The Green Man – Bestplace Inn

Auberge de jeunesse choisie pour son emplacement et son prix: la navette pour l’aéroport étant à 10 minutes de l’auberge, c’est celle-​ci qui proposait les prix les plus attractifs.
L’auberge est propre (douches, toilettes, literie) mais de (trop) nombreux points négatifs sont à noter :
— pas de cuisine
— pas de salle commune, l’auberge faisant également office de pub (malin pour consommer sur place)
— des chambres avec des lits superposés par 3, petites et avec des prises électriques difficiles d’accès
— les fenêtres donnant sur la route avec en prime un commissariat en face (youhou les pinpons toute la nuit)
— pour les chambres du premier: bruit du pub en-​dessous
— 5 douches en tout et pour tout. (Dont une condamnée à ce moment là
Notez également que le petit dej se prend entre 7 et 9h et qu’entre 9 et 10, le ménage est effectué dans les salles de bain.
Pensez donc à prendre vos boules quiès et si la proximité et le confort rudimentaire né vous font pas peur alors pas de souci!

I never knew there was such thing as 3-​tier bunk beds. then I came here.
We were looking for a place to stay for a spontaneous weekend trip to London. And since we are broke college students, we picked one of the cheapest places we can find (~£17/​night).
LOCATION:
–The first floor was a 24-​hour bar. It was reassuring that there was someone always on duty, but you are not guaranteed a full night’s sleep due to the noise.
–The closest tube station was Edgware Road, but at the time, it was closed (unlucky us). At least we got our exercise.
–It wasn’t a particularly dangerous neighborhood, but it didn’t have the jolliest fellows either. Edgware contains plenty of small markets, fast Greek food (gyros and kebabs) and hookah bars as well as some chain restaurants like Starbucks, McDonald’s and Tesco Express. Yay, convenience.
FACILITIES:
–You need a card to get into the individual rooms, which is standard.
–Everything seemed really small and crowded: the 9-​person room, the stairway and the lockers
–The bathrooms were manageable, but not comfortable. The shower was tiny and you had to keep pressing the button every 20 seconds or so for continuous flow. It was difficult to share the two toilets and shower on every floor (full capacity is 45 people per floor). Washer/​dryers and hair dryer are available for a price.
–The beds were kind of hard, but at least the sheets were clean. You could not sit up in your bed.
STAFF:
If you had questions, they would answer them. However, they didn’t seem like they’d go out of their way for you. They seemed busy enough working at the bar.
DON’T FORGET TO BRING
Your padlock, sandals (for the shower), passport (they won’t register you without it) and towel.
This is definitely not the «bestplace» to stay as there are other hostels that are more spacious and have better service.

Great location right next to the Edgware Rd stop along the Bakerloo line. One complaint I have is about the size of the room, which is not large enough for nine people. They had three bunks on top of each other. It was impossible to sit upright in your bed. There was also not enough space for everyone’s luggage in the room, although they do have secure CCTV-​monitored luggage room in the basement. The showers were clean. The breakfast was scant: toast and cereal, with milk, coffee, jam, butter, and sometimes peanut butter. The final complaint, and perhaps the most egregious, is the noise level on Saturday night. The hostel is right above a pub and thus, there is always partying downstairs. On the Saturday night we were there, there was extremely loud karaōke with screeching singers. It was awful. But it was quite cheap, so as long as its not Saturday night, I’d stay here again.

All right, back on the ol’ Unilocal!Let’s carve a review path through my 3-​week UK tour.
This hostel was… A-​OK. It was the first hostel I’ve stayed in, so keep that in mind. It was clean, it was comfortable, it had key card room locks, in-​room lockers if you needed a bit extra for your laptop, nice bathrooms, free linens, a free towel (or maybe I took advantage of my communication with the Eastern European attendant?), and the breakfast was a charming study in maximizing the calorie/​pound ratio (toast & a bucket of jam!).
The location is interesting, though. Somewhat non-​Anglophone, if you want to be diplomatic. Little Iran, if you want to be realistic. On the street, around 10pm, I and two likewise mid-​twenties male companions from the hostel (German and Israeli-​American (shhh)) were rather hilariously accosted by a group of ten 10−13ish-year-old boys who accused us of cursing at them in Kurdish. Hilarious because personal space was compromised and fries were thrown and no knives were pulled as I attempted to explain that Get over yourself, kids, we don’t speak Kurdish. Could have been different, I suppose. A hijab-​wearing woman walking past called out and dispersed the kids before exchanging a knowing, eye-​rolling glance with us. Cool little moment of cross-​culture communication, there. Ruffians!
Anyway, the hostel is above a pub. On the third floor, there were no noise problems. The pub had Wells Bombardier on cask and several standard tap options. It somehow attracted a decently robust and eclectic native crowd each night I was there.
Notably, one night was karaōke. A veritable vocal angel hosted. One of the songs she hosted/​TRIED to accompany was a Bohemian Rhapsody attempt. By a 30s/​40s Asian man with a, um, classic accent.
It was magic. Man, it was magic.

Did I get fleas? No.
Was I murdered? No.
Alright, so there’s the answers to the two most important questions you could ask when looking for a hostel.
Despite being alive and bug bite free, I can’t say that I would recommend this hostel to a friend if they were looking for a place to stay in London. Sure, this hostel will work in a pinch like it did for me, but it’s not something I would seek out.
If you happen to be stranded on a Friday night without a room and you’ve walked miles upon miles knocking on doors, you may decide to bite the bullet and stay at The Green Man. Here’s what you can expect:
— Pub stays open 24 hours (Bring earplugs because it will undoubtedly be noisy as all get out)
— There are *small* lockers in the rooms. You’ll be able to fit a lap top, but that’s about it.
— The rooms are small, but the bed linens are clean.
— Free wi-​fi.
— Breakfast is included in the room fee. Expect cereal and toast.
— There is absolutely nothing in the neighborhood. Unless you want a dinner of houka, you’ll need to hop on the tube in order to find a decent restaurant or coffee shop. Frankly, I didn’t feel all that safe walking around outside the hostel at night.
— The bathrooms are co-​ed, but relatively clean. The stairs and hallways are run down… I thought I may fall through a board while carting my suitcase upstairs.
And that’s the 411 on The Green Man, Bestplace Inn.