YHA London St Paul's

The staff are friendly and St. Paul's Cathedral is right in front.

Clean rooms, friendly staff, and an excellent location. Very good value 👍

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nice hostel, very close to church so you have to tolerate midnight clock.

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.

I'm a big YHA fan and have stayed in many wonderful hostels around the country. This experience was without question the worst. We were in a room on the top floor that was ridiculously hot and uncomfortable. Even in the morning when the temperature outside was 15 degrees, inside the room it was still hot and stuffy. The night before and overnight when it was warmer outside was worse / hell. They know it is too hot as they place a large fan in the room, but turning this on is just noisy and not conducive to sleep / just blows warm air over you. The windows hardly open and certainly not enough for any form of breeze to come through. Due to the heat, my daughter got 1-2 hours sleep. I got just 4 hours sleep. We needed large amounts of water to get through the night. It was also the room not the hostel as communal areas had comfortable temperatures. Never will I step foot inside this hostel again. Nor was it cheap. £187 for the night for four people. A complete rip off for what we received which I wouldn't wish on anyone.

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