Albatross Reviews

Strongly recommend to add hook or similar device in female bath room.

While the hostel was quite nice and the location very conveniently placed in the middle of the city centre, the type of guests that this hostel attracts makes for a very noisy and somewhat uncomfortable stay during the weekend. The hostel itself is large and spacious, but the washrooms were far away. Also, the kitchen had a lot of sugar ants in it, which was disgusting.

Staff are very friendly and helpful.

This is my third time at Albatross, and if I get back here once again, I will sure stay here. Location is great, facilities are new and good.

It was pretty much what I expected, but I also went in with low expectations. A fine place if you want to party all night and have a great time, but less great if you're just looking for somewhere to crash for a night or two.

Pretty standard fare in the land of hostels. Great location, nice common are, clean facilities. Would be nice if the 'free toast' comprised of more than just bread & margarine, especially at breakfast. If you're a proper backpacker, don't come on the weekend - Newcastle is tacky as hell and the hostel is filled with people out for hens and bucks nights. Directions inaccurate - Megabus arrive at the FRONT of the train station, not at the coach station; and the coach station is a few blocks away.

Had a great weekend perfect for stag do ok we were loud but your staff dealt with it in the right manor we wouldn't been able to get away with noise at 5:00 in the morning Cheers albatross team.

Great hostel, close to the station and situated right in the city center. very clean and a nice lounge area, thought the downstairs lounge would make a great bar. Nice showers but too far from the room, up and down a flight of stairs and into another section of the building. Only 2 plugins for a room of 12 people. Always a battle to recharge stuff. Definetly would stay here again

I was very pleasantly surprised indeed by the Albatross. It was scrupulously clean, the staff were efficient and couldn't have been more pleasant and helpful, it is bang in the centre of Newcastle, the beds were comfortable (even for someone of 6 ft 5 ins like me), I slept really well, there was free tea and coffee on tap, and the whole thing cost me £17. Stunningly good value.

Staff there was AWESOME!

Great stay, the position is good the staff friendly and save in the weekends it's nice and quiet. Absolutely recommended!

Declan is the best !!!

Would be perfect if it had a bar in the, great location and staff just the common area was quiet boring and empty.

Nice staff, good facilities, good lounge and kitchen. Location is great! Pity that there are no lockers.

Very impressed with how helpful the staff were, especially Steve-o, Declan and Kylie. Great stay, will definitely come back.

Very friendly and helpful staff but the other guests were extremely noisy, which was a bit of a problem since the walls were paper thin. But perfect location and cheap!

Another timed, button shower, but this time limited to 6 seconds. There were not any restrooms on my floor, so it took me a while to realize that there were better showers on different floors. ¡KEEP GUESSING!

Hi Being 4 girls sharing a room it would be great to at least have one mirror in there. rooms were clean enough however the toilets/showers cold be checked on/cleaned much more often as the floors were always dirty and there was hefor getting ready/doing make up etc as the showers were always busy with only being 2 mirros and 3 showers on each floor. there were also hairs blocking teh plugholes! great loaction though.. perfect for a little walk down to Quayside or into town!

The hostel is in a very good location, perfect for a night out in Newcastle. The only downside to the Hostel were the staff, they question everything you do and look for every possible reason to fine you money.

Very good location...Just a few minutes walk from the station. I stayed in 4 beds female dorm and the room was spacious compared to other dorm i have stayed in. Very clean but it can be very nosy coz there are many students stay there because of the price.