Amber Hostel - Review from Agneta Payne

I'm staying at the Amber Hostel right now with my fourteen year old daughter and I am completely satisfied, so I think the person who wrote the last review just don't have much experience. This place is perfectly good, cleaner than many. The staff has been very friendly and helpful. New bathrooms and showers (at both ends of the corridor) have been kept clean and nice all through our stay here. The kitchens are also clean and we found the bed linen clean and mangled to our satisfaction. And there has been toilet paper available all the time. About the surroundings...yes, I agree with the description, but wonder if the previous reviewer has seen any other east european or Russian suburbs. The public transportation to town is very close-by, frequent and ridiculously inexpensive. I see no reason to pay more for staying overnight while visiting Riga. The only advice I could give is to book a room on the side furthest away from the railroad, if you want to sleep with the windows open.