All Seasons Hostel

I booked a room for 4 friends, including me. We wanted to spend New Year in St. Petersburg. In All Seasons we found everything we looked for - it is simply a really good hostel. Everything is cleaned on regular basis - this includes your room, the bathroom and the kitchen. The facilities themselves are perfectly fine - just as you can expect in a hostel. While not all of the staff speaks English, it is definitely possible to communiate - even if that means using Google Translate and hostel's Wi-Fi (which works great by the way). The walls between rooms are thick and during our stay we found no issues with any noises - either from other rooms or from the corridors. The rooms are kept hot, so you don't have to we worried about staying there during the winter. Bonus point: the rooms are thought through - expect enough place for your belongings, some coathangers, two power sockets per bed. It is possible to do your laundry and there is hair-dryer in the bathroom.

The following list is not what I consider a downside - it is CLEARLY stated in property description, but you should know about it before booking: -the hostel is on 4th floor, but that was not a problem for us; -there is additional charge for registration of foreign tourist - 200 RUB each (3$), I guess it is something you have to pay basically everywhere, as it is legal requirement; -you have to pay the deposit of 150 RUB (2.5$) for the magnetic key to enter the staircase - the deposit IS RETURNED when you finish your stay.