London hostels

Pros: Safe location. Swiss Cottage Underground is in Zone 2 and is 2 min away. Tesco, Superdrugs , Boots, M&S Foods, KFC, McDonald's, Subway and a small food market nearby. Very clean. Strong and hot shower. Nice and efficient staff. Heritage touches.

Cons: Very strong bleach smell. Towels were 2 pounds per use. Laundry 7 pounds to fully wash and dry. Constantly tripping over luggages and belongings. Only one hook per bed meant coats on the bed or the floor. Free locker space only for some personal items. No lights out or on rule led to some conflicts. One female only washroom with 2 sinks, 4 toilets and 5 showers. Sign is there but is missed. Witnessed 2 men using it.

Pros: Staff. Absolutely fantastic. Used to work in there and the spirit has been kept. Really hope management is treating them as they deserve.

Cons: Pricy breakfast. Used to be cheaper, and prices increased even though the quality remains the same. That could have improved.

Pros: Staff were super friendly, bar had a great vibe and the curtains on the beds were great!

Cons: Some the rooms didn’t have much room for bags

Pros: Bar, rooms, personal, price

Cons: Bathrooms

Pros: Location, architecture, hip vibe.

Cons: Skimpy pillows

Pros: Cleanliness, location close to tube station.

Pros: Just go! The place is amazing and comfortable. The best hostel that I’ve ever been! :)

Pros: everything was good except the WIFI was extremely bad. It keep getting disconnected and complained to staff several times. They knew about the problem and one remarked that owners considered WIFI a luxury and not a neccesacity

Cons: WIFI was extremely bad.

Pros: Few minutes walk from subway. There is small supermarket and restaurant.

Cons: It was very hard to climb up and down for the upstairs bed.

Pros: Wonderfully friendly staff, great location.

Cons: Breakfast okay for the price. Rooms too small, no possibility at all to put stuff when you have an upper bunk, no chairs. Lights in bathrooms go on when someone opens the door, so everybody always wakes up.

Pros: I felt very welcomed when I arrived at the hostel, staff were very friendly and able to answer questions that I had. I found the hostel very clean, the toilet room, shower room and dorm room were always in a great condition each time I went into the rooms and used the facilities. Loved that the hostel offered both a hairdryer and straighteners. Great location, easy to find and two local supermarket close by. Great coffee and huge lounge space, which was had a chilled atmosphere and also offered plug sockets, yay!

Cons: Wasn’t happy that the kitchen facilities was under renovation, however was happy that I received an email regarding this a few days before my stay.

Pros: Great location, clean, great value. Stayed in the private room with bathroom, worked really well for our family. Beds are comfortable. The staff is very friendly and helpful.

Pros: Good hostel.

Cons: Got puzzled to figure out how to manage the shower.

Cons: This kind of place should not exist. Very uncomfortable and noise. I couldn’t sleep all night and at 2 am I have booked another hotel.

Pros: Lobby

Cons: Mattress

Pros: Great location. This was the first place we went in London and the staff helped us to get our feet on the ground. The beds were comfortable and the food was good fro the price.

Cons: There was construction outside our room.

Pros: The staff and every corner of the unit are so clean. Thanks to the hardworking staff.

Cons: Kitchen was closed for renovation during my stay.

Pros: Nothing

Cons: The room smelled awful. It was loud. And when I tried to change rooms, the staff said they couldn't help me.

Pros: It's ok stay for these money. I liked the location, it was pretty close to the centre. Interior design of the hostel. Free lime, lemon and mint water at the bar. Helpful staff. The vibe at the bar on the first floor.

Cons: At least one towel could be included in the price of stay. Mirror in the room would be useful. The only iron machine the staff gave me was out of order. Iron board wasn't clean. Breakfast didn't include any tea or coffee.

Pros: Pub

Cons: What appears to be a disinterested pub worker doubles up as receptionist. Service very poor

Pros: the location was good, the personal friendly

Cons: the water in the shower was cold almost everytime and in the room it was a bit cold as well.....

Cons: The people who worked here were the dumbest losers I'd ever experienced. The guy at the front desk wouldn't book me in, he made me go online to book in even though I was standing at the front desk. I asked a simple question "how far is it to Westminster Bridge?" and the fool had no idea. Also the room I was in had 24 beds like a slave ship. The fool at the front desk couldn't even write the door code down properly so I was unable to enter the room. The breakfast was pathetic.

Pros: best staff ever! really great amenities. I felt safe leaving my stuff in the room. the pub was also a great place to hang out. great beer and food. good conversation.

Pros: The staff was very helpful and friendly (Melina, Carlos and Gregor are the best!) It is good located cause it's very close to Victoria Coach Station. The hostel was clean and the food/coffee were very good! Thanks a lot!

Pros: Shower and toilet was cleaned.

Cons: Leakage in the room and no elevator

Pros: It was clean. Comfy bunk beds. Great, friendly staff. Affordable bar and café area. Awesome price per value. Nice bathrooms.

Cons: There's only one bathroom per floor, while there are at least four rooms(on each floor) containing 2-4 bunk beds each(6-12 people). The water in the shower was going from hot to cold and it took a few minutes for it to reach that perfect sweet spot. Someone stole food i had in my bag(this isn't really the hostel's fault though lol).

Pros: Liked everything. But be ready for a few stairs, and bring a decent padlock for the locker. Great location for buses at Victoria Coach Station.

Pros: I am a regular guest by now, I always have a look at the alternatives before booking, but I always come back here. Never had any problems with cleanliness or hot water, always had a very comfortable sleep. Warm enough even in winter. Staff are always welcoming and helpful. Transport connections are really good - bus stop outside direct to IWM, Westminster, Piccadilly Circus, Oxford Circus, honestly could not be easier to do the sights, do business or whatever, and get dropped back off at the door. Tube not far, London Bridge trains to Gatwick, avoiding Centeal London when you need to save time. The local area has absolutely everything - all manner of shops, street market, international food, clothes, charity shops, travel supplies.

Cons: The wifi connection in the room was very poor on this occasion, but good in the lounge seating area.

Pros: There is a bus station right next to the hostel, underground station is at 7 minutes waking distance (Bakerloo, Northern lines) and you can reach the city centre in about 15 min, so it's perfectly located. There is a Tesco, Sainsbury and Mcdonalds nearby (the Mc is non stop, very useful if you arrive at 1-2 in the night and super tired&hungry like we were). Beds were comfortable, clean, extra privacy from the curtains & a nice reading lamp at each bedside. The room is pretty spacious and warm (the trip was in at the beginning of Dec). Breakfast is pretty decent, but it is the same selection of pastries, ham/cheese, jam/butter and cereals every morning (if you stay longer than 3 days you will crave some variation). Also, in breakfast is included coffee & apple/orange juice.

Cons: The hostel is pretty big and might feel like an impersonal dormitory, also being always full the staff sometimes makes misunderstandings in reservations (in the first night, as we arrived late there was someone sleeping in bed assigned to me - we only had the upper beds available - we slept like this on the 1st night and in the morning i got my "official" bed changed as the guy checked out). Long story short, after reading other reviews I think this is pretty common, but not their fault and the situation was managed well. Also on the first night the showers were flooded with water and extremely filthy - we panicked a bit. The next day they were cleaned and fixed and this did not happen until we left anymore (also, this is not their fault, it is the non-educated tourists..). The cages for luggage storage are not very practical and too noisy, we opted to just lock our luggages outside near our beds.

Pros: Very clean hostel. Perfect position, friendly staff and it has all the services a traveler needs!

Pros: Everything. En-suite with friendly staff

Cons: Queues at checkout

Pros: Location is ok, not too far of touristic places and it seemed safe. The breakfast is good with variety of drinks and food. Staff was polite and easy to talk to.

Cons: Unconfortable beds, it was quite cold in my room and I got a really bad bed, no plug next to my bed and pillow very small. There are not enough shower rooms. There were always busy and flooded. No hairdryer. Personally I went to a hostel of Safestay two years ago but at other location and it was much better. Quite dissapointed with this one.

Pros: Location is good

Cons: Lift is not function longtime

Cons: The beds were very creaky which was annoying to hear during the night

Pros: The staff was helpful. Facilities were fresh looking and nice albeit the showers were a bit tight. This is hostel living with 8 in a room on bunks.

Cons: Rooms were very warm despite opening the windows and it being cool in the evenings.

Pros: Hostel is very very clean , plugs are on every single bed (sometimes is not and it's very important) big mirror in the room , lockers are there as well , beds in very good condition not making noise . For this price is very nice and clean bathrooms are clean . Transport is very easy , bus stop to town is straight away at front of the hostel . Downstairs is pub , but you can't here any noise in the rooms which is big plus . Personal very helpful , can't say anything bad about this place . I've been in lot of hostels in London , this one is on the top . Highly recommended :-)

Pros: Excellent place to crash.

Pros: Clean room with sockets at every bed.

Cons: The shower would only run for 4 seconds and then you'd need to push it again and that was quite annoying.