South Beach Hostel

The shuttle from the airport to the hostel is free, but the shuttle back to the airport isn’t; you do get 1 free welcome drink that has to be a well drink with vodka, and the happy hour is pretty good!!! 2 for $ 5 beers, Blue Moon or Bud :) Breakfast is everything or plain bagels with plain cream cheese, cheap coffee (which is fine cus its free!), or orange juice, and bananas. It’s 2 blocks from the beach and 1 from nightlife, bars, and restaurants. SUPER packed when I was there Hip Hop Weekend! The people are cool but weren’t quite as friendly or talkative as I expected? Front desk staff was awesome! Definitely beat the staff at Jazz by far. If you’ve stayed at a hostel before definitely a typical hostel experience with hot, smelly mixed rooms and twin bunk beds, but if all you need is a place to sleep and you like meeting people, worth it! :) Nice patio out front!

cheap and great location but beds are very uncomfortable. room had an unpleasant smell.
also, they tried to double charge us while we were there. after we checked out and left they ended up charging the credit card twice and spent 2 weeks disputing the charges.

Jesus H. Christ!
This is by far the worst place I’ve ever spent the night and I’ve been to jail on more than one occasion.
I’m going to start with a stern warning. DO NOT STAY HERE! The only way this place is this bad is it might be a transition point for people from 3^rd-​world countries to come to Miami. You know, to not shock them too much by emulating their culture.
The beds, which are the most important part of a hostel, are the worst thing ever. It would have made more sense to just sleep on the floor. The rickety metal bed has the build quality of a cheap Big Lots swing set. The mattress is constructed of a very welcoming vinyl not too different of an inflatable kiddie pool. The bed has an amazing ability to amplify not only the most miniscule of movements by the sleeper but also farts. If I had to guess the bed has the ability to increase a farts sound by 8 times the original decibel. I slept on the top bunk so when the person below me rolled over I felt like I was on a mechanical bull at a Texas steakhouse. Sometimes in the middle of the night I felt as if I needed to start twirling my cowboy hat and start yelling «giddy up» just because the person below me was searching for the cool side of the pillow.
Bleach… The entire place smelled like bleach all the time. As if the YMCA took a shit in this place. It smelled like they were in a constant chemical war with their own filth. The one bathroom per floor accompanied by this smell made a simple «Shit Shower and Shave» session a bit more difficult than usual. If I see one more European guy’s dong, I’m going to push a pencil through my eyes. Pavel couldn’t figure out that no one wanted to see his meat and two veg and felt it necessary to accidentally do the helicopter for all of us traumatized shower goers to be forced to see. I defiantly don’t want to drop the soap in this place. Make sure you wear your flip-​flops in the shower as well for obvious reasons. A fellow traveler warned me of the female’s restroom too. She explained to me that apparently the razor hasn’t made it’s way to China yet due the the state of the nude Chinese girls walking around in there.
The floor on every floor including the ground floor seemed spongy. Almost like the place had recently been in a floor. I guess the bleach smell might be their attempt to kill anything that might start growing in the floors and walls due the the swampy feeling that place gave off.
The crappy powerpoint display in the «lobby» advertized that they will take you to party. They seemed disappointed that we didn’t want to go and insisted they would take us. I could only imagine what kind of gay bar you’d end up in with that European guy doing the helicopter. No thanks. I’ll stay in my room and protect my belongings from you and whatever is crawling around in that place.
To sum it up, this place made me question my faith in God. If you enjoy a complete lack of sleep, looking at European guy’s dongs, and smelling like you slept in a gym then this place is for you.

Great price, location is wonderful and there is a friendly staff. The breakfast is ehh– ended up going to Starbucks.

Petit Backpakers à Miami. Proche de la plage et des avenues principales… et a 10min à pied de South Beach!
Ce petit Hotel n’est vraiment pas chère, environ 20 à 25 $ la nuit avec le petit dej compris (bagels, boissons chaudes et froides…)
Les chambres et dortoirs sont super propres et l’accueil très sympathique!
Ils vous emmèné même avec un mini bus dans les boites branchées de Miami… des Bus passent devant toute le journée.
Ce sera aussi l’occasion de rencontrer d’autres Voyageurs et de partager vos bons plans sur la région…