165 Borough High Street, Southwark, London, SE1 1HR, United Kingdom
#691 of 1,010 hotels in London
Guests' ChoiceBased on 3195 hostel reviews
7.3Cleanliness
7.5
Comfort
7.5
Location
9.0
Facilities
7.5
Staff
8.3
Value for money
7.8
Free WiFi
7.7
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End of dialog contentReviewed: 1 May 2024
Carolwanderlust
BrazilMany of the toilets were clogged. The showers weren't the cleanest. Some toilets are very far from the room. The lower beds are awful it's so low you can't sit without hitting your head. Take the upper bed, if possible. The lockers in the luggage room cost 5 pounds and they only accept coins. No cards.
The location is very good! Very close to borough market, to the tube. Very easy to reach main attractions. There is a pub in the hostel, and another great pub with live music in the sister hostel in the same steeet.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 1 May 2024
איילת
IsraelStaff was nice, there was a good environment, the location is really nice
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 1 May 2024
Shahzeb
NorwayBeds, facilities
Only location.
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: 1 May 2024
Vasilica
RomaniaEverything OK!
Very good value for the money. Amazing staff in Reception and very helpful. Very clean place.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 29 April 2024
Ketan
United KingdomVery noisy due to other guests up till 4am. Did not notice the staff intervening. Had to ask them to keep the noise down myself. The hostel is for back packers and we were there as a family member was admitted to Guys Hospital. Cannot really complain as local hotels were way out of budget.
We had a bunk bed in a private room with private bathroom. Room and bathroom were extremely clean. The shower was excellent with very hot water. Beds were super comfortable and the duvets were of a high quality.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 28 April 2024
Rohit
United KingdomLocation, Room & cleanliness
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: 25 April 2024
Aaron
MalaysiaMusic from the bar was on till 5 a.m
Its in the city centre
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 25 April 2024
Nikolas
SpainDecent hostel especially for the price and the location.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 23 April 2024
Anastasios
CyprusThere is no breakfast included, there is a cost for the luggage store and in most hostels in most countries there is no such a cost. There is no fridge to keep something. There is no salon to sit 🪑 rest and speak with some tenants. It is mandatory to have your mobile 📱 with you all the time even to go toilet or for shower 🚿 because the key is in your mobile to open all doors.
Very clean, hot 🔥 water, very good location 2 km from big ben, Westminster Abbey, 3 Km from Buckingham palace and so on. 15 minutes from London Bridge. There is a lift inside, the check ✅ in is till 12 o'clock, there is luggage 🧳 room but it costs €5,80. There is free 🆓 water to drink and the building is so safe, there is application to open the doors.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 22 April 2024
Dunja
CroatiaVery dirty showers and toilets, I guess not to many people working, comon areas are very dirty.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 22 April 2024
Nishant
Indiait was really busy moment and I didnt get plate for the breakfast. I waited for a long time and ended up just having a coffee. There was no staff available. I can understand, the room was full of guests.
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: 22 April 2024
Leticia
SwedenIt’s few bathrooms compared to the amount of people living there. Some of the receptionists are not service minded. Some of the guests come in the room very loud and having loud sex in the middle of the night.
The property is located in the city and close to everything. It also has a pub if you rather want to stay indoors.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 21 April 2024
Martyna
PolandOne downside - it’s a hostel with shared bedrooms. You can choose a private room but they are more expensive than shared of course. In a shared room you have to be prepared that someone enters your room at 2 am. It happened to me and it was really uncomfortable and scary. There is a rule that you should be quiet after 10 pm but in the same time people can be placed in your room in the middle of the night. I’ve been there twice and the first time I had a private room - much better choice in my opinion.
Localisation is excellent. Rooms and shared bathrooms very clean. Tasty breakfast. Really nice place to stay for a nice price.
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: 21 April 2024
Natalia
PolandGenerally, the condition of the hostel is little worse then we can see on the photos. The space in the bed is quite small so you have to be careful not to hit the bed above.
The hostel is in good location, near to London Bridge. The staff is very nice and friendly and you can check in or check out on any time. Everything was clean. You have curtains in the bad, so you might have more privacy in the room. There are lockers in the rooms (with enough space for a bag but you need your lock or you can buy it there). They give a bed linien for free and you can rent a towel for a fee. I didn't hear the noise in the night, it was quiet. For this price it is a really good choice.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 20 April 2024
Malachi
United KingdomNot many common areas or kitchen space, people in the room kept the lights on and were talking, the storage rack under the bed was hard to remove so people kept shaking my bed which was quite loud and violent (bottom bunk, so this was directly underneath me)
Great location, felt safe, plenty of bathroom space, bed curtain for some privacy (not the whole way round), bar/club downstairs that you cannot hear at all in the living areas, very social/friendly so you can make friends here (this may be bad for those who don't want to socialise), clean
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 19 April 2024
Aj
United KingdomI'm not even sure if my bedding was clean.
I like that the location was at the center of London.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 16 April 2024
Athanasios
GreeceThe breakfast was cheap but a bit simple in variety. I didn't like that exactly at 10am everyone had to leave the room immediately, they could allow a few more minutes to finish breakfast. I never figured out what is the pin for the door outside the hostel, I had to always use the app. Some things were not functioning properly (bed curtain not closing easily, sink stopping after 2 seconds, hairdryer not working in my bathroom). Good be providing towels.
Cheap breakfast, clean rooms, good location.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 11 April 2024
Glory
NigeriaI didn't like the up bed because climbing was a bit of a hard job for me.
The bar and location
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 10 April 2024
Nathalia
United StatesNice that you’re able to open up your room with an app on your phone. Close to subway’s.
There’s no outlets in the restrooms. Bathrooms always even when they cleaned them. The chill room is dirty and not big enough.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 5 April 2024
Gabriel
FranceOn my last day I chose a late checkout (checking out at 13h instead of 11h). At 11h one of the staff came kicking my bed for waking me up, he was extremely rude and lowered my opinion about the hostel.
Localization, cost-benefit and part of the staff was helpful.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 3 April 2024
Jonathand
Netherlandsthat the room smelled becuase there wasn't a place to put the laundary
the ability to meet so many people in the 33 person room. There were enough bathrooms and a locker and a table.
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: 3 April 2024
Bunny
GermanyThe toilets were not that clean and should be more in numbers
Location and convenient key
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: 2 April 2024
Zaccagni
United KingdomThe elevator was not working for part of our stay, and we were on the top floor, so that was hard to climb 5 flights of stairs.
Location was great for the price we paid!
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: 1 April 2024
Jonathan
United StatesThe bottom bunk of the three row bunk bedd is practically on the ground, and right next to the lockers so it is very trafficked and very difficult to sleep. Also the room had something of a smell but not egregious.
I liked the location and the cleanliness of the sheets. Also the price was far better than anything else I could find in London at short notice.
Stayed in March 2024
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