Reviews of Caledonian Backpackers

3 Queensferry Street, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland EH24PA

Customer Reviews & Ratings

82.5%

560 out of 657 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'Caledonian Backpackers'

Atmosphere
84.0%
Location
86.4%
Facilities
86.4%
Fun
79.2%
Staff
84.8%
Cleanliness
64.0%
Safety
85.6%
Value
89.6%

Customer Reviews: What did customers think about Caledonian Backpackers?

What was the best part of your stay?
Date Caledonian Backpackers Customer Reviews Overall Rating
19 November 2009
Customer review

the colorful paintings along the walls, the tv room and huge kitchen facilities, the meeting place where there is always good music playing, the cinema room, showers ok

100%
11 November 2009
Cat Davidson

Great hostel - free breakfast, movies, wii, board games, cheap bar - if we hadn't had a snoring girl in the room, if would have been near perfect :o)

100%
31 October 2009
Customer review

Very good place, all kinds of people..funny places..like the bar, good bedrooms..

90%
31 October 2009
Nipun Tulshian

It provided a good, free breakfast and was very clean

92%
28 October 2009
lauren wilkins

bean bag room is amazing. loved it. great place to relax

90%
21 October 2009
stuart frame

free internet and breakfast

72%
10 October 2009
Trisha Posey

Keycard entry to rooms, free internet and free breakfast. Great kitchen and facilities and a movie room as well! Huge hostel and lots of places to hang out. Would recommend to others and stay here again. Pretty good location off Princes street and a 10-15 minute walk to the old town bridge area. My only big complaint is the noise at night from a club or bar nearby. It was enough to drive me mad and could be heard through my earplugs. Friday night was worse than weeknights for this.

92%
06 October 2009
Customer review

great value, especially with simple breakfast included

80%
02 October 2009
Customer review

Great location, friendly staff, cheap and even the breakfast is included. But that's not all. The in house bar and the beanbag cinema is very cool. It's not all shiny and new but good value for money.

85%
30 September 2009
YUNTAO SHI

The Internet is free which is not very common among youth hostels.

87%
30 September 2009
Customer review

Very nice staff, spacious rooms, big lockers, good free wifi, good breakfast and can't beat the price! Unfortunately, it gets noisy (mostly) because of the tram works on Princes Street, even during the night. Also, curtains on the windows would be nice...

82%
28 September 2009
Guy Logan

Great location, great aesthetics, great entertainment set up. Average breakfast, average staff friendliness, average bedroom layour (40 bunkbeds to my room) Poor, and I mean gosh-darn-awful-why-the-hell-didn't-I-pay-even-a-few-pounds-more-to-stay-anywhere-else-poor bathrooms. The most disgusting, filthy, poorly-serviced showers and toilets, around one toilet per 30+ people and one shower per 25, cleaned monthly. Apart from the bedbugs and sardine-style bedrooms, this was the worst part of my entire trip.

47%
27 September 2009
Marco Malavisi

The atmosphere of the common rooms is great. Free excellent breakfast with good music is the perfect start for the day. Big kitchen, internet room and the bar...all are fantastic. Rooms are on average..but the common areas make a big difference from many other hostels.

95%
25 September 2009
Customer review

Well, I just paid 7 or 8 pounds for the night and free breakfast was included which was really nice. Toast, cerials, juice, tee, etc. For me it was rather a breakfast for 7 pounds with free accommodation. Don't expect to be able to get changed when using the "showers" (there ARE two showers, appr. 1sq.meter, next to two "toilets"). So if you just wanna spend one night there so that you can eat their nice breakfast the next morning it's okay but dont expect that it's easy to use kitchen facilities (queues...) or the showers. Even if there's no queue, you might not want to use the showers... euhh ^^ But hey you pay little, you get little, so I wasn't too disappointed and Edinburgh is definately worth a visit!!! ;)

50%
25 September 2009
Allan Taylor

location, cheap but good!

97%
22 September 2009
Customer review

A good range of facilities - convenience.

82%
21 September 2009
Chris Mays

Hello

82%
19 September 2009
Customer review

Good kitchen, good rooms,good beanbag cinema!

90%
17 September 2009
Mostyn Parry

just that it had free internet

52%
15 September 2009
Line Toftdahl

Nice place. Great location!

90%
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