I stayed here many times during a 2.5 month visit to Ecuador as a volunteer. If you volunteer with Jatun Sacha they will give you a 20% discount to stay here. I stayed in a single room which was nice. It had a private bathroom, TV with satellite, and a comfortable bed. I had also stayed in the group room with 10 people and that was not as pleasant as someones alarm went off at 2am and they did not turn it off for about 20 minutes until we all woke him up. I prefer sharing rooms of 4 maximum. The bathrooms are clean.

The best part of my stay here is the internet and the breakfast. There is free internet and the breakfast has great selection and the juice is very fresh.

One thing to know when staying here is that you will need to speak spanish as the very nice lady who runs the hostel does not speak english. You can get by with pointing at the sheet she has for rooms but you won't be able to communicate too well.

The location is great. It is right in La Mariscal Sucre district. It is very close to a restaurant called Aladdins and I highly recommend eating here. The pop is only $1 and the sanduce mixto is amazing. You are about a 5-10 minute walk from the main square.

We stumbled into Maple after a long stint of asking prices at different hostels in the Mariscal neighborhood. All were fairly expensive, and most had less than desireable rooms. At Maple, our two friends and we were able to get a shared room in our price range (I believe it ended up at $16 per couple, which is very affordable. Individual rooms were much more expensive). It is very spacious, with lots of different rooms to sit in and eat, chat or watch tv. Two of the rooms have fireplaces, which was good because it was absolutely freezing in this hostel at night. The staff was friendly and helpful, and the breakfast was satisfying, if a little dull. Hard to stay on a budget in this neighborhood, so the communal kitchen was very nice.

a good-for-its-class hostel/hotel that is friendly, if unspectacular. close to the airport, low cost, with friendly staff and a deliciously fresh breakfast. the rooms are sparse but good value. in life, you tend to get what you pay for - at posada del maple, you get a little bit more. recommended

We arrived here after having to leave Hostel Huauki early because of noise. We were given a really bright airy room (no.5) which had an excellent shower! The room was spacious with cable tv, although not all the rooms have access to the wifi. The only problem with the room was the bed frame was incredibly noisy, so it woke us up if we moved in the night.

We left our bags here while we did a Galapagos tour and the secure lock up was really good. When we stayed when we came back, we had a ground floor room which didn't have an external window so it was a bit dark and dingy compared to the first floor room. The shower was still good.

Overall the hostel was pretty quiet, you could hear people getting up and moving around early in the morning, but there was no loud music or chatting late at night. The breakfast they provide is also really excellent, eggs, toast, juice, tea, coffee, oats and bananas. It's also located in a really interesting building with 2 or 3 different communal areas where you can watch tv (although we think all rooms have their own tvs). Security seemed overall pretty tight and it's very close to the touristy Mariscal aread. We'd stay here again. Obviously this is a hostel, not a hotel so don't expect 5 star comfort, but it is very good for a hostel.