Great location, free parking, well equipped kitchen *if a bit small for the amount of rooms* Staff super friendly. Would stay again but only short stays because you don't really sleep in a hostel. Met some strangers and still had a ball.

WiFi sucked - more off than on. Kitchen only has one 4 ring cooker for ALL of the rooms, and one under shelf fridge, so gets busy in the eves. NOISE. Zero soundproofing. Normal hostel noise. People walking about from 6am for hikes or whatever, people humping next door... Kitchen plays music from 7am. No control over the heating. There is a dial on the wall. It does nothing.

A wonderful building located just a a couple of minutes walk from Grasmere itself. The staff are amazing - working a team and all enjoying what they do. Rooms and beds are clean and spacious, while the shared toilets and showers are also spot on. It seemed they were always being inspected and cleaned which is a credit to the team there. The self-catering kitchen (Main building) is very well equipped and a great place to chat and make new friends. Then one can choose to eat in the dining area, move to the very comfortable lounge, or make use of the TV lounge (almost reads like a hotel!!). Such a wonderful place to be. I will be back very very soon.

I still do not understand why YHA cannot put up clear notices in stairwells and corridors reminding people that 23.00 to 07.00 (or whatever) is a quiet time and needs to be respected. There was a re-union group in while I was there and they carried on until 01.00. Not against that, but with more notices, one of them might have suggested they keep the noise down a bit. There are no staff present in the property, so it really has to be self-managed. I am sure the noisy people had a nice sleep in, but those of us heading for the mountains next day had an early start after a truncated nights sleep.

Honestly my kids were most nervous about staying in a hostel, but we had the most fun from our entire stay (road-tripping throughout the UK). The kitchen was a relief—getting dinner after a long day, or options for full breakfast the next morning were awesome. We spent a lot of time in the game room—and ended up having to buy Clue after we returned home because it was so much fun to just have that time…

It’s not a true dislike—just stressed about the parking because we arrived in the dark and rain. We were able to park down the hill, but it wouldn’t been frustrating to park even further. Shared bathrooms are part of a hostel so it is what it is. We had bunk beds for the 5 of us, not the most comfortable, but great for what I expected.

Having stayed at this YHA previously I love it's location. As usual the staff were superb, polite, friendly, and very informative.

I understand we are all feeling the effects of the cost of living prices inc food and energy so I understand and accept YHA has had to increase the cost of the food it offers within the hostels...but the portion sizes are a little embarrassing... £11.95 for a burger and not even a handful of chips to accompany it. £11.95 for a child size portion of Lasagne which is why my plate was swamped in lettuce to make the portion look bigger than it was haha... Other guests we spoke with all said the same... the meal sizes wouldn't fill a child up...

The house was set in a lovely location very warm and inviting the room was clean and spacious and met our needs just newly painted in the reception area with a suited colour scheme beds comfy as they always are staff very pleasant and helpful

The self catering kitchen was on the small size enough for two people at once although an extra kitchen available down in another building but steps quite slippy if wet or icy and not a lot of lighting in the dark and needs resurfacing with tarmac at top step which is uneven also would be nice for the bird feeders to be filled with seed for our feathered friends as there is a great viewing location in the lounge area apart from that no complaints a great place to stay would definitely return

All staff were really friendly and helpful. The rooms were simple and very nice and clean.

I wasnt paticularrly happy with time of check in. I find most places,allow guests to check in from 3pm. 3pm.sounds like a more reasonable time. Having been out in the hills it would of been nice to rest somewhere straight after. Being told to relax in a cafe untill check in is not ideal either. Also very expensive. "I was off the hills by 2.30pm." I wasn't to keen on the fact that my window didn't lock in room 7. Other than that it was good.🙂

Really liked the positive and helpful attitude of staff, the location was beautiful and with easy walking access to Grasmere village. The facilities are excellent, whether you want to benefit from breakfast or dinner in the restaurant or being able to cater for yourselves with very well equipped kitchens.

The creaking floors in the annex tended to be a source of waking us up during the night every time someone used the loo. That was the only issue, everything else was good.

The location and the facility of the hostel are great. The place is clean and well maintained. The common areas are spacious and well organized. The staff are also nice and friendly, we appreciate that they allowed us to leave our baggages while we stroll around Grasmere on the day of our checkout. :)

We stayed in the Annex building 1st floor and at night you can hear everything around your room including the guests that are walking in the hallway. The loudest source of noice i think is the slamming of the doors - it always startled us while we were sleeping. Probably to resolve this try installing Anti Slam Door Hinges specially on the toilet doors.

Quiet setting, beautiful mountains and a short walk to the lovely village, walks and buses. Free car park and extra parking in the village Clean hostel, very friendly staff.

I had asked for a lower floor, and found I was in the annexe building which was lovely but had a flight of gravel steps down to it and then another flight up to the 1st floor. Th hostel was booked up so I couldn't change my room. As I'm a bit past my sell by date, I'd prefer to go in the main building next time :)

Good facilities, like self catering kitchen, games room, TV room, plenty of books for both adults and kids. Showers and toilets were very clean. Perfect location in beautiful grounds, spotted loads of red squirrels and birds. Would definitely visit again.

Happy for people to self cater but not allowed to bring own alcohol which I think was a bit off. Other than that, can't complain.