Hostel Mundo Joven Catedral

Location is the thing that sets this place apart, right by the central square of Zocalo in the heart of Mexico City. This makes travel on foot, metro, taxi or tour bus, very easy. Room was clean, bed comfy, good shower (more chance of hot water in the morning than evening) and i appreciated the hairdryer. We had a private double with own bathroom, well worth the bit extra money for the week. Breakfast was simple but plentiful and enough for the day. A tour guide is around every breakfast time and he was friendly, helpful and knowledgeable, as well as offering good tours. Water is available to buy at reception and the rooftop bar is great, good menu is worth a try and view terrific. The security staff on the front door were professional and efficient, coupled with key card access to the rooms, made me feel very safe. Overall, I would stay here again, I loved the city and in the week before the noisy group arrived, it really was a very good experience.

My only negative is the noise. The set up of the building means you can't escape it, from people coming in the front door, to being at reception, music coming from the roof bar, to absolute morons (a French group in particular) who were shouting across the inner square to each other and up/down out of their windows at all times of night and day. But this is not the fault of the hostel, they have signs up asking people to be respectful, it's not their fault if some cannot behave decently.