The Hostel Reviews

Good location, good price, quiet and comfortable. Shower rooms too small for capacity.

We spent 3 days in The Hostel in June 2013. We have been really disappointed. Concerning the bathroom, it was really dirty (every day). One of 3 showers didn't work. About the "private" room, there was no power point in the rooms and moreover we hadn't access to wifi. To get it, you have to go in the lounge...Finally the prices for a private room are quite expensive in comparison with other youth hostel in Edinburgh. We don't recommand at all that youth hostel.

Not so far from the center, clean, good beds,

Overall a very average hostel experience. Could have put up with the disgusting kitchen smell and dirty bathrooms had there been some kind of atmosphere but there wasn't.

Great stay, the rooms are nice and the hostel is in a perfect location. Only negative; it took quite a long time to get checked in, despite being in a rush.

Small room and no lockers inside. Only one bathroom for men and women, also small and dirty. At breakfast they offered a bread that was expired and I had to pay for this. A guest was annoying everybody at the commom room because he was talking loudly but the staff didn´t do anything and it happened several times.

I enjoyed my stay of one week at this hostel. The staff were honestly the best part.... kind, friendly, just trying to help. There's a computer for internet use that you can use. It get's quite busy on weekends but otherwise, it's just fine and a nice service. Though they should make note: the door on Room 7 squeaks really loudly on open and close - not so nice when your trying to exit quietly at 6:50 am or come in at midnight. I would stay here again.

We (4 girls) thought the beds were RIDICUOUSLY comfortable, despite the awful reviews. People were amazing and very friendly. Shared bathrooms for entire floor were fairly gross at times, but staff were very accommodating to our needs

Staff super nice, but place was pretty dirty. The pillows were stained yellow, and the bathrooms were gross. Ok for one night but for more then one night, find somewhere else.

Nice and cheap hostel with friendly service, comfortable bathrooms, close to Haymarket train station. Nearby are several supermarkets and pubs. I recommend to all and next time I visit again.

Use of kitchen was really nice. A little far from the city center, it took us about an hour to walk to the castle. Overall a good place

The bathrooms were very dirty. Gross, even. The bins were full, there was not always enough toiletpaper, the sinks were very tiny and the showers were cold. Also, it might be an idea to separate the bathrooms for men and women, as it was now shared and some toilets were covered in pee (which I assume was men's). Our room door did not close, which has never happened to me before. Also, the lounge was very nice but don't go cleaning it when there are people having breakfast.

This hostel has some potential with nice new carpet and warm rooms. However the hostel is not ready to accommodate the amount of travellers it gets. The one main bathroom appeared to only get cleaned every 24 hours so it was a mess, if you are brave enough to go the showers they were quite good. Plus with no power points in the rooms it creates a mad scramble for the power points in the lounge, which then closes at 11pm

This hostel is perfect , the only things that could be better are plug chargers ain the bedrooms and lockers in the rooms ( there are in reception ) and for guests to be given numbered beds as mix ups can easily happen ! staff are sweet !!!

great place, good location, nice people.

It was so cold in the dorm room. During the night we had to sleep with clothes. They should turn on the radiators!

My experience was terrible. The staff was drunk and I hadn´t a free bed to sleep (I have booked correctly before on hostelworld) because the hostel was full. I just had a bed to sleep because one person went out and offered his bed to me. The hostel has good facilities and a good structure, but the organization is terrible!

I wasn't expecting much for this place, given how cheap it was, and my perception certainly didn't change much after staying a night here. Reception, the lounge, and the kitchen all close at 11pm, and there is not enough seating for a busy weekend. The place was extremely dirty, and the staff was not friendly at all. My room was about 80-85 degrees fahrenheit, which means that I got no sleep, especially considering the hoard of drunk people that entered around 3am. Won't be staying here again.

DON'T GO THERE !! The cleaning is non-existent, the showers are disgusting, so as the toilets, and the kitchen, our food has been stolen in the fridge even with the name on it, the staff was very rude when we arrived, no plugs in the room, the wifi didn't work, only one computer, very slow and dirty, limited to 20 mn (after it turns off even if no one is waiting for it), the breakfast was very poor, you have to do your bed yourself, so when people arrive in the middle of the night in dorms..BAD.

Really close to the haymarket train station, the best option if you are going to stay just one nigth. Good staff and ambiance but no too clean :(