This was the only not fully booked hostel we've managed to find after arriving to Prague. The room was quite big and funny - separated from the kitchen just by the glass door - so always full of external light and sound. The stuff was really nice and there were hearts everywhere :)
Constant queing for the shower. apparantely no internet. But there is a tremendous underground bar just next to the door.

This is a review about Golden Sickle service, as we didn't have a chance to stay in their hostel! We were planning our trip to Prague in May and I made a reservation for this hostel on 13th of March 2008.
I got an e-mail from the hostel 4 days before our trip with their cancellation of our reservation! Their excuse was that there was some problem with booking engine when I made a reservation and that their capacity was already full. But I made the reservation 45 days earlier!!They didn't even offer to find us another accomodation.
This was very rude and unprofessional and they have ruined our visit to Prague as there was no way for us for finding another accomodation in such a short notice..
As we had booked one night in Vienna, we went there, had a great time (Meininger hostel = all the best), and spent other 2 nights in Linz.

We had a great time in Austria!

Hostel Golden Sickle,Prague - I don't reccomend!

A very strict, rule-ridden hostel. There are signs up for absolutely everything, basic common sense stuff, like close doors, don't make noise after 9pm, don't sit on radiators, etc and it creates a real negative atmosphere.
Found the staff, with the exception of the night watchman, to be very rude, unaccommodating and unhelpful. Arrived at midday after a very early flight to be told abruptly that we couldn't check-in until 2pm, this is not mentioned on the website or in the confirmation of the booking.
The room was OK except for the broken shower (detached from the wall) and the terrible state of the flimsy beds. My friend actually broke his bed by sitting down and we were charged 50Euros for its replacement. We protested that it was an accident and were flat-out told we were lying.
I mentioned the overbearing abundance of signs displayed, the only one needed is one on the front door stating 'Don't Stay Here'.