But they were really off on the two nights I spent there.

First of all, they deleted my booking. I brought along a copy of my reservation, so they then offered to let me choose the room where I wanted to sleep on a mattress on the floor for the night. One room stunk, the other was full of guys on a stag party trip. So they put me in an unseen room, not telling me it was also full of guys on a (different) stag party trip. I'm pretty patient with hostel shenanigans, but being woken up around 4 am to the sound of puking and guys sitting on my sad little mattress on the floor falls outside my OK realm. Breakfast was just so-so.

The next night, I had the room to myself. Two stars because this place could be cool, and they have a rooftop patio that I imagine could be fun in summer.

Housed in a renovated mansion just a few minutes' walk from Bairro Alto's shopping and nightlife, the Oasis is also just down the hill from Miradoura de Santa Catarina. The Miradoura is on one of Lisbon's seven hills and a chill hang out all day, but especially before sunset when all the hippies and the hipsters come to drink overlooking the river.

Fabulous patio and bar, friendly and in-the-know employees, beautiful facility, free internet, scrambled eggs in the morning and amazing 5 euro meals every night--sometimes Portuguese and served by the world's most friendly woman, sometimes Brazilian or other world cuisine. Always scrumptious and HUGE portions, with dessert.

More stylish than my house, more homey than my neighborhood cafe. Should you happen to find yourself in the hostel bar in the evenings, I have to recommend the strawberry mojitos.