Name: Jacobs Inn Hostel
Address: 122 Boulevard De La Chapelle, Paris, Paris, Paris, 75018, France
Rating: 3

24-hour reception

Smoke-free property

Heating

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Safe-deposit box

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Common kitchen

Vending machine

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Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Spanish

English

French

Arabic

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Fax and copy machine

Business

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

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Barbès – Rochechouart

Château Rouge

Anvers

Butte-Montmartre

Halle St-Pierre

North Railway Station

Institut des Cultures d'Islam

Jardins d'Eole

Le Trianon

Basilica of the Sacred Heart

Sacré-Cœur Basilica

Église St-Pierre de Montmartre

Galerie d'art Orsel

Chapelle des Auxiliatrices

La Cigale Theater

Dalí Theatre and Museum

Monmartre

East Railway Station

Louvre Museum

Champs-Elysees

Sainte-Chapelle

Notre Dame Cathedral

Triumphal Arch

Jardin du Luxembourg

Eiffel Tower

Heliport De Paris

Le Bourget Airport

Paris Orly Airport

Charles de Gaulle Airport

Paris-Saclay-Versailles Airport

Disneyland Paris

Jacobs Inn Hostel

Paris

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treatment

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bosphorus-view

canal-view

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garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

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park-view

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partial-sea-view

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

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safe

mini-bar

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breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

The hostel itself is pretty good. The staff speaks good English and are very helpful. The rooms and common areas were very clean, no disturbance during the night. One of the best hostels I have stayed in. The wall paintings and decorations were also welcoming and had the "Moulin Rouge" feeling. 

The location is pretty good, right in front of the metro station, walking distance from Sacre Ceour and Moulin Rouge and also offers a nearby parking house. Unfortunately, the location is not very good, many people trying to sell illegal stuff are bothering the tourists. It is not the hostel's fault that people in the surroundings can not behave well. We did not felt very safe in the surroundings. 

I recommend staying in the hostel if you are in a bigger group. Definitely not for lonely or couple-travellers.

Great place, terrible location

Nice people who work there. The hostel is ok but very small. The neighbohood is a bit scary at night. I got  what I paid for. The workers there make my trip pleasant. Always ready to help with a big smile.

Ok hostel

Me and my friend stayed here for 4 nights and we had a great time! Staff were lovely and the common room was a really awesome place to hang out - quite small but that was great because it forced you to make friends! Really funky paintings on the walls too!  Some bad things were that the bathrooms were not very clean and also (although this isn't really their fault) the area was really dodgy and as women we felt really unsafe walking around here, especially at night, and we got catcalled so many times. We didn't really leave in the evenings unless we were with men from the hostel, so I wouldn't recommend staying here if you are a woman travelling alone!

Cool hostel, great price, not a great location

The hostel managers are nice and competent but... 

The hostel is located in the area where about 90% of the dwellers are Africans and Arabs - they are offering you drugs all the time, shout in their languages, throw rubbish on the streets. Also, you just feel unsafe considering that most crimes in France are done by exactly Africans and Arabs...

It’s impossible to sit on the 1st story bed without crunching - that feels unpleasant. 

I couldn’t reach with my cell-phone charger to the outlet cause it was further than 1 meter from my bed (see photo).

Yellow spots on my pillow (see photo). 

There is no shell outside the room - so, if you already checked out there is no place to f.e. blow your nose - that’s stupid.

I came to that hostel when it was about 00:30 - so, pretty dark outside. To my surprise it was almost the same dark inside! That’s obviously for saving money on electricity but that’s a hostel - why do you economize on the comfort of your guests?

Nice graphite of the porn star James Deen. Unfortunately, he can’t change the situation in that hostel.

Too many flaws

I arrived middle of night. The whole street were full of people trying to sell illegal things. The room itself is quite big and clean, but avoid going out! This is not for female traveller. However, if you need a night' s stay and are in interrailer mood, you can look this. Don' t have anything expensive with you. 

A litlle bit unsecure place

Ok first of all, location. This hostel is in Barbès, an area of northern Paris largely made up of Arab and African immigrant communities, so don’t come here expecting the sugary “Amélie” vision of Paris, and half your disappointment will be avoided. Yes the area is hectic, annoying and unsavoury because of the various male street hawkers and cigarette/drug dealers, but it’s not actually dangerous, just confronting. Barbès-Rochechouart metro is just in front of the hostel, which takes you directly and quickly to many places such as Notre Dame or the Arc de Triomphe. The Moulin Rouge and Sacré Coeur are within easy walking distance. 

The hostel itself is poor. 6 people (2 sets of 3-level bunks) crammed into a small room, with a tiny “en-suite” consisting of a small sink and shower. No soap is provided anywhere, the shower temperature changes daily and always leaks out onto the floor or doesn’t drain. There are only 3(!) toilets for a floor that can house 100+ people. The WiFi is erratic, the common courtyard and TV room fine but small, and the advertised free breakfast isn’t free, it’s a Euro and consists of poor vending machine coffee in a plastic cup and some bread. 

The staff were ok, some better than others. The female owner was very pleasant to me, but spoke to the male staff like they were dogs. Everywhere is “decorated” with garish bright graffiti. Security is fine as the front door is always locked, however there are no lockers in the rooms and only one key per room, which the last to leave gives to Reception to hold.

For the price and proximity to such a good metro, you can’t complain too loudly and I’d return for very short stays, but make sure you know what you’re in for before you arrive!

Bad, but not as bad as other reviews say

I booked - and paid - a room but I could not go to the hostel because of the pandemic. The receptionist told me to go in 2021. When I called to book again, they said to me that they would have refunded me. However, they did not answer to the phone and to the emails. Terrible experience.

They stole my money

Absolutely a death trap and rabbit Warren. Unsafe and windows don’t lock, bed as hard as a bird, cockroaches. No aircon. The streets outside dangerous district and I  decided to not stay more than an hour as I felt unsafe due to the conditions and the guy who turned up , a friend of the reception guy asking me a lot of questions. They did not refund me a single cent . A dirty , fire hazard death trap. Way too far from centre of Paris , so book only two arrive ends in to Paris.

Jacobs Hovel

it smells nasty, the bathroom always dirty and smells very bad and the area that hostel located at is full of drug dealers...the hostel should be shut down by authorities, because its cleanliness is literally zero...very disgusting hostel!!!

horrible and not recommended at all

This was one of the most disgusting nights i had. Once fall asleep some guy came at the bed below and started mastrubating loud. I curse, he stops and 20 minutes later he starts again, the whole bed was moving. I go out and tell them that i want to leave and take my money back. They say i change room but i was so disgused i wanted eather to leave or take this guy out. They handled the situation completely wrong. I was waiting for the boss from 5 to 10 in the morning to take my money back and at the end they didnt even give me. They said i should go to Police, but i had to catch a flight. Just dont go there 

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