Where to begin? My husband and friend felt lucky to have found three beds in a dorm at the Happy Gecko between Christmas and New Year as everywhere else in Playa Del Carmen was either fully booked or very expensive, however this feeling of luck disappeared soon after arrival on Boxing Day. Firstly, the place is a death trap. The... More

Low security with well-painted rooms, uptight staff, broken air conditioner, weak drinks. I left to find another hostel for 10 pesos less with better rooms, view, and staff. Not the worst in Mexico, but many better hostels in playa.

Not a lot of things to say about the Happy Gecko in Playa del Carmen, clean, there are room with Kitchen, a big terasse, it's a traveller place, when you are fed up to pay a lot like in Tulum or Cancun, this simple place will help you to keep money for the Party! Ther's no view on the beach... More

This was probably the worst hostel I stayed at in my 8 weeks in Mexico. There are a number of reasons for this; - There is a big chalk board at the front desk that says "breakfast 8:30 - 11am" on it. So on the first morning, my friend and I headed down at 10:30 for breakfast, to which we... More

The good: Location one block behind central 5th Avenue. Friendly and helpful staff. Cheap eats across the road and down the street. Beds comfortable. 24 hour checkin The bad: Noisy location very near bars and apartments, no window coverings, despite booking a room supposedly with four single beds, we were given two doubles and a mattress on the floor. The... More

We stayed in a container with private bathroom with AC. The price was very high for a terrible room. Windows were taped with plastic bags and the walls were covered with big stains. When we got in the room, dirty sheets from previous visitors were still on the bed. These got changed for other ones later on. We didn't want... More

I stayed in the hostal for two weeks last year and I will always come back ! The staff and other guest are like your family and you immedeately start feeling home. Though it is not a luxury hostal. But the atmosphere is the best of all the hostals in Playa del Carmen and the location - 2 blocks from... More

they give u clean towels. But u dont get a key to yr room. They have to open it for u evertime which gets annoying. The room i was in smelt of smoke. watch out for sleez staff. But overall a gud hostel.

I stayed here while in Playa, and I felt that the staff were really nice and friendly. The social scene was good but since its not a huge bar, even sleeping in the dorms near the rooftop bar you can still sleep. It had A.C which was great, most places in the same price range don't. I have conversational spanish,... More