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37-39 Cowgate, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, Distance from city centre: 0.5km

Rating: 88% from 19 reviews

  • 90%Atmosphere
  • 91%Staff
  • 86%Security
  • 83%Cleanliness
  • 93%Location
  • 89%Value for money
  • 84%Facilities

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  • The bad thing is the wifi, that just works at the reception and sometimes doesn't even work. But the staff is great and the rooms are good too.
  • 86%
  • 1 May 2013 Anonymous Brazil
  • great place to stay.
  • 83%
  • 24 March 2013 Anonymous
  • Excellent hostel... I'd stay here every time I'm in the city.
  • 100%
  • 18 February 2013 Corina Susana Mexico
  • It is a very nice hostel, every evening there are things going on in the common area. It is particularly good for people who would like to hangout in the evening. it locates on a hill, so be prepared if you have a lot of luggage.
  • 83%
  • 22 November 2012 Anonymous Taiwan
  • Great hostel, staff were fantastic and awesome location. The hostel offers free pub crawls and walking tours of edinburgh which were great! There is also a cafe in the hostel with cheap meals which are good quality. Only downfall was in the 30 bed mixed dorm the lockers didnt actually lock.. even if you put a padlock on them they were still able to be opened by simply turning the handle. Other than that- great hostel and would recommend!
  • 94%
  • 3 November 2012 Anonymous Australia
  • Amazing location! And the staff is really helpfull :) Also really clean!
  • 100%
  • 28 October 2012 Lindsay Belgium
  • Very nice staff, and all the activities were great. Just the lockers were kinda strange, even if you get a lock on it, it would still open.
  • 86%
  • 8 October 2012 Anonymous Brazil
  • This is one place that I would come back to... just make sure you have a big lock for your locker ...
  • 89%
  • 31 August 2012 Anonymous American
  • A shame I couldn't stay for longer, seemed like a great place to base yourself for further travel.
  • 91%
  • 16 August 2012 Jay
  • very nice hostel and especially the staff, good memory stayed there
  • 97%
  • 26 June 2012 Anonymous China
  • I had an excellent experience here! It was a very friendly and fun environment! They even had organized activities in the evening, like Movie Nights and Bar Crawls, to encourage the guests to meet each other and the staff. It was really a lot of fun! The only complaint I had was that you had to pay for the towels- not a lot, but I just don't think this is something you should have to pay for.
  • 91%
  • 26 June 2012 Sstephanie
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