Reviews of Caledonian Backpackers

3 Queensferry Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH24PA

92.8%

958 out of 1073 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'Caledonian Backpackers'

Atmosphere
93.6%
Location
94.4%
Facilities
92.0%
Cleanliness
87.2%
Staff
95.2%
Value
94.4%
Safety
92.8%

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94.3%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 100%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

25 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Fun place to be, friendly helpful staff, clean-ish bathroom facilities, breakfast until 12, it's in the middle of the city, everything!

Disliked: nothing

68.6%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 80% Facilities - 40% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 60%

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture

24 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Four computers, free internet.

Disliked: Breakfast is toast bread, jam and nutella. Nothing else.

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

Matthew Ball

With my spouse / partner

City break
Sightseeing & culture
Partying / nightlife

20 September 2010 Matthew would recommend this property

Liked: The staff were very friendly and helpful, it was quirky and had a great atmosphere.

Disliked: Slightly too few showers.

94.3%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 100%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

16 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: very friendly, and good atmosphere

Disliked: no

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

Anton Broberg Holm

Alone

Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Business / conference
Sightseeing & culture
Partying / nightlife
Work / volunteering

15 September 2010 Anton would recommend this property

Liked: Great place. Easy to meet nice peoples. Nice bar. The just to grab breakfast. Good lokation and start poin in exploring Ednibugh. No fuzz. Extreamly praiseworthy, acctually hard to find a cheeper residents for a couple of month. Liked it so much I still stays there will seaching for perminent resident... but it's hard to leave this place :)

Disliked: Cleaning and layout of the bathrooms and toilets could have been better. The kitchen is a bit too small for the number of guests as well as it's a bit of shortage of kitchen equipment.

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Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Backpacking / gap year

11 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Spacious, with excellent location. But I prefer the Castle Rock Hostel :)

Disliked: I stayed in the 12-places female dorm. There was some pub or club outside, so the night was noisy.

100.0%
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Lucas Cancado e Silva

With friends / other travellers

10 September 2010 Lucas would recommend this property

Liked: Very good

Disliked: A lot of beds in the same room, and a little place to take a shower.

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

NATALIA BALLESTEROS

With friends / other travellers

Sightseeing & culture

08 September 2010 NATALIA would recommend this property

Liked: everithing specialy the service

Disliked: anything

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

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Shopping
Backpacking / gap year
Events / festivals
Sightseeing & culture
Partying / nightlife

07 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The staff is very kind.. except one spanish boy with glasses (there are exceptions in all places...)But the hostel is AMAZING!You have a big kitchen, a TVROOM, bar/pub, Cinema room with a big screen and many new flims to wacht for free.The hostel is cleaning during all day.. it's very very clean. showers and bathrooms. The showers are separated.. for females and males.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

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

Christina Tindall

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

06 September 2010 Christina would recommend this property

Liked: Good facilities - bar etc. Free breakfast!

Disliked: It's on a busy road... if you need silence to sleep, this is not for you.

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

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Sightseeing & culture
Partying / nightlife
Romantic getaway

05 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: nice bar, nice people, nice locations

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

60.0%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 40% Facilities - 100% Safety - 80%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 40%

domenico germano

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Events / festivals

29 August 2010 domenico would recommend this property

Liked: They lend you a laptop at no charge, free breakfast

Disliked: Too big, with an insufficient number of toilets and showers in proportion

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

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sports, adventure or outdoor activities

17 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: really relaxing :)

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

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

Customer review

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

09 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Nice Atmosphere

Disliked: Security seemed a little sketch.

100.0%
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jessica brown

With friends / other travellers

Partying / nightlife

09 August 2010 jessica would recommend this property

Liked: i liked there was a bar, and free internet and free breakfast.

Disliked: nothing.

100.0%
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Laura Kapoun

With my spouse / partner

Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Backpacking / gap year
City break
Sightseeing & culture

02 August 2010 Laura would recommend this property

Liked: This is one of the best hostels in the UK. They provide everything you need for free (long distance calls, internet, breakfast...) and the staff is fantastic! Great value! I would definitely stay here again.

Disliked: Too many people staying long term who seemed to be bothered by those staying for a couple days.

100.0%
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Adam Shaw

Alone

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

01 August 2010 Adam would recommend this property

Liked: the atmosphere, heaps of room to chill out, cool people, just a really nice hostel

Disliked: Adam left no negative feedback.

100.0%
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Christopher Madden

Alone

Partying / nightlife

28 July 2010 Christopher would recommend this property

Liked: I really liked this place, it had a great atmosphere and the beds were comfortable. Great how they let you rent out laptops for free.

Disliked: Christopher left no negative feedback.

100.0%
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Customer review

With friends / other travellers

City break

26 July 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: This place was amazing, I absolutely loved it, it was the best place i've ever stayed at

Disliked: The fact that our room was 36 beds and there were only 3 showers, but the issue with the showers was that there was nowhere to get changed apart from the shower cubicle which was a little uncomfortable

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

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

22 July 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: great bar/social area, laptops that you can borrow for free, good kitchen, low price

Disliked: not having any bed lamps or dim lights in the room that you can turn on while other people are asleep was really inconvenient. also, not being able to switch beds due to the rigidness of their computer system, even when both people want to switch.

74.3%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 60% Facilities - 100% Safety - 80%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 80%

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

20 July 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Free wifi and good bar area.

Disliked: The showers and bathrooms, carpet smelled bad!

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

Brett Morgan

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year

19 July 2010 Brett would recommend this property

Liked: This hostel was amazing. Was unsure about staying in a 38 bed dorm but it was great. One of the quitest rooms I have ever stayed in. Bed were good and the bar downstaris was great. Good prices on booze too. Location was fantastic so central to everything. Staff really friendly and willing to help with anything.

Disliked: Nothing I did not like here.

100.0%
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nicolas canal

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

19 July 2010 nicolas would recommend this property

Liked: L'ensemble des services : bar, billard, salle de lavage, petit déjeuner inclus, l'emplacement dans la ville

Disliked: nicolas left no negative feedback.

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

Customer review

Alone

Visiting friends or family

19 July 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: good location and value for money

Disliked: can't think of anything

74.3%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 100% Facilities - 40% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 60%

Christoph Clever

Alone

City break

18 July 2010 Christoph would recommend this property

Liked: It is a good place to have fun and party !!!Free pool,....enough space it is a big Hostel !!!

Disliked: If you need sleep because you have to get up early to the airport, forget it !!!!!!!! I had maybe 2 hour sleep !!! It was to noisy and people come in and get out until maybe 2 am and I had to get up at 4.30 am,...for me it was the wrong place :-) And I booked a smaller room and get the largest one with maybe 24 beds !!! I prefer a other hostel, but it was already full booked :-(


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