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Selina Montevideo

3.0 star property

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Lobby sitting area
Front of property
Balcony
Lobby sitting area
Living area

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Pet friendly
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

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783 Juan Benito Blanco, Montevideo, Departamento de Montevideo, 11300
  • Rambla of Montevideo
    1 min walk
  • Fans! Pocitos
    2 min walk
  • Montevideo Central Station
    16 min drive
  • Montevideo (MVD-Carrasco Intl.)
    29 min drive

Room options

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Free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Double Room

  • 205 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Micro | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Micro

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Standard Plus | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Standard Plus

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Bed in Small Community Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Bed in Small Community Room

  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Twin Bed

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One Bedroom Apartment | Free WiFi, bed sheets

One Bedroom Apartment

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Family Room | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Family Room

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds

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Two Bedroom Apartment | Free WiFi, bed sheets

Two Bedroom Apartment

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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About this property

Selina Montevideo

3-star hostel in Pocitos
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hostel has a microwave in a common area and a refrigerator in a common area. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a 24-hour front desk, a library, and tour/ticket assistance.
Selina Montevideo offers 96 accommodations with air conditioning. Refrigerators and microwaves are provided.

Bathrooms include showers with rainfall showerheads. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access (speed: 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices)). Housekeeping is provided daily.

The hostel offers a restaurant. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This Montevideo hostel also offers a library, a terrace, and a vending machine. Wedding services and tour/ticket assistance can be provided.

Selina Montevideo is a smoke-free property.

Selina Montevideo has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • In-room WiFi speed: 100+ Mbps (good for 1–2 people or up to 6 devices)
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available

Food and drink

  • A restaurant

Things to do

  • Library

Family friendly

  • Grocery/convenience store
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Luggage storage
  • Shared microwave
  • Shared refrigerator
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator (36 inch wide door)
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower

Food and drink

  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Refrigerator
  • Stovetop
  • Toaster

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Heating

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 10 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs and cats only

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are available for USD 10 per night

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • You may be asked to pay the following charges at the property from November 15 to the day after Easter: Uruguay value-added tax (10%). Nonresident travelers who present a valid passport and tourist visa may be exempt from value-added tax (10%).

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: USD 10 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 10 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts cash

Property is also known as

Selina Montevideo Hostel
Selina Montevideo Montevideo
Selina Montevideo Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
Selina Montevideo Hostel/Backpacker accommodation Montevideo

Selina Montevideo Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 16 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 4 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 37 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 37 reviews" "

7.2/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Christian

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

maria

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Horrible don't stay
The balcony was not been swiped or cleaned in years. there were cigarette buds out on the balcony and when you looked over to the next floor, there were beer cans and trash. Horrible. The flooring of this place is hideous. The hotel needs to be renovated and cleaned. Never staying here again and will not recommend. I know it is a hostel, but that doesn't mean it should be dirty. blood on my comforter.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

ian

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Brittany

Meh stay at Selina
I’ve stayed at other Selina properties in South America. I can say it was not my favorite. Everyone was kind, but it did fall short of my expectations. I think it would be beneficial for the hotel staff to be bilingual as both individuals only spoke Spanish and had to rely on the phones with guests. The hallways on the floor rooms are incredibly dark even when the sensor lights go on with motion. I had to use my phone to see the keypad for my door. The room was simple, but didn’t necessarily feel clean. There were luggage marks everywhere. There was rust all along side the bathroom doors. I did like the location and the bar/common room area does have potential. If they featured more local products, there would be better appeal. The only beer offered was Corona and a few Argentinian wines. Overall, it was an okay stay.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A lot of unique aspects I hadn't come across before in a hostel and I've stayed in hundreds. Such as privacy curtains on the non wall side of both levels of the bunk beds (although the top bed a lot harder and noisier to get down as there is nothing to hold onto when descending due to the bed's own built in ceiling and back wall). Another unique aspect, you don't get a room key or swipe card, instead your hand activates a keypad, and you type in the pin code for the room. Never come across that before, but loved it, a lot easier. The Selena Hostel also had a number of common areas on different floors. One of which is the arty looking one in the promotion photo, it actually looks even better in real life. On the negative, I accidentally put November instead of October when I booked, I immediately noticed and booked the October date. Wotif kept trying to contact the hostel on my behalf. Days later, nope keeping the money. So not very ethical in that department. They had plenty of time to sell that room. Also on the negative, after you book and pay, you get sent e-mail telling you to download some app. to check in, felt data fishing. There was some function booked for a common room on my second night, yet I was never informed about it. Now granted the music wasn't as bad as the techno or whatever most hostels put on. Was actually quite pleasant to hear what I assume are Uruguayan or at least Spanish singing music artists. Did make it a little harder to sleep.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Dave

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No atmosphere whatsoever, it was quite frankly very depressing to be there. Common area like a ghost town. The state of the communal kitchen is horrendous, quite possibly one of the dirtiest kitchens encountered after 9 months in South America. It was absolutely disgusting. Selena have chosen style over substance. Wifi didn’t work most of the time. Communal area hired out to private functions on weekends so inaccessible. Tv/cinema room not working as Tv was broken. Overall a very disappointing stay. Staff were friendly though.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Paula

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mohamed

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent service, we are very happy to see our stay in a spectacular hotel, highly, highly recommended in everything: room, cleaning, staff, breakfast, everything, my husband and I hope to return again in shaa allah, thank you very much to all

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Not the greatest experience.
What a bizarre experience. I've been familiar with the Selina chain for a while, but this was my first time staying at one. Unfortunately this will probably be my last. Most of the amenities advertised on the Selina Montevideo website just didn't exist... There was no cocktail bar. No coffee shop. No restaurant. No hand soap anywhere. There were no activities (or if there were, no one told me). I would loved to have participated in the yoga they advertised, but there was no information about it. I even would have been willing to pay for activities, had there been any. As a digital nomad who travels with a full-time job, one of the main reasons I stayed here was the promise of a coworking space. This was the biggest disappointment. Just because a communal room happens to have tables in it, that does not mean it's a suitable place to work. Noise aside (as the "CoWork" was in the same room as the "recreation lounge"), there were no functioning power outlets and the wifi was not strong enough to make calls. The private room I stayed in was comfortable enough, but I don't think I actually slept my entire stay. The walls were so thin I could even hear when the guests across the hall showered. I will say, the staff was incredibly friendly (despite all the issues with the property/advertising; I don't believe any of this is their fault). The location right across from the beach was also nice. In conclusion, if you're looking for a place to sleep and/or work, do NOT stay here.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tiago

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Luciana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Otima localização e com vista pro mar
Recepcionista Ana foi super atensiosa durante toda a .inha estadia. Quarto amplo, com bons travesseiros, roupeiro, mas algumas lâmpadas estavam queimadas, interruptor no banheiro não funcionava pra usar o secador e as janelas e vidros bem sujos. A cozinha também estava com cheiro muito ruim e frequentemente bagunçada... só usei pra aquecer água para café e chá. Tem um espaço muito amplo de area em comum e uma sacada ótima. Primeiro andar estava em reforma, e está precisando mesmo!
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Lucas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Boa localização. Honesto.
Hostel bem decorado. Ambientes coloridos, diferentes. Prédio parece ser antigo, mas bem cuidado. O quarto privativo era bom, com uma vista bonita, limpo, bem montado, com geladeira e escrivaninha. Senti falta apenas de uma TV no quarto e mais tomadas. Funcionários da recepção e do restaurante muito legais e educados. A localização é excelente, principalmente para quem está sem carro. O único ponto negativo que achei foi a cozinha comunitária. Estava com cheiro bem ruim e com muitas panelas e utensílios sujos. Mas acho que isso é falta de educação dos hóspedes que a utilizam e não culpa do hotel. Utilizei apenas uma vez e nos outros dias preferi comer fora ou comprar comida pronta para não precisar usar a cozinha.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Marina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
O hotel é super bem localizado, pertinho da praia, do shopping de pocitos e de diversos restaurantes e cafés. Como infraestrutura, conta com uma cozinha completa e um espaço grande de uso coletivo. No quarto, tudo muito simples.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

HIAM

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Os quartos compartilhados vão uma cx de surpresa. Pois pode ser mixto Vc tem que adquiri toalha pagando a parte O quarto estava muito sujo e super empoleirado Não gostei da experiência De bom, tem a excelente localização, o preço do ap compartilhado é bom atendimento na recepcao
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

DORIS M PETRY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Falta tv no quarto
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Mauro

Liked: Room comfort
Viagem boa, mas cara!
Ótima localização.
Stayed 10 nights in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Antonio

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Mara

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lorenzo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love the location and personnel super friendly and helpful.
Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

ANDRE PAPA

Traveled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Não recomendo
Banheiro compartilhado imundo. Havia limp por todos os cantos .
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

4/10 Poor

ADRIANA

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Como siempre problemas con la habitación... no funcionaba el botón del inodoro (tuvimos que desarmarlo y hacer a mano que corriera el agua) y el extractor a veces si y a veces no.... No la arreglaron, ofrecieron cambiarnos de habitación y nunca lo hicieron... Es una pena porque reciclaron un edificio antiguo muy cómodo pero la atención y manutención no es lo que debería ser.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ricardo

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excelente servicio y ubicación
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Fernando

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Ótimo custo-beneficio em Montevideu
A localização é perfeita, segura e muito fácil de se locomover. O checkin foi com uma brasileira e facilitou muito as coisas. A roupa de cama e as toalhas eram limpas. Nosso quarto estava limpo e por ser casal standard tinha frigobar o que ajudou, compramos frutas e algumas coisas no mercado Fresh Market que tem na região. O Hostel estava vazio e não tinha muito barulho da rua. Os unicos pontos negativos eu acho que ficam na cozinha comunitária que estava sempre meio fedida (acho que mais pelo que alguém andava cozinhando lá do que pela limpeza que estava ok) e pelos utensilios que eram um pouco limitados mas ainda assim conseguimos comer frutas, esquentar pizza e até fazer um miojo.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Maria Eduarda

Traveled with group
Muito bacana para a proposta de um hostel. Fiquei em quarto privativo, com banheiro individual. Foi tudo ótimo!
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

TAYZE CRISTINA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Recomendo
Incrível! Quartos confortáveis. Utilizamos a cozinha e geladeiras, tem tudo que é necessário. Não há estacionamento, mas sempre conseguimos estacionar na praça na frente.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023