THE 4YOU Hostel & Hotel Munich

No space to swing a kitten, never mind a cat
Ok, it was very good value. It has an excellent location - within short walking distance from the main train station which you can catch a train to, relatively easily from the airport - €30 for up to 5 people. Our room was quiet - we had to leave the window open as it was very warm and there are no fans or ventilation (rare in Munich accommodation apparently). On arrival you get a token for a free drink from the fridge next to the reception for each guest for each night (so for 4 of us for 4 nights, that 16 free drinks). The staff were nice and friendly.
The room was tiny though. 4 bunk beds and not much space/places to place your stuff - no hangers to hang jackets/coats. There are cages under the beds if you want. So we were bumping into one another and stepping over bags. Difficult to not wake each other if you have to leave the room during the night to go to the shared bathroom.
I see some reviews of some dodgy types on the street. Yes, they are there. You turn a corner coming from the station and there are often groups of young males. Now, they didn't look great, but didn't give us any hassle to be honest, but it doesn't lend itself to looking like a safe area - but it was fine. On the other side of the block there are ample restaurants and nearby cafes/shops. Just to warn you however, if you are depending on maps on your mobile - that the phone signals around Munich are very poor. Best load them up from the Wi-Fi before leaving.

My friends and I stayed at this hostel for a few nights. The advantage is its location, right at Munich Hbf, but beware of the shady street that the hostel is situated in.

The rooms and beds were clean. There’s a free luggage room to leave your things in before and after staying, which was useful. There is no kitchen available for travellers, only a small dining room area. You get a free drink card for each night that you stay, and can pick any drink from the fridge at the reception or from the coffee machine.

You can hear pretty much anything through the door into the hallway. In our experience, there was an unbehaved school class who slammed their doors and shouted at each other late into the night. It’d be nice, as receptionists, to place the class on the same floor to avoid that for other guests.

The bathroom was okay, although there is not any space for clothes in the shower (and leaving it outside of it is strange), and since the shower head is permanently attached to the wall, everything inside the shower cabin will be wet. There’s also no shelf in the cabin to put shampoo/skincare/valuables on. Moreover, the sinks in the bathroom didn’t have towels or paper tissues except for a hand dryer that didn’t look too hygenic.

The receptionists seemed quite uninterested in their jobs; they didn’t explain anything to us upon arrival. We were staying as a group for a night and then just in pair for a few more, but had to do two separate check-ins, and they didn’t even take the information of the people sleeping at the hostels beside the person whose name was on the reservation.