St Christophers Village - Southbank

Stayed here for a couple of nights at the end of our holiday. There was 5 of us travelling together so booked a 6 bed dorm. We knew that we would have to put up with another person in our room that night but didn't worry. However, when two people walked in we knew something was wrong. Sadly the strict hostel security had not stopped a girl from bringing a guy back to the room for some 'adult-themes' in the room. Quite a terrible experience to be honest. Thankfully he/it didn't last too long. This wasn't totally the hostels fault so can't really place blame on them.

Location: Very close to most of London's key sites, and in London you are never really that far from a tube station.

There is a nice bar attached to the hostel, and yeah its full of backpackers who have a different grasp on hygiene to the rest of the world, but the drinks were pretty cheap all night and we got well and trully drunk, so we had a great night. Made all the better by the fact that its a pretty short stumble from the bar to your rooms!

Staff: The quality of the staff tended to depend on which shift you got, sometimes they were really really good other times terrible. We asked if they could arrange a taxi for 3 of us plus luggage and they were able to arrange this without too much trouble.

Showers were so terrible, the water didn't even resemble warmth, and usually this wouldn't worry me, but considering London weather in January isn't terribly warm I was looking forward to a nice shower.

Overall: I probably wont stay here again, if I was younger I might give it another go, but I am over spending money on accommodation and getting nothing in return. I would expect at least a warm shower, surely that isn't too much to ask???

The staff was helpful and friendly. There's a hot guy that works there. I like the fact that they give you a card rather than a key for your room because it fits nicely in a wallet. The area it's in is nice during the day, but I didn't really like it at night. It's near a station, so that was convenient. The bathrooms weren't very clean, but they weren't outrageously disgusting either. It's a party hostel, so it's rather loud. Don't stay here if you'd like a quiet place to stay at.

Please, just keep searching the web. Dirty, destroyed, unpolite service... But it is in Candem and it is cheap. Anyway I am sure you can find something better for the same price.