All Iron Hostel

I'd like to give this a higher review but unfortunately I had a couiple things stolen from me. Luckily they were expendable, including some hair gel and a full bag of walnuts, but it makes me wodner what worse could have happened if I had left my passport of wallet out, or did not bring a padlock with me for my locker. Made me not feel very great. However, the laundry service, staff (shoutout Eliot), free breakfast, and loung area made up for this fault. It is also near El casco viejo, but it requires a good walk up a hill. But grocery storee is nearby which is super appreciated. Bring your own towel because you have to rent one here.

They have BEDBUGS. The hygiene is extremely below par. They only provide a mattress cover and a single sheet, no pillow case. They do NOT clean the beds, they wash the sheet, and then recycle the duvet by just putting it on a different bed (no cleaning at all). The beds are not cleaned at all. The showers were only cleaned once when I was there (4days), even though all dorms were full. Nothing of the dorm was actually cleaned, only vacuumed (at 9 in the morning with a full dorm)

Really dirty, sheets were stained, no locks on doors or rooms anyone could wander in. A lot older than other hostels definitely avg age was 50+ people in kitchen talking loudly. Bathrooms were clean and spacious

The only suggestion I would give it is to leave the kitchen open. They close the kitchen with a lock at 23:00 and if you arrive late after an excursion, you can not eat or warm anything up because the microwave is inside the kitchen. I would suggest ONLY locking the food that the hostel offer guests but the fridge and microwave shouldn't be locked. I had to leave the food I had bought for my way to the airport because I put it in the fridge and it turned up to be that the kitchen did not open till 8:00 am

Nice hostel, good value for money, with plenty of hot showers and good cooking facilities. Next to supermarket but located up from Bilbao old town so a bit of a hike up the hill. Only 500m from Bilbao metro. Would stay here again if travelling through Bilbao

We just needed a place for one night and that was the cheapest option in Bilbao at that time, plus it had breakfast included and good reviews on Booking. I was too optimistic with the location, which is not their fault but mine :) It's located a bit outside of the centre, still walkable distance (maybe like 20min) and it did offer a nice view, especially at sunset. They did say they have a terrace but it is literally a small space with a table and a few stools in front of the entrance. The girl at the reception was really nice, she showed and explained us everything and made sure we were comfortable in the room. We slept in a 10-bed room, so I understand that there's no privacy really but I did find the layout of the beds quite smart actually and it did give more privacy than in other hostels I've stayed in. The mattress was not very comfortable but after having slept in a tent the nights before, it was ok. They have big lockers (bring your own lock or rent one from the reception) with a plug inside. Everything was very clean. They had a nice "living room" where you could sit and read or play chess but no food/drinks allowed in that area. The kitchen was big but only had 2 (portable) stovetops which I found way too few for so many people. Luckily we didn't have to wait too long to cook but I imagine if the hostel is full and everyone wants to cook, there will be a waiting line. The breakfast they offer is basic - cereals, toast, coffee, milk, sweets, jam - but I thought it was ok. Fruits would have been good and milk for vegans as they only had cow milk but 3 different kinds. All in all, I would come here again, nice staff, very clean and quite.