Palmers Lodge

Excellent hostel! Only suggestion is they make usb available at each bed.
They have clean restrooms and showers. The laundry room is small so you have to go at the right time and the bar is nice for a quick drink.

My friend and I stayed here for 5 days earlier this month.
I loved the hostel itself. There is a lot of architectural character on the exterior combined with a warm and cozy interior. We stayed in one of the large dorms; there were 26 beds to a room. Privacy wasn’t an issue thanks for the curtains around each bunk. Each bed had a reading light so it was a cozy little burrow to look forward to crawling into each night. The shower facilities are OK; there are two restroom areas on the first floor. Due to the guest: shower ratio, there is a long wait in the morning to shower. Don’t wait in the lines. Wander around the hostel and find another bathroom. We found that most people used the bigger bathroom on the first floor. The other bathrooms were nearly empty. The WiFi is okay; it wasn’t good enough to support a Skype call with my boyfriend for more than a minute or two.
My main complaint here has to do with the noise level in the dorms. Yes, I know that I stayed in a 26-​bed dorm. But the hostel does not promote a respectful, quiet culture in the dorms. There were only minor, not-​worth-​mentioning noise incidents the first couple nights. On the third night, the world’s loudest snorer was sleeping above me. He and his friends came tramping in, completely drunk, and woke up everyone in my corner. He then crawled into the bunk above me and snored for the next ten hours. It was so intense that the entire bunk vibrated.
I know this wasn’t the hostel’s fault. I would have forgiven it if the next night hadn’t happened. Around midnight, a whole herd of belligerently drunk patrons checked into the hostel and took over the bunks surrounding me. One girl kept tipping over and almost falling into my bunk. A few of the girls were wearing heels and running around the dorm area, laughing and talking at a high volume. They left, but not without leaving on every single reading lamp in their bunks, illuminating the entire downstairs area. An hour later, they returned in full, drunken force. They were falling all over with no respect for other guests. They carried on conversations at full volume. Finally, a ton of people crowded into the bunks surrounding me. There were way more people than bunks.
In order to enter the hostel, they would have had to go past the front desk. Their volume was so intense that I could hear them coming outside down the hallway. Yet the employees at the front desk did nothing to protect the other guests in the hostel. They had to be fully aware of the noise and the amount of people squeezing into only a couple bunks, but they did nothing to stop it. And for that, i knock off two stars.

Stayed 3 nights here last year. Lockers are big enough to fit a large suitcase worth of stuff. Was nice to have a curtain around my bed. It seemed clean. Check in was a bit slow. This hostel didn’t seem to have much of a personality. I went down to the bar one night which was hopping. Had nice conversation with randoms down there. As stated in previous reviews, it’s very close to a couple tube stations. I didn’t try the breakfast as I just walked down to the shopping area down the hill and ate at a nice café.

Stayed for 2 nights, I really only was here to sleep but it was still a wonderful place. the staff is super friendly, the bed is really comfortable. the surrounding area is very nice and peaceful, close to Swiss cottage or the finchley tube line. bathrooms are clean — I would definitely come back if I was going to be in London again!

Londres es una ciudad cara sobretodo en cuanto alojamiento y más viendo la pésima calidad de sus hoteles de 2 y 3 estrellas. Una gran alternativa son los hostels que son más baratos, aseados, con muchos alicientes como poder conocer mucha gente interesante.
Lo que pasa es que mucha gente tiene prejuicios ante los hostel por imaginarlos muy cutres y poco cómodos. Pues vale, olvidaros de todo eso cuando penséis en Palmers Lodge London (yo conozco el Swiss Cottage). Esta instalado en una mansión de ladrillo impresionante, con unas instalaciones comodísimas, dormitorios desde para 2 personas u y los más grandes con literas, con cortinas, que dan mucha privacidad. Dispone de un comedor y un pub en el sótano con precios muy asequibles tanto en comida como en bebidas.
El único punto el contra que le veo, siempre hay algo que puede mejorar, son las escasas duchas por planta.

Cute place to stay! Very warm with perfect privacy in the enclosed bunks. Breakfast was bland but it was free! The bar was convenient and their food selection was decent (good for one or two nights but not the whole stay). The location was convenient for transportation and I would definitely stay there again!

My friend and I were backpacking through Europe and stayed at this hostel 3 years ago. We both had a great experience here. the rooms are nice and clean. stayed at the same room for two night and one night at a shared room with bunch of other ppl with three stories bunk beds which was fun.
There is separate room with board games, couches, TV computers with free internet but we didn’t use much since we were always out. Very close to all the attractive sites and the subway. they have great breakfast too which is included with the package! I will def go here again.
the staff is absolutely great. they even have blow dryer, straightener and curler at the front desk which we got for free =D

En août 2012 j’ai passé une semaine à Londres avec 3 amis, nous avions besoin d’un logement et les auberges de jeunesse sont le meilleur choix question prix et bonne ambiance.
Après une longue recherché nous avons choisi le Palmers Lodge pourquoi? Car nous sommes des fans d’Harry Potter (oui et alors?), l’intérieur de cette auberge avec sa décoration, ses lits superposés… nous faisait penser à Poudlard (oui nous sommes fous). Mais nous né l’avons pas choisi uniquement pour cette raison, aussi pour son prix, puisqu’à 4 nous avons dû verser moins de 100 € chacun pour une semaine dans un dortoir mixte de 12 personnes avec petit-​déjeuner compris, ce qui est plus que raisonnable pour Londres !
L’auberge est ouverte 24h/​24h, le personnel né parle pas français, mais ils connaissent quelques mots et on arrive à se débrouiller. La wifi est gratuite dans la pièce commune, il y a également des ordinateurs à disposition et une TV.
Pour le petit-​déjeuner, c’est le seul bémol, celui-​ci est très simple: boissons chaudes, froides, céréales et pain. Nous nous attendions au petit-​déjeuner typique londonien, nous avons été déçus sur ce point.
Pour les chambres tout était très propre, bien sûr dans un dortoir de 12, nous avions 8 inconnus avec nous, il faut s’habituer aux ronflements, personne qui entrent et sortent toute la nuit… Mais c’est çà la vie en communauté. Petite anecdote, le jeune homme qui dormait sous mon lit, revenait ivre toutes les nuits à 4h du matin et laissé gentiment la lumière de son lit allumée, du coup je glissais la main contre le mur pour éteindre sa lumière ;) au moins ça fait des souvenirs !
Enfin pour l’emplacement, l’auberge est à moins de 10 minutes de deux lignes de métro différentes, nous n’avons eu aucun problèmes pour nous déplacer.
Si vous voulez séjourner à petits prix à Londres dans un cadre original je vous conseille donc le Palmers Lodge :)

Après avoir testé bien des auberge de jeunesse à Londres, je peux vous dire avec certitude que celle ci est la meilleure et de loin.
Le prix est un des plus bas de Londres, et les locaux sont impeccables.
Je recommande pour tout les amoureux, la chambre neuf lits supérieurs, qui compte en réalité 9 lits doubles, vous n’avez qu’à reserver un lit pour deux personnes.
L’endroit a beaucoup de charme, un bar se trouve au sous sol, dans l’ancienne chapelle, et le thé et le café sont gratuit dans la salle commune pleine de canapé. Le wifi y est gratuit en demandant simplement un code d’accès à l’accueil :D

One of the nicest hostels I’ve visited and I’ve seen quite a lot :)
Staff was friendly and well-​organized. The mixed dorms are clean and thanks to lots of curtains and individual lights in each bed/​cabin super cozy!
The location is also a bonus, very close to Jubilee line. Regent’s Park is close enough for a run in the morning!
We always stayed long for breakfast, having a croissant, cappucchino and orange juice in the nicely arranged wintergarden.

Highlights:
Architecture, amazing.
Privacy curtains on the beds with reading lights.
Clean showers and common areas
Awesome pub where I meant many great new friends.
Would absolutely recommend if you want to save a buck, and stay somewhere with history in a great neighborhood.

I wasn’t really excited (that’s putting it mildly) to be staying in a hostel for 3 nights, but we didn’t realize when we booked our trip to Europe, that we’d be staying in London during the Olympics. That meant everything was about triple the price. Rooms with one double bed elsewhere were going for $ 300/​night, so we knew we had to take the hostel route. I’d never been in one and heard mixed reviews, but told myself that it’d be a bucket-​list item and that I needed to buck up and pretend that I was on the Amazing Race.
That being said, the $ 75 a night was still VERY stiff for sleeping in a top bunk in a room with 7 other women (my brother was on the men’s floor below).
Upon arriving at Palmer’s Lodge, I was impressed by the outside (it looks like an old mansion) and equally impressed with the inside (the main floor has a huge sitting room to watch sports/​movies and multiple computers for free internet)
The staff (for the most part) was friendly. 1 out of 4 wasn’t as pleasant as the others, but he could be ignored.
The basement has a hotel bar and continuously played the Olympics, which I loved, since we couldn’t afford to actually attend. The beers and food were better priced than at the local bars/​restaurants down the street.
I was given a top bunk, with a ladder that was incredibly narrow — so I had a hard time climbing in and out of bed. I am average size, but the bed was clearly made for a child.
The washing machine and dryer were expensive; 4 euros a load & 4 euros to dry for 20 minutes (which only got your clothes from wet to damp, and not dry).
The hostel was a few miles from the city center so it was expensive to get around, even if you were taking the city bus (about 2 euro each way). One hostel (hostile) staff member kept trying to talk us into buying day passes for the subway, but their hurried instructions on how to even find it were too confusing.
The co-​ed shower rooms only had 2 sinks (to every 6 showers). Although the showers were private, they only had a small area to hang your towel and dry clothes to change into (unless you wanted to dry off and dress in front of the opposite sex in the common area). The water turned off automatically about every 60 seconds, which I guess is all a part of being green. It’d just be nice to be trusted, as an adult, to turn the water off when you are actually done.
It wasn’t the worst experience in my life, and I’m glad to say I did it… but I won’t be doing it again.

This hostel is more like a 3.5 but I’m rounding up to 4 since it was a positive experience overall. I stayed for three nights in a dorm that had 28 beds; that’s far more beds than any other hostel dorm I’ve stayed in but it was still fairly quiet.
THE GOOD:
Each bed had a privacy curtain, a locker underneath the bunk, a reading light, and a set of electrical outlets (on the bottom bunk the power strip is along the top, unfortunately the way my adapter is set up I couldn’t actually fit it in and had to use another outlet outside the bed). Dorms are accessed with keycards and they offer free luggage storage. The shared showers come with private changing areas, although some of them may be missing hooks to hang your belongings. Getting hot water wasn’t an issue. The hostel isn’t the most centrally located but it’s close enough by tube. It’s in Travelcard Zone 2 near Swiss Cottage station (Jubilee line); Finchley Road station (Jubilee and Metropolitan lines) is also fairly close. The neighborhood is safe and quiet so you shouldn’t woken up by loud drunks late at night.
THE NOT SO GOOD:
The wifi connection was poor; I would get disconnected about once every 20 minutes. The hostel lacks a full kitchen that guests can access; it has an eating area where they serve free breakfast and sell food in the evening. However, this area is closed off to guests in the late morning/​early afternoon and during the late night hours, particularly annoying since it’s the only place in the hostel that I knew of that had free drinking water (my fairly small water bottle couldn’t fit in the super-​small bathroom sinks).

I stayed here for two nights last month. The lodge is a short uphill walk (maybe 2 minutes) from the Swiss Cottage tube station, but the surrounding area is not very exciting. My group stayed in a ten bed female room. The room was in the basement floor, which meant very little air circulation. The weather in London during our stay was rather cool, but because of the lack of air circulation, our room was incredibly stuffy and it smelled like gym socks. Also, the wifi didn’t reach our room and the common room was often full, so when I had to check my email I sometimes had to sit on a stairway.
The showers were clean, but again, no air circulation and I saw mold on the ceiling. The toilet stalls were the smallest I’ve ever had to use; To get out of the stall, your legs WILL rub against the toilet bowl. The bathrooms are communal for the floor, so we had to share the bathroom with a bunch of guys. Also, I dont think they clean the bathrooms every morning because I saw the same bits of gunk over twelve hours later.
The things I did enjoy about this hostel were the free breakfasts (toast, cereal, coffee and juice) and the friendly staff. I liked the large lockers under the bed and the hostel felt very safe. Each bunk had privacy curtains, a reading lamp, and an outlet.
Overall, I would consider staying here again, but I wouldn’t be excited about it.

Este hostal es impresionante. Creo que si volviese a Londrés no dudaría ni un segundo volver allí. Estuve hace un par de años en Semana Santa con unos amigos y decidimos hospedarnos allí.
El Metro y bus están cerca, es una zona bien comunicada y aunque no llega a ser centrico, en poco tiempo estarás en el centro de la ciudad con el transporte.
El alojamiento creo recordar que incluía desayuno y aunque el comedor era un poquito pequeño, también tenían como una parte exterior acristalada con mesas grandes donde también podías desayunar sin pasar frío.
Descubrimos que pese a no haber contratado otras comidas, te dejaban traer tu propia cena o comida de cualquier otro lugar. Por lo tanto, por las tardes nos acercábamos a cualquier supermercado de la zona (también se encuentran con facilidad) y hacíamos algunas compras con lo que ahorras algún dinero extra.
En cuanto a las habitaciones, recuerdo que bajo la cama había un cajón enorme con la posibilidad de ponerle candado donde tu podías guardar tus cosas. Era una habitación enorme y compartidas con otras chicas. Había zona de literas y normales. También había otro tipo de habitaciones según el precio.
Los baños estaban muy limpios y bien equipados. Aunque por precaución siempre suelo usar chanclas :) El agua salía caliente y había por diferentes zonas de la residencia por lo que no se colapsaba todo en un mismo punto.
El salón tenía televisor, mesitas auxiliares con sofás. Además, había ordenadores con Internet gratis y red wireless. También tenían juegos de mesa y siempre solía haber gente. Siempre encontrabas a alguien dispuesto a hablar y lo cierto es que como era gente joven pues mola.
No se puede fumar pero habían habilitado una caseta de madera fuera donde podías fumar y la mayoría de las veces terminabamos muchas personas bebiendo cerveza, fumando, hablando
Creo que lo mejor del lugar es que hay un ambiente increíble, parece una residencia de estudiantes y las personas que trabajan allí son también, bastante jóvenes, amables y simpáticos. Recuerdo que nos recomendaron muchos lugares buenos para salir. Además la recepción está abierta toda la noche asi que si quieres salir no hay problema porque siempre encuentras a alguien.
Recomendadísimo.

Le concept de chambres à lit double pour les couples est pratique et original. Une vraie valeur ajoutée.
L’auberge est propre, bien équipée.
Les douches sont un peu étroites mais propres dans l’ensemble.
Dans le même genre j’ai préféré le Generator.
Dans l’ensemble, très bonne prestation auberge de jeunesse à Londres.

Palmer’s is a hostel paradise. The old mansion and interior details, along with plentiful amenities such as the huge living room, bar, laundry, computers, etc. give you plenty to do while in house. It is bustling, with plenty of shared dorm rooms and beds stacked high. The front desk staff is very friendly and there are tons of travelling young people around to socialize with. It is tough to get sleep in the common rooms, as expected when there are 16+ people sharing a room. Also, you’ll want to keep your things locked up tight because there are tons of people running around. The shared bathrooms are alright. They kind of have a temporary or port-​a-​potty feel but they get the job done. The bed linens are clean and the place seems well maintained. Location is alright, very close to buses and the Swiss Cottage underground stop — which will bring you to the rest of the city. The immediate area leaves some things to be desired — but there are a few restaurants, some drugstores and a couple of grocery outlets close by.

I stayed at Palmer’s Lodge twice. Both stays were great. The staff is helpful; I arrived before check-​in but they have a place to store luggage so I left my bags and headed out to explore unencumbered. The breakfast is good if mostly carbs and the pub is fun and friendly. I really recommend this hostel to anyone going to London. The price was right and the place was very nice and is very close to the tube.
The free-​use computers were handy and a lifesaver.

I stayed at Palmers Lodge a total of three nights (a Thursday, Sunday + Monday) in November of 2010.
The main selling point for this hostel is its location. It’s within a couple blocks to two underground stations (great if you’ve got luggage!) and very close to a bus stop with a direct path to Stansted. From this location, you can walk to Abbey Road, Freud’s house and Camden Market.
Another positive of this hostel is their free wi-​fi and if you don’t have a computer, they have 6 or so desktops available for use. This came in handy a few times during my stay for looking up directions and such.
Lastly, I really liked how there were lockers located under the beds that were actually big enough to store a backpack (bring your own lock or rent one!). The lockers were much bigger than provided by other hostels. It was nice not worrying if my stuff was safe while I was out wandering London. Oh and speaking of the beds, there were lights and curtains for each bed, so you didn’t have to be blind as a bat at night and you could have a bit of privacy.
So after all of these positives, why am I only giving three stars?
I found the staff to be rather rude throughout the duration of my stay. With the exception of one staff person who went above and beyond and took the time to help a friend and I find our next hostel, the staff seemed bothered if you asked a question. One morning, I stood by the desk for probably ten minutes before the employees stopped chatting and acknowledged me. On my second stay in the hostel (Sunday/​Monday) night, I arrived late at night to find someone sleeping in my bed and somehow the staff made me feel like it was my fault for the error. The last straw was when one of the staff forgot to give my friend her change and then accused my friend of lying when she asked for the money owed.
Overall, I would recommend this hostel as a decently clean place to sleep in a great location, but don’t expect the staff to make you feel welcome.

I stayed at the Palmers Lodge 3 years ago for about 5 days while I was visiting London on a trip to Europe.
I had an absolutely fantastic experience here! The rooms are nice and clean, the house itself is beautiful. There is a rec room with board games, couches, a TV and some computers with free internet that is great to hang out and relax in after a day of sight seeing.
They also have a quaint little bar in the basement that offers drinks that are much cheaper than you’ll find in the city and very tasty panini sandwiches. In the morning, they offer a free breakfast, which is a great start to your day.
The other facilities (bathrooms, etc.) were also clean and maintained. I met a lot of cool people here around my age (I was 20 at the time) from all over, and there’s really just a friendly feeling about the place.
The staff is equally as friendly and helpful. The location is top notch, as it’s in a really nice area but also very close to all the sights of London (maybe 15 – 20 minutes by tube), and you can get a discounted all day Tube pass there, which is very useful.
Overall, I very highly recommend this place if you’re looking for a hostel and are between around 18 – 30. Great deal for what you get, perfect location, clean, and nice staff.
If I ever get the pleasure of going back to London and need a hostel to say in, this will undoubtedly be it!

J’y étais avec ma copine il y a 1 mois et sérieusement c’est génial l’équipe la bas est sympas il y a une bonne ambiance que de bon souvenir. Une salle de repos avec billard, wii la belle vie pour une auberge.

Auf dem Jakobsweg habe ich echt viele Hostels gesehen. Das hier ist für ein Hostel alles, was sich der Backpacker wünscht. Der Clue sind die Vorhänge um die Doppelbetten in den Mixed Rooms. In einem 16 Persone Zimmer hatten wir so wirkliche Privatsphäre.
Das Angebot ansonsten ist optimal. Von der kaufbaren Zahnbürste zu free internet und wifi, inbegriffenen Croissant und Kaffee morgens, Säften und auch dem Wintergarten als Barbereich. Besser geht nicht.

Visiting from the US, randomly decided on taking the Eurostar from Paris to London for a day by myself & needed a place to stay. This place is AWESOME, its huge, inexpensive and clean. Staff is friendly, theres a BAR downstairs, Wii in the common room and lots of computer workstations if you need to use the internet (British keyboards are different than American ones… entertained myself trying to use some symbols & getting something completely different, haha). Stayed in the cheapest one (the dorm) and got a top bunk which I wasnt too thrilled about, but it was surrounded by a curtain, had its own little lamp and shelf-​thing for my phone, underbed storage with lock and clean sheets. Didn’t need the shower so I dont know how that was, but the bathrooms were pretty clean from what I could tell.
Only drawback — I got kinda lost trying to find it from the Swiss Cottage station (It was dark & I was being a stupid American with only vague directions I scribbled down.). I thought it was super close to the station but it’s an uphill walk, maybe 7 minutes? Neighborhood is quiet so I had trouble finding someone to tell me which way to go but if you have a map to look at you’ll be fine.

I went there in 2006, it was interesting because I have met a lot of interesting people. We can watch Tv o a big screen a lay down on sofa til late in the night. The access to internet was also free, and you didn’t need to have your own pc.
«Palmers Lodge fait régulièrement partie des auberges les mieux notées de Londres. Elle se trouve dans un élégant bâtiment Victorien et est spacieuse, très confortable et permet à ses hôtes de discuter, décompresser et dormir en toute tranquillité. Les installations comprennent un accès Wifi gratuit, un bar et un restaurant.»

Top of the line hostel — complete with impeccable rooms, courteous staff, clean bathrooms and showers, wardrobes in the room, under-​the-​bed lockers for each patron, inexpensive on-​site pub in the basement, free internet (both WiFi as well as hostel-​supplied desktops) and complementary breakfast in the downstairs eating area.
I’ve stayed here on multiple occasions, once for 12 nights straight in a 4-​male room where I saw, awake in the room, only 3 other people total during my entire stay there (was almost like having a HUGE private room without having to pay for one).
Not a party house like some other hostels I’ve seen, and stayed at, this place is close to family, for me, as well as being near multiple bus and tube lines (closest station is Swiss Cottage but also near Belsize Park), around the corner from the coach stop which gets you to Luton Airport and offers a variety of room sizes which would fit all budgets.
Oh, and did I mention that it’s located in a beautiful, recently renovated Victorian mansion?

I will start off by mentioning that the hostel describes itself as a «boutique» hostel. I’m not sure what the hell this is supposed to mean but I was definitely thinking of something other than what I was confronted with when I arrived.
I will admit that the hostel was very clean and the beds were comfortable but it was very noisy and I think the oldest person there was maybe 21.
I enjoy staying in hostels and don’t normally find the late night thing too annoying but it was all throughout the place and super loud with each room blasting a different loud crappy pop song. As a result of the lack of privacy and lack of security for belongings I moved to a hotel after my first night there.
I won’t tell you that it is a shitty hostel and you should avoid it but be aware of the realities of unisex bathrooms and that it is more like a frat house than a hostel.

Luxury hostels do exist. Palmer’s Lodge is by far my favorite hostel in London because of the feeling I get of wanting to just stay at the hostel and relax. I’ve stayed in a handful of hostels and never been to another place that I felt more inclined to relax in the lounge than explore the city. While the hostel is a busier hostel because of the awards and excellent reviews it receives, it functions really well and the staff is extremely organized. The place is so clean, that it becomes routine to move your feet every morning or face the wrath of the mop on their wooden floors. The location used to be a mansion and has maintained its regal look with crimson rugs, chandeliers and polished banisters. The bunk beds have privacy curtains and their breakfast offers fruit and cereal with a hot coffee/​tea machine on top of fresh toast (they toast their own toast) and jam. Internet is free here as is wifi. Showers and bathrooms are plentiful and clean on the top floors where the dorm rooms have fewer beds. I recommend staying in the smaller dorm rooms (6 or less beds) as the jumbo-​sized rooms (with 28 beds) get noisy at night.

Friendly staff, great set-​up, close to Swiss Cottage and Finchley Road tube stations, just a few minutes away from Camden by bus.
The bar and restaurant they have are quite nice and with good prices but you might want to try the restaurants down on Finchley Road.
They advertise the London walks and they offer a 2£ discount for bus sightseeing tours.
I had to ask them to change my sheets because I found them to be dirty and they did it right away, I think it was an isolated incident though.

Ich habe hier vor einer Woche übernachtet und war vollkommen begeistert. Habe schon in vielen Hostels geschlafen und das Palmers ist definitiv einer meiner Favouriten. Es ist unglaublich günstig (ich habe £13 inkl. Frühstück bezahlt) und mein Zimmer lag sehr urig direkt unterm Dach des alten viktorianischen Baus. Tipp für Pärchen: Es gibt sogar Doppelbetten. Da es sehr beliebt ist, muss man sich jedoch zeitig um ein Bett kümmern. Super Anbindung in die Londoner City und durch die spätere Check-​Out Zeit (11Uhr) kann man auch nach einer längeren Nacht noch etwas Schlaf bekommen. Das Frühstück war lecker (Croissants, frischer Toast, ECHTER Saft, Obst, Marmelade, Butter, Honig, Cappucino&Co. [Fairtrade!!] und an wärmeren Tagen kann man auf der schönen Veranda sitzen. Abends gibt es eine Bar zum verweilen und sehr günstiges Essen im Restaurant. Kann Palmers Lodge nur empfehlen!

Palmers Lodge is almost too good to be called a hostel. I stayed here a few nights after having stayed in one of the worst hostels ever (dirty, no hot water, bathrooms smell like pee and vomit, staff who border on belligerent when they can be tracked down, finding out that the all-​female room you booked doesn’t actually exist, etc), and Palmers was SUCH a breath of fresh air.
It’s located a short walk away from the Swiss Cottage Tube station, which isn’t smack in the middle of London, but it’s close enough that you can get there in no time, with the added bonus of being quiet and peaceful. The hostel itself is a renovated mansion, with stunning woodwork and grand staircases and the whole bit. The beds are wooden bunks with storage bins built in, and are actually relatively comfortable. The bathrooms were clean, the staff were friendlier than most hostel staff I’ve encountered, and the common areas were neat and comfortable.
With your stay you get a complimentary breakfast, served in the galley in the basement. It’s run-​of-​the-​mill cereal, toast, fruit, and juice from a machine, but the galley is clean and spacious. Plus, there’s a mini-​pub in the next room, which serves panini and other light dinner food with a selection of drinks for reasonable prices.
Palmers is a bit more expensive than other hostels in London, but it’s definitely worth it to have a clean place to sleep, eat, and bathe. I would definitely consider staying again if my travels take me back to London.

Die Palmers Lodge in Hampstead im Norden Londons ist für alle geeignet, die günstig in London übernachten wollen. Für Londoner Verhältnisse sind die Preise nämlich ziemlich niedrig.
Das Hostel könnte man mit einer Jugendherrberge vergleichen, ist jedoch etwas anders. Wenn man nicht mit einer größeren Gesellschaft oder zu zweit hier übernachten will, schläft man mit verschiedenen fremden Leuten auf einem Zimmer. In manche passen bis zu 24 Leute rein. Das vorteilhafte dabei ist, dass man nette, junge Leute kennenlernt und seine Englischkenntnisse ausbauen kann. Was an dem Hostel richtig gut ist, ist das Wohnzimmer, ein Raum mit vielen Sofas, einem Fernseher und einem Billiardtisch, in dem man sich super entspannen kann. Außerdem werden sechs PCs mit Internetzugang zur Verfügung gestellt.
Das weniger angenehme ist, dass die Zimmer ziemlich klein sind und nicht sehr viel Platz vorhanden ist, selbst im Zeibettzimmer. Außerdem sind die Zimmer ziemlich öde und die Wände scheinen aus Papier gemacht zu sein. Die Badezimmer sind allerdings durchaus akzeptabel, sauber und klein.
Leider besteht das Frühstück nur aus Toastbrot, Crossiants, Marmelade und Getränken. Jedoch kann man sich richtig satt essen und selber etwas mitbringen, wenn man will.
Das Personal ist äußerst freundlich, cool und locker.
Das Hostel ist nicht weit von einer U-​Bahn Station und Einkaufsmöglichkeiten entfernt und ist für alle das richtige, die in London günstig übernachten wollen und keine Berührungsängste haben.