Name: Brook Lane Hostel
Address: Obere Bachgasse 21 93047 Regensburg,Obere Bachgasse, Regensburg, Regensburg, Regensburg, 93047, Germany
Rating: 6

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Smoke-free property

Heating

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

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Non-smoking rooms

Family room

Locker

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Laundry

Luggage storage

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Common kitchen

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Free Wi-Fi

Internet

German

English

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No parking

Parking

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Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

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St. Emmerams Abbey

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Schatzkammer

Golf Museum

Document Niedermuenster

Haidplatz

Regensburg Cathedral

Reichstag Museum

Oskar Schindler Plaque

Domschatz Museum

Bismarckplatz

Alte Kapelle

Porta Praetoria

Kepler-Gedächtnishaus

Brückturm-Museum

Scots Monastery

Stone Bridge

Herzogspark

Danube Mall

University of Regensburg

Donau Arena

Ingolstadt Manching Airport

Brook Lane Hostel

Regensburg

We have one of the apartments for a weekend. The room is spacious, the bed is ok, the kitchen would be ok if it was clean. The bathroom is a bit run down but ok and also not very clean. 

The noise from the staircase, the adjacent rooms and especially the room above prevents a good nights sleep. You honestly van follow the conversations upstairs.

The kitchen is equipped with just the minimum- and that could to with some washing up. 

Only the location justifies why you might stay here

Central, noisy, not clean, even for that price not enough

The location was great, right in the old town. The bed linen was freshly laundered and the beds were fairly comfortable. 

However the hostel was run down, shabby and desperately in need of some TLC.

The electrical wiring worried me. Some sockets in the wall were loose. There were no individual wall lights by each bed. Instead, extension cables and clip on lights were would around the metal bed frames. An electrocution waiting to happen!

The bathrooms and bedroom were superficially clean rather than spotless. The kitchen was dirty and food in the fridge was going moldy. There was dust on the floors and window ledges.

The lockers did not work - even with a padlock attached they could still be opened. 

There was zero atmosphere. The other guests seemed to be mostly older men who I assume were working locally and seemed to just spend a lot of time hanging around the hostel. They would also use the ladies bathroom instead of the men's washroom (why, I don't know). 

I felt uncomfortable here and couldn't wait to leave.

Shabby, run down, not terribly clean hostel with zero atmosphere and dodgy electrical wiring

The hostel is ideally located in the middle of the city. We had an eight-bedroom that was convenient, clean and spacious. The sanitation facilities were also clean. Check-in is via the kiosk under the hostel, only during its business hours. It is a clean self-service hostel with kitchen lines.

Cheap and clean

Handy location in the heart of Regensburg beautiful old city. Reception doubles up as a convenience store, which might be helpful if you need groceries urgently (although the old city comprises at least three proper supermarkets) or want newspapers at breakfast. Very homely comfortable living room, although people are allowed to smoke in the adjacent courtyard and cigarette smoke tends to drift inside through the open door, which may OK if you are a smoker but I hated. Simple, practical self-catering kitchen; it is just a shame that the patrons choose to disregard the sign asking people to wash up their dishes, which they prefer to leave unwashed in the sink for the staff to deal with the following day. Simple bathrooms which I think only get cleaned once a day, so timing is crucial. But if you use them just after they have been cleaned, they are clean and usable. The dormitories are quite spacious but with no storage facility except a very few decrepit, dented and grimey steel lockers which I judged safer not to touch. Bedding is charged separately and you are allowed to use your own sleeping bag, which is clearly unhygienic, but nobody appears to do. All and all I would have quite liked this backpackers except for the fact that a large proportion of the guests appeared to be  underemployed long-termers working locally, who were boisterous in the dorm late at night and smoke a lot and often, with the associated stink of cigarettes wafting after them wherever they go.

Small backpackers with a family atmosphere in the old city

For a youth group of 10 people, the hostel was perfect, free W-lane, everything from important sights to cinema and train station, a small apartment with kitchen and two bathrooms for us alone!

Perfect location, friendly team.

Pros:
Clean double room and shared bathroom (the cleanest hostel I ve been to)
After I read a review from January regarding the room (or a simmilar room) in which I ve been, I noticed that they improved the situation, so it s nice to see that the owners really read this (they put  signs with "no smoking" everywhere and also in the welcome letter, they put some shelves in the room for clothing, practical window roller blinds etc.) 
The kitchen is well equipped, there is a shop downstairs where you can buy everything you need
It is very central and in walking distance from the railwaystation

Contras:
The doors of the three rooms which share the bathroom are quite loud
The price for a double room with shared bathroom in March is almost the same like a cheap hotel with breakfast a little bit far from the city center
In the end it depends of the luck you have with your neighbours and also if you are a hostel person or not (although this is really a quite and clean one)

Clean very central place, good for short stays, very good for a hostel

For a night of theater, we looked for a place to stay in Regensburg and decided to book a double room in the Brook Land Hostel online. This was enough, especially since we were planning to go to the old town for breakfast. What we noticed positively was that the booking was simple, the room and the bathroom were clean and the location perfect. What we noticed negatively was that both the room and the bathroom lacked hooks or - alternatively - one or two chairs. There was no way to put on our own clothes. In the room this was still caused by the extra sleeping space available in this case and I needed. In the bathroom... well. What we noticed negatively: a hostess was responsible for a day and night, but the hotel could not receive the same amount of money. The bathroom was very convenient, but for the next day.

For one night, okay... with little beauty mistakes.

It is a really quiet place, ideal to have rest between long train commuting and substantial walks around the city. The amenities are very simple and therefore quite easy to deal with.
We faced with lack of liquid soap in one spot and with no toilet paper in a WC. The hostel and reception are separate doors in the street, so they seem to be cut from each other.
The girl at the reception first didn't look very helpful, but later I noticed she'd got a lot of duties, because they keep not only a hostel, but also run a small shop and provide some postal services. She was just tired; so it might be a good idea to check in at early hours.

Good value for money

We spent a friend's bachelor party in Regensburg and decided to go to the Brook Lane Hostel because it's really unbeatable central. Everything that's interesting in Regensburg can be reached within 10 minutes. It was a little over 10 minutes' walk from the train station. There are plenty of bars and clubs around. The staff were very nice and hospitable. The rooms were clean, especially the bedding. Shower and toilets can't be used at all. I can really recommend this hostel to anyone who wants to make a great weekend trip to Regensburg. Price is absolutely top. Enjoy your next visit to beautiful Regensburg =)

Very central, nice staff, clean, highly recommended.

A bathroom with a toilet for at least 12 beds will be a disaster in the morning. The reception knew about our bikes and our departure before the reception and the courtyard opened. So our wheels stayed locked. Fortunately, a resident had to pass through the yard. So we could get the wheels out. Otherwise we would have missed the train.

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