Avis COFFEE TREE BOUTIQUE HOSTEL Salento

Hotel 100% recomendable calidad precio, lo único un poco más Justo es el desayuno

Perfect hostel to stay for your stay in Salento! We stayed there for 3 nights and also booked some tours with them. All worked perfectly, always helpful staff, clean room and really good breakfast! And of course, the dogs there are really cute???? from our experience not a "party hostel" at all, more to relax and enjoy nature and meet nice people from all over the world

Great hostel with nice vibes, really friendly staff, great breakfast, not too loud and an awesome view.

Bonic

Had a pleasant stay at coffee tree boutique hostel! Seeing the two dogs greet us upon check-in was super cute! Shout out to Karen who was very friendly and a great host overall. Highly recommend you book this accomodation if you plan to stay in Salento! :)

Great hostel! The rooms are big, beds are comfy, the common areas are good place to meet people and work. The location is a 10 minute walk to the main square, but you still have the beautiful views over the mountains. Breakfast is 15.000 COP and is very good! The staff is very kind and helpful, they offer a few tours that you can sign up for one day before. There are also always activities happening such as salsa or yoga lessons. Only downside is that the WiFi doesn’t always work well.

Really amazing hostel. Likely one of my favorites I’ve been to in Colombia over the last month. Everything about the place was above average except for the price.

My favorite parts, quite clean, good breakfast, organization of staff, friendliness of staff, there’s a woman that’s new to the team that is in charge of organizing events for the hostel. She’s great! Super fun to hang with and inclusive.

I am also glad they don’t charge us for hanging out with her. For example at Viajero you have to pay 50k for a bar crawl which includes workers from the hostel. At this hostel you can join in local activities at no extra cost. Well of course úneles the events hosted by another organization such as the mountain biking trip. That makes sense.

Oh another huge highlight… the owners dogs!!!! But overall I loved all aspects, especially the Therese front desk people. Very friendly, very helpful, just like many people in this wonderful country! Cheers and looking forward to next time friends!

Top Hostel, geschmackvolle Einrichtung, kein Verkehrslärm, großzügiges Grundstück und wunderbarer unverbauter Ausblick.
Jedoch!!!!
Für Urlaub geeignet. Um Land und Leute kennenzulernen denkbar ungeeignet. Wenig Kolumbianische Gäste. Spanisch hört man so gut wie nur unter den Angestellten.
Gutes WLAN sorgt jedoch dafür, dass die Welt schnell erfährt, dass man nun Kolumbienkenner ist.
Fazit: Super Übernachtungsmöglichkeit, auch für mehrere Tage, bei der man nicht Gefahr läuft echte Kontakte knüpfen zu müssen geschweige denn echte Gespräche mit Durchschnittskolumbianern.

La atención prestada por el personal es excelente. Son muy atentos y serviciales.
Los dormitorios están bien, y en general el hostal es hermoso!
Para mí no fue molestia, pero para algunas personas podría ser un poco lejos del centro

De reviews maakte ons een beetje bang…. Maar, we hadden een prachtige privékamer met uitzicht! Verwacht hier wel dat dit geen rustige kamer zal zijn. En dat de voorzieningen als ontbijt (wat heel fijn wel is inbegrepen) en badkamer basic zijn.

Het is een écht hostel, gezellig maar dus zeker wat rumoeriger. Om 05:00 beginnen de hanen al en er staat muziek aan tot een uur of 22:00. We hadden gelukkig oordopjes, dus geen problemen mee!

Prijs-kwaliteit heb ik zeker beter meegemaakt. Maar hoe dan ook een prima hostel.

I stayed in that hostel for two nights! From the beginning until the end the stay was outstanding! Rooms were nice and clean. Central located close to everything and it has a small garden! Breakfast and cake is good and staff is overly friendly! Especially Sergio he is one of the kindest person i ever meet! He gave me a hanging mat to sleep after an overnight bus and organized that my laundry is done on time as i needed to leave! Keep it up and i would definitely recommend to all of my friends!
Thank you!

El sitio espectacular y el trato de Kevin fue excelente. Esperamos volver este año otra vez y con más gente

Muy lindo todo buena atención , recomendado ????????

Total entspanntes und gechilltes Hostel. Es liegt am Rand von Salento, so läuft man zwar ein paar Minuten in den Ort, hat aber Ruhe und eine fantastische Aussicht auf die Umgebung.
Das Personal war sehr freundlich und das Zimmer (privat) groß und sauber.

The grounds of the hostel are absolutely gorgeous along with the hostel pets. The rooms are okay, however there is a light just outside our room which made our room very bright. My bed was also as hard as a rock, they are incredibly strict on the quiet hours which start at 10pm and it’s a very quiet hostel considering the amount of guests that stay. The hostel is fine but for the price, I’d recommend staying somewhere else. Overall not the best experience

Das Zimmer war sauber, nur das Bad könnte etwas mehr Liebe in der Reinigung vertragen (z.B. Lüfung sehr schmutzig).
Die Zimmer sind lediglich etwas Hellhörig, da aber ab 22°° strikte Nachtruhe herrscht, ist dies nur für Langschläfer ein Problem.
Abraten kann ich nur wärmstens vom Flughafentaxiservice, da dieser mit 240.000COP unverschämt teuer war.
Der Standort ist schön gelegen (am Stadtrand) und man erreicht den Hauptplatz in ca. 10 Minuten fußläufig.

Excelente servicio todo muy agradable

This hostel is awful - if you can avoid it, do so. There were several issues that we had to deal with. We booked a private room for 3 nights.

Firstly, our room was infested with wasps. This isn't something you can fault the hostel staff for, but the hostel is poorly constructed and the rooms aren't sealed at all. After the first night we woke up to several wasps (not bees) flying around in our room.

When we complained, the grounds keeping staff attempted to solve the problem by spraying pesticide without any results.

When we requested another room, they said they didn't have any available (which is understandable) - the owner/manager (Edward) told us that we can book another hotel (at last minute prices). and he can give us a refund for just 2 nights (out of the 3 we were staying). He said that the issue will be fixed and to just give them a couple of hours. The next morning we wake up to an even bigger cluster of wasps around our room. Following this, they said they can move us to another room on the 3rd night. We had to repack all our belongings at 6am with wasps hovering in our room and then wait for the other room's guests to check out then, the room be cleaned and then move in - we weren't compensated for any of this in anyway.

Secondly, the staff - in particular, Kevin, will provide incorrect information about tours, pricing and the available payment facilities. Note that Kevin speaks English well - this will become relevant because the hostel will use language barrier as an excuse.

Downhill mountain biking:
He told us that there are card payment facilities available for the downhill Mountain biking tour. When we got there the operator said only cash payments are accepted. Which left us in a stressful situation, requiring to convert currency last minute (roughly $100 USD). When we questioned why they told us that card payment were accepted - he said that he was referring to another tour and there may have been a 'misunderstanding'.

Taxi:
When leaving the hostel to catch our flight from Periera, we booked a taxi and were told that it would be COP 100,000. We confirmed this multiple times. We get into the taxi and the driver locks the van doors with his keys from the outside. Which I thought was a bit odd. We get to the airport and the driver enters COP 200,000 on his phone. We tried to explain to him that we were told it would be COP 100,000. We called the hostel and they blamed it again on a "misunderstanding". Then they send us a picture of a price list that states COP 200,000. The driver simply looks away when you try to explain to him (using Google translate) that you were told COP 100,000. We eventually had to pay him COP 200,000. He then unlocks the van doors for you to get out. This is an unbelievable tactic - and this 'misunderstanding' has clearly happened before for the driver to lock the doors in this manner - there is absolutely no need to lock van doors particularly given that you cannot unlock it from the inside if there is a need for you to get out a vehicle in emergency or accident.

Jeep/willys:
Kevin told us the price for the jeep to the coffee tours was 6000 each way per person - it was actually 3500.

Thirdly, it is located far from the main city square and shops - in the very corner of the town's boundary.

The hostel has high reviews for its "aesthetic" with pretty pictures online, which is why we booked with them. While walking around we quickly realised there are several other hostels around Salento that are well located. Misinformation on their part has cost in money, time and unnecessary stress.

Overpriced and overrated with disgraceful service. We were placed in a damp room with a terrible smell, rock hard beds and wet sheets. The room is hidden from online bookings probably so people cannot leave a true review of it, and the truth is it's not fit to be sold to guests, especially at the extortionate price with this in consideration. The staff had zero care or respect for this, blasting techno music during the day, while the boss Alex was completely remorseless and offered nothing appropriate by way of an apology. The other rooms themselves are far overpriced for what they offer, as is the breakfast. The laundry service is completely ineffective, returning my clothes dirty. I doubt any soap was used.

Overall the hostel simply takes advantage of the location it has, ripping off guests and offering an unacceptable service all round. Don't be fooled by the images.

Be careful, staff steals money from the locker! The owner denies it, but I can prove it quite clearly (knowing the other guests in my dorm, time window, way to enter the locker, …). Also, there is no place to dry laundry, which is very important in this region. The beds are uncomfortable and really noisy.

Carlos is the man!

A lovely hostel with a great common area, but there are hostels much cheaper and closer to the action

This hostel is AMAZING. So beautiful--dorm beds have proper bedding and felt so clean. Very close to downtown for exploring but also lots of super noce places to just hang out around the hostel. Breakfast was great and good value. Staff were so helpful and knowledgable. Cant say enough good things about this place!

Pretty solid location. Don’t take the pancakes, take the eggs for breakfast instead