London Eye Hostel

Super tight spaces and creepy small 3 level bunks.
The sound of everyone’s breath on your neck in the night.
Too many of these monstrous bunks crammed into these tiny English row house rooms. Bathrooms are very limited.
I don’t know much else because I decided to find another place.
Apparently they have movies on the tv in the lobby chill lounge. There’s a Star.

I spent 6 nights in the London Eye Hostel and that was enough.
To be fair it had some good sides: The lobby area, we could choose a movie and just watch it on the coach when it started raining outside. There were also books, computers and a pool table.
The price was very compatitible considering the location. We walked every day beside the river seeing Londons most popular attractions.
The breakfast was included! We were served cereals, müsli, toast, tee and coffee, a great way to start a day!
The Atmosphere was peaceful.
Then the things why I think six nights was too much:
The Wifi was working obviously part time. When it was working, the connection was fast, but you never knew when you had the chance to connect to wifi.
The Staff knew their stuff, but they weren’t too welcoming or didn’t recommend us any nice places. They were literally just working there.
Unisex toilets and showers. I needed to wait always, and the toilets floor was always wet because the sinks were too small and the hand drier didn’t work. I tried to use a shower in another floor, but the door was broken, the screws weren’t holding it from above anymore.
The ventilation in the rooms. My friend couldn’t fall asleep in the first night as the air was way too thick in the room. It got little bit better when we kept the door open daytime, but that’s a big thing they should improve.
The decoration of the hostel was messy and a bit childish.

Je n’ai jamais eu très peur des auberges de jeunesse, mais après celle-​ci je me méfie désormais. Non mais pardon…
Réservation in extremis pour deux nuits faute de mieux, plus jamais. Le seul point positif: né pas être trop loin du centre. Et encore, il faut marcher un peu quand même.
Autrement, la liste des griefs est longue, la palme revenant à l’hyper-promiscuité. Imaginez une pièce de moins de 20m² dans laquelle vous mettez cinq lits superposés de trois lits chacun. Je vous laisse calculer le nombre de m² par personne. Pièce sans fenêtre et globalement très obscure.
Le cauchemar. Etant urbaine je vous épargnerai les commentaires sur le bruit et l’odeur, mais vraiment, à moins de venir avec 15 potes et de squatter une chambre tous ensemble dans la joie et la bonne humeur, c’est h a r d c o r e. Une si grande promiscuité pour un prix même pas peu cher, ça n’a pas de sens.
Le petit-​déjeuner est inclus, mais franchement ça né donnait pas du tout envie. Le pain de mie douteux, les céréales pas très fraîches… Merci mais non merci.
Pour mon compagnon d’infortune, c’était sa première fois en auberge de jeunesse, le pauvre enfant est désormais traumatisé. Alors qu’il y a de si chouettes auberges de jeunesse ! M’enfin.
Never again !

We needed a place to stay for a night so we wouldn’t have to sleep at the airport. The accommodations obviously aren’t going to be luxe since it’s a hostel, where the majority of people are young twenty somethings who are studying, backpacking, etc. They offer free Wifi, but the signal was only strong enough in the lobby area. They have several computers in the lobby as well. The hostel also had free breakfast in the morning (cereal, toast, juice, etc.), which was great. And they try to build community with Pasta and Movie Nights. Very cute.
When we arrived at the door, we were pretty confused because there wasn’t a bell and the front door was locked. We knocked for a bit, and it took several minutes for anyone to come to the door and let us in. The check in process was easy and fast.
I cut myself on one of the doors leading to the lobby because there was a jagged piece of metal protruding. Good thing I got my tetanus booster. Wasn’t so great to start off my stay bleeding though.
We were given our linens and headed to our room. The rooms are barracks style, with 14 bunks in each. There are hardly any toilets and sinks given how many people they accommodate, so expect to wait on lines, have zero privacy, see water drips and hair everywhere. The beds were dorm style: stiff and slippery. The linens reeked of industrial strength bleach… I couldn’t sleep for awhile because of how strong the smell was. At least I knew they were clean I guess. Everyone tried to be respectful given the close quarters, but it was a tough environment to rest in for me. You’re literally on top of each other, so if someone’s snoring or having a bad BO day, you’re going to notice.
I’ve stayed in cabins with more than a dozen people in bunks before, and even a hippie type commune where most of us were on the floor, but those stays were more cozy and comfortable because we weren’t packed in like sardines.
The gallery on their site shows that the bunks have curtains to draw around your bed, but I don’t remember having those in our room.
Overall, I personally would avoid this place (I would’ve preferred sleeping at the airport) but if you’re a heavy sleeper, or you’re in the military and used to being barracked, then you’ll be fine.