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Reviews of Five Elements Hostel Leipzig

Five Elements Hostel Leipzig
Kleine Fleischergasse 8, Leipzig, SN

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 93 out of 209 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 87 out of 209 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 22 out of 209 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 6 out of 209 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 209 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Emel

Disliked: Cleanliness
The location is great. It was awfully noisy all evening, all night and during the morning.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Silke

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Was great!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

8/10 Good

Elsa

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This hostel is in an ideal location. It is on a gorgeous little square with a fountain. (The photo is accurate!) It's steps away from an alley packed with popular cafes and restaurants. It's also a very short walk to J.S. Bach's church, St. Thomas. Perfection! A few things to note: (1) The interior is a series of hallways that make almost no sense and lead to a disjointed feeling of the place. It's impossible to get your bearings when inside. (2) Our room had plenty of space, it was clean, and the beds were fine. (3) Unfortunately, we needed to open the window to cool down the room and cigarette smoke wafted in from the courtyard below at all hours of the day and night. (4) The walls are thin so we could hear people walk down the hallway. Fortunately, this didn't happen very often. (5) The breakfast is serviceable and unfussy, but at 30 Euros for four people, overpriced.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

J

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Robert

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very reasonable priced room and fairly comfortable, but noise and smoke from outside was too much. Room was too hot even with heat turned off. Had to open windows to cool down. People smoking below and moving trash cans, playing guitars all night long. Miserable sleep for all of us as a result.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely relaxed place, central to all the fun
Amazing value, given the location and quality of accommodation
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sebastian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

10/10 Excellent

Calvin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was a great trip! Staff was great, very friendly. Facilities were clean and as described.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Davy, Berlin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A great hostel with friendly staff in a good location in Leipzig.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location, quite reasonable prices, brilliant staff.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Tim

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Busy but Comfortable
It is a large city centre hostel, spread out over a large area in a big building, busy but friendly. The dorm was only for 4 people and was spacious and comfortable. Large pleasant lounge area, and a good public bar open in the evenings. Decent buffet breakfast for 5 euro. Very fast internet throughout. The location could not be more central, with dozens of restaurant on the doorstep, and all of the city's attractions an easy walk away.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018
Response from Leila on Dec 4, 2018
Thank you :)

8/10 Good

Suet Kan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cheap but nice hostel
The room and the ensuite is nice and clean, free breakfast is fair too. However the room is facing all the bars and restaurants which could be really loud at night unless you close your windows (but it's so hot!) there's free coffee and tea, a big lounge area too. It's right next to the Market as well so the location is great!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice
Overall it was nice, but the spider webs on the ceiling were a bit scary (I'm afraid of spiders)
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Leipzig
Really nice hostel, very friendly and helpful service at reception and a very good central location
Stayed 1 night in May 2018
Response from Leila on Jun 1, 2018
Thank you very much! :) See you next time!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Happy Enough that I’d Stay Again
The location is great, the staff was nice, they offer towels and locks for a deposit (nicer than charging extra), luggage storage was free, and the WiFi was fast, and the room and bathroom were clean. My only complaints are: 1) the hallway is an echo chamber and anytime someone is walking or talking you can hear them—which was especially frustrating after midnight and in the early morning; and 2) Some from the courtyard comes into the room—even as a smoker this was not ideal imo and neither is closing the windows on a humid day. But overall, I would easily recommend this location.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My first hostel
It was my first experience in a hostel, in general the experience was good except for the internet, I had many issues, especially for connecting on the breakfast lounge where I need it most. It is very well situated
Stayed 5 nights in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hostel right in downtown
This hostel was very good regarding on cleanliness and location. But its structure is weird and in my opinion doesn't have common areas that favors meeting new people. For example the living room in not close from the bar, and the lounge is in anther floor. Also there are many families in the hostel. Said all that, if you are a solo traveler, may be difficult to meet people in this hostel. All the rest is great. The location and cleanliness.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
two great nights in Leipzig
Great hotel/hostel at a great location. Free tea/coffee all day long, nice kitchen. The only snag is that some of the rooms face an inner courtyard, where there is a bar/restaurant at the ground level. So sometimes it's a bit noisy late into the night -- bring a pair of earplugs if that's a concern. Otherwise excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Colm

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great place to stay so clean and the staff were friendly and helpful will stay again
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Cool spot
Hostel was a little hard to find, is a little hidden. Wifi was good quality. Shower unfortunately would let water go out to the floor during every shower. Every bed had a light and one outlet. Lockers were the tall ones which was great but not even a divider in it.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Nice reception staff.

8/10 Good

Duy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

david, Portland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value
Best location in Leipzig

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

sven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great location
Stayed here for 4 nights while exploring Leipzig. The hostel is in a great location in the heart of the old town area. There are lots of restaurants, bars, and cafes nearby. I stayed in an 8 person dorm room which was quite comfortable. The room was far bigger than I've seen in most hostels, with lots of space to move around, and even a table and four chairs. There's a lounge/kitchen room that I didn't use much, but it looked comfortable. The hostel breakfast is a very basic European style breakfast of buns, cheese and sliced meats. Overall, a good accommodations for the price.

4/10 Poor

JUN-XIAN, Taiwan

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
barely slept
It's a very good location in city center, and room is really big. But the bathroom is not clean and wet. I barely slept because the bombing sound from heater, it's so loud, terrible!!!

10/10 Excellent

Daniela, Montreal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good hostel
Modern hostel, newly built. Large bathroom, however as other guests have previously complained, not the best shower arrangement so it might get a bit wet on the floor. Bed was comfy, there was a small light and plug by the end.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hostel
There was a little confusion about the booking website, towels were not very clean and young people were enjoying themselves quite loudly. But apart from that it was pretty wonderful. I liked staying there and would recommend it.

8/10 Good

Mathias

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Zentral gelegen große schöne Zimmer. Kleiner Nachteil nur ein Matratze wenn man zu zweit übernachtet. Parkplatz und Parkhaus gleich um die Ecke.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Katja

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Romy

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Anne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Berndt

Liked: Staff & service
An sich eine super Unterkunft nur sollte evtl der Zustand der möbel sollte überprüft werden
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Everything is fine with the price, staffs are helpful Super great location
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

daniel

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Karin

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Daniel

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wir hatten ein 4-Personen-Appartement am Ende des Flurs mit Fenstern zum Innenhof. Dieser war aufgrund (der guten) Gastro sehr belebt. Aber die Fenster schließen schalldicht, so dass wir gut geschlafen haben. Die Lage des Hostels ist fantastisch. Unser Auto haben wir im nahe gelegenen Parkhaus unterm Markt abgestellt. Alle Mitarbeiter vor Ort sind sehr nett und hilfsbereit. Das Frühstück war gut und wurde dem günstigen Preis mehr als gerecht. Unsere Kinder haben sogar kostenlos gegessen. Für einen geringen Aufpreis konnten wir etwas später auschecken. Alles in allem eine Empfehlung.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alexis hernan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Manfred

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Akira

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
安価で気軽に滞在出来る。 大規模な為、外部出入口から部屋までの経路が長い。
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Thorsten

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Andreas

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Das sehr zentral gelegenes Hostel ist ein super Startpunkt zum Bummeln / Erkunden der Leipziger Innenstadt. Leider wir im Innenhof vom Nachbarrestaurant bis spät in die Nacht gelärmt und die Preise haben nicht mehr viel mit einem Hostel zu tun; Frühstück und Ausstattung entsprechen Hostel-Niveau.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Guido

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2022

8/10 Good

Lisa

10/10 Excellent

Desiree

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wir können das Five Elements nur weiter empfehlen, super Lage, sauber und das Frühstück war auch ok Das einzige was noch fehlt sind Parkmöglichkeiten in der Nähe
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Berivan

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sehr freundliche und hilfsbereite Mitarbeiter . Umgebung rund ums Hostel war perfekt . Sauberkeit war ok. Uns wurde jederzeit geholfen , es war jederzeit ein Ansprechpartner da wenn wir ein Anliegen hatten. Frühstück war ausreichend . Es war alles da was wir brauchten. Sehr schön fand ich die frischen und warmen Brötchen. Wir kommen gerne wieder. Die Kinder haben sich sehr wohl gefühlt.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2022