Hostel Cat

When I travel, I hostel it usually because I’m young, solo, and like to have more money for shopping and eating. I also don’t need a lot if I am traveling for leisure, basically the three S’s: sleep, shower, storage. For that, it fit the bill. Two minute walk to the Deuce, so definitely convenient. Ten minutes to the Stratosphere, also nice. If you’re like me and have no passport you have to pay by card, it’s only an extra $ 1 for each $ 50 so nothing too extreme. You don’t need cash for your key deposit, but you get it back as cash in the end.
This is a definite party hostel, they have events going but I never went because I’m not a partier and I like doing my own thing. Plus I am an early riser-​out before 8 usually. I definitely was the anomaly. They give you a sheet with a map of the Strip and various attractions at each hotel, a resource I will hang on to for future trips.
The one thing that I didn’t like as much were the people. My roomies were nice, generally speaking, but many people seemed a little standoffish. Also the rooms are small and the space between bunks is as well-​it was hard getting my suitcase through.
Bring your own towel, because you have to rent one here. Seems a little odd.

best hostel ever!!! Close to everything, AWESOME staff, best three words to describe this place are FUCKING FUN TIME!!! When was the last time you saw a Hostel with a 4+ Star rating??? *Drops mic*

I stayed at the Hostel Cat a few weeks ago. I must admit every place has
its advantages and disadvantages. Been to Vegas many times however I
wanted to do something different this time that is stay at a hostel instead
of a hotel in Vegas. First the advantages of staying in a hostel. Actually
I stayed in two hostels when I was last in Vegas. The advantages are you
are more likely to meet people, people are more likely to say something to
you in a friendly way when you are staying alone. That happened at
both hostels I stayed in. My roommate at the Hostel Cat was very friendly
shook my hand about 5 times. We went to a pub crawl with others there.
I’ve spoke to some others and it seems like these cheap places bring
out the best in people for some reason.
The Hostel Cat is located near the Stratosphere which makes it convenient
and cheap if you want to hang around the Strip. The disadvantages are the
accomodations weren’t so great. Small rooms, ventilation was such that
I could hardly sleep except for the A/​C that they have on all the time.
If I come by next time I might only stay for one day at the most.

This hostel is the WORST. Don’t even bother booking here. Bathroom/​showers were absolutely disgusting, I couldn’t even bother taking a shower here. I had a horrible experience with the folks working at the front desk. The only reason I even booked this place in the first place was because of a mediocre review on
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If you are young and low on cash this place fits the bill. Alot of people hang out in the communal area here. Now if you are looking for a good nights sleep pass on ANY hostel in vegas it simply won’t happen. The location of this place is not bad look for the amount you are paying don’t expect to be on the strip its walkable to the stratosphere and there is a stop for the deuce bus nearby.
On my return trip i passed on any hostels and paid a little more for airbnb

Though the staff are nice people, this place is disappointing! I couldn’t sleep at all! The air conditioner is so loud and bed so small! I am just 5’3 and 100lbs. I didn’t wash before checkout because the roommate occupied the bathroom all the time and they require to check out at 11am. Room is terrible. Surrounding is creepy, like in a ghetto!

Nous sommes arrivées depuis l’aéroport à 1h10 du matin: plus personne à l’accueil donc dodo sur un parking mais première nuit payée, bon tampi pour nous. Puis pour le check in: ils nous avaient oublié, nous avons dormi dans la chambre du staff et deux membres du staff (un couple) ont dormi ensemble pour libérer un lit. La salle de bain est loin d’être propre, tout comme la cuisine, les ustensiles etc. Dans la nuit, deux personnes rentrent et commencent a copuler a cote, pas le top. Le point positif serait certain membres du staff, des volontaires, agréables. En trois semaines de road trip, c’est la moins bien que nous ayons faite.

Crappy place. Rude staff. Liars.
They advertise a pool and pool parties — THESE CREEPS HAVE NO POOL.
Seriously for what they charge you can get a real hotel room at most off strip hotels for less WITH a pool.
Stay away.

Terrible hostel. I do not even know where to start. The thing that struck me at first was the revolting interior design, that should been a warning sign. The man at the front desk was an absent minded moron, he avoided eye contact with us the whole time and was reading from a script that annoyed me even more. The emphasis he kept putting on it being a PARTY hostel was an extra kick to the groin, especially with the dull crowd there. There was a girl sunbathing in front of the door to my room and refused the move, there was another girl in my room who I think lived there and she thought she owned the place. They provided dirty, smelly linens, which felt like they were washed in a frying pan. They provided pancake batter to cook your own pancakes, which they thought was a cool addition, needless to say this was a terrible idea when you got about twenty people all trying to make pancakes in a kitchen about 2×2 ft big.
The only good thing about this place is the location, right on the strip. Even though it is in the dubious part.

A fun place to meet people and party. A good mix of people. For $ 20 it’s hard to beat.

PARTY HOSTEL. People are super friendly and fun to hangout with. Rooms were comfy and clean. Common areas can get packed. They were gonna take us in a limo to Mandalay bay but announced on the way that we’ll be going to club Château in Paris. That was little unorganized.
Met many international travelers. Also my friend hooked up with someone and woke up naked… lol

This place really sucked! The worst ever hostel and I have been to many as I am an Aussie (we like our hostels). The place is full of incompetents running the front desk and pervs abundant (no, I was not wearing my fire dancing garb). I got in late and my reservation at El Cortez (my usual choice when in town that gives you free slot play and a small but decent gym with new equipment and fresh fruit). I got desperate for a ‘reasonably priced’ room that was near the EDC shuttles since I was no way no can do driving to the EDC (did that last year) and did not feel like driving another 25 min (and likely two hours to drive from there to EDC with the traffic and the shuttles were walking distance from this pit) to stay with friends in Summerlin so, I made a plea to the guy at the front desk/​reservation but… it was peak and every hotel was sold out and the few still available were INSANE $$$. My room reservation was given away since I was more than six hours late (even when I paid the online deposit). The guy said I can give you a bed for 55.00/night (yikes). I had really no choice for the time, hour, and cost. This hostel is filthy, smells like middle eastern men with smelly armpits… NASTY!). Most hostels I have stayed are pretty clean. I rationalized it was only for one night and I could figure out something with one of the people I was working with (hopefully). I was ‘captive audience of one.’ I fire danced and was getting paid so, I just dealt with it and went directly to the room to grab a shower and some shut eye due to crazy hours of EDC. This place is filthy (literally). If you are super unlucky and get a room in the back (most people) then, you get to walk through literal dirt and rock. I guess paving this place was too much trouble as was cleaning, buying some decent pots and pans, and an actual sheet that fit on the bed (mine slid off various times in the night which means BED BUGS). My special present to top off this ‘gem’ was a guy that was in the room (yes, they only had coed and even this (although much cheaper than most places) was at premium of 55.00 a night (what is normally a 13.00 dollar bed (I was told)).Lucky me! Talk about price gouging but I was sure not going to cough up 350 for what was left to last minute idiots (such as myself) for getting caught in EDC traffic hell… Anyway, this guy was trying to flirt and getting way to close to my personal zone (WTH?). I told him to beat it. Finally, the kicker… the night got more spectacular as the one guy became FOUR MORE (and me). A freakin room of snoring guys. My note: get a freakin’ private or one of those nose pincher devices (only a few bucks) if you snore. That has to be up there with not showering (sick and wrong). Have some decency to those that actually want to sleep you morons… just saying. WORDS TO THE WISE: Stay away from this flea bag and do not come to Vegas more than an hour late for EDC or you will lose your reservation and quite possible your sanity/​safety/​marbles/​/​life/​etc. The guy said they were sold out but had a last minute cancellation and all I can say is luck to the person that did not make it there. .I may be a bit overly dramatic but learn from my mistakes. This was up there with one of my more memorable ones!

Do not go! You have been warned!
First of all its on a dark street where all the crackheads hang out.
I was in Vegas for a few nights for work and figured I would go to a hostel to meet some people that are cool and fun and just to have a good time. It was $ 16 a night but after all the fees came out to $ 31. They had told me that there are no refunds. So I asked if i could see the room and they told me no. Kinda weird but it was late and I had no choice.
Got the key and walked in and it smelled like mildew. The beds were super dirty like people sweated in them or something. You could feel the dirtiness by sitting on them. Also the walls were sticky and just all around not a pleasant place to stay AT ALL. And im not a very picky person. I stayed for a few minutes and my «roommate» walked in. I was thinking it would be someone traveling and of similar age and what not but no. It was a homeless drug addict looking guy! He smelled and looked like he hadnt showered in weeks. Had his bottle of cheap liquor in hand!
Went to the front desk for a refund and they refused. The place was so bad I didnt even argue and just left.
Got a room at the 20 times nicer and safer Excalibur on the strip for $ 30.

Stayed here for one night while passing through Las Vegas. Not cheap for a hostel but its Vegas and this location is close enough to see the lights so ehh. I had looked at their website and saw «!!!Cheapest prices here than all other sites» and had a gullible moment. I was also panicking I wouldnt get a bed since it was close to midnight so I rushed to secure a space. After I had paid $ 22 in person at the front desk, I find it was HALF that price had I booked on Agoda. I asked the front desk guy if there was anything he could do to help a gal out and he just shrugged.
So fine, whatever, Ive stayed in some funk hostels before abroad so I thought ‘This has got to be nice because its in the States!’ I really just needed somewhere to sleep and a hot shower was icing on the cake. I open the door and was hit by the smell of sweaty gym socks and mildew. Im not saying the other ladies in that room didnt shower. It was just from lack of cleaning up after people. uhmm basic maintenance at a hostel? Not here! I choose a creaky top bunk. They were all so close to each other I could have jumped into my neighbor’s bed if I got cold in the middle of the night. No threat of that though because it was so stuffy in that room even though that contraption that looked like an AC poking out the window was noisily blowing away. I felt sorry for whoever was going to get that last bed sleeping directly next to the window with the noisy AC machine sticking out the window and vent blowing directly on them.
You get some sheets. I sniffed them and you know that smell when you fry something in your house. yeah, it was like that. But you still lay them out because after smelling the room and seeing the drab conditions, who knows whats on the mattress.
I do take a shower while Im there. While Im shampooing my hair, I see a brown cockroach scurry across the shower wall. Not even fazed at this point but think I better secure the zippers on my backpack so I dont take any stowaways with me.
Just awful.

This is definitely the top spot to stay while in Vegas! Keep in mind that you get what you pay for so you will be in a room with 3 other people or if you stay in a 6 person then you have 5 other people coming in and out.
They have nightly events and also are extremely helpful with tips on what to do while you’re in Vegas. They show you the cheap routes as well so you can still have a good time but not spend much money.
This is only meant for people who are traveling or have proof of traveling from out of state so although there will be a couple americans there, they too have to have proof of travel or else they can’t stay.
When I stayed it was a Friday and Saturday night. Friday, they had drinking games in the courtyard (hostel only) and you can go out and mingle and talk to a bunch of different people with different backgrounds.
Saturday, we all piled in the hostel cat van and he snuck us all in to a pool party at the Monte Carlo for just $ 5 & they had a lazy river, pool, and sand volleyball which was soooo much fun!
Saturday night we had VIP entrance to the LUX club and also free drinks the whole limo ride there and everybody gets all dressed up and it’s a great time for just $ 25.
Anytime I stay in Las Vegas, I will definitely be staying here!
(FREE PANCAKES /​FREE LAUNDRY /​FREE WIFI /​FREE COFFEE) What more could you ask for if you’re just paying $ 18-​$ 28 and are down the street from everything?

I stayed at Hostel Cat for a week while in the process of moving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. I have an international passport, so I qualified for a stay but I noticed they had a few Americans staying there as well.
I booked through their site where you get one night off if you paying for a week, I took that option. I stayed in the ten bed room with one bathroom. It was tricky at times when I had an appointment or needed to use the bathroom as I had nine roommates. Majority of guests were nice, but that changes as people come and go in a hostel.
The kitchen is always packed, there aren’t enough shelves for everyone, they let me use a dusty shelf that had stuff that hadn’t been claimed, old peanut butter, stale cereal etc, I had to clean it myself. There are a couple of big, dirty fridges where you put your labelled food. They have a tv room, and a dining room in the main house, where there’s the office, this area is closed between 1am and 8am. The rooms have their own yard at the back, you use the code to let yourself into the yard and your room key for the room, that’s ²⁴⁄₇.
When you check in, you get a set of sheets and a pillow case. There’s already a blanket that is not clean on the bed. I noticed that they never changed those in the seven days I was there. I know it’s summer in Vegas, but the AC is impressively cold, therefore people tend to cover up at night, it would be courteous of them to wash the blankets before letting the next person use them.
Because I wasn’t on vacation, I won’t comment on the activities as I was busy doing my own thing to partake in them.
The stuff, I think the Receptionist who checked me in was Phil; not very nice. Not mean either, but he doesn’t have a welcoming attitude, he goes through the rules very fast, I didn’t understand a word, I just zoned out at some points, a lot of the guests had the same experience with him. He needs to remember he is dealing with people for whom English is not a first language also people who are not Americans, so there’s the accent, the language and he speaks very fast.
The ladies who do the cleaning, are nice, they always greet and smile.
Stuff walks in and out of the bedrooms all hours of the day, they don’t knock, they just let themselves in, turn the light on if they need it on and leave it on, they could care less. That is something that can be improved upon. They may be at work, but the rest of the people there are on vacation and need the room dark, so what if it’s noon?
All in all, I had a decent time at Hostel Cat, The environment was pretty peaceful and I got to hang out with some nice people.
Tips:
* Buy a padlock at the 99 cents store or pay $ 5 for the hostel’s lock
* Bring your own towels, I don’t get why people rent used towels
* There’s a 99 cents store on Charleston and Maryland, take one bus or walk 20mins from the hostel. It’s a grocery store that sells everything for 99 cents or less.
* Have fun and be nice to others, clean up after yourself in the common areas especially the bathroom and don’t take longer than necessary in the bathroom when sharing a room

The Most Horrible Experience EVER!!! I ALMOST caught a thief going into my bag when I left the room for a moment, then one of the guests was MASTURBATING in my room for 45 minutes in the middle of the night. After that another wanted to shower from 3 AM to 350 AM, I know because that was the last straw and I went and SLEPT THE REST OF THE NIGHT IN MY CAR! When I reported this to the manager the next day, to bad so sad, I told him I refused to stay there the next two nights of my stay and NO Refund, just kept my money for the nights I didn’t stay even under the circumstances. I went and booked at Days in Wild Wild West on Trop, only 4 dollars a night more for a nice private clean room that includes breakfast at Denny’s, Hostel Cat was NOT clean! Now I have stayed in Hostels all over Europe and I was in the USMC in squad bays with lots of dudes… never anything this bad… EVER…PS I never use caps like that but in this case it was called for… don’t make the mistake I did…

Eek! Methinks not.
I agree with the other reviewers. The staff acts like they are a little elitist club of fake «Plastics» a la Mean Girls, but with both genders. The staff is actually just kids hard up on money, travelers who work in exchange for room and board. (Free morning pancakes and some dinner for them.) They either do front desk or housekeeping duties.
Cleaning duties are omitted if it appears not to be needed, bad staff was heard saying, «does it LOOK like it needs to be mopped» as if they would skip it. Or other things, like vacuuming. Trash is emptied, but trash bags still have not been changed. Dirt and mildew on trash can and trash bags. Mildew on shower curtain. Check in staff does not inform customers AC unit also provides heat. Many were complaining of cold. Units barely heat room or cool rooms (in the summer). Need servicing/​freon.
The area is pretty dangerous. I was asked twice by local hooker girls if I wanted «any luck.» And the general people walking about were pretty scary.
And the worst part is they claim on a laminated sheet in every room that hotels put up fake reviews so they have a better chance and so they ask travelers who stay at the hostel to write reviews to benefit them. Pretty fake and disingenuous if you ask me. So those high ratings on those other hostel sites, I would beware of. Pay $ 20 extra for a real hotel and not have to deal with this. Plus you are far away from everything. No real food places around and they all gang together to demonize people they don’t like. If you stay for a night, then this place might be okay, but if you want to party with them, you better impress them easily or else they’ll shun you quick, and except for a few drama-​free staff, the majority have this problem. And the men will back up their women, probably in hopes of sleeping with them. Losers.

Vous voyagez à Vegas mais votre budget reste modeste?
La solution auberge de jeunesse s’impose. Situé à 25 min en bus du centre du Strip le Hostel Cat est l’une des auberges avec un rapport qualité prix imbattable.
Pour 15 $ la nuit vous aurez droit à un lit dans une chambre à partager avec 5 personnes.
Les chambres sont propres, salles de bains correctes et vous avez une cuisine sur place.
Le wifi est inclus et vous pouvez laver et sécher votre linge pour 3 $.
Le plus? Possbilité de réserver une navette pour l’aéroport auprès du staff pour seulement 10 $.

IF you’re looking for a cheap clean place to crash in Sin City, with tons of cool people from all over the world, Hostel Cat is your bag. Quarters and space is tight, which is to be expected in a hostel, but the place is pretty serious about creating a safe and clean environment for everyone. Its the kind of place where you can leave your bag out all day and not really worry about it going missing when you finally remember where you left it.
If you’re traveling alone, the atmosphere and nightly activities are such that you’ll make more friends than you’ll have time to hang with.
The location is a bit of a hike from the main strip, so plan for a bus pass if you’re going to be around for more than a few days.
But its a very short walk to the Stratosphere, where the poker games are soft, and between you and me (you can walk right into their outdoor pool facilities). Nice situation. There’s also lots of cheap bad 24 hour food around the hostel, great for the late night attacks.

This place is awesome. The golden rule is in mind here. They keep out most weirdos, just be aware that you are in vegas!

I just got home from staying at Hostel Cat for Saint Patrick’s Day weekend. I unfortunately based my expectations for the place on the one and only Unilocal review there was at the time and the reviews and write-​ups on their website. Later, I found that there are 15 Google Reviews for the place which are much more accurate in my opinion. I am subcategorizing my review into three sections: staff, atmosphere, and activities.
Staff — 2 stars
From the website’s skewed (of course) portrayal of the staff, I expected a friendly face to welcome me at the very least. Instead, I got a girl who seemed to hate her job who spoke to me and my friend like we were idiots, read us a friendly, welcoming script in monotone, and didn’t even crack a smile when I tried to be funny. She didn’t tell us that we would be changing rooms for the second night of our two night stay, nor that we were paying a $ 20 deposit along with the first night’s payment and were expected to come pay for our second night the next day. There were some friendly staff members, but nobody I would consider to be above average.
Atmosphere — 2.5 stars
Definitely a party atmosphere. I expected this. The website uses this as a selling point, and in this area, they deliver. It’s a young crowd — lots of young international travelers who want to get drunk and take in the fascinating city of Las Vegas. There was one guy who was very obviously having a really good time on what I would guess to be either speed or some kind of hallucinogen. I’m not too uptight about that kind of thing, but I was glad we weren’t sharing a room cause I’m pretty sure he would have robbed me. I spoke to a few girls who were sharing a room with some guys who just busted out some weed and started smoking it in the room which bothered them. So, the party atmosphere was a bit of an adventure. Many of the people staying there were super nice, and I met some really cool people there. The rooms are super basic, but pretty darn clean, and my bed was fairly sleep-​able. My friend said her bed the first night was a nightmare, but the next night, when we changed rooms, she took a bottom bunk which she said was much better than the top. The walls of the hostel are decorated with cartoon characters and splattered paint. The place looks pretty good to me.
Activities — 4 stars
This hostel seems to do something fun just about every night. The night of our arrival, a staff member invited us to go with a group of them in the hostel’s van and hit the strip. They do something like this several nights a week and the van trips are free. We didn’t partake our first night, but the second night, we signed up for their limo tour for $ 30 ($ 25 in advance) and went with the group on a limo ride down the strip to the Welcome to Las Vegas Sign, then to the club, The Cat House, at the Luxor. This excursion was COOL! The night started at 10 pm with a gathering in the common room with free all-​you-​can-​drink vodka for about an hour until the limo arrived, we had a minute to take pictures with the limo, then we took off down the strip. The music was bumping and everybody was having a great time. The limo was huge and seemed brand new. We got to the club, where we were admitted for free with hardly any wait, and the ladies were given wrist bands for free well vodka drinks. My friend and I skipped out after a while in the club cause we wanted to check out the Strip outdoors on Saint Patrick Day, so we did and took a cab home. They also have tours of the Grand Canyon, which we did not do. Activities, I’d give a 4 out of 5. I could definitely see someone traveling to Vegas solo and having a completely fulfilling social life due to staying at Hostel Cat.
So, to sum it up, I would stay here again. I’ll probably stay at a hotel next time I go for the sake of getting more sleep and enjoying a little more comfort. Keep in mind that they have no curfew and it’s a party city, so you will often have hostel mates coming into your room and turning the lights on to situate themselves in the early hours of the morning. I guess that’s just the way it is in a hostel. I like the excitement of having interesting room mates and nightly activities, so I am definitely planning on staying in a hostel again in the future. In Vegas, I will probably try a different one to see if I can find a more friendly staff, but if I can’t find anything better, I’d stay at Hostel Cat again and know that I will have a good time despite the negatives.