It's honestly not that bad. My best friend and I went to NYC for 8 nights and we made it out alright. If you're looking for a place to store you luggage and sleep/shower, this place is so cheap and in a great location! Some bad things: It does have mice/rats, so don't be surprised if you see a couple.... more

I stayed at Columbus with my boyfriend for a bed and a place to store our belongings while I was out there walking, and it totally fulfilled our needs. Our room had a double bed and nothing else. The location is great, right next to Central Park and a metro station. The room was clean as were the linens. I... more

We traveled to NYC over Spring Break and were on a MAJOR budget for accomodations. We have stayed in hostels overseas so decided to give it a try. I looked at a lot of different hostels in the city and read reviews on tripAdvisor, and finally decided on Columbus Studios for several reasons. First, its location-Upper West Side, close to... more

I will never recomend this hostel to noone! Feel just like the personal there dont want to work there! Paid for 6 night but after one night I left, there was no refund of the money I paid! So BAD! Look at the pictures you will see how the restrooms were like! Columbus Studios Hostel, New York City, is the... more

I read the Tripadvisor reviews after I had booked my trip. I noticed that other reviewers reported that their booked rooms were not available when they arrived. I particularly wanted to stay in a single room. I telephoned the hotel, and was told that I could be in a room with '4, 6 or 8 people'. I rang my booking... more

DO NOT STAY HERE. I went to New York for a long weekend with my friend, and decided to stay at Columbus Studios. BAD IDEA. We weren’t expecting anything fancy/nice at all, just a place to stay. We had no idea what we were getting into. We checked in and the girl at the counter gave us our keys, but... more

Booked a stay in columbus for 5 days. They first tried to put us in a run down boarding house next door. where we found bags of white powder in the bathroom. Then once we strongly complained we were moved back into the original building. On the last night we heard scratching in the middle of the night. To my... more

We read all these things about Columbus Studios, but we allready had booked this trip to Manhatten. After all these reviews we had a horrible thougt about this hostel, and so we were absolutely surprised about everything, when we arrived. It´s an old house, two entrances from a Firestation. Every room had sprinklers and it was well heated for this... more

After arriving to check in to our room, they claimed we had not booked a room. after speaking with our travel agent in the UK at our expense, they finally stated that they had a room for us. we were sent to a building next to the hostel, at which point we entered what was basically a run down abandoned... more