SoBe Hostel

What can you say about this Hostel? Well, I was unsure if I walked into a nightclub, pub, or a dorm but it was quite the experience for this traveller:
PROS:
1) friendly and knowledgeable staff always willing to help
2) location was only a few blocks from beach
3) Clean rooms and really good Air Conditioning units in rooms (the German and I had a disagreement when he came in and turned A/​C from max cool to just off)
4) music selection
5) activities
Cons:
1) more outlets in lobby be cool
2) toiletries available for purchase
All in all top three hostel I ever stayed in

Only stayed for one night. It was all i needed so i could rest for my curise the next day. Staff was great. I only rated a 3 because they are in the middle of reconstruction and the walls are thin. But other then that it served my purpose.

Stayed here with 3 friends so it was only us four in a room together no strangers. We skipped the breakfast and dinner and just went out, but if ur super strapped for cash then go ahead and indulge. The rooms were clean and I was able to shower so that’s all I cared about. We were out having fun all day so the only time we came back to the hostel was to shower to get ready for the nightlife. They have a party bus that comes to pick up the group (that paid $ 20) and drops us off and bars and the chosen club for that night. We had a great time I’d stay here again. It’s so close to everything.
Honestly if you don’t like to party then don’t stay here.

Fantastic location and all the backpacker basics.
Waffles for brekkie and dinner is included too!
Wonderful party vibe hostel and a great place to meet people from all over the world. Staff were really lovely as well.
I’d stay again next time I’m in Miami for a wild weekend away.

No está mal este Hostel. Está ubicado en pleno Miami Beach, a muy pocos metros de la playa. Así que si tu visita a Miami es para tomar sol y meterte al mar, este lugar es apropiado.
Las habitaciones son mixtas o de mujeres, de 8 camas. No son la gran cosa, pero las camas son lo suficientemente cómodas y hay un locker –bien grande– por persona. Los baños y las duchas están bien, hay unos cuantos. Siempre todo limpio.
El hospedaje incluye desayuno: bagel con queso, café (muy feo) o té y fruta.
En la recepción hay un pequeño barcito para tomar lo que quieras, pero principalmente cerveza. El hostel está pensado para jóvenes con ganas de salir, así que todas las noches se organiza alguna salida a algún boliche. Son muy organizados: en la recepción se anuncia con un cartel, informan el precio, a qué hora hay que estar y si el boliche no te deja entrar en ojotas, te avisan y te aquilan zapatos.
El personal es muy amable. La mayoría habla español y están siempre dispuestos a orientarte en lo que necesites. Si comprás algo por internet y lo mandás al hostel ellos lo reciben y te lo guardan hasta que llegues.

Really nice, courteous, hardworking people working there, but it’s gotten a little rundown in places and is a little dirty, sloppy, not kept up. I don’t remember it being so loud and noisy.

I recently tried to book on their website
for a 3 night st­ay. Right as I logged on to the site I w­as prompted with a $ 17/​night rate u­sing the code «holiday». I used that cod­e during booking and I was informed that­ it was expired. The kid at the front desk told me «I didn’t have to stay there» and that the price was for a «limited time only». I believe this was false­ advertisement and should have been given the room for the price listed and have thus booked to a HiMiami. They lost my business and I’d never go back just because of the service!

This hostel is absolutely awesome!
The staff is very welcoming and always answered to all of our questions.
We felt at «home» there. The emplacement is very nice, and close to a lot of nice places.
Breakfast and dinner (include) are great!
We were planning to stay 2 nights there, because we already booked in another hostel before we arrived, but decided to come back to the SoBe Hostel for two more nights.
We’ve had a lot of fun, and met awesome people from everywhere.

It’s a place for the young adults. Besides the expected, housekeeping and management deserve top marks for keeping things clean (bathrooms, hallways, common areas) with an ever-​active gang of people looking to share a good time.
They keep the party (pretty much constant after dark) in the lobby and out of the rooms. Free clean towels and sheets, beach towels are furnished whenever and as often as you like at the friendly front desk.
Sleeping: it’s Spartan. Tiny bunk beds 4, 8, or 12 to a room, but each has a locker underneath (you’ll need a padlock). A string of bright cartooning lights overhead, air conditioner in a small window that that doesn’t open. Never mind.
Never mind? That’s right. Because the very best beach if the South of Fifth village-​like enclave is two short blocks away. Terrific amenities: bars and clubs, but also a spotless huge Publix grocery store (rudimentary communal kitchen with shared refrigerator and microwave), and r restaurants from cheap-​cheap to the star-​studded Steak 112.
South Pointe Park also right there, where cruise ships pass by at sunset like festive apartment houses. Add local and airport public transportation at the door (25 cents for the South Beach Local loop. $ 2.65 express every 20 – 30 minutes.)
Every night, a party bus picks up the gang for pub-​crawl or nightclub fun with guaranteed VIP entry. They come back late, plastered and rowdy, but the staff keeps the on. And by morning, when you come to the lobby for free bagels or waffles, fresh fruit and coffee… it’s like, all OK man.

BRING A LOCK. My first night staying here I got money stolen from me while sleeping, as did another girl in my room. (Pssst management, you have a problem on your hands. I suggest fixing the broken bunk lockers and providing your guests with locks) their meals are very minimal and having a gluten free restriction was difficult to eat here. For breakfast I had a banana. If you don’t like to party, don’t stay here. If you love to party and socialize, you’d probably enjoy this. Also wishing the staff showed just a little more hospitality.

Bathroom was very dirty but everything else was great, very nice people. I asked to be roomed with only girls and the guy helped me out.

I rated SoBe 3 stars because the staff there were extremely welcoming, friendly, and accommodating. This definitely is a great hostel to stay at if you are new to Miami, on a budget, and want to hit up the party spots.
Every night I was there they had a 30 min-​1 hour «open bar» which consistent of pretty much free rum/​cokes or something of the sort. Then a party bus would pick up the entire hostel (or everyone that paid for a $ 10 wristband) and take them to a bar or club. This was a lot of fun and a great way to meet people and see the Miami party scene. The staff also had a free breakfast and dinner every night. It wasn’t your gourmet meal but it was FREE and got all the hostel goers in the same room which I believe SoBe was trying to go after.
I feel this hostel could be a LOT better with a couple small changes. They are currently renovating their bathrooms which I think will make a huge difference. The women’s restrooms were not nice. That’s a pretty big change but I think something as simple as new sheets and towels would go a long way. They get a lot of traffic in there but the towels and sheets were old and it doesn’t matter how many times you wash them they still look and feel gross. It may have been the other travelers but my room had a certain odor to it, something a fan or air freshener plug in could have helped with.
Overall my stay was enjoyable and the people I met and the friendly staff truly made the trip.

Not the best. But not the worst. Don’t let them trick you into parties without full details and any catches involved. Spent too much money to get ditched at a party my first night for not dressing well enough.

The location of this hostel is good and also the staff are kind BUT this hostel really need renovation because the rooms are plenty of roaches and the bathrooms are very disgusting. You don’t know after your shower if you are cleaner than before.
They propose a breakfast (bagels and fruits) and also the dinner but i had never tried.
If you don’t want to spend a lot of money and don’t care about the clean… It’s your call otherwise RUN!!!

The place looks great for people looking for partying only. If you care about anything else (sleeping, service.), you maybe want to look at other options!

If you are looking for sleep, KEEP LOOKING!
This hostel is set up for partying. They organize bus trips every night to local bars and clubs leaving around 11:00 pm. The busses arrive back at 2:30 or 3:00 am each night. The partiers are loud and don’t care about those of us who would like to sleep. There is loud talking, singing, shouting, etc. The women’s bathroom door slammed hundreds of times a night because the door closer was not adjusted right. Unfortunately, my room was just across the hall. You can hear the people in the next room fairly clearly. There is a bar at the entrance to the hostel that is quite noisy. You have to walk through the bar to get to the registration desk. I am SO sleep deprived after 5 days. Never again!
The staff was helpful but reserved. At times if felt like I was annoying them just waiting in line. When I asked to have the women’s bathroom door adjusted they said it would be done right away. Two days later they said it was fixed. I checked and it was still slamming. I had to speak directly with the maintenance guy to finally get it fixed.
The accommodations were adequate. The rooms that I was in was small with about 18″ between the beds. The mattresses are vinyl and very uncomfortable. The springs are gouging you all night long. My pillow was like a rock. I changed it but it was still too hard.
My room had a stack of lockers that were big enough for all my stuff. I purchased a lock from SOBE for $ 5.
Breakfast is bagels, bananas, oranges and coffee or OJ. NEED PROTEIN! I never ate dinner at SOBE.
The bathrooms are crowded. At times, there is not nearly enough space for all the guests. The paper towels ran out twice while I was there.
Since the focus is on partying, I think the patrons overlook the shortcomings of the SOBE hostel. It felt like a meat market.
The price was average for the area but I would pay more for better accommodations. I will be more prepared next time when staying at a hostel, with ear plugs and eye mask. Next time, I will stay at another hostel in the area that is more geared toward courtesy and sleep.

Stayed here twice. The rooms kinda suck, but the lounge and bar area is whre you want to spend your time anyways. The atmosphere here is unlike any other hostel that I’ve been to.
The staff are all down to earth, which is very rare in Miami. The bartenders were especially cool; friendly and not out to get all your money. For one of our nights we moved to a nearby hostel to save some dough, but at night we found ourselves back at the SoBe bar.

With new owners, this hostel has changed some. For one, the team of hunky young Latinos manning the place actually use customer service skills, a rarity in south beach. They actually smile and although still guarded and preoccupied, the are actually organized, flexible and try and help. The jarring new bright orange paint
is a bit cheesier than the former smooth all white austarity, so is the multi colored light show and music jams at night. The lobby doubles as a bar area, and people do hang out here.
But things run smooth, the mattresses are a bit thin and I could sometimes feel the springs but this very international crowd is pretty much a well behaved bunch, perhaps propelled by its location off the mega party roads, down on second street.
For $ 30 a night you can really stretch a budget. I paid $ 200 for one week, got a good nights sleep, easy walk to the beach with free coffee, bananas and bagels in the morning.
Close to walgreens, playa market and a ceviche place next door. It all works.

I’ve never stayed in a hostel but I will say I didn’t spend much time there when I wasn’t sleeping. The only issues I had was with some one in the room that kept turning off the AC, and NO PARKING (I would rent a spot if available).

I have fond memories of this quaint little hostel, as I stayed here on my very first trip to South Beach 3 years ago. It’s a small place, but the crowd is always fun, eclectic and international. I’ve met some great people staying here. And the bar inside offers happy hour specials and cheap drinks if you’re wanting to pre-​game before your night on the town. It is newly renovated and in a great location… just 2 blocks from the beach!
BEST HOSTEL IN SOUTH BEACH!

I had so many great memories here! It was my first stay at a hostel and I was a bit nervous about it, but it was just like staying at a college dorm, except people were much happier because they were all there on vacation.
The people are what make a hostel great, and this place had a fun, community feel. I was staying here for Ultra weekend and some guy I hadn’t met before introduced himself in the hallway and said «Hey, are you going to Ultra? A bunch of us from the hostel are heading there tomorrow and catching a bus that way. You should come out with us.»
People are really nice and friendly and come from all over the world. I stayed in a 4 people room. My roomies were from Argentina, South Korea, Canada, and Connecticut. I also met people from Sweden, Norway, Italy, the UK, and Germany.
The atmosphere gets a solid 5 stars if you’re into a party type of hostel. The reason one star gets knocked off is one member of the staff wasn’t too helpful and the loud noise from the first floor (I stayed on the 2^nd floor directly above) made it a bit hard to fall asleep the last night I stayed. Luckily, I brought ear plugs hehe.
It was ironic, because the next door neighbors were playing their music on our floor and I didn’t even hear it through the walls. For the most part, people were really respectful. The hallways were quiet and the cleaning people were really cool, too.
Here are some tips:
Tip 1: they clean the showers around 10am when most people are just waking up, so if you want to get clean without interruptions, either shower at night, or wake up and shower around 9am.
Tip 2: Free breakfast is from 8am till 10am. It’s just bagels and bananas or oranges. But hey, it’s free and toasted fresh bagels are pretty darn good when you’re starving.
Tip 3: If you want a good night’s sleep and you get cold easily, please bring a sweatshirt. They also have warm blankets available at the front desk, too. Once you check into your room you are also given bedsheets and a towel. The front desk also has drinks available if you get thirsty and other drinks available at the bar till 5am if you are the other type of thirsty. And if you are mad hungry they do have college «ramen» noodles and some other foods.
Tip 4: There is a fridge and a microwave in the kitchen/​lounge area. If you want to put food in there, ask the front desk for a bag and label. I wish I knew this, because I would have stored my Shake Shack fries in here instead of letting them perish in my car the entire weekend. There’s also a mini theater connected to this room. They have theme nights posted on the wall here, too. I came in here to put some «ramen» in my tummy and quickly go to bed, but ended up chatting it up with some bartending school hostel guests from sweden and norway. My quick snack eventually morphed into drunken noodles in my belly.
Tip 5: Bring slippers to wear in the shower. They clean the bathrooms a whole lot, but still.
Tip 6: They have both co-​ed and females only rooms.
Tip 7: Sunrise/​Sunset on the beach yoga is only one or two blocks away. (Good luck waking up or staying up long enough for that sunrise. Lol.) So is Amnesia nightclub and Big Pink restaurant.
Tip 8: Yes, there is wi-​fi here but you use it downstairs in the computer lounge area. They have computers available for use. You let them hold onto your ID while you browse the net.
Tip 9: In addition to the bar mentioned above, you can play pool for more opportunities to mingle and meet with fellow travelers.
Parking is available through parking passes and you park on the street in the blocks nearby. They have a map at the front desk, so make sure you know exactly where to park.
Price was decent. The hotels were priced really high that weekend, but I paid an avg of $ 80 a night.
I probably wouldn’t stay here with my son with the community bathrooms and all, but definitely would come back with a friend. Most the hostel guests here are in their early 20’s, but they were friendly to everyone.
I think I had such a blast here that I somehow got sucked back into time and forgot that it had been 10 years since I was living at college. Lol.