Expert reviews
“The conveniently situated Generator blurs the lines between hostel and hotel, with design-led interiors, buzzy communal areas and a combination of private rooms and en-suite dorms. All of the main city centre attractions are within a 10-minute walk and evenings play host to live music and social events.”
What guests liked
- Friendly staff
- Central location
- Boutique style
- Excellent Wifi
All you need to know
Situated at the center of the city, Generator Hostel is a hub for travelers as well as the locals of Copenhagen. Each room in the hostel is designed with modern décor; the place is five minutes walk away from the Kongens Nytorv Metro station and ten minutes walk away from Stroget Pedestrian Street. Along with the central location, the budget accommodation of the hostel makes it travelers’ favorite to book their stay in.
Basic amenities
The hotel features modern décor along with a convenient 24-hour reception service, luggage storage facility on-site. Also, it has a bar that serves drinks, has a considerable lounge to chill-out, and has entertainment facilities with DJ nights and karaoke.
Rooms
The guests can book their accommodation in dorms, double room with private bathrooms, family rooms with private bathrooms, or twin rooms. The place also has a female dormitory, especially for female guests. However, you can book any kind of shared or private rooms in the hostel in advance to avail discount on your booking.
The services offered
All the guests love the couple-friendly place and rated high due to the friendly staff and high-quality service. Guests who book their stay here can avail a lot of services along with the facilities for their comfort and luxury.
Travelers, who are interested in exploring the city and enjoy the night-life of the place, looking for comfortable and affordable accommodation in Copenhagen, can book their stay at the generator hostel. It is one of the best places to stay for the guests.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
9 January 2025
Fabulous
The USB connector to charge phones didn't work
7 January 2025
One night in Copenhagen....very pleasant
Private room with ensuite, bed was comfy room was clean and great location. No kettle or coffee in the room. Great value for money!
No coffee ob the room and no hand towel
7 January 2025
Very good
Central location, nice restaurant with good prices.
6 January 2025
Ok place for short one night sleep.
Restaurant and play area were spacious.
Some areas were a bit outdated and creepy. Bathroom sink was in the sleeping area. My bed was falling apart, if I moved and hit any part of my body on the side of bed there was metal flat piece which was loose and made big noise when hit the other metal parts of the bed. This place not on the quality level modern use to be nowadays.
5 January 2025
Pleasant
Location
Bed (not very comfortable) and atmosphere not very suitable for solo travellers to meet new people
5 January 2025
Very good
We were there for 1 night and we got exactly what we needed, a place to sleep. It's comfortable, it's clean and the staff is nice. Rooms are big.
1 January 2025
Sweet stay in the heart of copenhagen
Right in the city center! Around 10 mins walk to Nyhavn and the shopping street. Check in and check out were quick. They had everything we needed. Pretty awesome stay too. Some entertainment like shuffle board and games so you can interact with other guests.
Would have loved the possibility to cook but it's fine I guess, because they offered food and drinks at their bar.
1 January 2025
It’s averagely all good.
Convenient location and nice cozy room.
a bit small for the bathroom.
31 December 2024
good location
GOOD location, tucked near main station and nyhavn, in front of a grocery
not as tidy or clean - the shared toilet
31 December 2024
Fabulous
location is very strategic! I love everything about this place. Will definitely come again and stay at Generator Copenhagen
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30 December 2024
Pleasant
The location was great
The pillows were not comfortable
30 December 2024
Good value city centre location
Good value hostel/hotel close to the city centre. Friendly, helpful staff. Decent sized family room with one double bed and bunks for two. Comfortable beds. Pleasant bar and communal area with bar games and food
Rooms quite utilitarian - TV only had 4 channels! Would prefer toilet, shower and sink all to be in a self contained bathroom.
30 December 2024
Very good
Our stay was great. A special thanks to Anto for being so helpful. The location was perfect, close to everything. Everything went smoothly, and we were very satisfied.
25 December 2024
recommended
nice stuff, perfect location even they offer special guest discount in bar
pictures don't really match, but still okay, not that big difference
24 December 2024
Fabulous
Very friendly staff, easy to check in and out, clean room and very dynamic common room.
The room didn't have shampoo, and the lockers were limited 6h and 24h.
24 December 2024
Excellent location but dirty and noisy
Great central location
Extremely noisy couldn’t sleep even if on the 4th floor on Saturday night because of the very loud music playing in lobby with DJ : you could hear and feel the vibrations all night so we didn’t get any sleep. But Sunday night we slept a bit better. We told the reception and they were nice and gave us late check out to sleep a few more hours. Pillows very uncomfortable, the toilet trash was already full when we checked into the room. Even the premium rooms were tiny you can’t really take out your stuff. Breakfast is terrible and not worth it.
23 December 2024
Pleasant
Great location, value for money
Room was quite dusty
20 December 2024
Excellent location, good for short stay.
Great location, lovely staff, comfy bed. Great bar and drag bingo was fantastic!
No kettle. Little noisy.
20 December 2024
Great location, busy, friendly guests, bar staff less so.
Clean, busy but well located
Staff in bar area exceptionally rude. Interesting that as an older couple (compared to the mainly young demographic) we seemed passed over when waiting really patiently to be served. I’ve worked bars and know how busy it was but it was embarrassing that another customer had to prompt the staff to us after they were asked ahead of us. It felt uncomfortable and we chose not to use this area after that which was a shame.
20 December 2024
Very good
Smart team, clean bedroom , quiet place, easy access for check in and check out
The bedroom sink, too small.
17 December 2024
In genaral was fine.
Location
Bathroom
17 December 2024
No
Private restroom
Don’t have cover around to avoid shining and private. Cabinet need more space to take in and take out luggage.
16 December 2024
Nice room , great location. Easy check in
The location was good , close to the main city and metro station. Room was clean and bed was compfy.
We stayed Friday -Monday . The music was very loud from the bar downstairs and didn’t stop till 1:30 so if your a light sleeper this would be an issue . Walking into the hotel that evening felt like a night club . Won’t recommend staying over the weekend if u have a young family and want a good night sleep
13 December 2024
Pleasant
Great location
Not that clean & all the facilities look like it needs maintenance
13 December 2024
Great location for a visit, excellent bar and games area with great prices
Great location and facilities, perfect
13 December 2024
Cheap and cheerful
Good locations handy for Nyhavn. Very comfy beds. Was worried after reading reports of it being noisy but we heard no noise whatsoever. Cheap and cheerful!
12 December 2024
Pleasant
Very inconvenient drain in the bathroom, all the water flows into the room, everything ends up wet in the bathroom In addition, you can not connect to the TV, various functions are blocked, only 5 channels left all in Danish language, no smart tv
11 December 2024
Great location, great price, no early check-in though even with pre-check in.
Clean, great location not far to walk to go to Nyhavn. Pre-check in was easy. You also have to online checkout which they send to you to complete when leaving or you can go to reception. We booked twin room with en-suite bathroom for £70 which was cheap. Easy to find. Great bar with games and charging ports. Staff very friendly. Cheap prices in the hotel too for drinks etc Bathroom has a toilet, small sink and wet room type shower / floor.
No early check-in and the 2pm is rubbish, when you’ve been travelling and up since 4am to get there and then you arrive at 1:15pm and still can’t get in the room until the dead on 2pm hour. We’d pre-checked in and still had to show passport and wait in the queue for room keys, don’t see the point in online pre-check in when you still have to do this, seems pointless to me. We ended up sitting in the bar for half an hour but we just wanted to dump our stuff in the room, freshen up and get back out sightseeing. Lift sounds like you’re about to die, didn’t feel safe in it at all, but we were on the 4th floor with luggage and just walked 25mins from grand central train Station to the hotel / hostel and had been travelling since 4am so we risked it. Only one lift in the whole place for guests and you can be waiting a while for it to.
11 December 2024
Is a very good option for staying
Location :) Area around :) Bars inside and closest ones.
On the bar didn't ask for discaunt, I forgot about it :) Breakfast is the same all days :)
10 December 2024
Its very nice for short stay
Staff, location, clean sheets
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9 December 2024
Pleasant
Good location
There is a bar on the ground floor witth loud music. Also there was no heating in the room on a pretty cold December night. No parking space, and scam like prices for the parkspots in the basement.
9 December 2024
Good Place, nice staff, good food and beers.
Simple but good breakfast, good rooms, full of people to hang out with. Young but familiar environment. Very nice staff
The bar was full of people drinking during dinner time, there was no separation so you were having dinner surrounded by people getting drunk.
9 December 2024
Very good
Located in the center, close to attractions. Clean rooms.
9 December 2024
Pleasant
location
I found it amazing that the check in staff do not speak a word of Danish when we are in the middle of Denmark and assume every one speak english . At least apologies and ask do you speak English. If I go to their countries I would say " I am sorry do you speak english " Also why they cannot even the number in danish ??? I think they refuse to learn any danish as english is cool. I sat in reception and 16 out of 20 check in people was danish native who came to the capital some old who might struggle a bit with english at least learn the most basic danish as number and too greet no one in reception spoke a word - i found it lazy and arrogant ...I travel so many places with booking.com stayed in 20 countries and never saw this attitudes: I think they on purpose hire people and say do not speak any danish at all even to all people or train any basic not needed
8 December 2024
Great location, friendly stuff.
The location was great, very central, walking distance to different sightseeing, restaurants, bars, shops. Friendly and helpful stuff. We got an upgrade to a bigger room.
The common spaces of the hotel are crowded and loud.
8 December 2024
Pleasant
The location was ideal - city centre with everything in walking distance and super easy to get to. Reported the shower not draining properly and maintenance arrived in less than 5 minutes to fix! Great if looking for a cheap weekend stay and won’t be spending much time in your room.
The booking.com accommodation description mentioned privacy curtains which none of the beds in our room had so felt like couldn’t have any privacy when in the rooms. Older crowd staying at the accommodation too so not really an 18 - 30s vibe.
7 December 2024
Lovely stay and I would use this hotel chain again
Good location , well priced and the bar was a good place to hang out and good atmosphere .
Tv wasn’t working (not a big deal) hotel does seem a bit tired in places but again not a big deal.
7 December 2024
Fabulous
You can find everything in the property, luggage storage, bar, resto, and you can opt for late checkout.
6 December 2024
Good stay for the location and the bed. It is certainly very well located. The room is cold for winter and the bathroom
The beds and the location. The bedding was also excellent.
One of the windows leaked cold into the room, the toilet seat was out of place. It was on the floor and broken
6 December 2024
The location is great, we were 3 days in Generator,and had a superior twin room. Everything was fine
The location is great, we were 3 days in Generator, and had a superior twin room. Everything was fine. The hotel was close to the city center.
6 December 2024
Very comfortable
I liked the stuff there. They were so friendly to me.
There was no shampoo and body wash in the room, so maybe you can set them up, if it’s possible.
5 December 2024
Clean, cosy and convenient to Copenhagen surrounds.
This was the third time I have stayed here, and always come back. Staff are always very helpful - I managed to buy a ticket for Jul at the Tivoli cheaper than at the gate. Location is easy to explore the touristy spots and more. Nice hot shower, and safe, secure dorm room. The lock box for my suitcase was large enough to fit in. Close to plenty of food and drink places, so going out for breakfast was easy. I wish I could have stayed longer but had go back to work.
The bed light was not so flexible, and not possible to adjust so that the light shined down to my side and not to the front of me when reading. Toilet didn't flush all the way most of the time, despite holding the flush button down for longer. Had to wait and flush about three times before the little amount of paper went down. This was in Room 515. Note`* The avatar shown on my comment is that of my husband's. I actually stayed here ( Natalie ) but Booking.com hasn't changed the profile despite me changing the account to under my name. I stayed in a female only doom with 6 beds.
4 December 2024
Great stay overall for the last minute booking - great for exploring the city and being central!
Very central, friendly staff, option to store baggage
Beds were extremely firm & room had a slightly odd smell to it
1 December 2024
Nice for a little weekend
Great location, quiet rooms, good space for the price
The bathroom could be cleaner
30 November 2024
Fabulous
Free upgrade, clean room. Location
Their Bar, not very friendly staff.
28 November 2024
Very good
Location, accessibility
I just didn't think it's more of a youth hostel
27 November 2024
Very good
Location is excellent. Close to everything you want to see in the city. Good value for money.
26 November 2024
Overall great experience and would recommend
Location and facilities were fantastic! Staff were also amazing
Pillows were uncomfortable
22 November 2024
Pleasant
Very good position, good price also.
Room not really clean, the bathroom in particular.
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Luggage storage (additional charge)
- - Private check-in/check-out
- - Lockers
- - Invoice provided
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor furniture
General
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box (additional charge)
- - Packed lunches
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Designated smoking area
- - Vending machine (drinks)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service
Activities
- - Billiards (additional charge)
- - Nightclub/DJ
- - Evening entertainment
- - Pub crawls
- - Walking tours
- - Bike tours
- - Happy hour (additional charge)
- - Live music/performance
- - Bicycle rental (additional charge)
Business facilities
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Entertainment and family services
- - Board games/puzzles
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Face masks for guests available
9 January 2025
Excellent value for money.
Excellent location, friendly staff. Room was clean, and larger than I expected. The buffet breakfast was great - plenty of choice.
The common areas were old and in need of refurbishment, the carpet was worn out and looked dirty.