Edinburgh Central Youth Hostel

1) breakfast not worth 2) suppose to include towels, but only 2 pcs for 3 px

Only downside is that the ladder to the upper bed is too tiny and narrow, hard to climb down

First time staying in hostel for about 40 years. It was close to city centre and was perfect as stop over for one night.

Great

Overall is really good. The hotel staff are so nice. Good location and very comfortable. However, i’ve order a food at the cafe and it took more than 20 minutes to get my order although there’s no customer there. Anyway, the others are fine.

I’ve only stayed in a couple of hostels before and was attracted to this for the fact it was the only one I could find with separate-sex dorms (i.e. I was in an all female dorm). Plus, the bathrooms were in each room not one big communal bathroom. The rooms were clean, big for a hostel, the shared kitchen was big and clean, and it’s eco-friendly. It caters to large groups, including school groups, and is NOT a ‘backpackers’. The area is great and very accessible to any part of Edinburgh. I felt safe the whole time there and the staff were lovely. I would 100% stay here again or any other Hostelling Scotland sites.

It’s a good stay for groups of friends or family. There’s a kitchen and common room that’s open for everybody in the hostel to use so it’s quite convenient. The room is pretty decent and clean but there is no housekeeping. Location wise, it’s a little far from the City Centre but it’s walk-able I suppose. There are also restaurants nearby.

Edinburgh Central very easy to get to from Waverley Station, Airport Bus drops off there. Local Buses runs 24/7 ~ only let down, if you don't have a bus pass (no info on how to get these or where from) you need to have exact money £1.60 for single trip or £4 for full day as bus drivers do not give change. Our room at the Hostel very small (private with ensuite) but suited our purpose, clean, war, mattress's very hard. Excellent security both in and outside, staff very courteous and helpful, Full breakfast nice £6.50 ( need to buy voucher first), did not avail ourselves of main meals but did have snacks and soup, both very nice. Check in check out very simple, Direct phone connection to taxi company if needed. Would definately stay here again as good value for money.

We had booked a private room for three people, all confirmed in emails but we had TWICE in 12 hours' time other people accessing our room as the reception staff had allocated them a bed in pour room. One was after 4pm, staff apologised it being their mistake after I went to the reception and the woman a bed had been allocated in our room agreed to wait in the corridor, the time this happened was at 04.20am when we were fast asleep and my husband woke up when a woman (intoxicated or and/or on something else) dived into his bed and dug her hands into his ribcage! She refused to leave the room and climbed onto a upper bunk bed with all her clothes on (where we had our personal stuff including binoculars and a laptop) and refused to wait in the corridor as I dashed to the reception once again. Staff were helpful (were able to remove this lady from our room) and accepted it had been their mistake, once again. This left us feeling very unsafe and shaken and just wishing the morning came quickly and we would be able to speak with the manager and leave.The assistant manager in the morning was helpful and got in touch with the manager who promised us full refund as I stated this should not have happened, their computer system should be more up to date to allocate rooms and we are not willing to pay. Luckily it we were three adults and able to defend ourselves! Spacious room but only three chairs despite the room having five beds, draughty window by the double bed.

Does what it says on the tin!...................................