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Old Town Stay Hotel

Hotel

Hip hostel in a 17th-century building with airy rooms & a dorm, plus a lounge & a shared kitchen. People often mention room, hotel, rooms, location, clean, shower, nice, staff, walls, bathroom,


Address

Österlånggatan 26, 111 31 Stockholm, Sweden

Website

www.oldtownstay.se

Contact

+46 8 30 82 25

Rating on Google Maps

4.10 (415 reviews)

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  • 2/5 Sarah A. 1 year ago on Google • 7 reviews
    Disappointing. I read reviews about the cellar dormitories and knew to instead book a private room. We were able to drop our bags off for storage before check in. Check in desk is only staffed 3PM-9PM. Be sure to make arrangements outside these hours. The walls are thin, motel quality, but livable for a short trip. The room was much smaller than pictured, but it does have a private bathroom and shower. The room is clean and the bed was comfortable. Kitchen and dining area are clean and breakfast is fine. I’m absolutely shocked no one mentioned that there is a club on the first floor that plays music that shakes the entire hotel deep into the night. I’m also shocked everyone identified as ‘cheap’. Rooms one step up from cellar dorms are the same cost as a Hilton Double. The location is excellent and if you want to party it’s a good spot, otherwise I’d advice against.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Inesa 1 year ago on Google • 4 reviews
    The room was clean but tiny! There was no air conditioning & I could hardly breath at night and had to open the door leading to the bathroom (which was huge, compared to my room) for some type of air conditioning. The walls are thinner than paper which allows you to hear EVERYTHING. Anyone speaking with a normal voice in their room or outside my room felt like was sitting next to me. The cleaners were very loud, laughing, speaking very loud next to my room and I could not have my morning sleep. Will not be coming back. Would recommend the owners to get rid of the thin walls and tiny rooms and invest in few but highly functioning & pleasant rooms instead. It felt like a hostel.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mugdha D. 4 years ago on Google
    Very nice, safe cozy place. I stayed for 2 months. Kitchen is well equiped, it's a clean place. Very well maintained. Good breakfast everyday
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 David William D. 8 months ago on Google • 60 reviews
    The hotel is located in a historical part of Stockholm and with beautiful architecture buildings. This hotel is very basic and not much is on offer. It’s ideal if you are looking to save on your trip expenses and just have a place to sleep. However, if you want to experience a vintage and historical building, I’ll recommend this hotel.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Anne T. 9 months ago on Google • 431 reviews
    Newly renovated hotel, but low-level. No body wash in the shower - the dispenser was empty and no one to contact. Breakfast was too simple and didn't open until 07.30 which is too late when on business trip. Do not recommend.

  • 3/5 Amy de L. 1 year ago on Google
    Pros: location, Rooms are at least renovated recently. Cons: rooms are *absolutely* tiny, about half of what was advertised; Like we had to stack furniture to fit our luggage into the room. No breakfast, microwave, or even kettle to make tea. The bloody elevator was out, and didn't look like they were in any hurry to fix it. The IDGAF attitude of the management.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Hakuba Haven L. 4 years ago on Google
    I was reading the reviews and I guess everyone has different views as for value for money and understanding of what it is you are booking. I chose this place for it location and cost.We could have stayed in a Hotel. But I chose here and here we stayed.Its beds are comfortable, rooms are ,warm and secure. It's clean and I would recommend to anyone on a budget. Thank you so much and big thanks to the lovely staff.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Truls Oscar N. 6 months ago on Google • 76 reviews
    Stay away fm this place. The room is 2×3m, nearly no light, and rough red bricks on wall and calling, just like a prison cell. Hard to sleep here. One day the maintenance had left my door wide open. They had not done anything. Luckily Nothing was gone. They charge u hotel price and give u a prison cell. The wifi did not work properly for 5 days. I could go on for a Long time with all the things that was not working but my advise is stay away.

  • 2/5 Sébastien L. 9 months ago on Google • 45 reviews
    Great central location, but the bathroom lacked both a window and fan. After a single shower, the room becomes so humid that it's hard to breath. Also, housekeeping didn't clean my room until I complained.

  • 1/5 Aquaslayer 21 (. 8 months ago on Google • 5 reviews
    This is absolute worst hotel ever. We went as a group of 3 traveled really far by car to be greated by an ugly surprise. Advertised are those big luxurious rooms with own bathroom nice view and all the little things you would want in a nice hotel room. What you get is a 4m2 box for 2 people an a 3m2 for 1 person. No place for your luggage, no shower (public shower), no toilet (public toilet) for definitely a price that is everything but low budget. I hope for you your neighboring rooms are empty cause those paper thin walls will make sure that it will sound like your neighbors are sitting on you lap. Management there has a absolut 0 care attitude towards the whole thing. At least the location of the hotel is good and the nearest parking is only a 3 min walk away. The bathrooms are clean and the tapas bar underneath the hotel is pretty nice.

  • 4/5 adi S. 1 year ago on Google
    Inform Yr arrival time so someone can let u in. Reception time is very limited. Tricky if u haven't arranged in advance. Its a hotel but air bnb style....(a mix of both)

  • 5/5 phani krishna K. 1 year ago on Google
    Really great experience with staff showing empathy on the needs of customers Will definitely stay at this hotel during my next visit

  • 1/5 Maria Belen S. 1 year ago on Google
    The only thing good about this hotel is the location. Everything else sucks (literally).

  • 1/5 Tobias S. 1 year ago on Google
    - Bad Electric wierings - Paper thin walls - Dirty mirror - Sand falling from roof - Shared bathroom 😱

  • 5/5 Jose F. 1 year ago on Google
    Really nice apartments. Very well located. We stayed with a baby, and they provided all we needed for him.

  • 1/5 Maulwurf8 1 year ago on Google
    This is not a Hotel as described on the website. It is a Hostel with shared showers and bathrooms, which smell very bad. When we first saw the room, we asked at the reception to get a hotel room as booked, but we would had to pay another 1600 SEK to get our own bathroom and shower. After one night (we have had booked two) we checked out and stayed in a other hotel. The walls are thin, so that you can hear all the other people around you talking, snorring and having a private time. It was the worst Hotel/Hostel we have ever been to. We do not recommend staying there. You can get better value in Stockholm for the same price.

  • 5/5 Gustav S. 5 years ago on Google
    Nice staff. Really atmospheric rooms in the cellar below (best suited for groups renting all those rooms though, since there’s no sound insulation between them)

  • 5/5 Harmeet B. 6 years ago on Google
    Nice little place at a great location. Very hospitable. Also we had an evening flight so they had a storage area for our luggage which was great!.

  • 5/5 GURU W. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice place for stay in budget Very nice people make it homely feeling

  • 5/5 Kirtika C. 5 years ago on Google
    Really cool place to stay at. The place has breakfast included. Which was really good. The rooms are a bit tacky but it was a different experience. The location is really great. It is in the old town with all the old buildings and architecture. The stone ones. Loved the experience there. The kitchen is shared but fully equipped. It doesn't have an induction/hot plate/ stove (whatever it is called) for cooking.

  • 4/5 Teresa B. 4 years ago on Google
    It was in a great location considering the price. You pay extra for linen which is pretty standard at hostels. The part I did not like was it was so hot in the cellar area with no ventilation at night.

  • 4/5 B M. 5 years ago on Google
    Very nice personal. Simple breakfast buffet, it was ok. Beds was comfortable. Will come back another time.

  • 1/5 Julian B. 9 months ago on Google • 1 review
    Do not waste your money here. If I could give a 0-Star review, I would. Upon entering our room, the towels and bedsheets were dirty and covered with hair. The shower drain was also covered by a large hair ball. It was obvious that our room was not properly cleaned before our arrival. Informed the front desk about the situation and was met with a rude staff member who seemed frustrated that we would dare ask for assistance. The staff member entered the room and agreed that the room was in poor condition but told us that there was nothing he could do, as the housekeeper had left, and that he had no other rooms left. He gave us new towels and a new sheet so that we could sleep on top of the dirty bed. The staff member assured us that the room would be cleaned and we would be given a new room as soon as one became available. The next day, we returned to a room with new sheets, also covered in hair. The front desk is only open from 1500-2000 so we could not receive any help. Our “please clean this room” sign disappeared after the housekeeper visited the room, so our room was not cleaned for the remainder of our stay. TLDR- Dirty hotel, rude staff, poor management, stay anywhere but here.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍


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