Hostel Dakura

Cheap, and really alright. The location is great, it's a really nice area, close but away from the touristy centre. Very friendly staff and helpful staff.

Bad smell, bad atmosphere. Old matrasses, smelly rooms, worst kitchen. Common rooms were creepy and not a place where you'd want to hang out. You hear people walk and talk in the hallway and the doors do not lock (no card system or smth) so it feels like anyone can come in at night. The bathroom floors were nasty. Showers were OK but there was also some mold. Would not recommend staying here on your own.

I had a terrible experience with this hostel. I found a bed bug and a shed bedbug skin, but the manager and receptionist were not helpful at all to resolve the issue. While I was at the reception, they let themselves into my room unbeknownst to me and took the bug that I had caught under a glass and used Google lens to identify it.
Instead of helping me, they lied to me, blamed me for it, would not let me switch rooms and made me pay for the night I slept in their infested bed. Even though I booked months in advance, my first week in Prague was a disaster trying to move into a place last minute and rid everything of possible infestation while still trying to attend classes. I am reporting this because no one should have to experience this. Bedbugs spread quickly in hostels. The manager and receptionist made it clear they were more concerned about hiding the issue than about preventing a further spread and helping me with the predicament.