hostel was ok. the girl running it was OTT friendly at check in and then unhelpful when it really mattered. She wouldnt ring to book us onto a bus iinsisting that it wouldnt be full. She organised a lift for us (her fathers car) to the bus station. but when we got there and the bus was full (as we suspected it might be) we had to get a taxi back to the hostel. the taxi home was LESS THAN HALF what we were charged by her dad to drive us there.
and the toilet leaked in our bedroom
we stayed here in 2010

The two sisters who run the hostel from day to day are energetic like Duracell bunnies and will try to help you out even unasked.
Besides the hostel, the owner also maintains an apartment with a few rooms and shared bathroom, which is basic but decnt enough. The hostel rooms are a bit of a factory. Large with beds lined up right next to each other. There are no lockers.

The location is almost in the heart of town. Convenient for the evenings, but also far from the stations.

Okay this is not a bad hostel, but it is the most disappointing place I have ever stayed in so far. Due to the sleeper train I arrived in Brasov at 6 AM. That is completely my own problem, but I was hoping someone to respond to the buzzer. While I looked at the facade I thought: nooo this looks like an ordinary residence!! After one night sleeping in the streets I checked in, to find out it IS just another ordinary home. I was amazed that the communal area actually is a living room, I mean it is like visiting your neighbours on the tea. There was absolutely zero character.
I was slightly shocked about the amount of bathrooms. There was one at the first floor, one in the basement but frequently locked because it was part of a more expensive room. There was another one on the second floor that I discovered later on. But there were way too many guests staying for the amount of bathrooms like between 40 and 50 travelers on the day I left. There was one piece of scrap as an internet terminal. And the twenty years old-screen had a distorted display. I haven't seen the kitchen, but never wanted to make use of it. It seems like the actual cooking space was inside a formerly converted closet.
About the rooms: don't get me started. I booked the 8-dorm which I preferred above the 10 and 12 dormitories, but was astonished by the fact that you have to cross rooms for it. Only to find out that this more expensive room is just like the cheaper rooms but with less beds in a much smaller place. I felt very cheated because the cheaper beds were exactly the same, you don't get any better quality or upgrade for booking more expensive rooms.
I can understand why someone wants to make money on offering tours. In the end I signed up for the bran-rasnov-poiana brasov-and behind the brasov letters-tour and although the tour guides were helpful and friendly, they didn't give me a REAL tour. They only drove me to the places which were a 10 minute drive and can be easily arranged by yourself. I cannot judge if they were lying when they told me the road to poiana braosv was under construction as I was only brought to the first two places, but it sounded just suspicious to me.
Of course of course I want everyone to be happy and make money from tourism, but this went way too far. It was okay if they'd invest the profit into new computers or kitchen equipment, but clearly they don't. Bran and Rasnov are beautiful and absolutely worth the money, however by simply getting to these places by public and own transportation, you can put these strange tours with stiff prices to an end.

I ended up in Brasov a second time after a misadventure resulting in my being stranded in the middle of nowhere, Transylvania, then driven by some guardian angels almost one hundred kilometres back to Brasov! Of course I didn't have a hostel reservation, and the hostel I'd stayed at before (Kismet Dao) was fully booked, so I called Rolling Stone as it was recommended in my guidebook. The girl who answered the phone was very friendly and offered me my choice of rooms- I opted for the six-bed dorm.

When I arrived a young(ish) Romanian girl was running around dealing with some kind of situation which had just arisen. She handed me the registration form and promised to be back shortly. Yeah, it took a few minutes for her to return, but it was clear that she was busy trying to make someone's stay more comfortable. She offered me some information about the town and local attractions, but I told her I was familiar with the area and had already seen most of the attractions, and that was that. There was zero pressure to sign up for any tour, although after being egged on by some other travelers I did sign up for a thirty-lei "bear watching" tour where you can get up close and personal with the bears that frequent the dumpsters behind Romanian apartment blocks (as ridiculous as it sounds it was actually fun!).

The hostel has a really comfortable common area with a computer, plush sofa, coffee tables and TV. It was a popular hangout place throughout the day and a good place to meet other travelers. My six-bed dorm with ensuite was very clean and quiet, and it never got too warm. It's true that they do lock the outside doors around 1:00 am, but all you have to do is ring the doorbell and someone will let you in immediately (I should know... I met some guys in the common room and we ended up at a disco until 5:00 am!). The location is good- it's about a ten-minute walk into the town center, near the two other main hostels in the town, and close to an awesome Romanian restaurant. There is also a direct bus (#51) to the bus/train station that leaves regularly from less than a block away.

If I were to return to Brasov I would definitely stay here again- it was one of the most positive hostel experiences of my seven-week trip!