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Reviews of Viru Backpackers Hostel

Viru 5, Tallinn City-Centre, 10133 Tallinn, Estonia

#71 of 106 hotels in Tallinn

Guests" Choice

Review score

Based on 405 hostel reviews

8.1

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.4

  • Comfort

    8.3

  • Location

    9.7

  • Facilities

    8.0

  • Staff

    8.4

  • Value for money

    8.8

  • Free WiFi

    9.2

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  • Reviewed: 26 January 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room (5 Adults) with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    Place was so close to Old Town. We walked everywhere easily.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 25 January 2025

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The shower drain was clogged and the toilet seat was broken. We also, unfortunately, experienced rowdy guests during our stay, but cannot fault the hostel for that. Slight noise from the street could be heard

    Fantastic location in the middle of the old town, close to many main attractions of the city. Very comfy bed and easy self check-in.

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 13 January 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    If you need to get there with a baby stroller, be ready to go up with it by stairs!

    Stayed in January 2025

  • Reviewed: 1 January 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Quite, friendly, clean, very central!

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 January 2025

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The hostel is cozy and very clean They have this rule to leave the shoes on the entrance, which is very good. The bedroom is comfortable and the heaters are good The location is perfect, right in the Old town The staff was very kind

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 9 December 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Noisy - a lot of noise from other rooms.

    Great location. Spacious room, nice shared bathrooms.

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 December 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room (5 Adults) with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The lock was faulty and the door did not close well. Please pay attention to the condition of the fire extinguisher!

    Good location in the center of the old town, everything is within walking distance. The kitchen has everything you need. Thank you for the free tea and coffee. Friendly staff, clean rooms.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 December 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The view was good but not great.

    The location and comfort, manager/tenet was amazing.

    Stayed in December 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 November 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Please change the old mattress, even u added a soft sponge on it, that can't give the body any support. I felt very sore after a night. Maybe add a reminder of the silence timing to all the guests it's a good idea. Since there's no reception at the night, I need to directly complain to the noise guest.

    The location is directly in the centre, near by the viru gate.

    Stayed in November 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 October 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room (5 Adults) with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 7 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not enough wall power sockets. You should have at least one for each bed. There were only 2 in a room with 5 beds.

    Clean hostel. Excellent location at the center of old city.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 September 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    It is pricy for a room (not a dorm). I unfortunately booked a non-refundable room then checked prices for a hotel room (with breakfast and private toilet) and the price difference for 2 nights isnt huge. Hence, I regretted that as this room has a shared toilet and no breakfast. My drink was removed from the refrigerator after making sure labelling the item.

    For a backpackers hostel, i didnt expect the touch of chocolate and nicely arrange towel on my bed. The bed is comfortable, location is excellent; however, have a somewhat scary lift.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 23 September 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    Location is superb!

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 September 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The bed headboard creaked very loudly when you touched it with your head. Not so good when you forget this in the night and lean back while sitting up in bed. There was no soap in the bathroom when we arrived but it was after staff had gone home so there was nobody to ask. A bit important especially for a shared bathroom. It turned out that the street is one of the busiest tourist streets so it was a lot of noise and music late into the night. The hostel has a jar of free earplugs at reception. We slept fine with earplugs but be warned if you are sensitive for sound especially in summer. We needed to keep the window closed for the sound even with earplugs but it was then very hot. There was a fan in the room probably for this reason. It would have been very nice to have a kettle on our floor. We were two floors above the main hostel and then it's a hassle to put on shoes and unlock the door and go out and lock the door and go two floors down and unlock the door and take off shoes and then make tea and then have to wait and drink it there when we wanted to just have some tea we could take to our room. No decaf tea or coffee options, something to consider? :)

    It was clean and comfortable and had a good atmosphere. They did a good job to remind people with signs of how to respect the common spaces and quiet time. There is a common kitchen and some games and there are hairdryers and some other things to borrow which was useful. The bed we had was big and comfortable. We had a double room. The room was quite minimal but with tasteful furnishing and decorating and with nice lighting. It was easy to feel at home. It was nice to be high up off the street.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 September 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night

    We arrived to Tallinn earlier and needed a place to store our luggage until the check in time. Our impression was that we can store our luggage at the location until the check in. There were no instructions sent to us with instructions how to get into the location. The hostel personnel could be reached by phone call only and we had Wi-Fi gadgets only... The instructions for the check in were sent out precise after 15:00 (check in time). If you need a place to store your luggage until the check in time you need to correspond with the hostel in advance (by email or in WhatsApp) and get the exact location of the place and instructions on how to get into the place.

    It was an easy check in and easy check out. Elevator to our floor was a bonus! Right in the Old Town historical part of the City with a beautiful view on the old town buildings from our room! We spend many ours walking around and taking photos of the Old Town. It is very convenient to stay close to all the city attractions within walking distance. It was easy to order a taxi to the airport to the nearby lounge for the night pick up, the taxi is very affordable there and it was on time.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 September 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The lift does not stop at level 3,which is the second floor,so use the stairs and look for a door with a blue notice on it,if you get the wrong floor you may upset the neighbours. Can be a little noisy as karaoke bar only 100 metres away.

    ...Location is excellent..price is great.Very clean.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 5 September 2024

    9.0
    It was great.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Central location, sunny room -- everything was great.

    Stayed in September 2024

  • Reviewed: 22 August 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Having to remove shoes upon entering, up 2-3 flights of stairs. Because they have private rooms it's much less social and less likely to meet other travellers. Room the toilet was in was very small and could barely move and the since was in the next room.

    Clean tidy room, very good location in the old town.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 9 August 2024

    8.0
    Great hostel for families
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Can't really fault it but the building is old as in old town

    The location is amazing and within the city walls of the old town. Large family room with a view of the walls and the Old House bar. All cooking facilities are available and you can use the laundry to wash and tumble dry clothes. We booked in advance by 6 months and the price was great value for money.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 21 July 2024

    8.0
    Good value in old town
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Hostel is in a great location in the beginning of old town. Room was big and confortable. Thank you for giving us travelers a good value and I'm very happy to come back next time.

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 June 2024

    7.0
    Okay for short visit
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Only one toilet and not very clean

    Good location

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: 3 June 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Bathroom and shower could have been cleaner.

    Stayed in June 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 May 2024

    9.0
    nice hostel to stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room (5 Adults) with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights

    There is a bar below, happened that our room facing that bar...too much noisy at night cant sleep well

    location wise superb!

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 20 May 2024

    7.0
    Excellent choice for budget travellers and great location
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Single Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 7 nights

    This is an old house and that means that for example the bathrooms smell a bit mouldy (didn't see any mould though and they are clean) and the airing for the bathrooms is really really loud which can be annoying when your room is close to them. When people talk in the communal area, you understand every word in your room. But those are all things that I think should be expected for that price and in order to change them, they would have to invest some money. They should get new beds though, the bed was really really uncomfortable. Overall though, I think this is exactly what you get for that price and they are friendly and helpful and offer all kinds of support.

    The hostel is located on Viru street which is a perfect location. The room was nice looking and there is a communal area with couches, a kitchen with everything you could need and several bathrooms. The staff was super friendly and helpful and communication was easy. When travelling on a budget, this is a good choice.

    Stayed in May 2024

  • Reviewed: 22 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Family Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights

    In the middle of the old town. Good value for money hotel.

    Stayed in April 2024

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