Punta del Este hostels

Pros: Staff was very helpful and the location was a short and easy walking distance to the bus station, “the Hand” sculpture, heaps of restaurants and bars and many more!

Cons: It would be nice if the room rates included breakfast

Pros: Location

Cons: Quite noisy at night, very small kitchen, toilet don't have sits, no hot water in the shower, no shower curtains, wifi trouble.

Pros: Good location within walking distance of beaches, attractions & main streets. Good wifi & comfortable beds

Cons: Breakfast times seemed a little late to me, not starting until 8.30am. Toilets not the best

Pros: Good breakfast. Good location, close to the two beaches.

Cons: The staff was not very friendly. When we wanted to check in at 2 pm (which is check-in time), the lady at the desk just told us that "check in is at 2.30 pm, you can't check in now", without even checking the computer first, no explanation, no "sorry for the delay" or no smile. Me and my friend didn't understand why, so we were on our way to leave the hostel to do something else for 30 more minutes. Then the lady suddenly decided to check her computer, and it turns out our room was available at 14 after all. She didn't explain anything, just told us to pick up our luggages and follow her. The most important information (it seems) she gave us, was that we had to bring our towels downstairs during check out, not the sheets. Very important, she repeated this at least 3 times. Much more important than to give us a smile or any kind of information about anything. I've stayed at a lot of different hotels and hostels in South America, and around the world, but I've never met a less service minded person. When we had questions about the room, it felt like we bothered her, so we didn't want to "bother" her with other questions like recommendations on what to do or where to eat in the neighbourhood. The aircondition kind of didn't work. It was one switch, so you could either turn it off or on. The remote control didn't work, so we couldn't control the amount of air coming out, neither the temperature. We ended up having it turned off all of our nights at the hostel, because it was too cold having it turned on. The breakfast was actually pretty good, but the cleaniness was not. There's a cat living at the hostel. Althought I love cats, I prefer not having cat hair in my breakfast. The tables where we were supposed to eat were full of cat hair when me and my friend were the first one coming for breakfast in the morning, which means the tables had not been cleaned.

Pros: Staff very helpful - they shut down due to Coronavirus and lack of clients, but helped me to find a great alternative Large room. Clean Breakfast was okay at UYU 140

Pros: Hostel atmosphere was great, restaurant, bar and games at the hostel at no extra cost. Food was good, friendly staff, nice decor. Market, beach and terminal really close to hotel. They can also wash your clothe if you want.

Cons: The room only had one working outlet, not hot water, this is normally not an issue but since is next to the sea, it might get a little chilly at night, also since showers are in a sort if outside arrangement.