Rest Up London Reviews

A bed close to the bus: 453 which took us everywhere. At first I did not like the location, however the staff were fantastic, the bed/shower/toilet was very basic and really in all honesty all we needed. Thought I had booked for a double room (as in one bed) but ended up with 2 bunks. All in all was a great stay.

Great facilities and really enjoyed my stay at Rest Up London. Will definitely be coming back. Thanks

The doors to my room didn't latch properly, so more often than not I'd come to the room and it would be propped open. There was no organization - I was told to pick my own bed and after I carefully chose one that had been cleaned by housekeeping, I came home to find a note on the pillow saying 'I slept here last night, please choose another bed'. There were no lockers in the rooms. All else could be forgiven if I'd had a safeish place to put my things while I slept, at least.

i will go again

the pub is too noisy...

This place touched a very personal nerve that I just could not shake. Rather than huge sliding glass doors, vinyl graphics, silly light fixtures, etc... why not invest in things travelers ACTUALLY want? Clean bathrooms, descent shower heads that don't spray 70% of the water on the walls and my dry clothes, a better locker situation, dorms that doesn't smell like total body odor, etc. Also, a prostitute was running tricks out of my dorm. "I need money come give me money we have good time." Ew

Staff were super friendly and helpful, rooms were clean and tidy, good showers. However, no kitchen, average internet in lobby, location was a bit of a walk and out of the city. Overall, satisfied.

Stayed in 20 ppl mixed dorm and its ok. Enough space and its average clean. Toilet

The beds were clean and nice considering, but the bathrooms were always dirty and they were on another floor from which we stayed on. We also had to take two different tubes just to get into Victoria

We really enjoyed the stay at Rest Up in a way that in 20 people room it was really quiet. The bed conditions also were really acceptabke. The only failures we can say is no internet in the room, no good connection, and the small offer of products in the bar like iogurts and so on. The other failure in our perspective was the lockers which we needed to pay every time we open it and they are expensive. No sense. To the London patterns we thinks it it a quiet good place to day in General.

At our arrival at first we got a very small room for 4 persons without a window or ventilation. After a long time of discussion we got a new room, with a window.

Nothing special.

Good location, near to some important bus lines, also some shoppings and good and cheap restaurants. On the other hand, the way they offer us to storage our bags is very inefficient and also threatening. I putted 3 pounds at the machine and then closed it (just for trying), then after I opened the thing I couldn't use again, in other words, you pay 3 pounds every time you used it!

I found the atmosphere very good, has a great location and the staff were very helpful. Just a few things that i was not pleased with; the showers on the G1 floor. The showers could be changed to make a pleasant experience and the wifi signals in the rooms improved as well. Overall, a had a good experience. Will definitely visit again.

Big rooms and quite good beds, quiet and comfortable - pretty much what you would expect for a hostel. However, the showers are not good and they are not clean and the bathrooms, also, need more cleaning.

Originally the website seemed rather misleading. I am familiar with the London area and it seemed as though the hostel was within a short distance from King's Cross/ St. Pancras. However, much to my disappointment, it was the Elephant and Castle area and quite a walk from the tube station. My friend and I did not feel comfortable enough walking from the station at night so had to spend extra money on a taxi. Also, they double booked us and were very unapologetic about it. Overall, bad experience

This is a ok hostel. Not good, not bad, just average.

When you walk in you get a really professional layout the lobby area looks nice, but that's where it ends! Would of been nice to have been shown where you had to go where to locate the toilet and shower, but the toilets were a health and safety hazard, 2 days and no toilet paper, one toilet didn't flush there was always something on the floor and the rubbish bins needed emptying or at least give them a lid, and maybe put air freshener in there they smelt like a sewer. And there was more

The room was incredibly hot with no way to control the temperature, except to open the window. Even with the window closed the noise from the road was horrific all night (literally). The showers shot straight over my head and weren't terribly clean. A few times a day the bathroom would leak a large puddle would form directly outside the dorm door. It's also in a rough area of town, a ten minute walk from the tube, which was daunting for a woman alone. The staff were really lovely though.

Wonderful staff and place, definely when I come back to London, I'll be at rest up again. Incredible close to elephant and castle tube station, with lots of little markets around and quickly 15 min bus to Big Ben