Reviews of Derry City Independent Hostel

44 Great James Street, Derry, Northern Ireland BT48 7DB

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91.1%

234 out of 242 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'Derry City Independent Hostel'

Atmosphere
87.2%
Location
94.4%
Facilities
88.0%
Cleanliness
92.8%
Staff
95.2%
Value
92.8%
Safety
87.2%

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Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture

23 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Steve is laid back and happy to help. He gave me the quick guide to Derry, which was great since I was only here for the day. The hostel is more of a house which is brilliant, since you have that home away from home feel and it's just great.

Disliked: Nothing. ^^

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Sarah Hoenicke

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year
Family Holiday
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture

07 October 2011 Sarah would recommend this property

Liked: I loved staying here! Great staff, very welcoming and friendly. Very comfortable and affordable.

Disliked: Nothing!

82.9%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 20%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

Customer review

Alone

City break
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture

04 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: the staff were so friendly and helpful. The easy going laid back atmosphere in the Common Room.

Disliked: No safe for valuables, or even lockers, but 'Bree' stored my laptop for me. No proper area to dinie, but these are mere nit pickeries. A truly wonderful place to stay

65.7%
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Location - 80% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 60%

Customer review

As a family with children

Family Holiday

24 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: near the town center and accomodations

Disliked: kitchen could be cleaner, common part are small

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

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

23 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Good location, extremely helpful staff. The hostel was very quiet while we stayed there, although it didn't seem it was empty. Perhaps that's because we were not in the main building.

Disliked: Beds. Please replace the mattresses :) The fact that rooms aren't en-suite, but there was a bathroom on each floor and they were clean.

85.7%
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Location - 80% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 100%

Mitja Tretjak

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year

14 August 2011 Mitja would recommend this property

Liked: We enjoy the stay

Disliked: The kitchen was a mess but this because of the guests.

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Bjorn Worpel

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

07 August 2011 Bjorn would recommend this property

Liked: Nice little independent hostel with lots of character

Disliked: nothing

97.1%
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Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture

07 August 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Friendly staff, great atmosphere, good location and clean bathrooms.

Disliked: Nothing

94.3%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 80%
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Przemyslaw Zurek

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

06 August 2011 Przemyslaw would recommend this property

Liked: The hostel was clean and the staff very helpful.The location of the hostel is very convenient to do sightseeing around Derry.

Disliked: There were no lockers in the room.

85.7%
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Location - 80% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 100%

Jack Tanner

Alone

City break
Sightseeing & culture

18 July 2011 Jack would recommend this property

Liked: nice place, cheap rates.

Disliked: nothing

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

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year

16 July 2011

Liked: Good clean bathrooms to be sick in. Had a virus, so was in hostel bedridden my whole stay!

Disliked: Not much.

91.4%
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Location - 80% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 100%

martyn pressley

As a family with children

City break
Events / festivals
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture

13 July 2011 martyn would recommend this property

Liked: easy access to centre,friendly staff,comfotable beds,lovely big clean kitchen

Disliked: none

94.3%
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Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Romantic getaway

14 June 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Very clean, cutely decorated. Clean bathrooms, thankfully. Friendly, helpful staff. We stayed in their "Annex" property, which I would definitely recommend for couples. Their credit card machine wasn't working, but other than that we had a really enjoyable experience.

Disliked: Credit card machine was down.

91.4%
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colin and helen thompson

With my spouse / partner

Family Holiday
Sightseeing & culture

09 June 2011 colin and helen would recommend this property

Liked: good location

Disliked: nil

97.1%
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Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Family Holiday

29 May 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The staff were very accomadating.

Disliked: The showers could be better.

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Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Visiting friends or family

24 May 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: everything

Disliked: nothing

97.1%
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Katharina Otruba

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Visiting friends or family

19 May 2011 Katharina would recommend this property

Liked: really friendly place, home away from home type accommodation, big kitchen area, fantastic couch under skylights, very friendly and helpful staff, great info on tours and sights in the derry area, backyard, wifi, heaters in rooms

Disliked: a couple more shelves up would come in really handy as the only out-of-the-way place to store stuff is the window sill & under one of the beds...

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Sarah Chesshire

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year
Partying / nightlife
Relaxation/spa
Sightseeing & culture

17 May 2011 Sarah would recommend this property

Liked: Great place to meet people ! Was there for a single night and still had a great time

Disliked: nothing

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

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

14 May 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Bathrooms were always clean.

Disliked: Nothing

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Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture

05 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The staff was nice and helpful. The hostel was clean and the facilities were great

Disliked: I was only there one night, and I don't have any thing that I disliked.

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Hsuan Chen

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year

05 April 2011 Hsuan would recommend this property

Liked: Everything!

Disliked: Nothing

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

brodie bain

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

05 April 2011 brodie would recommend this property

Liked: it has such a good home feel to it, the place is awsome and would definatly reccomend it to anyone !!

Disliked: nothing

94.3%
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Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

09 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Very friendly staff and breakfast :)

Disliked: Small place so u can't meet a lot of people but I really liked the place :)

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

CHUNMING WANG

Alone

Relaxation/spa
Sightseeing & culture

08 March 2011 CHUNMING would recommend this property

Liked: I only stayed here for 1 night but would highly recommend it to anyone planning a trip to Derry. The location is good and the staff very helpful. Breakfast is free though simple, and the bread was very good that day. Down the street there are Chinese takeways (cheap and still open in the night!), Japanese restaurant, and Tesco -- all ~ 5 min walk. Enjoy your night on the Waterloo street with a lot of pubs, at most 10 min walk.; or just simply relax in the kitchen of the hostel, with good music and a cute backyard.

Disliked: None.

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

Michael O'Neill

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities

11 February 2011 Michael would recommend this property

Liked: Great kitchen, very well equipped.

Disliked: Doorbells ringing at 2 in the morning. Something should be worked out so the whole house doesn't have to be woken up if someone forgets a key.


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