The Yard Hostel

friendly and upbeat hostel,i had a great stay at the Yard Hostel, located in the heart of Catania,the staff is really kind and always helpful ,clean rooms and toilet and great outdoors, don't hesitate to stay here!

I was aggressively verbally attacked by the owner and kicked out from the hostel at 10 pm for expressing my opinion on non-alcoholic rules of the hostel. It all started because he bullied me for finishing 50 ml of beer I had from the other shop then his hostel bar. I came to the from my evening walk (21:15) with 2 last sips of small beer. I was told it is forbidden to drink alcohol from outside the hostel. So I just finished the beer and asked the owner if it also applies to the kitchen when cooking my dinner. And he said yes. So I commented, that it is "The most stupid rule I have ever heard of." and went to bed. This my comment got owner so angry, that he came to my room, with another guy and started to attack me with the words like "Who do you think you are, to talk to me like that" and "it is my house and my rules". As they argued and raised their voices, they also pushed me into the corner of then empty room and I had to ask them several times to leave and stop making me uncomfortable by being alone with two of them in the empty room and in the corner. After a while, one guy left, owner came back, yowling at me, no knocking or permission to enter. I asked him repeatedly to leave me alone, he knew my flight is early and just need to stay until 5 am. I did nothing, just was in bed, asking him to leave me alone. He left for a like 5 minutes and then came back (no knocking) with a "I called a police on you, get your stuff and get out". So he lied about the police, in fact I should be the one calling the police. But I didnt want to stay in this hostel anymore anyway. I was just shocked that owner decided to kick a girl at 10 pm from the hostel because he just dont know how to deal with criticism. After he decided to kicked me out I got really angry and called him names. There was a girl, she heard everything and helped me. In the end I stayed in a place nearby. So message to the owner, I was not desperate, alone, on the street at night, as you wished me to be.

Great hostel! We visited Catania for 2 nights and stayed here. The staff were friendly, private room was clean and had everything you needed. Nice amount of communal areas and a lovely bar, lounge and outdoor area. Drinks were so well priced and you got complimentary olives and crackers/crisps whilst you had a drink which was lovely. It was a little walk away from the main hub of the city centre but it was nice to have a good walk, you felt secure and safe as there was gated entry. Thank you!