HI-Hyannis Hostel

New buildings, great location, has parking. Can ride your bike to the beach, close to the main street where all the shops and rests. are. Good vibe, would recommend. Be aware tho that there is no A/​C, so just know that if you book a top floor room. Its worth it tho, price is good for the Cape.

This was possibly the cleanest most organized hostel I have ever stayed at, which is especially impressive to me considering they seemed to be entirely booked the night we were there. The kitchen, bathrooms and other common spaces were impeccably clean! The three ladies who helped us check in/​out, and were cleaning the hostel were also very kind and extremely helpful when suggesting places to go and what to do in the area.
My fiancé and I shared a private room, so I can’t speak for the dorms, but it was spacious with two twin beds, a window overooking the harbor and a busy street which was perfect for people watching, and also had an oscillating fan. The location was absolutely perfect, sitting in between Main St and the beaches. A free trolley also runs on that street which was very convenient. The breakfast in the morning was generous and impressive. Delicious blueberry pancakes and an assortmant of continental goodies!
The only reason this hostel gets a 4 instead of a 5 is because of two minor things:
1. There is a strict no alcohol policy. I can certainly understand why this policy is in place, but for two travelers who brought their own food to cook and enjoy having a drink with dinner on a Saturday night this was a bit of a disappointment.
2. There were two mini doors in our 3^rd floor private room that opened up directly into the creepy attic of the hostel. This creeped me out, and think it would be pretty easy to have them locked up to prevent curious travelers from looking around their room in places where they shouldn’t. Maybe this wouldn’t creep out the average person, but either way I thought it was weird…
Other than those two very minor things, this hostel was perfect. I’d absolutely stay here again or recommend it to anyone traveling to Hyannis from near or far.
And for those from Boston or anywhere else where parking is almost always an issue, this place has free parking for guests!

There is nothing better than a new and clean hostel. And since everything was newly de-​virginized, it will be hard to see it’s eventual decline. Hope they take care of this location (unlike Boston), and can’t wait to come again next season. Some of the staff could’ve used an attitude adjustment, but all in all it couldn’t ruin a prefect stay. Free internet (no wifi) and they make amazing pancakes!!! Highly recommended.

We had a great experience during our 1 night stay at HI-​Hyannis Hostel. The Ruth Rusher House holds a fair amount of history and the story of how this hostel came to be is really interesting. For the price and free breakfast: pancakes, yogurt, oatmeal, toast and all accoutrements in addition to the free food previous guests left behind, this place couldn’t be beat. My husband and I shared a private room with side by side twin beds for $ 100/​evening. The staff was friendly but sparse which was a bit of a problem when it came time to check in more than one person every 15 minutes but hey, sometimes you get what you pay for. The other guests ranged from teenaged to middle aged with some intercontinental diversity for sure. I’d definitely stay here again.

Horrible unless you don’t care about sleep! Stayed in room one first floor-​not given a choice. People were showering in the bathroom next door all night. At 130am two girls talking loudly while on computer that sits right outside room one. 330am four guys in the kitchen cooking and talking loudly. Guys hanging out at this hour in parking lot talking loudly. 4am people return noisily and enter room above and continue making noise talking loudly. I got less than 2 hours sleep… worst hostel experience in my life and I have stayed in many. No staff around to complain to… only one staff member working when I checked in. Badly managed! Even though I had already paid for the next night I left and paid for a hotel. I couldn’t take another sleepless night at this badly staffed hostel. Stay away unless you like to socialize all night. Never been to a hostel were you are told Whig bunk to take either. Horrible, horrible!