Don’t just check one site, check all the sites that rate hostels:
TripAdvisor lets you review anything, not just hostels, and not only ones you booked through them, unlike the hostel-specific sites. It’s easiest to look up each one that looks interesting by name since they mix hostels in with “specialty lodging”.
TripAdvisor even lets you email people who did a review and ask them specific questions!
Here’s an example for Nova Hostel in Moscow. Look for the links that say “Ask … about …”
Ask dizemka about Nova Hostel
There’s little you can do, apart from the obvious, depending how thorough you want to be:
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