats in the shared showers, and some of my travelling companions complained about the rooms being small. In addition to this, the main foyer was under construction during our visit and as such there was no bar or canteen available.

The place has just been taken over by a new company and they should've waited longer before opening again. The rooms are clean and comfortable but the place is a building site. At 9:30 they start drilling and there's builders knocking on the doors - I was in a women's only room so that was slightly alarming. There's no lockers downstairs either which is frustrating. It's in a great place with good prices though

Overall it is an ok" place to stay for 1 night. But it happened I was here four nights and I have faced issues with support. Rooms were not cleaned

This place was just taken over by another company and the new staff is really nice and helpful!

Went there expecting a basic cheap hostel but was pleasantly surprised. The lobby and breakfast area was being refurbished and looked great. The rooms were modern with a sink and lock boxes for securing luggage (if you have a padlock). Shared toilets were clean. All the beds had charging ports and light switches and the bedding all supplied too. Only a 2 minute walk from Alexanderplatz where you can eat or get trains trams etc... Overall would recommend staying there as great price for what you get.