Hostel Boutique Merced 88

Chile , Santiago de Chile
SANTIAGO, Merced 88
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10/10

Exceptional

23 Mar 2026

Liam

The staff were fantastic, very kind and helpful. One staff member even helped us top up our bip! Card and sort out the best bus route. The room was fine. Location was central, near public transit.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Feb 2026

Ilana

The staff here is very frendly and helpful.The location is fantastic.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

27 Jan 2026

Rafael

overall great stay, would stay here again

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jan 2026

Sophia

Wonderful hostel in a fabulous location! The place is clean, comfortable, and a really good value. The staff were friendly and responsive (thank you Christian, Nacho, and Malik!!). I would stay here again and would recommend Hostal Boutique Merced 88 to friends visiting Santiago.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

19 Dec 2025

Byron

Too many permanent residents were noisy past midnight. The street noise is loud and insulation between rooms is very thin. It was clean and the bed comfortable.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

12 Nov 2025

Seth

My stay at Hostel Boutique Merced 88 was absolutely amazing. Raul is absolutely phenomenal. The staff were very helpful. Rooms and washrooms are clean. The location is premium, you can walk to almost everything (the park, the station, convenience stores, schools). Highly recommend and will definitely come back!

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

09 Oct 2025

Antonio

Nice place to stay close to city center

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

24 Sep 2025

Iwona

We are back

Very good location, toilets and showers spotless. Good value simple breakfast. Safe feeling

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Sep 2025

Roger

Good value and well located hostel

Easy check-in and check-out. Clean and spacious room with good AC. Many places of interest are within walking distance and the immediate area is safe. I would stay here again.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

06 Aug 2025

Augusto

It was ok.

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2024

Leslie

Great staff, clean spacious private rooms, with lots of nice amenities: eating area, lounges, pool table, gym and bar. Some issues with street noise, but other than that no complaints. Would definitely stay here again in future.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Nov 2024

Kristen

The staff was extremely helpful, and the area is safe and enjoyable to walk around in.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

28 May 2024

Pavel

Excellent location, helpful staff

Hostel staff are very friendly and accommodating. The location is excellent, next to the bohemian district and also close to Cerro Christobol. The metro station, intersecting both line 1 and 5 is within a couple of minutes of walking distance. We reached a few hours before the official checkin time, but we were given the room that was very helpful. The only problem we had was because of the heavy rain on the second day, there was some water leak from the ceiling in our room. But we were shifted to another room almost immediately after we reported.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Dec 2023

James

Merced 88 was a great hostel. Excellent service from staff, place was clean with great showers. Has large wooden lockers in rooms that you provide your own lock for (I'd imagine you have some on your luggage. Plenty of space in dorm rooms.

Conveniently located near a subway station so you can catch the Metro to the hostel from the airport (well you take the public bus to the nearest metro station first, but a lot cheaper than catching a taxi). Basic free buffet breakfast included (no bacon, sausages or things like that) but you get two boiled eggs, bread, cereal, juice, fruit. Next to a park with the best of the fountains/sculptures of Santiago out front. Not far from a large supermarket (go left out front door, stay on Merced, walk for about 6 or 7 minutes). Across the park and the Terminator 2 drain river thing behind, about a ten minute walk from the hostel is the Funicular which takes you up the mountain to the cable cars and religious character statues.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jan 2023

Andrew

I really enjoyed my stay, the staff was excellent. Juan and another gentlemen (I can’t remember his name at the moment) were really nice to meet and accompany for a little while at my stay. Thanks for all the hard work !

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jun 2022

Tinh

I really liked the professional services of the staff at the reception. Both Antonia and Dominique were excellent and greatly performed their jobs with utmost care and pleasing services. Other staff were also friendly and hard working as well. Thanks

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

23 Dec 2021

Verified traveler

Supportive & helpful front desk staff

Front desk staff gave lots of resourceful information prior to arrival. They were responsive and helpful. On arrival, it was a little challenge to identify the hostel as there was no sign and the door was closed.
They explained the reason and also advised on the safety when going out.

They supported how to find PCR testing center. Nathan & Mila speak good English and respond quickly whenever I sent them a message. I was very thankful for their excellent service.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

25 Nov 2021

RENE

Buena atención

La atención muy amable, es lo único que puedo destacar

Self

4/10

Poor

29 Nov 2019

Verified traveler

Now is not the time to stay here. It is completely defaced, I got tear gassed from the protest out of my room, it is so loud as it’s right in the middle of the revolution... This place had no disregard for its guest as I kept being told it’s fine when other places I dined at always offered transportation. Very cute room but the floors were so dirty I had to wash my feet and then tip toe to bed so I didn’t have dirty feet in the bed (should’ve wore slippers). Just not a good stay besides the kind front desk people.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

22 Oct 2019

Carmencita

Great value for the money. The kind of place you stay when you are young & idealistic & broke. Not necessarily for traveling retired grandparents.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Sep 2019

Rebecca

Great budget stay

Clean, comfortable beds and kind staff. Conveniently located near lots of restaurants and main subway line.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Sep 2019

Peter

Stay here ...its fab!!

I read a couple of negative reviews and nearly didn't stay here. But I did stay and the staff here are what makes this place AMAZING!!! I have never experienced such amazing service.They went out of their way to advise and help me on many occasions. They are also keen to see Guests are happy and socialising with each other. To this end they have various themed evenings....on tuesday evening it was free Sangria and music. Wed was a party atmosphere but I was too tired to stay and wednesday was free Pisco Sours and I missed unfortunately to go to airport.
The dorm rooms were clean, comfortable beds ,spacious and with lockers and bench space....what more do you need! The bathroom was cleaned often in the day and shower fantastic!
I cant say enough for this place, its simply great! Oh and a cheap bus from airport to Los Heroes then Metro to nearest station Baquedano. Only 50m from Merced88.

6/10

Pleasant

04 Jun 2019

Verified traveler

PROS: Friendly staff, clean and spacious room. A little surprised the private bathroom is not attached to the room itself, but across the hallway. Good breakfast.

CONS: The NOISE! Our room was on the 2nd floor in the back. We could not get any sleep at all due to the constant traffic noise/siren and people yelling/talking outside on the sidewalk (can hear them as if they are in the room itself). This happened all throughout the night. The hostel provides free ear plugs at the reception, we made the mistake of not picking up one of these for the 1 night that we stayed. Windows/balcony were old, so I guess that's why the noise just travels right through!

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Mar 2019

Michael

Solo trip

Clean . Good space.. rooms have lockers and good space . Free fruit all day .. kitchen is good enough .. commons spaces are good and they even make your bed every day (not normal in hostels)

10/10

Exceptional

25 Dec 2018

Verified traveler

The staff were friendly and helpful. The bathrooms were exceptionally clean for a hostel! The beds were very comfortable and it’s a plus that there’s daily servicing and they make the beds. Any breakfast that offers eggs is alright with me. Centrally located near many restaurants and markets. I’d stay here again.

8/10

Excellent

04 Sep 2018

James

Very Likely the Best Hostel in the cenral Santiago

A refreshing experience due to the obvious care and concern of the friendly staff. You will feel like a welcome and appreciated guest here. The interior was new and freshly done. Location was excellent. Had an excellent stay there. The rooms were reasonably priced. I had a large private room, with a separate but private new bathroom. They also have a very large, homey, comfortable and welcoming lounge room with nice comfy chairs and couches and a large screen TV. This place is way above average for a hostel and it is clear that the owners care about your experience. One word of caution the rooms at the end are on a major street and will be quite noisy. Another good thing is that you can walk to the famous Bella Vista bar and restaurant nightlife area. There is also an underground parking garage nearby if you have a car.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

03 Sep 2018

Verified traveler

Basic, Convenient & Comfortable

Great for the price. Private room is clean & comfortable bed. Heating unit provided. Private bathroom, separated from dorm. Plenty of common areas with tea and snacks all day. Location is perfect. Very near metro and walking distance to main downtown attractions.

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2018

Maria

Great hostal, near to a Lot Of museums, Restaurant, Subway. It was the best option 😊

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jun 2018

Alvaro

Excellent facilities and location. Staff is very fun and kindly. Excellent facilities and location. Staff very fun and kindly. It is really a new concept of hostel. 100% recommendable.

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jun 2018

Paulo

Highly recommended. Will stay again when I return. And it is very central.

6/10

Pleasant

04 Jan 2026

Patricia

Quero começar parabenizando quem fez as fotos do hostel — realmente, o fotógrafo fez um trabalho incrível, porque ao chegar a realidade é bem diferente.

O prédio é histórico e isso por si só já tem seu charme, mas senti que falta bastante cuidado. No meu quarto, por exemplo, havia algo que parecia ter sido uma antiga fonte de água com dois bancos ao lado… completamente inesperado e um pouco estranho.

O chão de várias áreas está corroído, com partes descascando e alguns itens visivelmente quebrados. Meu quarto era grande e com pé direito alto, porém sem ventilação adequada e com cheiro de mofo. O beliche também balançava muito — era preciso subir com bastante cuidado.

Os banheiros estavam relativamente limpos, mas o que ficava ao lado do meu quarto não tinha ventilação nenhuma, o que deixava o cheiro de mofo ainda mais forte, além do teto descascando. A cozinha também estava bem suja, o que desanima para quem pretende usá-la.

No geral, fiquei bem surpresa com o estado do lugar. Acho que com mais manutenção e cuidado poderia ter muito potencial, mas no momento deixa bastante a desejar.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

23 Nov 2025

Aurore

Habitación muy grande y personal muy amable, especialmente Malik!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

13 Oct 2025

Consuelo Nohemi

Lugar muy lindo, limpio y céntrico. Muy cerca del metro y de lugares turísticos .

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

12 Oct 2025

Carlos

Excelente

6/10

Pleasant

12 Sep 2025

Matías

Está bien para mochileros, por el precio de Hornitos, debió incluir desayuno.

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2025

Tamires

Gostei

Uma excelente opção em Santiago, o hostel é organizado. Com varias opcoes de quarto. Ambientes compartilhados agradáveis. Banheiros com agua quente, servico de quarto. Equipado com ferro de passar, secador de cabelo entre outras coisas que otimizan a estadia. Fica próxima a estacao de metro e alguns pontos turísticos.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2025

Luis Eugenio

Estadia incrível, me surpreendeu muito a estrutura do hostel.

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

30 Apr 2025

Alberto

El lugar está muy bien ubicado y el precio es excelente

Leisure Friends

2/10

Poor

10 Mar 2025

Verified traveler

Horrible - Never again

La peor experiencia de mi vida. Me encontré sangre en las sábanas. La persona de recepción, un chico joven, me dijo que eso no se podía solucionar y él estaba más pendiente de mirar su teléfono móvil y ver la televisión antes que atenderme. Además me encontré pelos en las sábanas. Me fui a duchar a las 6am y no había agua en el hostal. Muy ruidoso, se oía todo el ruido de la calle. No lo recomendaría jamás. Hay mejores opciones al mismo precio.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2024

Andreas

The hostel was pretty empty during our stay in September and we always had the kitchen for us when we wanted to cook something. That was good because the kitchen is not the biggest. Also the fridge was already full of groceries.

Our private room with own bathroom was simple but good. The bathroom always felt wet because there is no window or ventilation. And it was outside of our room, accessible via one key.

The cleaning team cleans the kitchen, dining area and bathrooms everyday incl. all floors but the smell of the cleaning products was very intense and a bit too much for us. But it was very very clean.

The work area in the cellar was very quiet and good to work with nice office chairs and good wifi quality. The wifi did not work in our room on the top most floor.

The staff is very friendly and speaks English very well which is seldom in Latin America.

We also used their laundry service, which was ready on the next day for a reasonable price.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2024

FELIPE

Fomos início de Agosto e tivemos uma excelente experiência no Hostel Merced 88. Tivemos que alterar em cima da hora os dias da hospedagem e os funcionários foram muitos solícitos em resolver o nosso problema. Deixo meu agradecimento a todos os funcionários que sempre foram muito atenciosos em especial à Orianna, Eric e Cata (não lembro o nome dos outros). A localização é excelente, perto de pontos turísticos, e é possível fazer muitas coisas caminhando. Voltaria outras vezes.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Sep 2024

alejandra

Un Hostel increíble, desayuno se paga aparte pero precio accesible, la atención el personal y la ubicación excelente.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

09 Nov 2023

Ivona

Perfekte Lage in der Stadt und sehr freundliches Personal

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

23 Sep 2023

Vicente

Bom custo mas podia ser melhor

Boa localização, espaçoso, bom preço, mas o banheiro do quarto tinha um cheiro bem ruim, e o café da manhã era beeem simples,mas disso não dá pra reclamar pois pelo menos tinha.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Sep 2023

Verified traveler

Hostel bem localizado com ótimo custo benefício.

Excelente acomodação, próximo de várias atrações! Pessoal super atencioso, sanaram todas as nossas dúvidas. Agradeço em especial ao Lucas, que foi super gentil conosco. Café da manhã era ótimo, tinha um excelente doce de leite e ovos cozidos.

Houve apenas um pequeno problema, pois reservamos o quarto com banheiro privativo e não tivemos acesso a ele, tendo de usar o banheiro coletivo.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

15 Aug 2023

Rodrigo v

Hostel confortável fácil acesso

Hotel bacana cama super confortável e chuveiro bom, roupas de capa novas e bem quentes. Galera do hostel bacanas o Gege, Eliton e Marcela super simpáticos Brasileiros, foi muito bom ficamos 7 dias sem nenhum problema.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 May 2023

MARIO

Muy cómoda y accesible

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 May 2023

Cynthia

O hostel possui ótima localização, boa estrutura, é limpo e bastante organizado. Fui surpreendida pelo café da manhã, que não estava incluso, mas foi servido durante a minha estadia. Parece ter sido uma adição recente, e uma ótima surpresa.

O quarto era espaçoso e confortável, com armário e alguns cabides que facilitaram a organização. E, apesar de ser bem próximo a rua, o barulho não foi incômodo durante as noites.

O banheiro do quarto também era bem equipado, mas com alguns pontos de melhoria: por vezes exalava mau cheiro vindo dos ralos, o que me forçava a manter a porta fechada. Além disso, o ralo do chuveiro não possuía bom fluxo, o que fazia o espaço ficar cheio de água.

O ponto alto, definitivamente, foi a simpatia e a atenção de todos os funcionários, que eram sempre muito solícitos.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

06 Apr 2023

Alex

Perfeito!

Foi incrível em todos os momentos. Só o banheiro que é um pouco complicado com limpeza mas não desabonou nada da viagem. Cama mega confortavel, tudo bem organizado. Amei tudo!

Self

8/10

Excellent

21 Mar 2023

Marcus C

Muito bom

Bem localizado, mas, apesar de ter passado por uma boa renovação, segue necessitando de alguns ajustes!

Self