Woodstock Hostel

The hostel isn’t located in the most exciting area but the public transportation will get you where you want to go.
My friends and I stayed in a Standard 6 Bed Female Dorm room (~€ 26/​person/​night). The room was clean, our bunk beds were comfortable (but creaky), and each person had a locker/​safe for their valuables. Our room had a sink but the toilets and shower were located in a separate area since the entire floor shared them. Bring flip flops because the shower floor is pretty gross.
The hostel serves a light breakfast in the common area (bread, croissants, juice, etc), which was super nice because you can grab a quick bite before exploring the city. The members of the staff were friendly and helpful when we asked for restaurant/​bar/​attraction recommendations.
I’d recommend this hostel if you’re traveling on a budget and don’t mind bunking with strangers.

The walls here are very, very, very thin. Everything is very, very, very loud and creaky. Beds and pillows are comfortable, though the blankets are quite thin and a bit short. There’s croissant, baguette, and coffee breakfast included, as well as maps and lockers at the front desk. Our four-​dorm room has a sink, and I think the entire floor shares a bathroom and a shower. Shower is okay, though you have to keep pressing the button every so often to keep water on. Location is quite good, close to Anvers and Cadet metro stops. Pricing is okay too at about € 16 a night for a four-​person dorm. Not bad, about average!

The only benefit to having stayed in this hostel is soley due to the staff, they were undoubtedly friendly and helpful. The location is horrible; it is known as the worst part of town I subsequently found out after paying for my 5 night stay. The bathrooms are filthy, my friend is even convinced she was bit by bed bugs the entire time we were there (she has the bite marks to show for it). I highly recommend staying somewhere else in a safer location, possibly paying extra for the lack of bed bugs and mold infested bathroom.

I have a habit of being pessimistic of hostels in the first 24 hours, until I’m there long enough to get used to and understand. I’ve treated them like relationships in that you can’t compare new ones to previous ones, you need to look at what it is as a stand alone.
Sure, the 11am to 3pm lockout could be frustrating, but who travels all this way to sleep all day? What is really bad is that there is only one toilet per floor. You have to pay for bedsheets as well. No towels provided. etc. Cool.
The showers are the ones where you have to push the button every 10 seconds which really pissed me off at first, but I got used to it.
Really hostels come down to the people who are sleeping with you in your room. Mine were all really cool. Except for one guy who was really obnoxiously loud every morning.
Stay here — it’s good!

After a recent trip to Paris, I found myself very frustrated with this hostel. I stayed at this hostel for the first time just over a year ago and enjoyed it very much. It seems as though over the year, the friendliness has faded away.
The Not So Good:
After a VERY long day of traveling my friends and I arrive at the hostel to be greeted by a man did not seem all too thrilled to have us checking in. He gave very inaccurate instructions to my friend on how to get to her room, which left her circling the courtyard until I was able to tell her where her room was. The rest of the staff we encountered seemed to have the same attitude. A little frustrating, but not the end of the world. By far, the most frustrating thing about this hostel is the 1100 – 1500 lockout. DO NOT plan on a good sleep-​in after a night out in Paris with this rule. Last time I stayed here I was told it was to clean the rooms, however, when we arrived back at the hostel, that did not seem to be the case. Also, plan accordingly if you need to take a rest after doing a lot of walking around the city.
The Good:
A friend and I stayed in a private, two bed room which I found to be very nice. It was small, but enough room. The bathrooms and showers are private which is nice, however, for some odd reason they have absolutely no hooks or racks to hang anything on. The location of this hostel is great. It is about a ¾ mile to the Anvers metro station, which is very convenient. Also, the Sacré-​Cœur is literally just up the street, right past the metro station. There is a great Thai place a few doors down that is great for dinner and in the have a pretty good breakfast in the morning with coffee, juice, cereal and croissants.
Overall: This really is not a bad hostel. It’s location is great and the hostel has all the basic amenities you need. It was just a little sad to no longer see they friendly atmosphere I saw a year ago.

What this hostel lacks in high class amenities and location it makes up for in in deep character. If you want to stay at a great place to meet people and have an awesome time go here. If you’re looking for more seclusion and privacy I would suggest somewhere else.

Le moins qu’on puisse dire c’est qu’il annonce la couleur le Woodstock Hostel, ah ah ah!
J’y ai amené il y a peu des amis fauchés, ben ils ont du sacrément faire augmenter la moyenne d’âge les amis! Je suis donc rentré avec eux et ça a l’air drôlement chouette, tout convivial, une auberge de jeunesse quoi avec effectivement une petite cour.
Ils acceptent les travellers, le couvre feu est à 2 heures du mat’, on peut laisser les bagages en consigne, et il y a même un bar. Le lit est autour de 25 euros, breakfast included, ce qui est pas si mal pour Paris, et surtout pour le quartier! Il faudra m’expliquer comment font les auberges de jeunesse pour être toujours dans les meilleurs quartiers partout dans le monde, pour moi c’est un mystère…

C’est vrai que l’on rêverait être un touriste routs pour crécher là-​bas.
J’ai fait pas mal d’auberges en Europe et l’Hostel Woodstock aurait été dans mes choix. 25 € par personne, hors WE, une cuisine équipée, un patio, certes tout petit mais qui a le mérite d’exister.
L’intérieur coloré témoigne de la bonne ambiance générale.
L’esprit Woodstock est bien présent. En plus facile de se la jouer baba à deux pas d’abbesses.

C’est un peu l’auberge de jeunesse où l’on aimerait atterrir si on débarquait à Paris pour faire du tourisme. Rien que son nom: l’hôtel Woodstock. On imagine un endroit bourré de backpakers, cheveux longs et guitare sur le dos. Certainement pas de rhumatisants ni de vieilles toupies. O que non ! Je passé devant tous les jours et je suis à deux doigts de m’arrêter boire un café. Que des jeunes qui entrent et qui sortent. Ça fait rêver quand vous êtes là, pauvre de vous, sur le chemin du labeur.
Quid de l’architecture des lieux? Et bah, rien à voir avec les hôtels glauques et bon marché de périphérie. La façade est colorée. A l’intérieur, un petit patio avec des palmiers, qu’on imagine fort agréable l’été (parce que j’ai fini par craquer et rentrer évidemment) et surtout tellement propice aux rencontres. Pratique, Montmartre, c’ est à deux pas…

You have to be lucky with the crowd in this small, basic, but comfortable hostel. The best thing about it is the area — the up and coming 9^th, that has recently graduated from dangerous junkie emporium to Bobo chic so things are still cheap and it’s not at all likely that you’ll be stabbed. Right down the road from a supermarket (a terrible one, granted, but this is France after all) and a laundrette (closed two days a week, but this is France after all) and a tasty boulangerie (where the workers will nearly spit at you, but this is. ok, enough), it’s a twenty minute walk to the Louvre, following Rodier and faubourg Montmartre directly south, and Montmartre village is about five minutes north. There are a plethora of bars all around, and they are a relief from the gritty touristy hell of pigalle just a few streets away.