Oyster Hostel

Not too far from the zocolo. Close to the malecon.

This was the worst hostel I've stayed in during four months in Mexico. When I arrived, the person at the front desk had to pick a bunch of trash off of my bed! And then it was "cleaned" by someone wiping a dirty rag over it to remove some of the sand and various other small debris still on the mattress. The mattress itself had no cover or protector on it, and the sheets (you have to make your own bed) were threadbare - I'm not exaggerating. Absolutely disgusting. Thankfully I had a sleeping bag liner I could use. The facilities are abysmal. The 10 bed dorm room is TINY. The furniture on the rooftop is a bunch of broken down old wood pieces. The bathrooms are so small you can barely sit down. The WiFi doesn't work very well. The vibe here is also very strange. No one talks to each other. But there were people making noise in the dorm room until late (the person in the bunk bed above me was SINGING!) and then people started leaving very early. I barely got any sleep.