YHA London St Paul's Hostel

Good and friendly staff. Clean rooms, although the walls are very thin and you can hear your neighbours talking. No towels or shower gels. Sink too small so the bathroom floor is almost always wet. One bathroom and toilet in one room isn't enough for the 20 people who are sharing it. Overall good accommodation for the price but the quality of service could be improved.

I went for a day on a whistle stop to Brighton and boy was it great! The staff were lovely and the vending machines are always, always, always stocked! The decoration is also lovely and modern with a tube map on the wall! Speaking of tubes, there is a station really near so you can easily travel

Cheap and in a great location. Could do with a new set of bunk beds. Not the most comfortable for someone over 6ft, also the lack of curtains was not ideal. Would probably stay again but not for longer than 2 nights max.

This place looks nice from the outside but when you see it from inside it stops being so nice. Rooms look like low rigoristic prison, shower is the smallest shower i have ever seen, there is no place to put anything and water spils everywhere while showering, toilets are obviusly in the corridors, "food" is edible at best but its not always the case, there is eight people in our room we have two key cards and to get from outside to the room there are six doors that require use of card.

The staff is very friendly. The hygiene is basic. It is pretty noisy at night, unlike other hostels we've been in. The location is great, next to St Paul's cathedral, we do hear its bells every hour though... There are no curtains around the beds, so no intimacy. I think our experience would have been better if our roommates weren't so noisy, washing their clothes in the sink while everyone was asleep, turning the light on at 6 am and slamming the door each time. I also think there should be more showers, the queue was very long in the morning. Lastly, the usb consoles do not all work, so I would recommend checking them before choosing your beds.

Stayed here for one night in a single room. Great value for money. The hostel it self was quite but you cann here the bells from St pauls cathedral, however there was free ear plugs at reception if need. The shower tiny so be prepared for that. The breakfast was good. No lift so lots of stairs, but that's due to the nature of the building. You can leave luggage before checkin and on check out. Easy to find and in a great location for exploring

I stayed here for work for three nights. It was awful. I was in a room with one colleague and it was a room for four with two bunk beds. We had a bottom bunk each. The bunks are metal and creak every time you move. There was one small sink in the room. The showers were not far away and they were okay. Clean enough and the water a good temperature. The toilets were in need of some attention. Sometimes the flush was a bit dodgy and some of the cubicles were tiny, you barely had room to move inside them. The corridors were old and the floors made loud noises every time someone went up and down outside. The stairs up to the rooms are being held up by scaffolding poles that you have to navigate around to get up and down. But the WORST thing about this place is that it is just across the road from St Pauls Cathedral and the bells are rung every 15 minutes through the whole night. It's like they are going off right next to your head. There is no double glazing in the building or any other form of soundproofing. I was ill from sleep deprivation by the time I left.

On the plus side, the breakfast was filling and the location (for St Paul's) excellent. |On the down sides, it has no members kitchen. Not even a kettle or microwave. |After a days sightseeing, staff told us that they did not serve evening food (contrary to their own website). Only large groups get that offer. |The hostel is incredibly noisy. Earplugs are essential. St Paul's bells are tolerable. The pubs nearby are loud. The rubbish is collected throughout the night. I think someone was cleaning the showers, gone 1am. |The hostel feels tired and worn. Fitments in the bathrooms are broken. Windows I'll fitting. I've been to many hostels over the last 20 years. I've seen a lot better.

Not bad for a youth hostel. I booked a two-bed private room for my friend and myself to split. It was comfortable enough, and it was nice having a wash sink in the room so that we didn't need to go to the shared toilets every time we needed a sink. The beds had built-in power outlets, however they didn't really work well. We ended up using the wall outlets to charge our electronics. We were also right next to the showers but one of them was out of order. The toilets were at the end of the hall but one of them was out of order as well, so I ended up needing to wait for one to become available a couple times. It wasn't too noisy considering we were facing a busy street and some people complain about the bells coming from St. Paul's being distracting as they ring essentially every 15 minutes, but I got used to it pretty quickly and was able to sleep just fine. Wifi is only available in the shared spaces and not the rooms, so that might be difficult for people who rely on wifi connection. We didn't take advantage of their breakfast offerings, though they seem to have a nice variety of hot and cold food to choose from. They even seemed to have a couple vegan items that I could have eaten, but I wasn't going to pay nearly £10 just to only eat like two items. Check in and check out were easy.

Cozy YHA in a nice location. Right by St. Paul's Cathedral and across the Thames from the Tate Modern. Convenient to the tube and many restaurants. Seems like a very safe area as well at night. Breakfast is included here, kind of like cafeteria style, but still a good deal. Some of their beds are interesting, in these wooden frames up off the ground that you can put things in , like books you are reading, glasses, etc.. Would definitely stay here again...great price for cool location!

Excellent location to the cathedral. I enjoyed the surrounding area and would recommend this facility. Everything is very basic, some sinks do not have soap so be prepared. But the bed is comfortable and warm cover. Charging area right next to each bed which is great and individual lights as well. Not much more to say but if you're looking for basic yet comfortable this is good!

By far the worst YHA experience I have had. Everything was quite disgusting. The rooms were large, but the layout was strange. No, not strange. Terrible. Absolutely terrible. You could literally just sit in your bed while looking to everybody else. The communal area was pretty decent, but not as cozy as the YHA Central location. Bathrooms were unclean as well. Did not want to take any baths in there. Luckily for me, I only slept there one night.

Okay, I know friends who refuse to stay in any sort of hostel after watching the movie (you know who you are...) but seriously, YHA St. Paul's MADE my visit back in 2006...so much so that I had to move here two years later! I've stayed in some shite hostels before, but this is by far the best. It has a beatiful double staircase going up to the bedrooms, it's a clean very well decorated hostel...friendly without being scruffy, classy without being snobby. The hostel staff is also quite nice, as we arrived at about 3 am and were on American time, and so sat up with the dorrman and drank a beer :) As far as the rooms, I was in the single-gender dorm with 5 beds and met some really nice and cool people. Honourable mention goes to the Australian triathalon winner and the Italian girls who used me to work on their english and grill me about America (Don't worry, I assured them that we hated our President at the time too :) Breakfast was free everyday, and you could get a lot of it! My friend and I ate a huge breakfast, grabbed extra fruit, yogurt and croissants, wrapped them up and had lunch cheap :) The bathrooms weren't great, but they weren't the worst I've ever seen. They were clean, they were functional, they served their purpose. And the sink in each room helped, I never had to wait for a bathroom. You really can't get a better location for this...listening to the bells of the cathedral and strolling to Millenium bridge every morning just made me fall head over heels in love with London. It's a safe area, and it's quiet for when you've exhausted yourself from walking from the tower to pimlico and back. If you want a crazy party hostel, this won't be for you, but for those wanting a clean, safe and quiet place to stay in the heart of London, I'm betting you'll love this place as much as I did!

Pro: -Close to station of both Central and District Lines in Zone 1. -Very friendly staff. -Clean with TV in dining area -cheap Con: -No WiFi inside the rooms. -Hallway smells like pesticides :( -Dorm rooms are pretty dated, it needs a renovation. -the 3 bed bunk design is new/strange but it works I guess... -strange shower room... Overall, for the price. It was acceptable.

Maybe coming from the United States has made me accustoned to decent customer service and adequate facilities, but regardless there should never be any disrespect nor negligence on the part of the host. That being said, this is the absolutely worst hostel I have ever stayed in. To start things off, I was unable to take a shower on my level because the light had gone out. I asked the staff and instead of simply changing the light bulb he told me to go upstairs. Going upstairs, my key card did not work and I returned to the lobby to gain access. He 'programmed' my card by typing some things into the computer and when I went back upstairs, my key card still did not work. I gave up on taking a shower. Breakfast was decent except for the horrendous service of the staff who gave me an attitude when I asked for a third round of food. I said good morning, thank you, please, and all sorts of customary politeness to which the African server only grunted (he got angry when I asked his name and yelled at me in front of all the guests in the kitchen). I asked to use the internet and paid to use the computer. Being adept in computer devices, I tried 3 browsers and could not access the basics of Facebook, Google Drive, etc. When I asked the staff for assistance they only said to try another computer, to which I proceeded to attempt the same thing with 3 other computers. The reason none of them worked is because the staff had failed to update the software. Checkout time is 10am which is completely ridiculous. Find a hotel or a better hostel, this place makes no effort

Booked a stay for my last night in London after exploring the neighborhood around St. Paul's. The exterior of this place is gorgeous on a sunny afternoon. A cool guy from India working the desk at night told me that the building originally housed the St. Paul's boys choir. Although the place could have used some renovations and updates, it's not the worst place to stay. However, there was a rat or mouse in the room tempted by some sweets a girl in the dorm left out. With that, and some rude fellow bunkmates, I did not get much sleep.