The Secret Garden Hostel

Great staff. Cheap and well located. Great value.

Location Bathrooms needed more cleaning and they were extremely small. Bed curtains were short, so no privacy whatsoever I was charged more than the Booking.com rate, plus a credit card surcharge.

The location was great. The room was small but comfortable. The bathrooms and the kitchen were dirty.

its close to kennedy park, which is were all the restaurants/bars are. curtains on bed small room/lockers. the showers have that glass that vaguely blurs you out but you can still see through, kinda of a weird choice for a men's/women's bathroom. Also there is nowhere to put any of your toiletries or clothes.

Very good location,showers had hot water , curtains on the beds gave you more privacy and each bed has a plug , nice staff , not too expensive. There were rats in the ceiling of the 8 person dorm. They made so much noise I couldn’t sleep at all the first night and the staff told me all the beds are full and I can only move tomorrow. The next morning they kindly upgraded me to a 4 person dorm but still haven’t taken care of the rats in the 8 people dorm and placed other people in that room that reported the same problems… Also it wasn’t a very social hostel when I was there.

Well organized and helpful staff I would definitely stay again You have to rent towels

Excellent location. Layout is nice. You have lots of areas to relax read or watch TV. Kitchen is very handy They could improve internet speed a bit

Good location, comfy bed, the staff was friendly and helpful No air conditioning, small bathroom for 3 dorms

Beds are hard and uncomfortable, the street is very loud but it is a busy area that is to be expected here.

Feels like home. I really enjoyed being there almost 2 weeks. I'll be back again

A bit small but for the price it was good

It's a decent, affordable option in Miraflores. There's cool local markets close by and Kennedy Park. -The main common spaces were ok (table area and big couch). There's a communal kitchen. -The rooms felt hot and stuffy, and the fan didn't do much to help. You'd have to open the window to help cool down, but then you'd hear lots of street noise. -Wasn't a big fan of the room cleaning process. There was one lady; she'd enter the room without knocking and leave the door open while she was cleaning. I get that it needs to be done, but there's definitely a better way to go about it.

Could have been a nicer bed and sheets

The staff were very helpful and friendly, and the property location was fantastic. The water pressure in the shower was great! The stairs were very steep (but thankfully when we checked in there was a man at the front desk who helped us carry our 20++kg bag up). The room was a little cramped and the common areas weren’t very spacious either.

We had a great receptionist, a Colombian guy from Medellin. Also the room was comfortable and the place was nice, in front of the main markets or stores of Lima. We received complimentary cocktails which was great. I did not like that the Breakfast was not included, the price of the Breakfast was expensive 20soles each breakfast… so they recommended we brought our own food, however the complimentary drink was great. I also Dislikes that the guests were very noisy in the mornings they woke us up. And the guests were rude they didn’t greet, very uptight people.

-Friendly and helpful staff -Great location -Clean facility Very limited bathrooms and showers for the number of people in the facility

Cleanliness, kind staff The dolar change rate. But anyway was better than the other hostel.

The room should be separate for men and women or at least having two beds assigned to women. My roommates were all men and went party so I felt uncomfortable with the smell. The second night hostel assigned another room and the experience was much better.

Excellent location

The staff was mostly nice, so was the little free pisco tasting. The beds existed and the shower water was warm. The roof over parts of the hostel was missing, and that over the shared dorms seemed to consist of a thin metal cover. Thus the common areas were quite noisy due to the loud reverberating echo from the streets. Inside, the air was humid to the point the clothes I left outside my luggage were damp. The shared bathroom wasn't very clean, for a few days it didn't have toilet paper and the bin was left overflowing. There was one incident when I lost my room key, which I of course told the staff. I found it a few days later and returned it since I didn't need it. They refused to give me back the key deposit I had paid, which struck me as unfair and, honestly, one of several sketchy things I noticed there. The place has some redeeming qualities, but definitely not enough for me to stay there again once I returned to Lima on my way back. There's other cheep places in Miraflores with better value (and a roof), so think twice before booking this one.