Reviews of Palmers Lodge-Swiss Cottage

12 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: great staff, great facilities,great location. perfect hostel.

Disliked: nothing at all

10 February 2012

Liked: Charming property in a good location.

Disliked: There were very few showers & toilets and we'd often need to wait for one to become available. We needed to change our security cards everyday because they would stop working.The reception staff and cleaners were very unfriendly. During our stay I lost my wallet in the hostel and our car got snowed in at the hostel carpark, the staff were very unhelpful and unsympathetic. The rooms and bathrooms were freezing as the heating didn't appear to be working.

08 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great and cheap place to stay in London !

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

07 February 2012 Jennypher would recommend this property

Liked: The hostel was really cute, located near the underground and the food proposed was cheap and quite good so ... I had a great moment, and I'll probably go back there if I get the occasion!

Disliked: Really cold inside the hostel, especially in the bedrooms. And the bathrooms were quite wet all the time in the evening: there should be something that keeps the water inside the shower place :)

06 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Location, staff, atmosphere-absolutely fantastic :)

Disliked: Not enough showers and a bit modest breakfest, but still overall I was really satisfied.

06 February 2012 Petra would recommend this property

Liked: Really friendly and helpful staff, good location.

Disliked: I was in a basement room and because of the bar it was quite noisy in there.

06 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: it's a nice building, beds have curtains and lights (which makes sense), breakfast includes not only a toast and cereals, but also croissants and apples and you can have some squash (water to squash ratio is to high though!)

Disliked: the top floor dorms have a weird, old smell, which is bearable, because you get used to it after a while... the showers were out of order on the top floor, so I had to go to the 2nd or 1st, which was a little bit unconvenient...

05 February 2012 Jialong would recommend this property

Liked: Relly nice place to stay, the curtain around the bed provides convenience. Great decoration and staffs.

Disliked: The blanket is not warm enough for me. A little hard to find, it would be better if there was a sign at the exit of the swiss cottage station.

05 February 2012 Enzo would recommend this property

Liked: Really clean, and safe

Disliked: Enzo left no negative feedback.

05 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The location is great

Disliked: Can't access to the wifi sometimes

01 February 2012 Christopher would recommend this property

Liked: It is a beautiful building inside, the staff were great, even put us in a double bunk despite only ordering and paying for two cheap singles, made the stay so much nicer. The other guests were well behaved, the breakfast was good, the showers were actually clean and not at all like the reviews I had read. Will absolutely stay again if I am passing through London :)

Disliked: More showers really are needed to accomodate all the guests when it is busy, that really is the only problem I could find. (oh, added note, there are security boxes, large enough for bags, by bunks but you need a padlock, despite the webpage saying you can buy them at the hostel they actually dont sell them, take your own!, although there are rentable security boxes in the lobby too for small items such as purses and documents)

30 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Loved the curtained beds and the reading lights:) Also free Wifi and free breakfast, great common room, good book exchange. The lockers under the beds were a good idea and the downstairs lockers are huge - you can fit a whole suitcase in for just 1.50 per day (although the staff probvably hasn't been downstairs recently as they claimed my luggage wouldn't fit. it did and left a lot of space free:))

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

21 January 2012 Dax would recommend this property

Liked: Its character, history and location.

Disliked: Nothing.

20 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Comfy beds with four-poster style curtains so you have your privacy. A great atmosphere, and all the mod-cons you'd expect at an expensive hotel. I will definitely stay again... In fact I have already booked my next visit!! :-)

Disliked: -

18 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great old building with lots of character. The place is really made by the staff especially Hedia... I just wish I could have taken her home with me!

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

18 January 2012 xiaomin would recommend this property

Liked: The stuff here are warm and helpful. Also the facilities here are great. You could use free internet and computer here. It is rather clean here as well, esp. the public area.

Disliked: Can't tell....

16 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: I had never stayed in a hostel before but I was pleasantly surprised by my stay at Palmers Lodge. This hostel is decorated so tastefully (from the chairs to the amazing bulk beds in the dorms –which have curtains and lighting for added privacy) I see why they call it a “Boutique Hostel”. There was free breakfast and Wi-fi (kind of unusual, these days) , the food in restaurant was tasty and reasonably priced as well as the drinks in the cute bar. The staff was friendly and eager to help, suggesting both things to do and giving us directions how to get there. As for the location; is in Zone 2 so no difference since travelcards cost exactly the same even if you only need Zone 1, but without having to pay a premium for super central London. Walking distance to Abbey Road and ideal for every single stop on the Jubilee Line.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

15 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Wooden interior makes you feel like you're at some family cottage not a hostel. The curtians provided at each bed gives you some privacy even in a large rooms with many other people sleeping there.

Disliked: Small unisex showers, it was really challenging keep all my clothes from getting wet.

15 January 2012

Liked: The location, nice people, good service

Disliked: The showers and the very bad smell in the bed

15 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great staff!!!!! They were amazing, really helpful with things to do around London. Loved the old building as well, gives an amazing old-English feel. The beds are really comfortable, and have awesome privacy curtains. Also the bar downstairs is really nice, with a large conservatory to hang out in as well. THANKS PALMERS LODGE!! I will be back :D

Disliked: Nothing!!

09 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Impressed from the cleanliness and hostel's design & decoration

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

08 January 2012 Patrick would recommend this property

Liked: Many things : --- Ease of access into centre of London with Underground trains within 5mins walk at Swiss Cottage, and Finchley Road Stations... Continental breakfast choice was good. Nice Chinese & Indian Restaurants 3mins for Palmers Lodge.

Disliked: Breakfast time restricted to 07:30 -- 10:00, but this was only an individual problem for me... I would have stayed an extra night, if I could have had an earlier breakfast at my flight left from Stansted Airport at 8

08 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Everything - including cool bar and very good food/drink deals. Incredible showers...

Disliked: Nothing

08 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: I love that the staff are so incredibly helpful. The common area is nice and big so everyone hangs out down there and that adds to the great atmosphere of the place. Free WIFI and breakfast is fantastic and very helpful when you're on a budget.

Disliked: The showers that you have to continually press the button to ensure water keeps coming through is frustrating. Also the basement showers weren't working and that made it hard to find showers free.

07 January 2012

Liked: The free wifi was great as was the big lounge room. The location was great and easy to get too. The size of the place meant that it wasn't cramped and it was very comfortable.

Disliked: I looked specifically for a place that had singe sex dorms and then got to the hostel to find that they had unisex bathrooms. The showers don't have anywhere to put your clothes and possessions so that they can stay dry during a shower, there were very few sinks and no benches or anywhere to put your possessions to keep them off the floor in the bathrooms. This was particularly gross, because the patrons seemed to be unable to keep toilet paper etc from spreading about the bathroom and the shower floors and not sloped enough so that the water pools under your feet rather than going down the drain. The dorm sizes are huge and I was kept awake for both nights of my stay from girls coming in and out of my room, talking loudly and banging doors until about 5am. Wouldn't stay here again.