Reviews of O'Callaghan's Hostel

09 February 2012 Evelin would recommend this property

Liked: The location is perfect; the tube is just across the street and the bus stops in front of the door. Me and my friend were supposed to stay in just female dorm, but they didn’t have any left, so we were “upgraded” to private free of charge. They have free breakfast and the choice is quite big and good. You could even lend some books if you wanted. First few days it was a bit cold in the room, but they fixed it.

Disliked: The bed was a bit uncomfortable and old, they should really change it. The eating area and the kitchen are too small, but otherwise there were no grave problems and it is a good place to stay for a weekend trip.

31 January 2012

Liked: Friendly staff

Disliked: Heating did not work and no one fixed it.

09 January 2012

Liked: Just the location.

Disliked: Everything! I got bitten by bed bugs and it got really infected! The place is falling apart and the bathrooms and showers are so tiny. The bad was extremely unconfortable and i dont think there was any other guests staying there. This is the worst hostel i have ever stayed. Horrible experience.

03 January 2012

Liked: Located very close to Earl's Court Underground station.

Disliked: Dirty, tiny showers and toilets, breakfast is not on time, kitchen is the size of a closet, dirty dishes.

27 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: You get what you pay for. It's basic and cheap. I've stayed at other hostels in London, paid a lot more for a room with more people as well as having to pay for breakfast and internet. Everything seems to be within ten minutes walk.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

15 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Excellent breakfast - best self serve of any hostel I've stayed at Friendly, accommodating, helpful staff Clean Great, free WIFI

Disliked: The building is pretty old and a bit shabby, but everything is clean The bathroom - only one bathroom, 3 toilets and 4 showers SHOWERS - shower doors open directly into the bathroom so there is zero privacy and there's nowhere to hang your towel or clothes

06 December 2011 Justin would recommend this property

Liked: Excellent breakfast, great location, nice and small.

Disliked: Shower stalls are quite small, don't drop the soap.

15 November 2011 Stuart would recommend this property

Liked: Very quiet but enough places outside of hostel to socialize.

Disliked: Nothing really although there is no common room. Not THAT big a deal really

13 November 2011

Liked: Its location was convenient to a bus stop in getting to Gatwick Airport and a pick up location for Golden Tours.

Disliked: The short front desk hours. After I checked in the front desk was unable to help me arrange sightseeing and answer questions about the area, because they were closing the front desk, so I was on my own to arrange these things. I often left in the morning before the desk was open and got back after it was closed, which made checking-out difficult. I only ate breakfast there once because it opened so late, and the day that I did wait for it to open, I delayed by sightseeing that day in order to make check-out arrangements with the front desk. Also, inconvenient that they did not accept Credit Cards.

23 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: good location

Disliked: less facilities

16 October 2011 Eva would recommend this property

Liked: I thought it was a very good hostel, liked the small rooms, friendly&helpfull staff, clean. The breakfast was veryvery good.

Disliked: The only thing i disliked about the hostel was that there was no proper commonroom to socialize with other hostellers. I was with a friend so i didn;t miss it that much, but when you travel alone, a commonroom is a very important.

10 October 2011

Liked: The room was clean, it was very central and we had a sink in our double room

Disliked: The bed wasnt at all comfortable and the noise from the road below can be quite loud during the night.

04 October 2011 Helen would recommend this property

Liked: Location. Cheap. Free WIFI

Disliked: Only stayed one night so don't actually know how good the place was. It's not setup as good as other hostels, but if you're just after a bed for the night then it's sweet as. My mates thought the showers were horrible.

30 September 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Guy at the front desk was very helpful and accomodating

Disliked: Very noisy staying at the front on earls court road due to supermarkets trucks unloading during the night.

27 September 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: very good !

Disliked: the beds

25 September 2011 Jake would recommend this property

Liked: the gentleman who runs it

Disliked: Uncomfortable bed

06 September 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Was good.

Disliked: Nothing

06 September 2011 sri would recommend this property

Liked: Nice place. Just four girls in a room. Great breakfast. I felt safe which is nice when you're a woman travelling on her own.

Disliked: NOthing

06 September 2011 simon would recommend this property

Liked: Great stay. The boss guy is great fun. You won't get a better breakfast (free or paid) anywhere and I've stayed in a lot of hostels . We all tried to have a BBQ in the garden on probably the wettest day of the year but it ended up with everyone just going down the pub instead.

Disliked: I want my liver back!

16 August 2011

Liked: Its location, and how close it is to the London Tube.

Disliked: It's very dirty, the staff are unfriendly and rude, the kitchen is unuseful and very, very dirty. The bed clothes are white and they seemed clean, but here are bedbugs and it is disgusting.

24 July 2011 rose would recommend this property

Liked: buffet breakfast of champions, small size, nice dorm rooms, great location, free wifi

Disliked: no baggage room ( you have to take your baggage with you on the day you check out), rude staff

09 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Location. Easy to find. Very good free breakfast

Disliked: Bathrooms are tiny and filthy. Bedrooms filthy.

05 July 2011 Taku would recommend this property

Liked: O'Callaghans was absolutely wonderful. Friendly staff and wonderful location. I would definitely recommend it to a fellow traveler. Best bang for your buck in london.

Disliked: The only thing really lacking is a common area. The back garden is a nice place to hang out tho.

21 June 2011

Liked: Great location, nice room but...

Disliked: Bedbugs!!! There were bedbugs in our room. Not too much, but it is horrible. We had to desinfect everything after our return not to bring it home.

31 May 2011 FERNANDEZ, JORGE would recommend this property

Liked: Staff very friendly! Good location

Disliked: Nothing