Ashton House Hostel Reviews

Beds are clean and pretty good. Bathrooms have seen better days, but are fine. The hostel is definitely one of the hostels in Manchester where you get best value for location, if you don't mind sharing your room with others. It is walking distance to the city centre. Staff are friendly and helpful. It can get loud at times at the hostel at night, when people get home from nights out, though.

a little cold in my room the rest ok, friendly staff

The rooms were ridiculously small, considering the price - didn't find it a good return for what we paid: not enough space, not enough plug points, etc. And the showers were excellent, mostly, except I wish there was a better way to get our clothes to change into! - the showers were small and I had to keep my towel AND clothes outside, which was a little hard to maneuver. That said, comfortable beds, accessible, secure, and decent staff.

The venue of the hostel is reallly great but unfortunately we had a really small room for 4. No place to move. The bathroom is not really pratical even if it's really modern: any privacy. One bathroom for all the floor. However, well located, close to the center town, staff available. And good value for money.

Ashton House is functional, clean and tidy with pleasant staff. It is a bit dark and gloomy however. The room I was in was tiny for 6 beds. There is a distinct lack of atmosphere. I think a proper communal space would help this. There's no breakfast provided and no breakfast room or proper communal space. There doesn't appear to be any activities organised, as there would be in other hostels. It is a lovely victorian building, and the place could be so much better with just a little more effort.

Shower room is not good. They should put cartens , so that we can not see each other as we have a shower.

I'm a work commuter who has been staying here regularly for nearly 2 years. I used to be able to book my accommodation directly with the hostel on a month-by-month basis & receive a discount. Now the person who deals with this has left & it is no longer possible. I'd appreciate it if this were reestablished. I'll continue staying, but perhaps not as often as I'd like. I work in customer service (leisure & tourism industry) & I really hope that hostels start to see the value in repeat customers.

excellent location

this place should not be a hostel at all I can write a long list of negatives...but let me write about the positive the shower is very good !

small rooms, bad character, small kitchen

its a normal hostel, not a big deal, people are just normal, nothing that special. ive been to better hostels, but this one is ok...

The shared rooms (at least mine) was next to the common room. So, there was no way of sleeping if people were there. You could hear everything.

The lady on reception was friendly and let us keep bags there while we explored the city. She also printed tickets that we needed and let us stay till 1pm with no extra charge. The rooms were small (6 bed)but clean. We were only there for 1 night and were there mainly to sleep after a big party night out. It was quite around our room and after many drinks, we all slept well. The social/lounge area downstairs wasn't much but OK and we didn't use it anyway. hower area, great with hot water! :)

The showers could be a bit more friendly, such as having frosted class doors instead of see through ones. Maybe also air freshner would be nice throughout the facility.

A big minus is the fact that there are no sockets available in the bathrooms or the hall for blow drying your hair for instance.

We can always find better. But for this price it remains correct.

I was there for one night and i shared my room with 20 people..it was nice..i just had some problems with internet access..the receptionist was really polite!! I'll come back for sure

we took a double bedroom for more than 50 pound, shared dirty bathroom, very small and not so clean, at the ground floor with the window on the street, noisy and unconfortable. TV didn't work, remote missing. We were awaken many times during the night by some drunk people screaming like animals on the corridor and with the music very loud coming from their room. The staff didn't say a word about it. Truly a bad experience

This hostel is pretty average across the board. It is located about 10 minutes walking from the center of town. It is very close to the Shudehill Interchange, which is why I chose to stay. The kitchen facilities are lacking as there is no place to cook. Also, there is no free breakfast, or even complimentary tea or coffee. Once you pay for your bed you end up having to pay extra for a locker and towels. The staff are not all that friendly and did not make me feel at home.

$21 pound/night is too much. I would have expected more showers