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Central Hotel - Hostel

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Close to Kensington Palace and Kensington Gardens, Central Hotel - Hostel has plenty to offer. Stay connected with free WiFi in public areas.

Reviews

5.4 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk

Room options

About the neighborhood

Located in London City Centre, a neighborhood in London, Central Hotel - Hostel is in the entertainment district. Marble Arch and Buckingham Palace are notable landmarks, and travelers looking to shop may want to visit Oxford Street and Kensington High Street. Consider Excel London for a night out, and don't miss Natural History Museum, a top local attraction. Visit our London travel guide
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26 Princes Square, London, England, W2 4NJ

What's nearby

  • A red building with 'ALICE'S' signage and a 'POST OFFICE' sign.
    Westbourne Grove
    1 min walk - 0.0 miles
  • A statue of a woman holding a torch, with a golden roof and intricate architectural details in the background.
    Kensington Gardens
    5 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • A building with a red teapot sign, a Highland Store, and a Stumperfielding sign.
    Portobello Road Market
    6 min walk - 0.3 miles
  • A large, historic building with a central entrance and symmetrical brick architecture.
    Kensington Palace
    11 min walk - 0.6 miles
  • Queensway
    3 min walk - 0.2 miles

Getting around

  • Bayswater Underground Station
    4 min walk
  • London Paddington Station
    17 min walk
  • London City Airport (LCY)
    61 min drive

Restaurants

  • The Park
    7 min walk
  • Bayswater Arms
    3 min walk
  • Sunday in Brooklyn
    5 min walk
  • New Fortune Cookie
    6 min walk
  • Pret a Manger
    6 min walk

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transportation

  • No onsite parking available
  • Airport shuttle at scheduled times
  • Free train station pick-up shuttle

Things to do

  • TV in common areas

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Accessibility

  • No elevator

More

  • 3 floors
  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Shared bathroom
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Full-sized refrigerator/freezer
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Stovetop

More

  • Heating
  • Shared accommodations

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 5:30 AM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children 6 and younger are not allowed at this property; All guests older than 6 are welcome

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Children 6 years old and younger are not permitted at this property

Frequently asked questions

Is Central Hotel - Hostel pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking?

Central Hotel - Hostel doesn't offer parking.

What time is check-in at Central Hotel - Hostel?

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; Check-in end time: 5:30 AM. After-hours check-in is not available.

What time is check-out at Central Hotel - Hostel?

Check-out is at 10 AM.

Where is Central Hotel - Hostel located?

Located in London City Centre, this hostel is within a 5-minute walk of Queensway and Kensington Gardens. Hyde Park and Kensington Palace are also within 1 mi (2 km). Bayswater Underground Station is only a 4-minute walk and Queensway Underground Station is 7 minutes.

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Reviews

Central Hotel - Hostel Reviews

5.4

4.8

Cleanliness

7.6

Location

5.8

Staff & service

4.4

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 1 out of 39 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 7 out of 39 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 17 out of 39 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 39 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 9 out of 39 reviews

Reviews

Verified review

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

Sad looking place

Reception team were nice and location was quiet. The condition of the property and cleaning standards are very disappointing.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021
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4/10 Poor

KT

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No cover sheet for blanket. I was so uncomfortable sleep in the bed without flat sheet. Need to bring your own towels shampoo and toothbrush. Everything is old and broke.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019
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2/10 Terrible

Rok

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Dont go here. Everything is horrible People live in the hostel. Rude staff. They dont speak english. Toilets dont flush...
Stayed 5 nights in May 2019
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2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hostel is old, smelly, and very dirty. I don’t recommend it at all. So many other hostels around it that are way better and clean for the same price
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
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2/10 Terrible

Andreas och Melina

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Obekvämt.

Långa köer till toaletterna, receptionen öppen dygnet runt, ofräsch inredning. Dumt av hotellet att ge oss ett rum fullt med människor när vi kommer mitt i natten. Skapar irritation och det var inte så kul att sova i andra änden av rummet från sin partner för att sängarna är upptagna av andra.
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2/10 Terrible

Michelle

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The only good thing about this hostel was that it's actually very central in Bayswater. But very difficuly to find when you're first arriving! I must have searched for about half an hour! The staff was friendly, but the state of the place was terrible! There were holes in the carpet in my room, the building is very noisy, I could hear exactly when my upstairs neighbours were moving around in their room (including in the middle of the night). So, I will not be staying here again on my next visit to London.
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2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Einfach GRAUENHAFT!!!

Einfach GRAUENHAFT!!!! Alles voller Schmutz! Dreckiger Teppichboden, gebrauchte Bettwäsche (voller Dreck und mit Blutflecken am Leintuch)... Das Fenster ließ sich nicht richtig schließen, daher war es immer eiskalt! Das Bad war um nichts besser, Schimmel an jeder Ecke, Das Klo war ständig verstopft! Unterm Strich war mein Aufenthalt in diesem Hostel der pure Albtraum!!!
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2/10 Terrible

Michael

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Would not stay again. OK if you have NO standards.

I'm never very picky about where I stay as I tend to spend much more time out of my room than in it. I've stayed in hotels and hostels through out Asia, Europe, Africa, the US and Central America, from 5 star resorts to 1 star hostels, and never complain much. So this I think I can be rather fair in my description. The bad: -The rooms, and entire hostel, are dirty, falling apart, foul smelling and overall very unpleasant to be in. The mattresses are old, uncomfortable and covered in urine stains (everyone I looked at). The bunk beds are small, loud/rickety and packed with little room to move. You get a paper thin sheet (which you can actually see the stains through), a blanket barely long enough to cover your body (smelt dirty along with all the bedding) and a relatively comfortable pillow. The bathrooms are disgusting and have no male/female distinction, so that everyone ends up being covered in urine. Not too big a problem for me, being a male and always wearing shoes in the hostel, but the females (including my GF) hated it. We simply used the restrooms at restaurants during our time out. One of the receptionists was nice and seemed very friendly, the rest were rude. The cleaning staff were the worst, one actually kept trying to peak under the covers at my GF will she slept!? The rooms are very loud and you hear EVERYTHING from inside the hostel as well as on the street through the cracked windows which do not fully close. The good: The location is ok... That all...
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4/10 Poor

anonymous

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

meh

hard to find and bad rooms but fridge in double rooms...
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2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Be traped

This is purely a refugee camp and I immediately went to out to find another hotel and waste of my money I must say.
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4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

bra läge, usel service

Man får ju vad man betalar för. Rummen är helt ok å läget är toppen men personalen är bland de otrevligaste människorna jag stött på. Inte alls service inriktade. Hostlet är toppen om man endast planerar att sova där å inte ha några som helst krav på något.
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4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Delusione per questo Hostel

l hotel in questione non mi ha per nulla soddisfatto in quanto le camere non erano pulite , le finestre non si aprivano bene e si creavano odori pesanti nella stanza...poichè non circolava aria per il ricambio. I bagni discreti, piccole le docce ... cucina oscena.
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6/10 Okay

Nicola

Decent and reasonably priced hostel

I have read alot of negative review about this place, and I am sure some people have had a bad stay. However I wanted to balance things out. My boyfriend and I stayed just one night in this Hostel but we were pleased with our stay. The staff were friendly and helpful, the hostel was reasonably tidy, our beds were ready early so we could put our bags in our room. The beds had clean linen on and were actually very comfortable although quite squeeky. We were suppose to be in a 6 bed shared dorm but ended up only in a 4 bed quite was better. The guys we were sharing with were very quite and respectful.Yes the Hostel is pretty ruff around the edges and could do with quite a bit of refurbishments, but it is a cheap Hostel and for the price I think it is a good deal. Close to the centre of London. As long as yopu don't expect the Ritz and realise you are staying at the bottom end of the market, you will have a pleasent and Cheap stay!
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4/10 Poor

Jeffrey

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

First time stay at hostel

Having never stayed at a hostel before it's difficult to compare this stay versus other stays. I booked a single night here very last minute just so that I'd have a cheap place to sleep as I was in between hotel stays and didn't want to spend very much for a 9 hour stay. I didn't make use of any of the facilities aside from the bed. Although I personally would not book here again, this is probably a great hostel only for students or the budget conscious, I'm guessing. The hostel is pretty much the equivalent of an uncomfortable campus dormitory. However, the people staying here were quite friendly. The beds were uncomfortable and the floors felt dirty. Place felt very cramped. Only a single TV and computer terminal available to be accessed. Reception was located in the basement of the building, therefore not very convenient when having to transport ones luggage up several flights of stairs.
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8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

Bra boende för billig peng

Man får vad man betalar för. En natt går hur bra som helst att bo här. Lungt område. Tänk på att puben stänger 23.00.
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2/10 Terrible

len

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

rubbish, unfriendly and slow service

Unfriendly unhelpful staff. Place stinks and really run down
Verified review

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Central Hostel : Un hôtel pour jeunes en plein Londres

Hotel sympathique pour les jeunes, bonne ambiance. Attention, l'accueil se fait au sous-sol, ce qui peut rendre difficile l'accès. L'hôtel est propre mais est un peu vétuste. Cela dit, sa position est idéale (10min a pied de Queensferry qui est desservi par la ligne centrale, proche de Hyde Park) et le quartier proche est vivant et plutôt bien fréquenté.
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6/10 Okay

Vincent

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hostel basique dans quartier très sympa

Positif : quartier très agréable, plusieurs stations de métro à proximité, commerces, environs de l'hostel calme, prix très avantageux. Négatif : douches pas pratiques pour se changer, pas de wifi, ordi mis à dispo très lent, personnel sympathique mais manque parfois de rigueur (attention aux changements de draps qui laissent croire que le lit est libre, difficile de savoir combien de personnes dans la chambre). Divers : beaucoup de francophones.
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8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service

Preis-Leistungsverhältnis gut!

Sehr gute Lage. Preis-Leistungsverhältnis ist sehr gut. Es ist ein Hostel. Man kann natürlich kein Topzimmer wie in einem Hotel erwarten. Gemeinschaftsduschen und Toiletten waren sauber.
Verified review

6/10 Okay

AEIOU

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

50/50

Almost impossible to find!! Their "sign" is a small graffitti on the wall going to the basement where the reception is. If looking for this hostel, look down, not up for a sign. I spent over an hour looking for it. If you don't care about looks, this is the place. The beds were clean, the sink in the bedroom was clean but the carpet had holes and the floor creaked a lot. The internet is so slow, it's insulting and then they charge you for it!! They have shared toilet and shower. The room had good storage space but the TV didn't work and the fridge had a leak and the carpet was damp. This is really a place for students and/or young travellers. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful and if you have a problem, they will fix it for you. I don't know about the food because I didn't eat there so I can't comment on that. Some of the staff speaks spanish. If you decide to stay here, take the train from King's Cross to Bayswater and Central Hostel is just a few minutes walk away. It's got supermarkets, shops, restaurants, train and bus stops very close.
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6/10 Okay

Scat

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

No internet, great location

The hostel was mostly empty, but space would be tight if it was crowded. There was no wireless internet, and you had to pay to use the computer. Security was good, as there was someone at reception 24/7 and you could have things locked away for you. There was a public kitchen and free tea/coffee available, but not much else. There was a public tv, but few channels. It was clean, and friendly, and well located. If you don't plan on spending much time there, it's a great place to stay on budget.
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Joab

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2021
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Rayan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2020
Verified review

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Michaela

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019