Portsmouth & Southsea Backpackers Lodge Reviews

Very friendly and helpful staff.

It was absolutely awful. The staff couldn't understand my ENGLISH accent. Our reservation was messed up and ended up having to settle with a different room to what we booked. We found cannabis in a drawer in our room. We found hair in our bed. The bunk beds were actually two single beds on top of eachother and the double bed was a double frame with two single matresses. Absolutely terrible.

Location was good, close to waterfront in Southsea and hover craft to Isle of Wight. Was about a 30min walk to Historical Docks and Portsmouth town centre though. The Hostel was clean and comfortable.

I think some of the past reviews are rather unfair! This is a nice hostel, clean and well looked after. It is a two minute walk to the beach and a five minute walk in to the centre of town. The showers are lovely and the twin room we stayed in was very secure and comfortable. I would definitely use it again if I went to Portsmouth. :)

Should improve the cleanliness in the toilets and the rooms.

Not nice to listen to the mice running in between the walls, the property cold and dirty. The reception didn´t work smoothly.

Hi, Thank you for asking. Two days before arrival, I received an email telling me that as I didn't call the hotel within 48 hours after the booking, my reservation was cancelled. I never received such instruction in any email and the hotel took more than 48 hours to notify me (and they did once the room has been attributed). Thanks to them, I was in a very difficult situation as I had to find a room available one day before arriving on Portsmouth (less room and the price were higher as well).

Very good

Staff very unwellcome. My room was a 4 bed dorm, there were living 3 persons inside. The room stink a lot even from outside with the door closed. Inside the room was filled with trash, food and dirty plates under the bed !!! It was horrible!!! Very unhealthy !!!

Very basic. BYO everything.

Read a lot of very scary reviews about this one, and was frankly dreading what might await us there, but as it turns out, the place - although tired - was clean and easily adequate for our requirements. The staff were friendly and helpful, and though the room was rather basic and the mattress thin, all the facilities were in working order and the location ideal. The place could definitely do with a lick of paint and a re-vamp, but it certainly wasn't the hole I'd been lead to expect.

Very average in every way, but great value for money. The place could use some redecorating, but was clean. I've been there twice, I've read some of the other reviews and am not sure what they are on about in terms of cleanliness. I'll be staying there again when I'm back in the area.