Moderne Hostel

This is the worst hostel I have ever stayed at. There was a huge bathroom leak and sputtered water on my head while at the sink. The manager would not change reservation, even with24 hours notice. Unhelpful and unfriendly to say the least. The location is in the Main Street and close to restaurants.

This place is great! You never know what you’re going to get with a hostel… but this one is awesome. There was a great mix of people there and both guests and the owners were super nice. The hostel is very clean and is in a great location… close to everything in town, the Village and the slopes. Highly recommend!

My boyfriend and I stayed were in Mammoth and needed a spur-​of-​the-​moment, affordable place to stay. We went to the hotel where Christina helped us. She showed us the accommodations before we agreed to stay and gave us information about nearby activities including live music and outdoor experiences.
Location:
— VERY close (across the street) from the «downtown» area of Mammoth Lakes. We easily walked to nearby places and back.
Staff:
— In addition to Christina, the cleaning staff was incredibly friendly, offering to clean the female shower before I used it.
Building:
— The ambiance was quiet as there were only a few others staying at the time.
— There was a two-​stall female bathroom with two sink/​mirror sets.
— The kitchen was fully stocked with cooking utensils/​plates/​cups/​etc. It was very clean and had a large communal table with chairs.
— Plenty of parking in the on-​site parking lot
Rooms:
— We were in a 6-​person room with three sets of bunk beds. All but one of the beds had a designated locker. The rooms appeared new and clean, still smelling like paint.
Our one complaint was that when we arrived in our room at the end of the night, there were other people on our beds as the room had been double-​booked. One of the other guests cleared it up with the staff and they were able to find another room for the remaining members of their party. We felt bad for them having to separate into two rooms, but I was happy that at least they were able to be accommodated so late in the evening.
I would stay here again. :)

Came down after 3 days from Inyo national forest looking for a place to crash and found this amazing hostel! Like the name implies, this hostel is quite modern and offers a big screen tv connected to Netflix. The rooms are clean and smell brand new. We went for a mixed dorm, which had lockers and towels. Christina checked us in and was super helpful and gave us a great deal. She also gave us some good suggestions on events happening that night. I’d stay again.

I am so lucky to have been referred to Moderne Hostel! The referral was because I looked for a hostel with air-​conditioning. I was glad to discover that the hostel itself is comfortable, inviting, and superbly located. It has just opened.
The hostel consists of a two story building with several bedrooms — rooms for mix genders, rooms for guys, rooms for gals, equipped with bunk beds, dressers and mirrors, and two rooms with queen mattresses. It has a good size living room and a very big kitchen with a rustic, huge oak table as its centerpiece.
The stay is very comfortable. The hostel has just opened and is sparkly clean and well maintained. The mattresses are new and firm. The length between the lower bunkbeds and the upper ones is a bit too short, but for my Asian height it was OK. The climb to the upper bunk beds is safe and easy. The bedding and towels, fresh and of good quality. The kitchen is large, has a high power stove, microwave, toaster, hot water kettle, and all the necessary equipment to cook a good meal. A recycling bin in the kitchen seems to be a necessary addition. The shower water pressure is powerful, and there’s always hot water. The internet download/​upload speed is stable and fast (including 5-​G). Yet the cable allocation to the whole town of Mammoth wasn’t able to sustain the thousands of tourists who were here during the 4^th of July weekend. When they were gone, the internet speed stabilized. The place is so new that the rooms smell of fresh paint and new carpet. I kept my window opened while I was hiking and that reduced the smell’s pungency. I think it will dissipate and disappear soon, as the place is being populated with guests and aired regularly by the fastidious cleaning personnel.
The location is fantastic — right on the bus line taking you (and your bike) to the shuttle service that has stops in almost every trail-​head at the Devil’s Postpile National Monument and its environs, leading to the Ansel Adams Wilderness. The hostel is situated within a short walking distance from Mammoth village, where you’d find plenty of higher-​end restaurants, cafes and nice mountain fashion stores. The bus will take you a couple of stops down the mountain to the huge Vons supermarket, the drugstore, post office, laundromat, bakery, and tourist information center. In the malls down the hill you’ll find reasonably priced restaurants. Driving distances in your own car to all these sites are minimal. The catch of the location is the traffic noise of the cars going uphill to Mammoth Mountain. With a closed window the noise is reduced tremendously. The other side of the hostel faces a small, serene piece of forest under which is a huge golf course.
I was greeted with a warm welcome by the staff. They are very helpful, gracious, accommodating, and attuned to the guests’ comments and suggestions as the place is so new.
Most rewarding experience was the people with whom I shared the space: a mélange of backpackers on a break from trekking the Pacific Crest Trail, passers by on their grand tour of America, coming from Vegas and heading to San Francisco via Devil’s Postpile and Yosemite, bicyclists, day hikers, hot springs bathers, or folks stealing days from international conferencing in LA or SF to enjoy the striking Eastern Sierras, ages ranging from their 20s to 60s. During my time here I met folks from the Netherlands, Argentina, Virginia, Norway, Sweden, Japan, Maine, New York, Greece, Britain, Colorado, France, Switzerland, China and… California. I might have forgotten some… We shared snippets of our lives, travel adventures and hiking tips.
In brief, I highly recommend this place. Enjoy!