St Christopher's Inn, Camden - Hostel in London

Poorly maintained, unclean and poor facilities. Yes it's a hostel and cheap but I've stayed in many, many hostels of similar prices and not come across one to this poor standard. Above a bar/club so a lot of noise into the early hours, which while that wasn't an issue for me, might be for others. Location was ok for my needs, it's only saving grace really. Wouldn't return.

This was the first hostel we stayed in on our travels, and after staying in others we've come to reflect that this hostel was pretty bad. The toilets we're disgusting, the shower was clunky and you had to keep repeatedly pressing the button. Sleeping before 2am was a luxury due to the noise from downstairs. It was crowded and hot in the rooms. Went to use the laundry facilities to find bags of sheets everywhere and no laundry detergent to be seen so we have up on that. For a place to sleep that's close to a tube station, it does the job. But overall I was not impressed.

Having enjoyed staying at other St Christopher's hostels, I was disappointed in my experience at St Christopher's Camden and checked out days earlier than planned. I was able to have two nights refunded although unfortunately due to their 72 hour refund policy I am still paying for a stay tonight although I have left. Overall I had multiple uncomfortable experiences at the hostel - some of which had nothing to do with the staff or hostel itself - but the most concerning incident to me was a staff member letting someone into our hostel room who was not a guest, who then stayed in the bathroom for 1 and a half hours while I was sleeping doing god knows what. In my view this is a breach of hostel security and safety - if I wasn't in there this person may have stolen things. While one staff member seemed concerned about this incident when I asked for my refund, the person who processed it didn't seem concerned at all or ask for more details.