Not a very good hostel for young travellers --feels like a drab hotel without the amenities of a…read morehotel. The staff are very kind, but unfortunately this hostel does not facilitate any social connections. No fun little events or bar, which other hostels on the market definitely have. Even the common areas are devoid of conversation or life. Most of their clientele are school groups and older people literally looking for a bed for the night. If you're looking to meet kind, interesting people (save the staff) or learn about new cultures, look elsewhere. Facilities don't add much value, unfortunately. Rooms are quite tiny, especially the four bunkbeds --not much luggage space or even space to stretch your legs. WiFi was absolutely poor. Bathrooms were clean, but also tiny. Not suitable for more than two night's stay. Fantastic location in a beautiful neighbourhood. No nightlife around, however. This place can be so much more than a perfunctory Holiday Inn-of-a-hostel, given its staff and location. Do try make it a more human place.

A lovely property in a lovely part of a VERY expensive neighborhood. Except you're not going to…read morepay a lot of money to stay here. Bring your own towels or sheets or you can buy/rent them for cheap. Internet is free and fast, nice lounge. Most rooms are multi-bunk, like most hostels. Showers are clean and awesome. Not super close to a tube stop, but not that far away either.

I booked a bed here and asked for a very simple medical accommodation: sleeping on a bottom bunk…read more The hostel refused to gaurantee the request as they do not think this is a reasonable accommodation. Travelers with medical accommodations should be aware before booking.

This hostel was filthy! The shower floor and curtain looked like years since they had been cleaned…read more The staff while I was there was super immature and aggressively rude. The eating area cleaning person just swept the grime and dirt around the floor with the mop. A table that had all kinds of large food crumbs under it was that way for days. I left early because it was so disgusting

A spacious clean hotel - taking into account the category it is in we were surprised that the rooms…read moreare cleaned daily and towels are changed every day as well. Well, actually there was nowhere to hang them, so we really appreciated their replacement Moderate, but sufficient breakfast, WiFi everywhere - absolute satisfaction. Prostorný, čistý hotel - vzhledem ke kategorii nás překvapilo, že denně uklízejí pokoje a denně vyměňují ručníky. No, oni vlastně nebyly kam pověsit, tak jsme to zvlášť ocenili :D Střídmé ale postačující snídaně, wifi všude - naprostá spokojenost.

Horrible hostile and they have CCTV camera inside the shower areas. I booked the place for two…read moreweeks and they kicked me out and banned me from the property. I am in remission from cancer and the property has zero accommodations for people with any form of disability. The staff is extremely racist and homophobic. It isn't not a safe space for anyone within the LGBTQ community , young travelers or if you have disabilities. I told the front desk I was in remission from cancer and have anemia. The employee proceeded to put me on the third floor that did not have any lift access. He also put me in the one bed that had a broken window. The property is also very dirty and they do not clean the beds properly. They just spray it with disinfectant and call it a day. While I was on the property I was sexually assaulted and cornered in the kitchen. The front desk witnessed me get bullied by extremely older men and made fun of me for not wanting to entertain them. I'm 19 and a 60 year old man kept threatening me and telling me to suck his ... while I was sleeping. He proceeded to open my curtain when I was sleeping and yell at me calling me an N word and homophobic slurs. When I turned the lights on in the room and woke up the rest of the room the front desk told me that they would kick me out if I complained again. The man followed me around the property for three days and everyone I complained the property laughed and made jokes. After I complained the to the front desk they gave me the option to leave and be refunded but refused to kick out the man who had SA'd me. I didn't ask for special treatment, just for them to treat me with respect. I had multiple things stolen from my room , including my credit card , brand new Apple charger and skincare products and makeup from Sephora. When I complained to the front desk the guy working from Nashville told me to "keep that Sh** private. Making me the problem. When I tried to take my charger back from the creepy old man who stole it he got physical with me and I grabbed his headphones and threw them out a window. Because of this they accused me of "stealing" and kicked me off the property. They refused to believe me and said there was no CCTV footage. I threw the man's headphones out of the bathroom window. They all of the sudden were able to get the CCTV footage of me throwing the headphones out of the shower windows but they weren't able to provide CCTV footage of the men in the little kitchen or common areas. It seems like they're just watching people while they shower which is insane. As for the property. The kitchen is not existent and people are constantly brushing up against each other. Old men are everywhere and use the kitchen as an opportunity to grab you and blame it on the tight space. The entire staff is just extremely rude and I would not recommend this place to young , travelers especially women because it is extremely unsafe and the staff do not do anything when you report it. They just care about their 5 star reviews and will try to silence you if you complain about the property. The staff would also proceed to cough anytime I walked by , after I complained that it isn't safe for someone at the front desk to be working if they were ill as it could make other people in the hostel sick. The staff also threw out all my food and said I had not labeled it properly. But they had given everyone else a note saying that if they did not label their food properly it would be thrown out the following day. It is clear that they just didn't want me on their property and from the start wanted to find any reason to kick me out. The Generator London and Click261 are much better options in London. I've used hostel world for years now and this is the only property that I have had issue with. The location of this hostel is also not great. It's super far and the two I had previously mentioned are much closer to central London, cheaper and have better facilities and staff. Definitely do not recommend.

I stayed here for two nights last month. The lodge is a short uphill walk (maybe 2 minutes) from…read morethe Swiss Cottage tube station, but the surrounding area is not very exciting. My group stayed in a ten bed female room. The room was in the basement floor, which meant very little air circulation. The weather in London during our stay was rather cool, but because of the lack of air circulation, our room was incredibly stuffy and it smelled like gym socks. Also, the wifi didn't reach our room and the common room was often full, so when I had to check my email I sometimes had to sit on a stairway. The showers were clean, but again, no air circulation and I saw mold on the ceiling. The toilet stalls were the smallest I've ever had to use; To get out of the stall, your legs WILL rub against the toilet bowl. The bathrooms are communal for the floor, so we had to share the bathroom with a bunch of guys. Also, I dont think they clean the bathrooms every morning because I saw the same bits of gunk over twelve hours later. The things I did enjoy about this hostel were the free breakfasts (toast, cereal, coffee and juice) and the friendly staff. I liked the large lockers under the bed and the hostel felt very safe. Each bunk had privacy curtains, a reading lamp, and an outlet. Overall, I would consider staying here again, but I wouldn't be excited about it.

Stayed here as a bit of an experiment for myself as I'd never stayed in a hostel before and it…read morereally wasn't too bad. I booked it as I needed somewhere to crash for a few hours after leaving a club at 4am and it suited that purpose perfectly. Each room has a supply of lockers to keep your stuff safe. Bring your own padlock if you don't want to end up buying one. For £16.49 (less cashback through Quidco!) I got a bed in a shared room of 12 beds, usable wifi, clean toilet/shower facilities and a continental breakfast consisting of cereal, toast, boiled eggs, yoghurt, tea/coffee, juice. It's about 10 minutes walk from New Cross Overground station and less than 5 minutes from the bus stop. The night bus N89 brings you from central London to the end of the road in 15-20 minutes all through the night. Luxury it isn't, but at this price it's not supposed to be. It serves it's purpose well, and I'd use it again if circumstances require it. The decor could do with freshening up in some areas but not if that impacts the price! The downstairs doubles as a pub with a small selection of drinks. I had a Fosters there for £3.50.

Definitely the best place I've ever stayed! Nice rooms, friendly stuff, clean. They have a kitchen…read moreso you can cook there if you want. Very friendly people. And it really felt like home! There's a bar downstairs so it may be quite loud sometimes, but it wasn't an obstacle, at least for me. I'll be back! ;) The only problem is that it's quite far from the city centre, but you can always take a bus or tube. Not the safest part of London and it's better not to hang around alone at night.

Not bad for a youth hostel. I booked a two-bed private room for my friend and myself to split. It…read morewas comfortable enough, and it was nice having a wash sink in the room so that we didn't need to go to the shared toilets every time we needed a sink. The beds had built-in power outlets, however they didn't really work well. We ended up using the wall outlets to charge our electronics. We were also right next to the showers but one of them was out of order. The toilets were at the end of the hall but one of them was out of order as well, so I ended up needing to wait for one to become available a couple times. It wasn't too noisy considering we were facing a busy street and some people complain about the bells coming from St. Paul's being distracting as they ring essentially every 15 minutes, but I got used to it pretty quickly and was able to sleep just fine. Wifi is only available in the shared spaces and not the rooms, so that might be difficult for people who rely on wifi connection. We didn't take advantage of their breakfast offerings, though they seem to have a nice variety of hot and cold food to choose from. They even seemed to have a couple vegan items that I could have eaten, but I wasn't going to pay nearly £10 just to only eat like two items. Check in and check out were easy.

Cozy YHA in a nice location. Right by St. Paul's Cathedral and across the Thames from the Tate…read moreModern. Convenient to the tube and many restaurants. Seems like a very safe area as well at night. Breakfast is included here, kind of like cafeteria style, but still a good deal. Some of their beds are interesting, in these wooden frames up off the ground that you can put things in , like books you are reading, glasses, etc.. Would definitely stay here again...great price for cool location!

This hostel is located is fancy Knightsbridge on the edge of Hyde Park and just a stone's throw…read morefrom the Royal Albert Hall. The building is a charming one, typical for this part of town with lots of stucco in the hallways and great wooden staircases. The rooms are alright, however, more than just spartan. Honestly, there weren't even hooks on the wall on which to hang jackets or else. Not a single stool or bench to sit on or put something down. The windows don't close well and so it is rather drafty all the time. Good points include the secure key locks, clean sheets, a kettle and a TV in the room. The free Wifi the hostels boasts does not work, we tried for three consecutive days with five different phones and never had a connection. Same for the credit card machine it didn't take any of our cards so we all had to pay cash in the end. We were also a bit irritated by the vending machine which seems to get rather fill-ups. Another good point is the luggage room, which seems kind of safe. All-in-all it is an acceptable place to stay if you're mainly concerned about budget and location.

Hostel type place in good location is south Kensington. Clean,modern accomodation. Very secure,with…read morekey card entry. Budget travellers will most appreciate this hostel as there are no frills.

I stayed here precovid, so not sure how things are now, but this was a run of the mill hostel. My…read morefriend and I am stayed in a mixed room and met some interesting people. My only real complaint was the bathroom was on a different floor, which wasn't ideal. Otherwise, it wasn't special, but it was fine.

The clink261 is very close to King's Cross Station and belongs to the clink78 which is much nicer…read more Things I liked: - location was close to King's Cross Station - low price for a stay - lockers were big enough to fit in a backpack - power socket with USB at the bedside Things that made the stay unpleasant: - During check-in and check-out the staff was ignoring guests to finish their chats. - The rooms (4 bed dorm) were so small that it was very difficult to open your luggage if there was another person in the room and the air was very stuffy. - Mattresses were outworn. - They don't give you a baggage tag for the luggage room so pretty much everybody who asks to get their baggage could freely walk in and grab what they want. Nobody is controlling it. - not enough bathrooms/restrooms on a floor. Things to notice: - complimentary Wi-Fi - community kitchen - laundry in the basement - in house breakfast possible - community program in cooperation with the clink78