Reviews of Lazy Crab Hostel
Calle principal Balgüe Isla de ometepe 2, 00111 Balgue, Nicaragua
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Reviewed: 29 June 2025 · Stayed in June 2025
Verified reviewHanibal helped me check in. Kind man, and making sure the guests are helped. VEry good information about the ferry, the bus schedule, etc. Good prices for scooter rentals. Breakfast is included, although it wasn't very much for a hike of multiple hours, but it gets you started. Kitchen is available for guests to prepare meals. Water is potable.
The hostel is pretty dark. There are windows in the room, but they lead to the patio inside, which prevents much light from coming in. Even with the light on, it still feels dark. The bathroom connected to the room is the same. I was the only one that night, but I'm sure it's a little damp with a lot of people. Besides, a group of around 15 Isrealis were in the hostel. Quiet time is from 22 pm to 07 am. They didn't respect that and kept drinking, shouting and slamming doors until 00:30, after that they left to go out to party. I asked them twice to be mindful about the noise, but they didn't care about that. Hanibal was also losing his patience with them, but remained calm and friendly. I would not know how to resolve the issue. It's more due to the Isrealis than the hostel, but it didn't seem the hostel could enforce their own rules. The main problem is that the room (monkey) which is the main dormitory is next to the common area, which might lead to a lot of noise with a big group.
Reviewed: 29 April 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewGood vibe! Staff are very friendly and helpful, loads of common areas to hang out and has a pool table. Great free breakfast each morning, also offer reasonable scooter rentals and tours. Plenty of showers and toilets. Free water, straight from a local spring, tasted good!
Kitchen was pretty gross and not super well equipped. Lots of food rotting in the fridge etc. if you’re not cooking not an issue!
Reviewed: 29 April 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewNice hostel with good location near the lake. Comfortable beds, clean facilities, cool rooftop and tasty breakfast. Staff were friendly and helpful. Big bonus for ability to rent bikes from hostel.
Reviewed: 10 April 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewLocation and price
Some of the volunteers working there were unorganised- we had to wait a few hours until they found our keys and ask for towels.
Reviewed: 7 April 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewGreat vibe, not a party hostel but a more mature one. Good for a relaxed stay in Ometepe.
Cleanliness of the common areas could be better, and there were power outages during the nights, which made the fans go out.
hi Tomer thanks for your feedback we are happy you did enjoy the vibes and the relaxing way in our hostel. about the cleanliness we do our best to keep the common area and everywhere clean but as you know we are on an island and the hostel has open area everywhere so is hard to keep it clean every second time even though the cleaning lady is always there to make sure the hostel looks clean. about the power outages we cant do nothing as when the power cut off it affects the entire island but also we do have a generator and when the powers cut off for so long ,we use to turn it on so at that time you probably did not realized that we had the power back on again even the normal service was not working still safe travels and we hope to see you again someday in the future at out hostel to enjoy the vibes around :) att: the lazy crab team .
hi Tomer thanks for your feedback we are happy you did enjoy the vibes and the relaxing way in our hostel. about the cleanliness we do our best to keep the common area and everywhere clean but as you know we are on an island and the hostel … Show more
Reviewed: 6 April 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 3 April 2025 · Stayed in April 2025
Verified reviewTriple private room was spacious and beds were comfy with a big fan per person. Staff were friendly and super helpful with arranging taxis and scooter hire. Free breakfast every morning was really good and 3 options. Good location on side of island away from ferry port but close to main sights. Basic kitchen and bathrooms but expected for the island. Would recommend!
Super basic facilities but is similar for the whole island!
Reviewed: 29 March 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewOverall the hostel is nice, has a decent kitchen with fridge and freezer and the dorms have an attached bathroom with toilet and shower.
The mattress seemed really old and was not comfortable; the door of my room (monkey) did not close.
Reviewed: 19 March 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewPlenty of space to hang out, really chilled, nice breakfast, good scooters/motorbikes to rent out
Really dark rooms, a bit dated in its style
Reviewed: 5 March 2025 · Stayed in March 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 3 March 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewBreakfast was fantastic with 3 great options. The staff were really great and the location was good too.
Wifi wasn't great. We were working and often we werent able to take video calls.
Reviewed: 2 March 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewThe place is simple but so lovely. It has a really cool roof terrace to have a Beer or Drink some coffee. The breakfast is really yummy, they let you choose between three different things. The owners are so helpful in every way.
Reviewed: 11 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified reviewThe staff is very helpful, good location, very nice breakfast and a lot of areas to chill(rooftop, hammocks)
The bed(too old and used), the room temperature wasnt confortable
Hello Julie!! Thank you for your review, we always try to make our guests feel like home... Sorry for the inconveniences but as you know, we are on an Island that sometimes it get really hot and we don't offer all the rooms with air-conditioning but we try to keep them in a good temperature with fans and always clean, but we will improve that temperature :) So sorry you didn't like the bed, we already changed it to have the best accommodation, thank you for let us know. Always wishing you the best!! Lazy Cram Team :)
Hello Julie!! Thank you for your review, we always try to make our guests feel like home... Sorry for the inconveniences but as you know, we are on an Island that sometimes it get really hot and we don't offer all the rooms with air-c… Show more
Reviewed: 10 February 2025 · Stayed in February 2025
Verified review- free breakfast is amazingly good - very well located - staff is super friendly - kitchen - motorbike rental, if you want to explore Ometepe - pooltable - both indoor and outdoor chilling areas (seeing it rains a little bit every day on Ometepe)
Hello Delphine!! Thank you for your review, we are very glad you enjoyed your stay with us!! As you know, we live on an Island that even though we can be in summer season, because of the forest we can have sometimes few days of rain, so is part of the island, but we hope you had the best time here :) Wishing you the best. Lazy Crab Team :)
Hello Delphine!! Thank you for your review, we are very glad you enjoyed your stay with us!! As you know, we live on an Island that even though we can be in summer season, because of the forest we can have sometimes few days of rain, so is … Show more
Reviewed: 13 January 2025 · Stayed in December 2024
Verified reviewnice breakfast, helpful staff, had a new mattress
equipment of the kitchen could be better room looked a bit chaotic (very colourful wall painting and sheets), didn´t fit together, but not really a problem
Hello Wynona!! Thank you for your review, we love to see you enjoyed your stay with us!! As you might know, we have a shared kitchen and sometimes we get things lost but we replace them often. We try to keep good and relaxing vibes with painted walls, sorry if you didn't like that much. Always wishing you the best, Lazy Crab Team :)
Hello Wynona!! Thank you for your review, we love to see you enjoyed your stay with us!! As you might know, we have a shared kitchen and sometimes we get things lost but we replace them often. We try to keep good and relaxing vibes with pa… Show more
Reviewed: 6 January 2025 · Stayed in January 2025
Verified reviewReviewed: 3 December 2024 · Stayed in November 2024
Verified reviewGreat vibe! Friendly staff. Good value for your money.
Reviewed: 27 November 2024 · Stayed in November 2024
Verified reviewThe staff was amazing and super accommodating. Very kind and friendly. Helped us out with moto rentals and the food was good.
Reviewed: 26 November 2024 · Stayed in November 2024
Verified reviewGood location, excellent free breakfast, friendly, over the top helpful staff. Good size form with big ensuite. Plenty of relaxing areas. Kitchen for cooking!
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Reviewed: 1 August 2024 · Stayed in July 2024
Verified reviewThis place is a one of a kind gem in Ometepe. The food is amazing, the location is perfect (the lake is at the end of the lane if you want a quick dip) and it’s conveniently next to both shops and restaurants. The beautiful art that is characteristic of Lazy Crab is incredible, it made the vibe of the hostel relaxing and it was offset by the fireflies that are visible from the terrace in the evening. The owner was helpful, caring and was happy to share tips for the best places to visit on the Island. I will definitely be returning.
Reviewed: 20 July 2024 · Stayed in July 2024
Verified reviewThe staff were friendly and helpful, the facilities were clean and the kitchen had the basic utensils, the free coffee was a great bonus.
My only note is that the price on booking was much lower than how it is set by the staff at lazy crab, and breakfast was not included in that price. Not a complaint as the hostel honoured the price I had booked at, and I told them I could cook my own breakfast- would just recommend double checking with the hostel first.
Reviewed: 10 June 2024 · Stayed in June 2024
Verified reviewA simple but very nice place, easy going, everyone is very helpful and a good breakfast
Reviewed: 24 May 2024 · Stayed in May 2024
Verified reviewGood location to catch transportation, get to nearby restaurants and events. Nice staff. Good vibes.
Hot and stuffy in the rooms.
Reviewed: 22 May 2024 · Stayed in May 2024
Verified reviewI have never come across such a dishonest youth hostel. My order includes breakfast, and I paid a total of 13 US dollars. If breakfast is not included, the price of this youth hostel on another booking platform is only 10 US dollars. Last night, I asked the staff about the breakfast time today. The staff told me that it was 8 o'clock in the morning, and then I had to take a bus to the pier. He said that the bus was at 8:30 in the morning. This morning, I was waiting for breakfast in the lobby before 8 o'clock, but there was still no breakfast until 8:20. I asked the staff why I didn't have breakfast, and he replied that breakfast needs to be ordered, and then made, and the fee must be paid. In this way, I didn't have time to eat breakfast, so I took my luggage and left. Later, the store actually cancelled my stay, just because they were afraid that I would write a bad review. Not only is the seller dishonest, but the room is also very unclean. There are ants on the walls of the bathroom and the room. My bag of cookies was full of ants in the plastic bag the next morning, so I had to throw it away.