Edinburgh Backpackers Reviews

The bathroom was a bit of a nightmare for showering... not much privacy at all only a curtain and no place to put your clothes or things. But bed was comfortable and atmosphere was great and it is in a perfect location.

Highly recommended !

We were in a private room which was separate to the main building which meant no wifi. The room was small and basic but had everything you need including a TV. Can't fault anything else. Absolute stunning location right in the middle of Royal Mile the main strip. Cafe below did a tasty and cheap breakfast and also offered discounts off everything to backpackers. All staff in the cafe and hostel were friendly and helpful. Definitely a great place to stay!

I enjoyed my stay at Edinburgh backpackers. We fortunately had the room with all good people around with no disturbance. Although was not much happy with the kitchen but it was OK as we never cooked anything in the kitchen.

The hostel was in an excellent location. Probably the best thing about it - right next to the train station and just off the Royal Mile so walking distance to everything. Unfortunately the hostel was incredibly noisy at night (although I did stay at the weekend) and it was impossible to sleep as noise echoed around everywhere. The room itself was fine. The female bathrooms were only on every other floor so if you are on the 3rd floor you have to go down or up a floor to use them. Not bad in all.

Very friendly staff, welcoming atmosphere. Stayed on Fleshmarket Close instead of in the main building, and there was no wifi. Also, it can be very noisy at night, especially on weekends - bring earplugs. People don't always close the doors all the way, either. I'd come back to find that I didn't need the key because both doors were slightly cracked open. The rooms are pretty decent, and mine had a TV, which was a nice surprise. All in all, good value for the money, and can't beat the location.

The location is absolutely perfect. I think there couldn't be any better location in Edinburgh. Staff was nice, facilities as well. Kitchen worked as it should have, so did our room. The only little "problem" was that we had room in another building than the reception was and there was no wi-fi.

Had a great time meeting other people, being so close to the Royal Mile and the discount breakfast was delicious :)

Awful hostel experience. Room was in a separate building in a dark alley with loud drunk people passing through at night. One female shower didn't work, the other had no hot water, both bathrooms were dirty. The building in general was extremely loud, every time someone entered it the room shook form doors slamming and floor creaking. Didn't feel safe at all.

We were in the double room bulding so my ratings are a bit different of what they would have been if we were in the hostel. Very nice and calm, decent room (except for the phonic isolation maybe). The Value for price is good to very good during the week but become quite poor as the price doubles on week ends!!! Careful, the red door does not close very well. The staff also gets really busy and it's sometimes pretty hard to talk to them.

Sweet as bro

on the 2nd floor there was no hot water so we all had to shower on the 4th floor..The staff is super friendly, you have big lockers in your room to keep your valuables safe...The location is awesome! Wifi worked only in the common areas, not in our room :( Kitchen was crowded sometimes but I guess ppl like to cook :)

Terrible reception lady asked us to pay the full hostel price not the price without deposit which appear on the hostelworld booking paper and told us that those money is for hostelworld not them so we should pay more than expected. Change our original reserved room and let us stay in a smelly room which located in other building with no hot water for shower. Bad attitude and always ignore us for no reason. Don't like here and gave us a bad impression about Edinburgh, people and hostelworld.

Our room's mattress was broken... not pretty at all

Partly there was no hot water in the women's showers.

The bathrooms could be better

it was horrible!!!

Very Good location. Nice staff. Good price.

Our room was in a separate building and didn't offer a cupboard or shelf. The geyser in the shower was dripping so much we were afraid of getting an electric shock, that's why we kept it off and took cold showers. Wifi was only available in the main building and the connection broke down regularly. The kitchen is small and the stoves are super slow. I liked the atmosphere however, a young, dynamic spirit of optimism. And the staff was friendly and helpful too.

Very good hostel with excellent atmosphere. I definitely recommend to all those, who want to meet new people and have fun. The location in the city center is briliant. For those who want to reach it by a car - there is no place around for parking it free of charge. But this is, I think, a problem in the whole Edinburgh center. The only problem with a hostel was, that our beds were'nt changed, when we arrived and we had to ask the stuff for a clean sheets.