A good, basic budget travellers hostel. Perfect location near the train station, Castle, Royal Mile, Starbucks, bars, restaurants and tourist shops ... everything you need. We stayed in a private twin room (bunk beds) in a sperate building across the street from the dorms. Bedding was cozy and the heat was on (awesome cuz the rest of the trip was... More

We are a middle-aged couple and booked this hostel because it was the perfect location close to our son at U.Edin and we were traveling on a budget. We stayed for 4 nights over two separate weekends and had a great experience. We had 2 different double ensuite rooms and the room and bathroom were very clean. The first room... More

I stayed at this hostel with a friend for two nights. We were in a 6-bed mixed dorm at the top of the hostel, which meant we had to lug our bags up 7 flights of stairs. The reception staff (who seemed to be fellow backpackers, rather than local Scots) lived on-site and were socialising raucously in the reception area... More

I don't know why everybody on here is writing such horrid reviews. Myself and my friend stayed here for three nights August 12th - August 15th 2011, and found no qualms with the place. We are not dirty people and would not tolerate living in squallor, however, this is not the case with this hostel. Anyone who has bookings with... More

I can only say other than location Everything Else was unenjoyable. rooms were not clean and really noisy More

I have stayed in many different kinds of accommodation from hostels to 5 star hotels and this is the worst hostel I have ever stayed in!!! the rooms (in fact the entire hostel) is filthy. the beds in the 8 bed Female dorm were rickety unsafe and uncomfortable. when paying extra to stay in a female dorm, it is not... More

It was by far the worst place i stayed in, out of 14 different hostels in 7 differnet countries. Yeah, the location is good but thats about it. The staff had no clue what to do, the beds are uncomfortable, the wifi is terrible, all the showers were broken. The rooms were crammed and set up in an assanine way.... More

Stayed at the hostel for 4 nights with my husband and 2 kids [11 and 13]. The private room for 4 was spacious and the shared toilets & bathrooms [cleaned daily] were only down 1 flight of stairs. Was pleasantly surprised that a kettle, coffee and tea were provided [had just finished a Europe trip and all the hotels we... More

You can't really beat the location of this place. We had a double room en-suite but it was super cold. The room was clean, the bathroom too but you could not escape the coldness that seeped through the crack in the door. We didn't stay in the main part of the hostel so we didn't have wi-fi. Boo! Bu when... More