St Christopher’s Village, London Bridge

Fantastic place. Will definitely be going here again. The rooms are so comfy and the staff were amazing :)
Can’t wait to go travelling, this will definitely be the place I choose to stay in

For a hostel, I am very impressed. It is soo neat and peaceful, it is in a good location, close to restaurants opposite sainsbury. It is a female only hostel, clean sheets, towel, breakfast and bar downstairs. The Internet connection is fast and can be used on multiple devices. I am very happy I made this decision and I will come back here next time definitely.

Housekeeper was very respectful and did her job but the mattresses were stained and old. I’ve been staying in hostels for about two weeks now and when I woke up after a night here I had so many bed bug bites. Also, 3 on my face …
Also, the showers are old and looked like they needed to be soaked in Clorox.
Never. Again.

We were feeling a little hostile when we checked into this hostel. The rooms were miniature and the bedding seemed kinda gross. But what really gave us a sleepless night was the throbbing bass from the bar below, drunken revelers running up and down the hallways, and clanking bottles in the alley as the place was cleaned up at daybreak. The negative aside, the front desk folks were pleasant and helpful. We actually liked the location, despite being a bit gritty. It was a nice walk to sites such as the Tower of London and was Underground close.

MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL– DANGEROUS!!!
Where to start? The rooms are fairly clean and the reception staff is amazing with the exception of the manager, but we will get to her.
The staff gets wasted at the hostel the second they get off, preying on the tourists that are typically not old enough to drink in their native countries. Easy pickings apparently. The cleaning staff is sullen and unresponsive, borderline disrespectful, despite dozens of signs begging guests to speak up if they see something that is out of order or in disuse.
Several homeless/​transient men are stationed outside the hostel and wander back and forth harassing guests and begging for money or cigarettes. One man wears camouflage and carries a stick while he begs, with the obvious intention of intimidating or scaring the visitors into giving what he asks. Despite being aware of the problem, the hostel has done nothing to notify authorities of the threat to guests.
A man was stabbed to death in front of the building last month, the reasons being different depending on which staff member you ask. I myself was assaulted by one the staff members on my last night there. A huge, drunken man charged at me, pushing me and swearing he would ‘effing kill me’, I tried to defend myself but was laid low by a thunderous blow to the face that sent me to the concrete. My lip was completely lacerated and required immediate medical attention. A staff member rushed me into a basement bathroom, away from the view of the other guests that would have been terrified by the blood and carnage of my destroyed face, and gave me 20 pounds for a taxi to the hospital. I required the expertise of a plastic surgeon to repair the damage to my face. The staff member that would have me hide in the basement offered to wash my sweater that was covered in blood, but upon returning from the hospital I found it was simply crammed into a cupboard behind the reception desk, they said the morning crew would arrive shortly and wash it– it was still there when I came back 6 hours later… Another flat out lie…
It was 6 am when I came back from the hospital, I was exhausted and in massive amounts of pain from my stitches and the general shock of the ordeal so I stayed in the room I had reserved for that night. Upon waking I sought the general manager since she had made no attempt to find me. When I did find her she was so passive and uncaring about the incident that I was shocked into a silent stupor. Never had I expected this level of unprofessional behavior. I demanded my money back for the previous night, which was a meager 7 pounds and went to find a new hostel.
The manager blamed me for what happened, saying that after watching the tapes of the incident it was I who was the aggressor because I had defended myself. It was her employee who did this to me and he was ridiculously intoxicated off of the alcohol she had provided him from her bar. She tried anything and everything to justify the event and dodge the blame. She is lucky I didn’t have the energy to put her shitty, dodgy little hostel on the evening news.
Simply put — stay anywhere else. Avoid the St. Christopher Inn chain of hostels in London. The entire location is dangerous and unprofessional. Between the death of a man several weeks before and my incident, it has become the most dangerous hostel in London.
As a side note, the following day I saw the homeless man that wears the camo and weapon toting a brand new zebra-​print suitcase that was obviously stolen from the owner. Lets hope she wasn’t around when he decided he wanted it…

I checked in to a £48 (got a special offer, would have been £88 otherwise) double room. The staff was unaccommadating, seeemed bored and preoccupied. People seem to loiter out in the halls between the rooms, noisily and umcofortably, but worst of all:
This place has mice!
I was woken up by the sound of something moving in the room, freaked out and saw them. It’s disgusting. The hotel reception didn’t seem to care and just assumed I had been eating in the room, which they ban for obvious reasons (which doesn’t prevent people in the dorms, I noticed, from pigging out).
Gross place, rude staff, dodgy location. There’s an impromptu shrine to somebody who died right outside a restaurant just a hundred meters away.

I’ve stayed at two other St Christopher’s Inn (Paris and Berlin). This was by far the worse.
I got a two bed suite which was extremely tiny, a tiny window to open Adobe there’s no AC, and the bathrooms were not very clean.
Also, this place was a tease… not being familiar with the location, I got off at London bridge tube station and walked south. The first st Christopher’s sign is actually the bar with a small sign telling you to walk a few more hundred feet for the real hostel.
If I’m ever back in London and strong at a hostel, I’ll stick with Palmers lodges.

My experience could have been worse but luckily me and my friend had a private room. I walked by the shared rooms and they looked so cramped and horrible.
Our room was very small – felt almost like a closet. It was hard to sleep at night because the bar across the street was so loud at night and the window didn’t block out the sound at all. Restrooms were pretty dirty. At one point, every single toilet I used didn’t flush. Also, the showers were pretty annoying because you had to continuously press the button for the water to keep running.
A plus side of this hostel is they offer free breakfast – cereal, toast, coffee, juice. The crowd at the hostel is really young and touristy. The bar downstairs kind of becomes a club at night with music and dancing.
The location is very convenient. Literally down the street from the tube.
Overall, the experience was alright. I got what I paid for (31 pounds, $ 50 a night), but I’ve definitely stayed at better hostels.

I enjoyed my stay here, despite the lack of elevators. I guess I had gotten used to this and lugging my over-​sized suitcase up a couple flights of stairs was no longer that unusual. It’s very clean compared to most other places and the prices are some of the lowest, probably because they put you in larger rooms.
Just to be safe, you should always lock your belongings in a locker when you’re out, especially in a place like this where there are a lot of people in your room. The location is decent and it’s pretty easy to get around the city.

Habe hier anfang 2009 drei Nächte verbracht, und mehr als eine Schlafgelegenheit ist es auch nicht. Das 8-​Bett-​Zimmer war eine Nacht mit 9 Leuten belegt, wenn wir ca. eine Stunde später gekommen wären, dann hätten wir in einem Bett schlafen müssen. Die Toiletten und Waschmöglichkeiten sind wohl englischer Standard, aber nicht wirklich mein Fall. Das Frühstück ist mehr schlecht als recht, aber einem geschenkten Gaul schaut man ja bekanntlich nicht ins Maul. Ich habe dort doch, da die Tage in London immer recht anstrengend waren, recht gut geschlafen.
Lage ist wunderbar, zwei Ubahnstationen sind gleich in der Nähe, und über London Bridge hat man auch gleich einen Anschluss an den Fernverkehr.
Nervig im nachhinein ist der Andauernde Spam von St. Christophers in meinem Mailpostfach.
Naja, da es doch wohl eines der besseren Hostels in London ist, war ich schon froh hier auf anraten hingefahren zu sein. Preislich für London auch i.O.
Wenn man ein wenig von seinem Gepäck wegschließen möchte sollte man ein Vorhängeschloss mitnehmen.

My cousin & I had the time of our lives at this Hostel. I guess it really all depends on who you get as roomates, but we had 6 other people in our room and it was fun.
For the price of around 30 bucks a night what more can you ask for. There is a free walking tour of the city everyday a 12pound pub crawl. You get a decent breakfast everday and it is also conveniently located right accross from a supermarket and nearby other local outdoor markets.
I will def; be back if ever in London

St. Christopher’s Village is a decent hostel in an satisfactory location. Prices are reasonable for a bunk, but the Belushi’s bar seems pricey. Internet access is also somewhat expensive– ½ hour costs 1 pound.
Staff was very friendly, and the hostel itself is pretty clean. Visitor beware: there was no hot water on my floor when I was there for 3 days, and there is an odd smell in the «chill out room.»
There is a decent pub next door with flat screen tv’s. It is about a 5 minute walk to the tube and Borough market.