ODA
This establishment is nestled near Avni Rustemi square and the "new market" (pazari i ri). In Turkish, oda means the room in traditional houses. And everything here evokes the Ottoman past: the comfortable sofas (benches) set around the sofra (coffee table), the oriental décor and the old-fashioned kitchen, the old photos on the wall. You will be offered specialities of dishes baked under a bell to the embers, such as the tasty and invigorating lakror në saç (burek in the form of a cheese or vegetable pie). Very good Turkish coffee and homemade raki.
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The second issue is there is no common area, you can't sit in the garden because that's for paying restaurant customers.
Again if you need to work or study you'll have to work from bed or go find a cafe, I went to Destil Creative Space and a couple of others and thankfully Tirana has a coffeeshop scene where they allow you sit and work from your laptop.
The third thing is the internet sucks. Like really, really sucks. I tried to have a phone call on WhatsApp and it dropped 5 times in 15 minutes.
Lastly there is no kitchen or fridge, but eating out in Tirana can be affordable.
Like the other reviews said from your window you can hear a live band play in the restaurant below (the band stops around 11pm but bring ear plugs if you want to sleep earlier.) I absolutely loved the live music every night playing old classics so for me it was part of the experience I really enjoyed. You feel like you're in the Disney movie The Aristocats. Most of the staff was completely unfriendly, BUT Neta, the older woman who cleans the rooms was very sweet and helped me with my bags and brought me my water bottle I forgot while leaving.
I stayed at this hostel for 4 nights.
Bis 11 pm ist es sehr laut im Zimmer, da im Restaurant unten Live Musik gespielt wird.
Das Frühstück war einfach und es gab keinen Kaffe sondern nur warme Milch.
Immerhin war es sauber in den Zimmern.
Wir können diese Unterkunft nicht empfehlen.