Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating - 17th November 2008 Male 31-40 2/5 Comments:

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating - 18th November 2008 Male 25-30 3/5 Comments: Hostel was great, shame there were no lockers in any of the rooms!!

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Australia 17th November 2008 Female 18-24 2/5 Comments: Very dirty-we stayed here for four nights and bathrooms/kitchen wasn't cleaned once. The 14 bed dorm was very cramped and no lockers. Bathrooms are shared male and female. Toilet paper tracked down the stairs of the hostel..nice.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating - 17th November 2008 Female 18-24 1/5 Comments: I didn't even get to stay there! I arrived at 9 after flying into edinburgh and found a sign on the door stating that there was no accomodation availible! You can imagine my distress, i was by myself and had nowhere to stay. I was directed to another hotel which was also booked out and i ended up having to pay £129 to stay at the hilton as it was the only accomodation availible! I now had no spending money for my whole weekend. I would really appreciate some compensation for your miscommunication.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Australia 1st November 2008 Male 18-24 4/5 Comments: One of my favourite hostels the staff are helpful and friendly. When we were there the kitchen was a mess but thats because people wouldn"t clean up after themselves. Not the hostels fault.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Canada 6th October 2008 Male 18-24 4/5 Comments: Free beer, Free pool table, free internet, really cool staff, (all this while I was there, cant promise all of it) Greatly enjoyed my time. Has a great kitchen (although it is dirty often)

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating USA 13th November 2008 Female 31-40 3/5 Comments: A nice-looking hostel, but a bit dirty (lounge floor needed sweeping badly, found crumbs in bed that were NOT mine, etc). My bed was extremely lumpy. Also, I was a little disturbed that the space in front of the emergency exit was being used to store by piles of junk. Isn't that illegal? What if there were a fire?

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating USA 2nd November 2008 Female 18-24 4/5 Comments: this place was so great, very clean, AMAZING pillows!!! the manager, adam, is awesome and loves to hang out and we had a lot of fun just chilling in the common room and playing pool. free breakfast! free internet!

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Australia 29th October 2008 Couple 25-30 2/5 Comments: 4 reasons not to stay here.1.We booked a 8 bed dorm and got put in a 12 bed dorm.2.The kitchen and laundry are so filthy and discusting, we didnt even cook there. Not worth the food poisoning...3.Security swipe keys didnt work, after going back to the owner 6 times in the 4 days we were there, I got locked out after 11.00pm and couldnt get in until someone else came home, 2 hours later!! 4. Breakfast is crap.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Colombia 18th October 2008 - - 4/5 Comments: i was very glad to find the hostel... i love it..... txs for everything

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating USA 6th October 2008 Female 41+ 3/5 Comments: I was grateful for the proximity to train and bus

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating England 12th October 2008 Male 18-24 4/5 Comments: Really happy with our stay, great value for money. As a traveller you don't always expect much from hostels but we were very pleased with our 2 nights at west end hostel.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating USA 5th October 2008 Female 18-24 3/5 Comments: I had a great stay at West End. The beds were sturdy and the pillows were the nicest I've seen in any hostel. Staff was knowledgeable and helpful. Bathroom was a bit of a problem: very small, not clean, door didn't lock on 1 of 3 stalls. Breakfast is only served until 9:30 so you have to act fast if you want it, not a problem for early risers. Would stay here again.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating - 28th September 2008 Female 25-30 3/5 Comments: Good location and the staff were really great. However the bathrooms upstairs were a disgrace and there were a few strange people staying there. Didn't really have a hostel feel as most of the guests were really old....

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating USA 28th September 2008 Female 18-24 3/5 Comments: Lockers are needed!

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating USA 27th September 2008 Female 18-24 3/5 Comments: It was a secure place. We left our backpacks laying on our beds while we explored and everything was left okay. The final night we were there though I heard a lot of partying and some guy past out in the hall in front of us.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Germany 8th September 2008 - - 3/5 Comments: I'd never thought I'd meet so many interesting people there. The showers are hot, but beware of mixed bathrooms. And be on time for breakfast, if you want some.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating USA 13th September 2008 Female 18-24 3/5 Comments: I would have liked to have been informed about the inconvenient construction before I booked. Also the six person room was TINY. I thought it a little overpriced for the way we were cramped in there.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating India 14th September 2008 Male 18-24 3/5 Comments: The hostel was located in a very accessible location and was pretty neat and clean. The toilets and showers were good as well. However the only problem i ran into with this hostel was that there were no plug points in my room and hence charging my laptop/camera was a big pain. I feel there should atleast be one electrical point in any room..

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Scotland 14th July 2008 Mixed Group 18-24 2/5 Comments: Plus sides: quiet at night, clean rooms and showers. Major downside: we received a really cramped 16-bed dorm, while we had booked a 8-bed dorm! Character & fun: none. A really dull hostel. No real common room except for a room with a couple of chairs for breakfast. Security: fine. There was a luggage area monitored by a camera and card keys to enter the rooms. Free breakfast (but rather poor: 1 bowl of cereals, 2 pieces of toast without topping).

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Italy 3rd September 2008 - - 3/5 Comments: Who knows?... I was in the West End Hotel!!! :-O Got confused, they should change names!

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating New Zealand 30th August 2008 Mixed Group 25-30 2/5 Comments: There were no locks on the shower doors and they wouldn't stay shut. Drains were blocked up. Breakfast was rubbsish. There was nothing to put on the toast. No power sockets in the rooms. Not good value for money.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Australia 12th August 2008 Female 18-24 3/5 Comments: It's in a very good position to the main sites especially the castle. I felt very safe here. It was a bit weird having mixed bathrooms sharing with so many people.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Malaysia 22nd August 2008 Female 25-30 3/5 Comments: Strategic location. Right opposite Haymarket train station (2 mins walk). About 20 mins walk to Edinburgh Castle and Waverley train station. Key card operated room door. Clean and comfortable bed. Hot shower and clean kitchen. Friendly roommates. The breakfast included was poor. Each person is limited to 2 slices of bread. Some cornflakes with milk or coffee.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating USA 10th August 2008 Male 18-24 3/5 Comments: It was a nice hostel, the water in the showers was funny because after the water became cold it took exactly 15 seconds before there was hot water again.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Canada 13th August 2008 Female 41+ 3/5 Comments: The breakfast was really lacking. There were never any spreads for toast and the coffee pot was too small for the number of guests. There were not enough seats in the breakfast room because of a large pool table which was mostly only used by the staff. If you were a night owl and wanted to read there was no place to sit as the breakfast room was locked.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating - 5th August 2008 Male 25-30 4/5 Comments: The hostel should have a proper luggage room

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating USA 8th August 2008 Mixed Group 25-30 3/5 Comments: Packed in like sardines, but cheap, convenient, with breakfast included and in the middle of the Fringe, so can't complain, really.

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Spain 8th August 2008 - - 3/5 Comments: The beds are horrible. The matresses are the worst ever. I got a very bad sleep

Nationality Stayed Gender Age Group Overall Rating Canada 10th August 2008 Couple 18-24 3/5 Comments: Very quiet hostel. We were in a 16 bed room and we had the best sleep here out of anywhere we stayed on our vacation. They are very strict about their noise policy!