Reviews of Smart Hyde Park Inn
Hostel | 48-50 Inverness Terrace, Bayswater, London, England W2 3JA
1022 out of 1572 customers would recommend this property
Recent review (11/06/2013)
Frances Dawson thinks…
"this hostel was a great value for money!! For what you pay for it was a great place to stay. A nice area, lots of restraunts, right next to Hyde park, and only a walk to Oxford street. We stayed in a…"
Read all Smart Hyde Park Inn reviewsFacilities
- Credit cards accepted
- Self-catering Facilities
- No curfew
- Currency Exchange
- Games room
- Secure lockers
- Lounge area
- Internet / Wi-Fi
- Pool table(s)
- 24 hour reception
- 24 hour hot showers
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Washing machines
Purchasable Extras
- Luggage Room USD 3.13
- Towel USD 7.80
What's Included
- Breakfast
- Linen
Important Information
***Please ensure that you have a photo ID when checking in*** Bookings of 10 or more people are considered Group Bookings and must be booked with hostelbookers.com Group Bookings to verify availability for the dates, as well as special Group Rates that may be more or less than those stated for individuals. As Group Bookings require more effort regarding placement, security, processing, etc., we must reserve the right to deny any bookings made for more than 10 people. Please also be aware that your deposit is non-refundable per hostelbookers.com TOS and therefore booking more than 10 people puts your 10% deposit at risk as you will not be refunded.
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Overall Rating
1022 out of 1572 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'Smart Hyde Park Inn'
- Atmosphere
- Location
- Facilities
- Cleanliness
- Staff
- Value
- Safety
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 80% |
Georgia McCartney
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
Partying / nightlife
Visiting friends or family
06 May 2012 Georgia would recommend this property
Liked: the hostel was so easy to find, and in a great location-close to hyde park and easy to connect with all other tube lines.
Disliked: travelling alone, i felt it was very difficult to meet others, as there were no activities or social side to this hostel. The kitchen/breakfast set up was a little disorientating, and the staff not very helpful.
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 80% |
Nicklas Backman
With friends / other travellers
Work / volunteering
03 May 2012 Nicklas would recommend this property
Liked: The wifi-room and the tv room!
Disliked: Cold and tiny showers
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
Alone
Sightseeing & culture
11 April 2012 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Was really close to bayswater tube station so made it really convenient to get to places of interest. Although I didn't have breakfast as I don't eat that early it all looked nice. Plenty of showers and places to socialise.
Disliked: I wasn't shown to my room, explained how to use the key card, and wasn't shown where the kitchen wifi room etc was, I also wasn't told what time breakfast was on at or where. I think the showers were ok but no where to safely put your things and keep them dry while in them, so means In a mix sex bathroom you were coming out in a towel not idea for less confident users
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 40% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 40% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
Alone
Work / volunteering
19 March 2012 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: location
Disliked: everything else
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 60% |
Customer review
Alone
Work / volunteering
07 March 2012 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Ok for one night stay, near tube and shops. Beds had curtains. Breakfast was ok - toast and cereal. Cheap
Disliked: Toilets and showers were gross. Expect to hover.
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
13 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Very good location at least it was clean and worth the price!!
Disliked: 24 people shared one bathroom and one toilet, and the toilet was out of order, resulting in going to other toilets on other floors. Noisy because we were sleeping in the basement and our room was next to the kitchen and dining room
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 60% |
eddy farnworth
With friends / other travellers
Events / festivals
12 February 2012 eddy would recommend this property
Liked: EVERYTHINGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disliked: on top of our initial payment there was obviously going to be a room deposit. but they failed to tell us this until on the day and it cost us an extra 60 pounds. if they had told us earlier it would have been easier to sort out but apart from that it was fine
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 60% |
Customer review
Alone
Business / conference
09 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: location is good, close to oxford street and hyde park is just a couple of minutes away
Disliked: it's not very clean and the bed linen smells really bad... the showers are pretty much horrible. and they have rooms in the basement, so it's kind of dodgy anyway...
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 60% |
Andrea Guillen
With friends / other travellers
City break
01 February 2012 Andrea would recommend this property
Liked: The location is good, you have the underground very close.
Disliked: Organization in the reception.
| Atmosphere - | 20% | Staff - | 20% | Facilities - | 20% | Safety - | 40% |
| Location - | 40% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
Shopping
30 January 2012
Liked: Cheap and near from the city centre :)
Disliked: U have to make your bed on your own.U have to give them 10 pund for that okay you give that back but u need cash -.- It was really dirrty and the breakfast was a joke. Just bread, butter and one jam in a glass. I have no idea wich type i didn´t eat anything. Just a glass of milk.
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
Alone
Sightseeing & culture
28 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Good value for money. Free wifi and good place to meet people.
Disliked: nothing
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 100% |
Elinor Lloyd
Alone
Business / conference
Visiting friends or family
25 January 2012 Elinor would recommend this property
Liked: Staff were friendly and the hostel was easy to find.
Disliked: I booked to stay in a 5 bed girls' room but when I checked in the room actually had space for 9 people - as the room was not full this wasn't really an issue and did not affect my enjoyment of the property.
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 60% |
Chih-Min Lin
Alone
Sightseeing & culture
18 January 2012 Chih-Min would recommend this property
Liked: price
Disliked: Chih-Min left no negative feedback.
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 40% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 60% |
Customer review
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
16 January 2012
Liked: The location. The fact that it was on sale and so cheap was the only reason I stayed there, I would NEVER pay what they usually charge. The beds have curtains around them (but no lights which is stupid)
Disliked: Everything else. Its absolutely disgusting, dirt everywhere. The decor is dingy and horrible. The internet only works in a tiny cramped room that is always full. There's no heating in the dorms. The breakfast is really poor and the hygiene standards are extremely low. The bathrooms are filthy and there aren't enough of them, and no space or places to hang anything in them. Half the showers don't work. The staff are unhelpful, chatting on the phone with people and not even acknowlegding you. There are hardly any powerpoints in the rooms and there's also hardly any space. It feels incredibly seedy too. For some reason a much larger than usualpeprcentage of the other people staying had terrible manners too-things like turning on the lights when they come in at 2AM etc.
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 40% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 20% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family
10 January 2012
Liked: Good location
Disliked: Everything but the location...we left and stayed somewhere else it was that bad
| Atmosphere - | 20% | Staff - | 20% | Facilities - | 20% | Safety - | 20% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 20% |
Customer review
Alone
City break
19 December 2011
Liked: The location is convenient.
Disliked: The service provided is unsatisfactory.
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 60% |
Pau Corretge
With friends / other travellers
Visiting friends or family
08 December 2011
Liked: Good location
Disliked: small rooms, lots oof problems in showers and toilettes.
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 60% |
Martina Michalkova
With my spouse / partner
City break
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture
08 December 2011 Martina would recommend this property
Liked: great location, shops, tube buses near, relatively good price
Disliked: showers and toiletes were not good
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 20% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 40% |
Trissa Dent
With friends / other travellers
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
07 December 2011
Liked: Location, close to 2 train stations
Disliked: Shower facilities, very poor water quality and number of showers limited. Very small rooms for number of beds, no storage area in rooms. Long term guest seem to take over dormitories.
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
City break
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family
05 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Friendly staff and nice environment. Great location too.
Disliked: Shower facilities were poor, water was repeatedly cut during the day due to building works going on.
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 80% |
Beata Janotikova
With friends / other travellers
City break
Shopping
04 December 2011 Beata would recommend this property
Liked: it is good and quite location.... realy only one minute from tube
Disliked: very, very simply acommodation- only four bed and two chair in room....
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
City break
Romantic getaway
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture
30 November 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: The helpfull staff, the central location close to the Queensway and Bayswater underground stations and Hyde Park.
Disliked: The breakfast is lacking alternatives to toast with butter and sugar or jam or cornflakes with milk. The lack of water pressure in the showers made it very difficult to wash your hair. Also the descent from upper beds would have been easier with a railing.
| Atmosphere - | 20% | Staff - | 20% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 40% |
| Location - | 40% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 20% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Visiting friends or family
22 November 2011
Liked: nothing
Disliked: i disliked everything.
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 40% | Facilities - | 20% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Sightseeing & culture
21 November 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: location, courtains on the beds
Disliked: cleaning, breakfast
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 80% |
Darragh Wilson
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
19 November 2011 Darragh would recommend this property
Liked: The location next to Hyde Park in Bayswater is lovely and it is only a shortish walk into Oxford St. Also the curtains around beds are a very good idea they make you feel far more private.
Disliked: The kitchen had one cup, one chopping board, a saucpan, a fry pan and about three plates total equipment; other stuff was available from reception if you were prepared to leave a deposit but this was a little annoying. Staff were rather lackluster.
