Reviews of Palmers Lodge-Swiss Cottage

40 College Crescent, Swiss Cottage, London, England NW3 5LB

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87.9%

539 out of 565 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'Palmers Lodge-Swiss Cottage'

Atmosphere
92.0%
Location
87.2%
Facilities
88.0%
Cleanliness
80.8%
Staff
88.8%
Value
90.4%
Safety
88.0%

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94.3%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 100%

Loreen Siegel

Alone

Work / volunteering

07 September 2011 Loreen would recommend this property

Liked: loved the living room to chill out, got free wifi... also what I have booked (8bed dorm) was not available at the moment I checked in they booked me in a single ensuite and I just had to pay for the 8 bed dorm- I really loved that they treated me as guest very obliging

Disliked: can´t say anything here

65.7%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 60% Facilities - 40% Safety - 80%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 60%

Ylva Knaevelsrud

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

06 September 2011 Ylva would recommend this property

Liked: Easy access to bus and tube.

Disliked: It gets really hot at night because you can't open the windows properly.

91.4%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 80% Facilities - 100% Safety - 80%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

City break
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture

03 September 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: the location and interior

Disliked: nothing!

91.4%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 80%

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Work / volunteering

30 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great place! Beautiful old building, dorm beds are very private with the curtains and light - it's clearly been designed by a backpacker - very practical! Beautiful bar area (also with wi-fi access), good to chill out. Great place - would come back.

Disliked: Showers very clean but often out of order/ blocked. Hard to find anywhere private to skype. Internet often drops out (only for a second or two, but still a pain!)

88.6%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 80% Facilities - 60% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 100%

Customer review

Alone

City break
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture

30 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: good location and the price is reasonable

Disliked: sometimes it's a little noisy at night

80.0%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 60%

Customer review

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

28 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: great staff, decent bar downstairs and the lounge was very spacious and convenient. keep up the good work!

Disliked: somewhat isolated location in terms of historical sites and cultural hotspots, but a safe area and easily accessible by the underground

94.3%
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Location - 80% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 100%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture

27 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: great atmosphere and bar

Disliked: -

97.1%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 100%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

23 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: A great place close to central London. Cheap and cheerful with lots of character and beautiful features. Would definitely go back there!

Disliked: Nothing

80.0%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 80% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 80%

alessandro fabietti

Alone

Work / volunteering

22 August 2011 alessandro would recommend this property

Liked: it's a very good area well linked to all london funny things to do and to visit, internet is free, beds are comfortable for an hostel and the area is quiet

Disliked: bathrooms are small and rooms aren't cleaned very well but they're ok, there isn't a kitchen to cook like in all london's hostels

82.9%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 80% Facilities - 100% Safety - 80%
Location - 40% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 80%

Kristian Samuelsen

Alone

Partying / nightlife
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture

20 August 2011 Kristian would recommend this property

Liked: There were curtains around each bed.

Disliked: Small showers, but it's not a big problem.

100.0%
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Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

18 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Best hostile I stayed in while in Europe!

Disliked: Nothing

91.4%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 100%

Fagner Luiz Fernandes da Silva

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
City break
Partying / nightlife

11 August 2011 Fagner Luiz would recommend this property

Liked: Despite i had been in a 28 bed room, i had good privacity. the hostel provided good services for free and staff always helpfull

Disliked: nothing to complain

77.1%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 60%

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

10 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: I liked that there are lockers under the bed (bring your own lock); the breakfast was decent (toast, cereals, croissants, and apples); there was free wireless and free computer access; there were large common areas; there are curtains around the bed to keep out ambient light.

Disliked: I was in a basement room and the bathrooms and shower rooms were very small. There was not really adequate ventilation in the shower rooms, so they tend to get very humid and damp; it would be better if the individual shower rooms were combined into a large room so that they could air out and you could have more room.

85.7%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 100%

María Calderón

With friends / other travellers

Family Holiday
Sightseeing & culture

23 July 2011 María would recommend this property

Liked: free internet acces

Disliked: nothing

82.9%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 80%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture

22 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Good location, staff very friendly

Disliked: Nothing

100.0%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

MARY HEERIN

Alone

City break

20 July 2011 MARY would recommend this property

Liked: A hostel with character, spacious lounge, free wi-fi, comfortable beds with curtains around, simple breakfast included.

Disliked: Bathroom is right outside of the dormitory door so lots of noise from hairdryers, banging doors, loudly singing and generally inconsiderate guests. Also not enough sinks in the bathroom - only two which were both occupied for half an hour for elaborate make up sessions.

57.1%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 20%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 20%

Customer review

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

19 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Lo staff è molto cordiale, la posizione non è male.

Disliked: I cessi non sono il massimo, i lavantini sono in miniatura. Le finestre delle camere sono di difficile movimentazione.

88.6%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 80%

Mario Antonio Pérez de Asco

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

17 July 2011 Mario Antonio would recommend this property

Liked: THe place where the hostel is located, is a really nice neighborhood

Disliked: There is not enough space for palceing luggage

85.7%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 80% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 100%

Dilyana Kadieva

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

13 July 2011 Dilyana would recommend this property

Liked: It was very close to the National Express Stop which was what I needed at 3 am! Close to the subway station too, not too far away from central London, quick and easy to reach. I was doing sightseeing one day and a show at Wembley the other - very convinient location to reach both! I liked the fact there were computers to use so I left my PC home and just used theirs! 14 beds is too many for a room no matter how spacious, but beds had curtains to give you privacy. It wasn't really bad, I only met a couple of the people in my room - I was out from early morning up to close to midnight - but they kept going in and out until very late - not too much of a sleep there. Of course, this is no faut of the hostel. Great value for money, as what I needed in London was a bed and a shower.

Disliked: Although there were some hooks, your stuff gets wet in the shower. Draining is bad, if you don't want to stand in a pool, don't get in barefeet! Showers are very clean though and get cleaned pretty often.

82.9%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 80% Facilities - 100% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 60%

Customer review

Alone

Work / volunteering

10 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Beautiful property, close to tube, cleaner than average, quite good breakfast.

Disliked: Nothing but quite dear.

94.3%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 100%

Customer review

Alone

Business / conference

09 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: A lovely building, very close to tube stations. Very sturdy bunk beds (which makes a nice change from other hostels!), with lots of space for luggage. Slept really well and would reccommend to others!

Disliked: The only downside would be the lack of toilets and sinks...

80.0%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 60% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 80%

Customer review

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

08 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: I spent a week here and it was overall a good value for the money.

Disliked: there is no self-catering kitchen!!! this is a big minus for people on a budget, especially on a long-term stay. also,i the wifi quality is VERY poor and goes down all the time. common room over-crowded, not a lot of bathrooms, and the showers were so small that you would always get all your stuff wet. the lockers are in a VERY uncomfortable position under the bottom bed. also, little atmosphere because everyone basically cares for oneself (staff included). but I guess this is because it is London.

100.0%
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Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

Sun Eun Kim

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

08 July 2011 Sun Eun would recommend this property

Liked: clean and all staffs are kind. breakfast is good too.

Disliked: I'm nor sure

85.7%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

Pi-ting Hsu

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year
Relaxation/spa

05 July 2011 Pi-ting would recommend this property

Liked: the bathrooms are very clean. You do a good job to maintain the cleanness.

Disliked: Nothing. I like everything.

80.0%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 80%

Customer review

Alone

Partying / nightlife

03 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Location

Disliked: Bit bare


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