When I moved to London I more or less randomly picked this hostel, because it was within walking…read moredistance from St Pancras International, and I was arriving by Eurostar. I booked this hostel only for a few days, then changed to another hostel. But after another week I came back. I did not expect to stay at hostels very long, but as flathunting turned out to be tough business, I stayed in hostels some more weeks.
I have also seen a few other hostels, but I really prefer this one. The location in Camden is very good, whatever you are up to. You can go to lots of pubs and bars etc. in Camden easily, but with the Northern line at your doorsteps you can also get everywhere else in London quickly.
Moreover, beautiful Primrose Hill and massive Regent's Park are only a short walk away, as is Regent's Canal.
You can also walk to Fitzrovia, Oxford St, Soho, West End, Regent's St and so on in less than half an hour.
Besides the good location, the general condition of this hostel is also okay. It is a hostel, and it's not perfect. But it's kind of clean, the showers are okay and if you're lucky you can meet some nice people there as well!
The breakfast is by far not the best breakfast you could get, but it's included and not too bad. Who mind's eating a toast and drinking a tea in the morning? If you want, you could still get a more decent breakfast somewhere else.
The staff is also quite helpful and nice, and the reception is open all around the clock.
There is also free wifi which offers not always the most reliable connection, but at least it's free and in general is working most of the time.
If you buy O2 mobile broad band, you can use a hot spot that covers the hostel which is much more reliable than the hostel wifi itself. But O2 mobile broadband also has it's flaws if you e.g. want to use more than one device or let a friend use your USB dongle/wifi access and then want to use it again ... but that has nothing to do with the hostel.
If you stay there for let's say more than a week, it's also handy that you can do your laundry there kind of cheap.
As people are constantly changing, you never know if you will meet some guys you like to hang out with or not, but mostly there is a good mix of people, from tourists who are there for their holidays, via people who are there to visit some events like conferences, to people who work in London and are looking for a room.
As some people I got to know there told me that they already stayed there more than once, I think it is safe to say that this hostel is quite okay and it could be difficult to find one that's much better and still offers a competitive location.
