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WOW City Hostel

Property class: 2

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Front of property
A spacious lobby with a staircase, a mural on the wall, and a chandelier.
A modern living area with a sofa, a coffee table, and a yellow counter.
A hallway with yellow doors, one marked with a sign indicating room number 104, Wi-Fi access, and a QR code.
A hotel room with a bed, a TV, a wooden headboard, a desk, and a lamp.

Reviews

8.0 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking available
  • Kitchen
The current price is $50
$46 nightly
$50 total
Total with taxes and fees
Nov 1 - Nov 2

Explore the area

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Karoly Korut. 13-15, Budapest, 1075
  • Place, St. Stephen's Basilica
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Budapest Christmas Market
    ‪6 min walk‬
  • Place, Vaci Street
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Airport, Budapest (BUD-Ferenc Liszt Intl.)
    ‪34 min drive‬

Room options

View all photos for Double Room, Shared Bathroom

A hotel room with two single beds, a wooden dresser, a chair, a TV mounted on the wall, and a window with blue curtains.

Double Room, Shared Bathroom

  • 161 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Twin Room with Shared Bathroom

A hotel room with two beds, a small round table with a remote control, and two paintings on the walls.

Twin Room with Shared Bathroom

  • 161 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Twin Room, Private Bathroom

A twin room with two single beds, a nightstand with a lamp, and a window with sheer curtains.

Twin Room, Private Bathroom

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • 161 sq ft
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

View all photos for Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm, Shared Bathroom

A bunk bed with a rolled towel on the lower bunk, white bedding, and a blue wall.

Shared Dormitory, Mixed Dorm, Shared Bathroom

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(2 reviews)
  • 269 sq ft
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Large Twin Bunk Bed

View all photos for Standard Double Room, Private Bathroom

A hotel room with a flat-screen TV on a wooden dresser, two beds with white linens, a window with blue curtains, and a wall with a leaf-pattern wallpaper.

Standard Double Room, Private Bathroom

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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A hotel room with a bed, a desk, a chair, a window with curtains, a wall-mounted TV, and a radiator.

Single Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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A room with bunk beds, a desk, chairs, and a window with curtains.

Quadruple Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Twin Bunk Beds

View all photos for Basic Double Room

A neatly made bed in a room with two windows, each with blue curtains.

Basic Double Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Basic Twin Room

A room with two beds, white bedding, a wooden headboard, a blue curtain, and a painting on the wall.

Basic Twin Room

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Superior Double Room

A hotel room with a bed, a desk, and a chair.

Superior Double Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About the neighborhood

Budapest

With a stay at WOW City Hostel, you'll be centrally located in Budapest, within a 10-minute walk of St. Stephen's Basilica and Budapest Christmas Market. .This hostel is 0.6 mi (0.9 km) from Hungarian State Opera House and 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Szechenyi Chain Bridge.
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What's nearby

  • St. Stephen's Basilica - 6 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Budapest Christmas Market - 6 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Vaci Street - 9 min walk - 0.5 miles
  • Hungarian State Opera House - 11 min walk - 0.6 miles
  • Szechenyi Chain Bridge - 11 min walk - 0.6 miles

Getting around

  • Deák Ferenc tér M Tram Stop - 2 min walk
  • Budapest Boraros Square Station - 4 min drive
  • Ferenc Liszt Intl. Airport (BUD) - 38 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Kakas Presszó - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Pizza Me #7 - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪My Little Melbourne Coffee - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Központ - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Blue Bird Roastery - ‬3 min walk

About this property

WOW City Hostel

WOW City Hostel offers 16 air-conditioned accommodations with coffee/tea makers. Kitchens offer refrigerators, stovetops, microwaves, and cookware/dishes/utensils. Bathrooms include showers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Premium cable television is provided.

Make yourself at home in one of the 16 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchens with refrigerators and stovetops. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include microwaves and coffee/tea makers.
Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
Featured amenities include luggage storage, a safe deposit box at the front desk, and an elevator. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Airport shuttle on request
  • Self parking on site (EUR 8 per day)

Family friendly

  • In-room kitchen
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • No housekeeping service
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Accessibility

  • Elevator

More

  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Cable channels
  • Premium channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Electric kettle
  • Kitchen
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator
  • Stovetop

More

  • Air conditioning

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 9:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 15

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 9 AM - 9 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

  • Mastercard
  • Visa

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • An effective city/local tax rate of 4.00 percent will be charged

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: EUR 25 per vehicle
  • Self parking fee: EUR 8 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
Property Registration Number EG20000945

Property is also known as

Absolut City Hostel
Absolut City Budapest
WOW City Hostel Budapest
Absolut City Hostel Budapest
WOW City Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
WOW City Hostel Hostel/Backpacker accommodation Budapest

WOW City Hostel Reviews

Reviews

8.0

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 36 out of 97 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 39 out of 97 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 97 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 97 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 97 reviews

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
The location is perfect for those enjoy nightlife. The receptionist is very helpful and friendly
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything very good. It was a private big enough room so more hotel the hotel. Also bathroom was clean and bed comfortable The position Is perfect: 3 minutes walking from deak Ferenc station White are coming all 3 metro lines, plus the bus going Directly tò the airport
Stayed 1 night in May 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very Good, lovely staff
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
the location is excellent. walking distance to the attractions.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Room was spotless, staff was courteous . . . great experience. Room was very small (I had to put the luggage on the bed to close the door), but it was fine for sleeping. . . and there was a kitchen down the hall. Couldn't ask for a better location. Really great!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very helpful and kind service, cozy place and room was clean. Everything is near. Weekend night was noisy, 'cause there is bar understairs, but we still slept well.
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
For a hostel, amenities were good. Shower and toilet are separate rooms, which I liked. I especially appreciated the bed curtains. A little privacy goes a long way in a hostel.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Anna was great at orienting us to all the passcodes. Friendly and professional service.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The reception is constantly empty, and signs are confusing, very hard to find and enter the hostel.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The hostel has switched to fully code-based entry. This was awesome since I arrived when there was no staff onsite and could easily enter the building, the hostel and my room without interacting with anyone. The hostel is very conveniently located, meters away from the Airport Express bus stop. Facilities are clean. My first impression was that there were not enough washrooms or showers, but I didn’t encounter anyone else in the washroom or shower area during my stay, so it seems fine. All in all, this was a good stay and great value.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Very basic, cheap accommodation at a great location. Very convenient to/from the airport. The 100E bus from the airport stops almost in front of the building. Phone or doorbell kept ringing early dawn with nobody at the reception desk and I could hear it in our room, even though it was far away. Then some construction or repair work started early morning when they were drilling the walls or something. Impossible to sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The IKEA wardrobe felt out of place. Would have found more use from a low shelf and an exposed hanging rail and or hooks. Bathroom fittings could do with a replacement or thorough cleaning being noticeably corroded. Do not think it was worth paying extra for a private bathroom given the layout and lack of hooks or rails... The square outside can be a bit noisy at night, but as a consolation, the location is convenient with nearby access to Deak Ferenc ter and the airport bus.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

Friendly, clean not comfortable

Great staff and clean environment. Unfortunately there was no after hours emergency contact information left. I experienced someone having sex in the room and I had no one to contact. Also the mattress was too thin and there was a permanent pit in the center of it
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

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

Horrible experience

I’ve been this with the private bathroom option for a single person however there are a couple of disappointments. 1 - the front gate of the entrance is very scratchy, not recommend for young woman to choose. 2 - the actual room is not really match to the photos. Those photos online are highly saturated and it is not very clean. 3 - I would highly recommend to compare different reviews before booking this.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2025
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location. Very central for travel to and from airport as downtown and on main road. Slot of food options a stone's throw away. Initial entry can be awkward as you aren't given a code and there's no bell to ring. I was lucky a group of friends were entering to go and apartment they'd rented when I arrived so they let me in and I was able to go upstairs to the hostel. Guy on duty was really friendly and very helpful. I stayed in the ensuite and whilst it was great , the ceiling possibly needed a lick of paint as there was a watermark and the bathroom showerhead needed cleaning as it had a limescale build up. This aside the room was great. I'd definitely stay again
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Staff & service
에어컨이 창문형이라 무척 시끄럽고.욕실을 다른 고객과 공유해야해서 번거로움. 직원은 친절하여 체크아웃후에도 욕실 사용가능했음
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2026
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fiyat performans yeri tam şehir merkezinde
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2026
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Angestellte sind sher hilfsbereit. Es gibt aber keine Parkplätze vor Ort wie im Angebot ausgeschrieben. Es muss sich selber um einen Parkplatz gekümmert werden.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2026
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Estivemos 3 noites e não trocaram as toalhas de banho! Para serem trocadas tínhamos de pagar 5€! Os quartos dizem que tem casa de banho privativa e a casa de banho é partilhada com outro quarto !
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

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

1人經濟出行之選

位置方便在市中心 機場巴士100E下車便到 櫃台人員有禮 熱心 床鋪乾淨有燈有電源可獨立充電有wifi 廁所浴室乾淨 洗澡水溫夠熱 性價比滿分
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
저렴한 숙소입니다. 욕실/주방/화장실 등이 공용인 호스텔입니다. 부다페스트 관광하기에 매우 좋은 위치입니다.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
God beliggenhed. Venligt personale For meget larm fra baren under overnatningsstedet
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2024
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bästa läget om man inte har varit i Budapest förut! Personalen var trevliga och hjälpsamma. Sköna sängar dock lite oväsen från gatan på kvällen. Det var lite svårt att komma in i Hostalen, dåligt skyltat.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Verified review

4/10 Poor

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

인생 최악의 숙소

표지판이 없어서 숙소 찾기도 힘들었음. 호스텔이란 핑계로 청소도 안 해주고, 수건 교체도 추가 비용 요구.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Verified review

8/10 Good

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

Basic but absolutely everything you need!

A- a great location, a 10 minute walk from the city centre; B- basic but met our needs for a 2 night stay S- small, furniture needed moving in order to get into bathroom; O- overall, reasonably clean (bathroom, communal spaces etc); L- loud to the early hours but to be expected with location; U- unclear signage to access the hostel; T- the location is great and makes the rest worthwhile
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022