The hostel is very central, but thats probably the only positive thing with it. The hostel is an apartment with two rooms and a small kitchen where the staff sits surfing the internet. The first room have 5 beds and expect no privacy. To reach the second room you have to walk trough the first... The second room have no lock on the door. The owner is a norweigan guy with some sort of psyciatric problems. He was very rude and pretty scary! I would not like to meet him again. We got out of the hostel earlier than planed and went to the nearby hotell (tall building 100 meters från the hostel, more expensive but definitely worth the money). Kiev is a great city, the Kiev-sky Backpackers Hostel in a very bad place..

We stayed here a couple of nights in 2008. We had been promised a private room but it turned out to be a room with no lock in a flat. One of the beds instantly broke when we sat down upon it. When we confronted the very muscular Scandinavian owner with the issue and wanted to discuss a discount he stole and locked away part of our luggage (he returned it after we had paid him). The owner became very rude and physically threatening. Small wonder we checked out prematurily and went to a nearby hotel. Stay clear of this place.

Stay away from this hostell, they cheat you whit everything! Lousy place, rude staff, I mean everything is terrible! Make you self service and avoid this hostell! Stay away this hostell and save yor money and peace of mind!

We booked a "private room with ensuite bathroom" but private isn't really accurate when there's no lock and the owner keeps walking in with knocking, and the ensuite was entirely fictional. The owner was very threatening and made us pay extra on top of a cancellation fee when we had to leave early. Lots of notices and rules and an intrusively nosy owner gave this a very oppressive atmosphere. Also, it advertised internet but in reality no sign of it. Only good thing was it was clean, quiet, and central. If you're going to Kyiv, rent an apartment from a babushka outside the train station! Much better value. Kyiv itself is awesome.