Zen Hostel by Central Market - Zen Hostel by Central Market

To anyone who arrives late in the city (after 7 p.m.), I do not suggest to book a reservation in this place. If you do, pay the extra charge for late entrance in advance (15 EUR, which is more expensive that the reservation in another hostels). If it happens that you have any unexpected event (troubles in the airport, you get lost in a city that you didn't knew, or you couldn't find the place before 9 p.m. because you did not see the 1 squared inch sign of the hostel); they won't hesitate to denying your stay. They will send you away no matter how hard you try to explain and how desperate you are. No need to tell, they will refuse providing any kind of refund. A friend of mine called me because he arrived in the city after 32 h traveling. He spent a lot of unexpected time in the airport and was compelled to take one of the last buses coming from there. We could not find the place and when we finally did, they sent us away. No possibility of paying late fee or any further option was given. They absolutely despised the safety, welfare and despair of someone who was a completely new guest in the city and had a reservation with them. I was totally taken aback for such lack of hospitality I had never felt before in Budapest. I am sorry that he kept you waiting, but believe me, it was not on purpose.

It was a nice hostel in the center of Budapest. Julien, the host, was very helpful, polite and funny. Clean and cozy. Recommended

The hostel is really clean and cosy, have multiple bathrooms and a nice kitchen with everything you might need. It is located near the city historical centre - 3 mins from the trolley station and 5 mins from the E100 bus stop. The best thing about the hostels is the people - and there I have met a lot of interesting people to hang out with :)

I would absolutely recommend this place to everyone!! I had the pleasure to stay there with a friend for two nights and it was great. The bedroom is amazingly big and the apartment was very clean; the flat has a very good location as the city center is a five minute walk and you can also have a bus and metro line near to the place. Though the place was great, the best thing for me was Julien, the person who runs the hostel. He treated us in the most amazing way and he made us a really good favor; he even brought us a dessert the day that we left because he felt sorry that the hot water was broken (already fixed).

Couldn't think of a better location. The stuff was friendly, especially Julien who was really kind and easy going. The place was cozy and friendly, clean and offered many amendments

This place has it all if you are to come to Budapest for a few days and do not mind sleeping with presense of others in the room. To begin with, Julien is an amazing, kind, and down to earth kind of guy. The place is equipped with free fast enough wifi, big lockers, comfortable beds, clean towels, kitchen, bathrooms, showers, and heating. I really recommend this place and I would definitely come back whenever I am in Budapest.

Really bad experience unfortunately. First our room entrance was through the only complete bathroom in the hostel so every time that we wanted to enter or leave our room we had to wait that the person in the bathroom finish their business. Disgusting, of course there wasn’t any ventilation so the smell was really strong. The room was ok, but they gave it to us with dirty towels inside, so clearly no one checked the room before that. At the end we left our things there after the check out and when we came back Julien the administrator, said we “destroyed” the wardrobe and the desk. I left my pullover on the wardrobe and the shelf came down, how heavy can be a pullover to “destroy” a wardrobe? We said it wasn’t us and clearly no one checked the room so probably were the guests before us, but Julien started to yail to us demanding a payment or we couldn’t get our things back. I said to him to call the police because he is not allowed to retain our things there against our will. He didn’t call the police and said we could pay what we think is worth. We left 10 euros just to get our things quickly and leave that disgusting place. But the whole situation seems made to guest pay extra. Shame on you! I will never come back and I don’t recommend anyone to stay here. I picked this hostel because of the good reviews but this situation is not the first time that happens, if you read the bad reviews as well you will see. Be careful!

I have booked this hostel from Booking.com. As soon as I entered to the hostel everything seemed to be dirty and unorganised . There are a few rubbish bins by the entrance and all the walls are old and rotten And cracked . There is only one small fridge for the whole hostel and small community area . It was not mentioned on the website that it’s located on the second floor with no lift . The only thing that I liked was the receptionist customer care and nice attitude . I wouldn’t Recommend this hostel instead I would recommend Netizen for the cheaper price.