YHA London St Pancras

Mostly had a great experience here, loved the public and private space, loved the staff! However, the bathrooms needed some attention that they never seemed to get, and the wifi was some of the least reliable I’ve seen in my travels. These things matter!

Super cheap and convenient location. All of the staff was very friendly and the food at their little café in the reception area was decent. Had a nice breakfast here every morning and I liked being able to stop by for a snack while recharging my phone. Free wifi in the common areas was very helpful. The rooms were clean as were the bathroom/​shower areas. Will definitely stay here again when I come back to London which hopefully will be soon!

An excellent hostel a half block from a major rail and Underground station, where the Eurostar to/​from Brussels and Paris is based. It also is on the Piccadilly line, which is direct to/​from London Heathrow Airport with no transfers to other lines. Also a gazillion other transit lines that let you visit most tourist places in London with one transfer or less.
I stayed in a five dorm room with bunk beds and it was spacious, with an en suite bathroom, with an extra set of bathrooms in the hallway. Reasonably modern and clean. Each bunk had its own power outlet and small light and ledge, which was really nice, compared to other hostels
Front desk reception was polite and efficient. The wifi worked pretty well, though only available on the ground floor bar and restaurant area and the 1^st floor, where there is a lounge.

Cheap (or as cheap as you’re likely to get in the area). Clean. Friendly and somewhat helpful staff. Very convenient location, across the road from St Pancras tube and about 5 minutes on foot from Euston.
Everything I saw was clean, if a bit shabby. Bathrooms were thankfully hygienic but the showers left a lot to be desired — a fixed shower head at a truly bizarre angle with some quite pitiful water pressure. Washing hair is not easy.
Overall though for the price and the area you can’t say much fairer.

Great hostel. Friendly staff is always willing to accommodate and help in any way they can. There is a Bar/​Café/​Restaurant in the main lobby and the food is reasonably prices as well as delicious. The rooms are very clean and the showers are hot. Unlike most hostels I’ve stayed at the sheets are already put on my bed and they were clean. The building is newly renovated and everything is nice and new. They also have pay for internet (1 Pound for 20 minutes) and laundry facility’s (4 Pounds for a load)
One of the best features that I enjoyed while staying here was the fact that you can buy discount tickets for plays and attractions all throughout London at a discounted rate.

Helpful staff and clean surroundings made this a good place to stay the night. The shower room was a mite too small to be ideal and the toilet was running all night but otherwise it was a credit to the YHA.

The plus side:
+ Convenient location: Situated right by the major transportation hub at King’s Cross, all tube lines come through here so there’s no need for you to transfer anywhere else! And personally I couldn’t have asked for a better location for a hostel – right across from the British Library, where I spent a majority of my time there.
+ Cleanliness: From the café and lounge area to the rooms themselves, I found nothing to complain about. Very clean, very modern.
+ Hot showers in seconds: While researching hostels before my trip, the major complaint about hostels I read was about the lack of hot water when showering. No problem at this hostel with the water taking forever to warm up, switching to cold, etc. Still bring flip flops, of course.
+ Good for families: Although a «youth hostel,» I saw many families come through here. The next chance I get to go to London with my family in tow, I’ll recommend this place over a hotel.
+ Fairly big rooms: I stayed in a room for four. It was nice to have hanger space and several storage boxes to store and protect stuff. Make sure you bring your own padlock though! I had to pay £3 for one there. However, I was able to fit ALL my luggage in there, which was great because I didn’t have to worry about anyone snooping into my stuff.
Some meh things:
— Max. 1 week stay ONLY: I was staying exactly 8 days but had to unfortunately book and move to another hostel for one night because they only allow guests to stay for a max of one week.
— If you’re not a YHA member, expect to pay some fees: The charge is £3 for each day you’re there. I thought it was just £3 applied to the entire billing for my stay. However, the front desk was nice enough to offer me a YHA member card where I’d be paying only £10 as opposed to £21 if I were to pay for each day I stayed (which was 7 days).
— No kitchen, no free breakfast: I would have saved a good amount of money cooking my own food if there was an open kitchen for everyone to use. Also several hostels offer a free continental breakfast, but this one doesn’t although they do offer breakfast for a price.
— Lack of socializing with others: I was lucky to meet and hang out with a very cool girl in my hostel room, but if you’re a college student especially and want to meet others, I’d recommend Clink Hostel (this was the second hostel I stayed at) not too far from YHA St. Pancras.
— No free wi-​fi, internet is expensive: While I would imagine a lot of hostels don’t have free wi-​fi, they do offer you a day of free wi-​fi if you purchase something over £2 from the café.
My total for a week was about £150. Overall, I enjoyed my stay here and if you’re on a budget, I recommend staying at a nice hostel like this one instead of a hotel which would be far more expensive.

So I’ve been to a number of hostels in my life. I have to say this is one of the the top two hostiles when it comes to being «nice»
For this hostile I thought i’d write my review as a pro and con list
Pro:
modern
plasma screen TV in the café
TV lounge,
nice future
café with breakfast, lunch, dinner, beer,
clean,
family friendly
friendly staff
Free wifi
across the street from the st, pancras king’s cross tube station
Pubs and restuarants near by
walking distance to camden town
Walking distance to the orginal tour bus stops
Cons:
Internet cost 3 pounds an hour if you use their computer (SLOW!!!)
It seems more like a family place so… not as much of a young crowd
as hostels go (you have to buy your own locks, no soap or shampoo,
no towels)
Over all: I’d recommend this place to most people if you want some place relatively close and accesssible to central london. I can’t compare it to other hostiles. If your not a YhA memeber they charge you an extra 3 pounds a night. So… if you think you’ll stay longer than 3 nights… might as well get one.

This honestly is as good as it gets for hostels.
Newly remodeled, St Pancras YHA is brand new. Everything is new, modern, clean, and stylish. The carpets, the furniture, the décor… you don’t even feel like you’re in a hostel.
The rooms keep up with the trends, and have lockers to store your stuff. Each bed has an outlet, with the bunks even having little reading lights as well. Very convenient, and very accommodating.
I paid 17.95 pounds for the night (weeknight) and it definitely can’t be beat.
It’s located at St Pancras Station on the tube (naturally), which makes it VERY accessible given that 6 lines + the overground all intersect at Kings Cross St Pancras. You can reach this from anywhere. And, if you’re like me and plan on taking the train out of Euston or St Pancras to continue your adventure, it makes this place even more valuable.

It’s been awhile since I stayed here but I’m sure much hasn’t changed… The hostel is actually quite nice, before the UK had Unilocal I had to rely on my travel agent to tell me where to stay and she actually scored on telling me about this place.
For a hostel, it’s incredibly clean and wasn’t too crazy. Lockers aplenty. It’s also right next to Kings Cross station so getting there was super easy. Also, pretty central. I would most definitely stay here again for a cheap place to stay. Have you seen how much hotels in London are? Insane.