The employees here are very nice and informative, the rooms are clean and exactly as advertised. They have lockers available and will give you a programmable lock if you do not have one. They provide essentially what the hotels do in the way of continental breakfast and the other guests seemed very courteous. The ONLY draw back was only one bathroom, BUT this house was built when indoor plumbing did not exist. Awesome value for the price.

This hostel is a house located on a nice neighborhood, very close to restaurants and at a walkable distance to the city's attractions. The accomodation is not good at all. The beds and building are old and not quite clean.The window's shades does not cover all the window so you won't be able to sleep a lot.The staff is not that helpful as you may notice from other reviewers as well.

It cheaper than any other hostel in Washington so you can imagine what you'll get. It was better than I expected but still, if I ever go back to Washington I'd rather pay 40$ more and sleep in a real hostel. Breakfast is actually only coffee, parking is 5$ extra, the area is far from downtown (if you don't have a car you can't walk anywhere) and we were scared to walk around at night time. The owner was nice and it was clean enough but we had to sleep with other two old men (we were two girls) and a creepy chinese that yelled at us and walked around half naked. If you are on a budget and you don't care about hygiene or privacy this place is good enough for you.

the management is super helpful and friendly. They gave us great suggestions and directions. The hostel is right by the bus stop which takes you directly into downtown to see the museums and monuments. Great big beds and good aircon. You get a discount if you share the bed with your loved one.

I Stayed at the Capitol City Hostel for 3 nights, in may 2009. Though Bill was very kind and helpfull and met some nice people, if I knew then what I knew now, I woudn't stay here. First of all is quite far from the center. A long ride in the H2 from downtown, or a 20 min walk to the subway leave you far from all the things you want to visit. The Neighbourhood is scary, specially at night. I must say was a bit scared when I left the bus and start looking arround for the hostel. But altough it wasn't the best of neighbourhoods, I didn't had any problem and walked around everyday, one night I even walked all the way to the Capitol with an australian friend i met there and we had no problems. The worst for me was the hostel itself. It was dirty, quite dirty I must say. The rooms needed an urgent cleaning, the kitchen also and let's not talk about the showers and toiletts. I've been in hostels and some lowcost hotels around the world in my days, and this one will always be one of the least cleaned hostel I've been.