Name: North Star - Hostal Guayaquil
Address: Avenida Isidro Ayora, Sauces 1, Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Guayaquil, EC090112, Ecuador
Rating: 5

Air conditioning

24-hour reception

Smoke-free property

Ticket assistance

Garden

Terrace

No elevators

General

Non-smoking rooms

Room service

Shower/Bathtub

Shower

Toiletries

Rooms

Ironing

Laundry

Safe-deposit box

Concierge services

Dry-cleaning

Luggage storage

Iron

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Breakfast

Breakfast in the room

Common kitchen

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Airport transportation

Transfer services

Transfer

Spanish

English

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Tour assistance

Tourist services

Free parking nearby

Free Parking on Premises

Parking

Fax and copy machine

Business

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the hostel

Room amenities

Jose Joaquin de Olmedo International Airport

North Star - Hostal Guayaquil

Guayaquil

child-bed

child-bed-fee

external-private-bathroom

private-bathroom

shared-bathroom

10-beds

11-beds

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18-beds

19-beds

2-beds

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king-bed

queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

2-bedrooms

3-bedrooms

4-bedrooms

5-bedrooms

6-bedrooms

not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

I stayed there for 2 nights and it was a good choice.
I chose a single room, It was clean, well located, quiet and with all facilites I needed, for example a desk, a chair and a fridge. They also have a very nice terrace with plenty of space to have a meeting or just enjoy the sunny afternoon.

Staff was good, english speakers and they know all the directions I needed.
I recommend this place very much.. !

GOOD LOCATION AND PRICE

We stayed at The North Star hotel for about 5 days, December 2014, and we left because of several problems.

First, the place is too far away from town, and costs way too much for what you get.

Second, the area is dismal, and lacks anything to do.

Third, the WiFi is extremely sketchy and drops connection numerous times (about once every half hour). This means it needs to be reset, but the lady who works there will try and sell you a story about the WiFi being down all over town because she doesn't want to bother resetting the router/modem herself. We just took to powering it off and back on ourselves. Annoying.

Fourth, (it gets worse), there were numerous mosquitoes, ants and we saw three different cockroaches in the room! The guy gave me some Raid to kill the first cockroach, but said he was too scared to deal with it himself, so I had to kill the roach and dispose of it myself. Disgusting.

Fifth, the hotels rooms are all close together, and because of the comings and goings all night of other guests, it is hard to sleep.

And lastly, we had an issue where we had paid the first night, but because we were so tired on arrival, we stupidly never got a receipt. Now this was our fault, but when we told the owner we had paid, and questioned the issue with her, her attitude stank. She is one of the many untrained people that you can find in the service industry who know nothing about customer service, never mind about basic politeness. She was dismissive and uncaring.

We left because we found a better hotel in the center, which was cheaper. It was silly of the owner of The North Star to treat us with such a bad attitude, because she would have gotten 7 more days/nights out of us. But she did not seem to care, as they were fully booked, apparently, although they did get very confused over their own reservations when we spoke about it.

The pros: the shower was nice and hot and worked OK, although it did get water all over the floor. There are some traveler services nearby you can use, such as a super quick laundry on the corner, and some cheap eateries nearby, but be careful of the dangerous and wide streets surrounding the hotel..

One major issue with this hotel is that they lock the main gate at ALL times. This is the only exit, and the workers have the key upstairs. There is no way out without the key, and so if there is a fire, there could potentially be a disaster here. There are no back door escapes or windows to jump out of, so BEWARE! When I bought this up with the lady who worked there, she just shrugged her shoulders and did not give a damn. You've been warned.

Bad attitude and cockroaches

the proximity to the airport is what caused us to pick this hotel as well as price. it was dreary but convenient. the staff were friendly. the room was dark, cramped and there cigarette smoke wafted through the wall from somewhere adjacent to us all night long. the hotel served its function for us (get in late, sleep, leave early) but otherwise there is nothing to recommend it.

close to airport otherwise dreary

Nice hostel, looks funny because you walk into an office building which they have turned into a hostel. I only stayed one night because I had a flight into Galapagos the next morning. Overall convenient and close to airport and they provide a free breakfast. Price wise too expensive $40 per night for one night.  Staff was nice. 

Nice,clean close to airport

My wife and I stayed here for 1 night (luckily) en route to The Galapagos and after 5 months travelling in South America, this was the worst hotel/hostel we stayed in. There is no value for money. The shower was cold the whole time and full of hair from the previous occupant(s). We were staying in the downstairs room where we got to listen to the airconditioner units all night and also the guests coming and going past reception. The only upside was that we weren't far from the airport so we left much earlier than we needed to for our flight as we didn't want to be there much longer.

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