YHA Cambridge Reviews

I stayed there for the second time. The hostel is very close to the train station, which is a big advantage if you carry heavy luggage. It is also not far to the place where National express coaches arrive. The hostel is rather small, if you are in a room on the second floor you have to climb very steep stairs.

The building was poorly maintained, the noise of the hall, footsteps on the floor of the hall and other rooms came into the room. My room had a bad smell and there was no bathroom or toilets inside the rooms.

decent basic accomodation

Easy to get to from the station. Bit of a walk to the centre of town. No free internet. Nice kitchen.

the room is too small and there is not enough space to put things. also it's not convenient that there's no table or desk in the room. very limited space to put things in the shower room.

It was my worst hostel experience ever, 1. They crazy about making money. it looks they just want to make from young student people, I need to pay breakfast, I need to pay Internet, I even need to pay £3 membership fee!!!! 2. staff was not good, when they speak to you, you can feel the weird feeling. very arrogant. 3. bed is really small, some shower just has cold water 4. Location is weird, not close to train station, not close to city centre. Overall ridicules hostel have ever met

Internet via wireless lan should be for free. Its not usual today anymore to pay for internet services in hostels!

The staff are quite friendly & helpful. The hostel is close to the train station & easy to locate. Need to work in keeping the room & toilet clean.

Cleaning staff did not do a good job,Bathrooms not cleaned regularly. Rooms not cleaned properly.

Even though it's a monopoly hostel for Cambridge, the standard is extremely high. I recommend without hesitation.

No wifi, you need to pay 5 pound per day for global gossip wifi. If you are not a YHA member, pay 3 pound more fees. Breakfast not included. All these make me think it's a little bit too expensive.

overall, it was very nice to stay here for the cheap price. the location is close to the station, but a little bit far from the city centre, about 20 minutes walking. the kitchen and bed is lear and good to use.

Good stay. Did everything I needed it to. Very friendly and welcoming staff. I don't normally recommend YHA but this is the only hostel in Cambridge - come prepared by making sure you know exactly what they don't offer (you basically just get the bed - any extras cost). A .lot of oldies stay at the YHA - would be good if there was a policy of separating guests based on age - for example a 20 years old does not want to be in a dorm with a 60 year old! That's why I try to avoid this chain.

Everything was very well

I thought I had reserved a bed in a room of eight girls with my friends and I had to sleep with other girls in one of six. We still do not know what happened with the reservation. My friends slept in a room of four.

The receptionist wasn't plesent and healpful. She wanted to make me spleep in a room (20)with a broken window on the 29th of October after I paid £50. I had to insist to get an other room. And in this other room 13a the sink was not working. The room was dirty. Worst stay ever.

There were cobwebs in the room... I think I got one hot shower? The staff were nice though.

It's hard to mark this hostel as anything but average in both positive and negative senses. The rooms are very clean and well lit, which is perhaps the strongest point. There is a pool table, and the breakfast facilities are good. YHA Cambridge suffers in location - it is close to the train station, which is great, but therefore it's also a twenty minute walk from the city centre. There didn't seem to be any guest community life, which lowers the 'fun' and character of the hostel.

They charge 3 gbp extra to each person if he doesnt YHA member (membership is 10 gbp). And they not mention that in the internet

Sanitary facilities and upper most rooms need renovation