Hostal Anton Martin

Clean modern room, Lovely shower and bathroom. Excellent location and easy check in. TV remote didn't work fully. Would be nice to have coffee pods more than the first day.

The front desk was very helpful and allowed us to leave our bags when we arrived early. The area is very walkable to everything in the area.

The room was great and better than expected. The only issue was with a problematic toilet flush, which we reported. Maintenance man came quickly to check it. While it wasn’t completely fixed, we were able to take the faceplate off and use / flush as normal. The woman in reception who checked us is was incredibly friendly and helpful. When we booked, breakfast was only available in their other hostal a short distance. This was fine as our friends were staying in that hostal. We don’t book breakfast but enquired about joining our friends and we were told this was fine, which it was for the first two mornings. On the third morning, another receptionist would not allow us to have breakfast with our friends and insisted that breakfast was to be taken in our hostal. Again, at the time of booking, breakfast was described as being available in the other hostal. The person was not being at all friendly or polite. It was not an issue of language differences, they were clearly rude. We were taken aback and paid for the breakfast in our hostal. Retrospectively we should have said not to bother and gone elsewhere. This did upset us but on our last morning had breakfast in a lovely little cafe close by. We would still recommend Aston Martin as a place to stay and the location was great. The other staff were all so friendly and our room was cleaned every day.

Hostal Anton Martin is in a very good location, plenty of places nearby for meals, tapas, breakfast, coffee. Our room was at the back, so nice and quiet and little noise from other guests. Good to have air con, which wasn't too noisy and great to have a fridge. Room felt a little cramped but plenty of storage space and a decent shower in the ensuite. Very good location for Prado,Retiro and Rein Sofia and also Atocha station. Also walkable for Plaza Mayor and Metro nearby.

The hostel is situation close to sightseeing and transportation which is a plus. Pick up of key and breakfast takes place at another hostal. There is a terrible smell in the lift and the hostal area looks old and worn out and do not reflect the prize of the room.