Last week my hostel "breakfast" was literally a single slice of bread

I paid $35 a night for this place in Denver and they call a sad piece of white bread with no toppings a complimentary breakfast. Ended up grabbing a bag of apples from the 7-Eleven down the street for $3 and made it work for the whole trip. Anyone else dealt with hostels lying about what they offer?

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nelson.vera1mo ago

I mean, a single slice of bread for breakfast does sound rough, but $35 a night in Denver is pretty cheap. In my experience, you kind of get what you pay for with budget hostels. That $3 bag of apples sounds like a solid backup plan, but maybe the hostel just ran out of toppings that morning or something. Your mileage may vary, but I've stayed in places that charged way more and still only gave you instant coffee and stale cereal.

drewr151mo ago

Wait, did you actually stay at this place or just speculating? I'm trying to figure out if the bread thing is a one-off screw up or if they're really that stingy.

the_anthony1mo ago

and a single slice of bread is their idea of a complimentary breakfast? come on, that's not breakfast, that's a crime scene. i get that $35 in Denver is cheap, but calling one sad piece of white bread "breakfast" is like calling a puddle a swimming pool. the hostel probably saves like two cents a guest by doing that, which is just insulting. i'd rather they just admit there's no breakfast than wave a piece of bread in your face like it's a gift. honestly the apples from 7 Eleven sounded like a better deal, at least you got some actual nutrition out of it.