Reviews of Smart Russell Square

05 June 2011

Liked: Leaving...

Disliked: Old building, showers too far, fire alarm sound often, floor creeks and shook with any moment..

02 June 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Very close to the tube and a pretty good free breakfast.

Disliked: The fire alarm went off in the middle of the night and I'd been told that it had gone off the two nights before as well. Dorms were too small (think of a train car lined with beds) and it was fairly expensive (though that is London for you).

02 June 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The staff are very helpfull and friendly. The hotel is clean throughout and although the rooms and beds are on the small side there is still plenty of room for your luggage. The breakfast consists of cereals, toast, butter and jam with coffee or tea and as much as you want. Great as you don't pay extra. Early check -in is a plus and the storage room only £2 a bag.

Disliked: The showers are all the way down in the basement but they are clean and its only a 3 storey building!

31 May 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Easy to find, central location, walked everywhere.

Disliked: Boxed-in bunks are a great idea for privacy but a little short at 180cm, especially if you are tall and like to sleep stretched out.

31 May 2011

Liked: the price

Disliked: no air in the room, very tiny bad.

31 May 2011 MR GERALDO DA SILVA would recommend this property

Liked: great

Disliked: nothing

30 May 2011

Liked: Location

Disliked: Clean

26 May 2011 Sarah would recommend this property

Liked: free breakfast good communal area amazing location!

Disliked: Paying for a locker cash payments

25 May 2011 Francesco would recommend this property

Liked: Good place. I raccommend it to everyone but choose the right room for your trip (if you need intimity or to sleep well, don't choose a 10 people dorm...).

Disliked: Nothing.

25 May 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: A perfect base to visit London, 3 mins walk from Russel Square Tube Station. The place is safe and cleanliness and you can meet many other travelers night and day.

Disliked: The electronic locker under the bed is a little bit expansive (1.5£ per Day)...

23 May 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: location is very good and is very controlled at night

Disliked: very noisy, but it was mostly because of guests, staff was making his best effort to keep them quite. toilets could be cleaner, and showers are a little bit far away, but that's not big deal

19 May 2011

Liked: Good location.

Disliked: I found this hostel to be extremely noisy at almost all times. Not just in the common area, but there seemed to be lots of school groups going through, and there were constantly people thumping about, running and yelling in the hallways, etc. The rooms were sort of clean, however, the floors were kind of nasty. The room that we stayed in was very small for the six people that were staying there in the 3-decker beds, so there was almost no room for everyone to even put their bags on the floor, and it was really tough to even get ready in the morning all at the same time. It was easier for me to sit on my bed and wait for my roommates to get ready and leave, otherwise I would have been completely in the way. If you are truly just looking for a place to crash for a few hours and you are a very heavy sleeper, then this hostel would be fine. But otherwise, I probably wouldn't recommend it.

14 May 2011 Marcus would recommend this property

Liked: I loved the location. It was a 3 minute walk from Russel Square Station and 4-5 minute walk from two different groceries and a small shopping area.

Disliked: I didn't like how you have to be in either the computer lounge or dining area to use the wifi. It would be much nicer if they expanded it and you could be on it in your room.

09 May 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The saves were right underneath the beds, so that was very practical. Contrary to my expectations breakfast was included, and simple (toast) but good. Another good thing was that you could come and go whenever you liked if you showed your keys. There was a guard at the door by night.

Disliked: - It was well arranged

04 May 2011 FUMING would recommend this property

Liked: centrally located and safe

Disliked: no

25 April 2011

Liked: free, fast wi-fi in communal areas close to city center

Disliked: really dirty, smelly rooms, cramped beds, i was afraid to touch the bathroom courtains because they were so dirty, staff wasn't too friendly, the showers are so far away. Mostly it's quite dirty, you can def. get something better that costs about the same

24 April 2011 Megan would recommend this property

Liked: Convenient, clean, easy to get to by the tube or walking

Disliked: It was a little loud at night

23 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: location is good, near to the tube

Disliked: the shower is a little bit old school

21 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Location

Disliked: The bath rooms are fucking far!!

20 April 2011 Mariah would recommend this property

Liked: The curtains for the individual bunks are great! Every hostel should have these!

Disliked: The push button showers were sort of annoying to use.

11 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Location and facilities met my needs on this occasion. Staff were helpful.

Disliked: Very circuititous route to showers, which were small but adequate.

09 April 2011 ORIOL would recommend this property

Liked: location

Disliked: too many people in the room and in the whole hostel

30 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Location

Disliked: The staff wasn´t very helpfull. Besides I speak a good english, they treat me as I was speaking chinese

28 March 2011

Liked: the internet is fast

Disliked: the hostel is noisy, the organisation is a mess, you have to pay extra for everything, the breakfast is usefull totaly rubbish.

24 March 2011 Sebastjan would recommend this property

Liked: Location.

Disliked: Smelly rooms.