Safestay York Micklegate

Perfect place to rest and lay your head. Great value. Quiet. Friendly staff. Stairs where a big challenge after a long day walking but would definitely stay again. Close to the city centre,some great eateries,the walls and station. And the lovely trinity church over the road is worth a look.

really nice hostel !! the staff was so nice and helpful, they offered us hot water for tea anytime we asked for it. there is no kitchen but a dining room where you can eat that is really nice. we took an all girls room and the beds were pretty comfortable, with curtains. small bathroom but clean. thank you for everything!

Stayed here in August 2024 and loved it. Located right in downtown, 5 minutes walking from the railway station, inside this is an old townhouse with a beautiful central staircase. Rooms are cozy, typical British architecture. They have breakfast downstairs. All kinds of shops and restaurants nearby.

I booked this hostel for a one-night trip with my friends in a female-only room. The room itself was nice and clean. The rest of the hostel is also clean and nice. The lady who welcomed us at the reception was really nice and helpful, as well as the other staff members. The location is also very good, not too far from the heart of York, and with a 5-minute walk, you get to a Sainsbury’s local. I had a really great experience overall and would definitely recommand!

Superb value for money: a well-placed, alright hostel with privicy curtains for 10 quid a night is hard to beat. Beds are perfectly adequate, and mine did have curtains (although they did not close all the way), but power sockets are pretty sparse in the room and not optimally placed. The bathroom in my room was quite run down and dirty, and the shower had rather low pressure. The building is beautiful and the staircase and alleyways are impressive, but that doesn't really impact the experience that much as the rooms themselves are perfectly ordinary. Happened to get some pretty disrespectful people in my room but that's just the luck of the draw and not really the hostel's fault.

The staff were generally great. However, during check-in, the receptionist loudly shared my room number in a room full of middle-aged men, while I was travelling alone as a female. This unfortunately had me concerned for my safety for the entirety of my stay. I would really recommend putting reception staff through safeguarding and situational awareness training to ensure every guest, particularly those who may be vulnerable, can have a safe stay. I stayed in a private twin en-suite room. From the offset, you could smell sewage and the whole room felt exposed to the outdoors with thin walls, broken window shutters, and thin glass that let in the cold and noise of the street. The bed itself also afforded no comfort and had me waking up throughout the night in pain. The room was generally clean, but that’s a bare minimum requirement. It’s in an excellent location which nearby food and grocery options and they did offer a convenient luggage storage service. But I wouldn’t recommend it beyond a one night stay if necessary.

Great hostel. Very basic, but does what it says on the tin. In an 8-bed, female only room - there was 1 tiny toilet/shower room between us. In fairness it was cleaned daily. The building is very grand, must have been a building of impossible in its day, lots of history. Staff are welcoming. Towels cost £6 to buy, they don't rent them. Good location within the walls but the other side of the river to all the attractions, maybe a 10 min walk to the centre? Very clean. Not too much of a party hostel either.

My sister and I booked an all, female dorm at this location for February 2025. While in our beds around 12 am midnight, we heard two male voices outside the door, and they tried to enter using a key card. One man said, isn't this a women's dorm? The other man said, "Yes, I requested all female." This man then came into the room with a flashlight and took a bunk next to my sister. After we heard him snoring, we went to the reception desk. We were told it was an error with the computer system and that he should not have been placed in there. The man was then moved to another room. This should never have happened. We are concerned for the safety of guests here, especially considering what we overheard. This was reported to Safestay.