Backstay Hostel Ghent Hostel

Backstay Hostel Ghent is a a sense of design, The Youth Hostel, and hostel concept on its head, the first housing only choose mixed, the room space fulfilled The maximum value that can accommodate 15 people, the bed is designed into three layers, although I think a stay at the top of the man full hard, sometimes design is not necessarily consistent with the humane.
Come to Belgium, of course, can not miss the muffins, and the Backstay Hostel Ghent Breakfast can be homemade muffins, easy to get a piping hot hand-made muffins, Breakfast however it was only this point is recommended, the rest is simple Hi Riel, a little to fill a belly.
Location count in the University area, close to a variety of personal clothing cultural and creative shops can walk around and feel the youthful vitality.

Awesome experience! Nice staff and clean rooms! And the breakfast was delicious! Recommended!

I really liked this hostel. The breakfast selection (free) was also much better than others I've had, which included waffles/toppings. The bathroom/shower area (3rd floor) was also clean and well maintained. No clogging, etc. Only negative is no lift, so if you're on the top floor like I was, you'll have to carry all your luggage up some long flights of stairs. Also, the fitted sheets are tiny and you will need to fold your mattress in half to get them to fit. Lots of work. And location is not the most central, so I ended up staying at a different hostel afterwards but regretted it because Backstay was much nicer, cleaner, more well maintained.

I'm getting to old for this. Great interior, decent food on a top location in a beautiful building. A bit understaffed when we where there, so service suffered. Nonetheless, kind and helpful staff. The sanitation what's well maintained. Our bed seemed to have succumbed to previous use, so the bed springs where on the floor. My back did not care for this.

Very well organized and centrally located. Has worked very well.

Nice hostel next to the city centre, clean and personal really nice. Good breakfast and bar, I recommend it.

Good quality, clean hostel. Modern decoration. The breakfast was delicious! With the possibility of seq pancakes.
Nice mattress, well insulated bed of others.
Quality Wi-Fi
Downside: shower and air conditioning
The water is at least 36, failed to decrease it and in the summer, it's too hot.
No Wi-Fi in the room of 15, it was hot to sleep.

Great hostel in the university area of Ghent. It is situated in an old theater, the building is very original. The rooms offer a confortable bed. The hostel is well decorated and has a nice room with instruments and games to spend some good time.

Great coffee at the bar and a real nice hidden terasse at the back.

It was superb the hostel ist nice sometimes the rooms are a bit hot but the people and the bar ist amazing. The price it's good… and Thursday's they have music concerts.

Pros: the locations is great, the building has a cool historical story to it as it was a newspaper building for a long time. Also they serve a decent breakfast. Everyday at 4 there is a guy comes and gives free tour he's not hired by the hostel but hes the best. Do it! He really knows everything about Gent and loves it. Also he will give you recommendations on what to do and where to go out to drink or eat and have fun experiences. Cons: outweighs the pros. It's hot and muggy, they won't open the Windows cause they are historical protected items. And they don't even have fans in the rooms that sleeps 16 people. Also, you need to pull some serious Tarzan moves to get into the bed. And my friend got bed bugs bites when he stayed but none of the other 4 of us did.

After a long day of hitchhiking, or just about any other form of commuting, it's nice to be welcomed by a cosy atmosphere, friendly people and a clean, modern looking room. And that's exactly what the Backstay Hostel offers. It's close to the centre, serves good coffee when you want to be lazy for a while and has these nice watch-style room keys so you won't lock yourself out. Also there's lockers included in the rooms. Only negative point I can think of is that the shower area gets a bit damp, but that's not too relevant once you're done showering anyways.

We stayed at the Backstay Hostel on its 3rd day of being opened this summer (2014). It is a great place to stay. The place itself is very nice and brand new! They have a cool "hangout" room where you can socialize, play games, play some music, and meet new people from all over. I made a couple of friends from England and Finland in the two nights I was there. The biggest attraction to the hostel was the accommodations and helpfulness of the hostel staff. We came into town not knowing where anything was at or having a place to stay and park and they worked things out so that we had a place to stay for the weekend. They spent plenty of time giving us good tips on places to visit and eat in the town. Over all it was a great experience and actually our most favorable hotel "experience" in our two week/four country tour of Europe! Prices were good too. Had a great time in a lovely city. Greetings from Texas.

Such a nice hostel, 10 min walk to the city center and great staff. This place has only been open 2 months but I highly recommend it. They have a nice bar and large restaurant seating area for breakfast. They offer standard continental but you can also make your own waffles and boiled eggs. Nice facilities for the kitchen if you choose to cook there. Great little bar inside the hostel. Super friendly staff with good recommendations and ready to help with anything. Extremely clean facilities and free use of washer and dryer! 15 bed dorm has beds 3 high which wasn't my preference but it still wasn't bad. Great place and good location, affordable and clean, overall a great place to stay In a gem of a town.

I stayed here the first two nights when they just had opened. Good Things: — Staff is very friendly : stood ready to help you and greet you kindly — Breakfast was standard but good, they even got a waffel maker — Nice bed, room, bathroom also very nice that you could write with chalk on the walls of the rooms and toilets — Great Wifi it works prefect in the room — Got a bar and a nice terrace — Parking lot — Lockers — Great Design overall Bad things — thin walls, you could hear people in the hallway when you were sleeping in the room — My room had a squeaky door. So it was kind of annoying when people went to toilet in the night, I was awakened by this noise. — For me personally a long mirror in the room. Because I am short, I could not always see something in the bathroom. Therefore it was also nice if you do your makeup in room because there was a table and chair so that's why a mirror comes in handy in the room. — No lift. For myself, no problem because I was on the first floor, but I imagine if you are on a higher floor that this might be a problem for some people with their suitcases In general, I found it a pleasant hostel. They are newly open so they can still adjust here and there. I would definitely come back though, if I had to come back in Ghent.