Name: The Arlington Hotel - Hostel
Address: 32990 Highway 62, Hastings Highlands, Hastings Highlands, Hastings Highlands, K0L 2S0, Canada
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

Heating

Terrace

No elevators

Reception desk

General

Non-smoking rooms

Family room

Rooms

Laundry

Luggage storage

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Common kitchen

Meals

Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Library

Barbecue grill(s)

Billiards

Karaoke

Hiking

Picnic area

Barbeque

Recreation

Free parking

Parking

Darts

Sports

Family/Kid Friendly

Kids

Pets Not Allowed

Pets

Extra decontamination measures

Additional measures against COVID-19

Health and Safety Measures

Location

At the hostel

The Arlington Hotel - Hostel

Hastings Highlands

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child-bed-fee

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queen-bed

limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

sunrise-view

sunset-view

water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

1-bedroom

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Look, if you want a sparkling souless minimalist box, refitted with the latest plastic  every 6 months then you should head for somewhere a few hundred miles south. The Arlington still has a sense of community, an expectation that people talk to each other and that not everything is an instagram opportunity.  Sure, it looks old and the decor is tired. Sure the bathrooms are shared, but the food is top notch, the company is always willing to talk and the staff are wonderful. 

We stayed two nights, everything was clean, everything worked, we watched films with the locals, read great books, ate fantastic pizza and had wonderful conversations with people. I wish more places were like this.

Charming and the heart of the community

I live locally but since the Arlington has a bar and great music, I sometimes need accommodations after enjoying a fun night there. It's such a unique and awesome feature for a rural watering hole to provide a place to spend the night. There are a variety of price points and the management is really easy-going. I find the rooms to be clean and they're well decorated to boot

Always a pleasure

We had a group of 27 cyclists and had a blast!
Lots of space and wide variety of rooms to accommodate couples, friends, etc
The Manager helped us arrange breakfasts and lunches at a nearby community centre.
Bar on the main floor had great live entertainment and cheap drinks

Toronto Bicycle Club stays at the Arlington

This hostel will be memorable, but unfortunately for all of the wrong reasons.

Upon arrival, we had to go hunting for the manager in order to secure our room keys... we were told if he wasn't around to "check the bar".

1.  Kitchen is small and unkept.  Sink was full of dirty dishes and greasy pans requiring washing.  The 'frig had no room at all - and something was leaking out of one of the  vegetable crispers that prevented it from even being opened! Clearly hadn't been washed in quite a while. Lack of glasses, dishes, etc.  A very disappointing first impression!

2.  Third floor bathrooms - the one with the large shower.  The shower floor is awful - be sure to bring footwear to use when showering, and it was almost impossible to finally get water that was warm enough to bathe with.  The sink has separate hot and cold faucets with no stopper.  Everything requires a good scrubbing.  The small washroom with toilet and sink - only the hot water faucet works and this might be acceptable if you normally brush your teeth with hot water! 

3.  Bunk bed mattresses are uncomfortable, with springs poking up and again - lumpy old pillows and dirty carpets both in the rooms and hallways.  

Altho' there was a dining area, it was closed. Perhaps you could prepare your meal and eat in the TV room - the only redeeming quality of the third floor.

Patio furniture is broken and dirty.  Stinky, water filled containers that must serve as ashtrays due to the number of rotting cigarette butts floating in them.

The "bar" is a dive but with the lights turned down at night, and after a few cold beers, perhaps you won't mind.

Maynooth is an interesting town - small but serviceable with a gas station and general store.  A couple of very nice galleries and a wonderful farmer's market on Saturdays in the summer.  Get out of the hostel (where you will literally be overwhelmed by the heat), and head down Hwy. 127 to Lake St. Peter to enjoy the sand beach and beautiful lake to cool off in.

I would NOT return to this "hostel" - which was more like a boarding house that would never pass a health inspection!

Old, tired and dirty.  Not impressed.

Rundown dirty place with moldy shower, overflowing trash bins in kitchen and bathroom, old uncomfortable mattress, only reachable via telephone, no response on email, we won't go back. And watch out for the "canyon" in the parking lot.

Dirty old place

The kitchen and the bathrooms are very dirty and old. 

The kitchen was small, and it was a mess  with old food everywhere; in the fridge, on the table. Table was dirty, the cooking stuff looks like it's never washed.

Taps and showers in the washrooms are broken. The taps, where I wanted to get a drink, have only warm water. The showers have only cold water.

Also the rest of the building is old and dirty and the owner acted like he was surprised by our reports.

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