Nice communal bar area. Clean. Comfy bed. Good location

Im a 42 year old man and to my shock I arrived at my room to find there was about 6 very young girls around 12 years old sharing my room with me. It shouldn't be allowed for adult men to share the same room with such young children. Mixed rooms should be for strictly adults only. Also the man on reception shouldn't be in hospitality. He's just not welcoming, doesn't smile and was very abrupt and quite rude when I asked him to repeat what floor room was on.

Safe.

Lifts not working (again) Wonder if Safestay could put up new signage: “max capacity = 3 people ONLY” ?

The rooms are good. the beds and sheets are clean, The bathrooms in the hallways are cleaner. I've been to other hostels that have an individual socket on each bed along with the lights. I loved the location and the attention of the staff. Everything I asked for was answered immediately. I love hostels. I think it's a happy and safe option..

The rooms need better cleaning and notices in the hallway and room doors for guests to keep them clean and avoid bringing food. I've been to other hostels that have an individual socket on each bed along with the lights. The mattresses need to be checked. In my friend's bed (05 or 06/ the one below) there were insects that have bit her. The elevators sometimes don't work

Very comfortable room and bed and excellent en suite shower. There is a large metal cage for storage beneath each bed. This is one of my more favoured hostels in London. Enjoy sitting downstairs in the bar area and mainly sitting quietly. There is also a very good `big screen` which had full coverage of the Olympic Games which I watched occasionally. Staff here are generally very helpful. Some really groovy music played on their `LOOP` Only a 10 minute walk to Elephant and Castle Tube plus regular buses going in every direction. Very close to the National War Museum which is certainly worth a visit

Had a slight glitch when booking because initially I received an Email from the Hostel saying there was something wrong with my credit card which involved me having to dash along to my bank who reassured there was nothing wrong at all and the money I had paid through Booking.com had in fact gone straight in, no problems. The Hostel then sent me an Email to apologize. Hope this doesn`t happen again, please, guys!!!!Thanks to David on reception who was very helpful indeed. A great pity there are no self catering facilities here.

It was spotlessly clean everywhere, including the bedlinen. The dorm I slept in had its own toilet and washbasin and separate shower. The washbasin was blocked but I’m sure it will be fixed. These were in the lobby to the dorm and were pretty well soundproof. All the other guests were considerate about not making noise when people were sleeping even when 1 person seemed to be asleep 24 hrs! The building looked as if it had been updated recently and everything was clean, bright, spacious and in good condition. I chose the area as it was on a tube line which served all the places I wanted to go and there are was a supermarket right next to the hostel. The bar and lounge area was friendly and there was a pool table and an outdoor courtyard which must be nice in the summer. The staff were friendly, efficient and laid back. I felt very safe and comfortable there as a single older traveller.

It was very hot and stuffy in the corridors and communal areas though you could regulate the radiator in the dormitory. The lifts were often not working. There were no easy chairs or sofas to relax in. The surrounding area is all being rebuilt and is impersonal at the moment.

The first i like atmosphere hostel and bars, kitchen, personals very kind. Every floor has extra toilet and bath rooms it is very comfortable. And clear everywhere! İ fascinated about this Hostels. The pkace Elephant Castl near bus top shops, Macdonalds, Tesco, Casva, Morrisons, and Turkish arabic restaurants especially who looking halal restaurants it about 400metres . İt is my second travel and secon time stay this hostel amazing. Especially for ypung people who want to find some new friends and more options to stay there a lot of rooms . İnside rooms every bed has special rockets to pug in your mobile to churge

but unfortunately there ara to keep your things bags🔑, towels extra money this is don’t like

Good and convenient location. Tranquil off-road building complex. Reception guys were helpful. Local facilities and lively neighbourhood. Great quality/price.

Lack of cooking/ food preparation areas, but it saves a lot of mess for them. Due to good prices, people seems to live there in a regular basis. Lack of curfew after 11pm. People walking on on corridors looking for end-of-corridor toilets. Shortage of toilets near the room. due to be out of order. Doors would benefit from having some noise reducing padding as they bang the door frame loudly.

- We booked the Quadruple Room with Private Bathroom. The room is very spacious, the beds are okay and towels were provided. - Location is perfect! 15-20 minutes away from central London via bus and the bus stops are just 1-2min. walk away from the hostel - convenience store (1 min. walk) and grocery shops (5 min. walk) are near the hostel

- We booked the Quadruple Room with Private Bathroom, it would be 1000% better if chairs and table are provided in the private room so people that are on the top bunk can comfortably sit whenever you want to sit and rest a bit and not sit on the floor or bed everytime

I did like the rooms and beds, it was quite clean, the location was also quite convenient, with a lot of restaurants and shops around what was great. It is also very important what neighbours you have, we were quite lucky to have three very nice and quiet students as neighbours.

A shower and a toilet for three rooms of 6 is too little, in the morning it was really difficult to get to the toilets. One toilet got twice blocked. The water in the shower was just a little warm, it was rarely hot. The keys for the room were often out of order and we had to fix them at the reception several times

- Separate bed light and curtains for each berth - Cage type locker below bed (bring your own lock though) - Reception is open 24 hours, nice lounge area to relax, good wifi speed, - Very good location (opposite to bus stop + a supermarket right next door) - Leave luggage lockers available at the reception (chargeable)

- Charges for leaving luggage, even if it is before checking in (as in if you arrive early and want to leave your bags and visit the city while you wait for check in) -Power sockets are located near the lower berths, so if you get an upper berth, you need to bring long cables to be able to charge your phones. - A small table and chair (there was space for it) in the room would have helped a lot, specially if you dont have the lower berth of the bunk bed and you need to sit somewhere to wear shoes or something.