Rest Up London - Hostel

Pros: Late check in. Cheap for accommodation in London.

Cons: Lockers were broken and out of order, nowhere to leave our belongings. Communal shower and toilet room was unclean. No air conditioning, rooms and corridors were really hot. Managed to open windows...

Pros: The day staff was very friendly. They helped me print out my boarding pass and this female staff had to go to the 3rd floor to print it. The bed sheets were clean.

Cons: My room had 8 or 10 beds and it smelled very bad. no air circulation. Even though the windows were open and that didn't help. As soon as I entered the room I found it very hard to breath and the ...

Pros: Low price, nice neighbourhood, nice staff.

Cons: Very hot water to shower with no option of temperature regulation, even though it was extremely hot weather. Very bad music, very loud, in the ONLY (very tiny) place where there is wi-fi access. Dirty...

Adequate, but not fancy

Pros: Room was actually pretty clean, and restrooms were heavily used, but cleaned regularly. Staff was always very nice and helpful. Room was spartan, but comfortable.

Cons: Very noisy - lots of commotion outside our room. Also, for some reason, they decided to shut the bathroom near us for cleaning every morning from about 7:30 to 8:15 - right when lots of folks were wanting to shower. Finally, I had requested a private room for our family, but they told me that they didn't have any , so I had to pay extra money to get a whole 10 person room. Still a decent rate overall, compared to other places, but not the rate i thought I would pay. Finally, don't count on getting wi-fi any time between 7:00 and 10:30 at night. There are so many people trying to connect that it is pretty much impossible.

You can find way better

Pros: I liked that it was well located (less than 10 minutes walk to the Elephant & Castle tube station), St Pancras train station is 15 minutes away by tube and there are many buses around the hostel. You can also find a Spar and a Tesco Express supermarket as well as many kebabs next door if you want to grab something to eat. I stayed in a 4 beds dorm wich was clean and I had a nice view on the Shard. Toilets and shared showers were clean too.

Cons: Wifi was only available in sharing areas (only reception, " bar " and tv lounge). Also, the windows in the dorm were old and made of glass that was partially shattered so you could hear the traffic as if you were sleeping in the street. It can also be quite cold so I don't recommend staying there during fall or winter. Bed's matresses aren't confortable so I wouldn't recommend staying there for too long either. When it comes to eating in, there is a bar near the reception that sells £4 pizzas, sandwiches, coffee and many other things but it is only open from 12 to 19 and during these hours there wasn't anyone working at the bar so I couldn't get anything...