The Wayfarer is a hostel built around one long table. Take a dorm bed or a private room, cook in the communal kitchen, and stay for the nights that happen after dinner.
Dorm beds & private rooms · Communal kitchen · Live music nights · Walking tours · Bike rentals
Take a dorm bed if you came for the people, or a private room if you came for the quiet. Either way the same long table is waiting at the end of the hall.
One of several beds in a shared room, a few steps from the communal kitchen and the long table.
A room of your own for the nights you want the quiet, with the same table waiting when you come back down.
The long table sits in the middle of it. Cook what you like, sit where you like, eat with whoever is already there. The pans are out and the plates don't match.
Nobody eats alone here unless they want to.
Live music nights happen where everyone is already sitting. When the last set ends, the table only gets louder.
Bands set up in the common room, close enough to talk over. Nobody is asked to move.
The hostel fills with people who aren't staying here — neighbours, friends, whoever wandered in and stayed for the table.
Somebody who lives here walks you through it. Not a bus, not a script — the parts of Austin you'd have walked straight past on your own, and back in time for dinner.
Take a bike for the day. Ride out in the morning, come back when you're hungry — it's the fastest way to stop being a visitor.
Book a dorm bed or a private room. The communal kitchen is open either way, and there's a chair here with nobody's name on it.
The Wayfarer Hostel · Austin, Texas · Dorm beds, private rooms & a communal kitchen