Ok, one doesn't expect much when one checks in to these sort of places. And our expectations were met. Three of us sharing a room. Beds no problem. Bathroom a bit of an obstacle. To use the toilet entailed having one foot in the shower and to use the shower made everything in the bathroom wet, including the toilet. My two greatest niggles with this place concern night duty staff and breakfast. We were disturbed from our sleep by gangs of idiots running and screaming through the corridors at 3 am for over half an hour, letting off extinguishers and generally being yobs. We remonstrated with them and they wanted a fight. Where were the staff then ? We paid an extra few quid for the alleged breakfast. It consisted of bacon, undercooked then reheated in the microwave, sausages that seemed to be full of a mystery meat paste, deep fried then microwaved, scarmbled eggs microwaved so long they were like bullets. Tomatoes which were ok and toast. I managed the tomatoes and toast but the rest was vomit inducing. Quite the worst breakfast I have ever had.Never again will I darken these doors and if you like food and sleep I recommend you give it a miss too. read more

came here for a weekend away with mates and was expecting a hostel and nothing more. just a bed and a front door, but this place is more of a hotel than a hostel. all the staff from check in to check out were absolutely amazing. the bar is massive and they were doing a happy hour our first night which went down a treat. massive bar with a pool table. rooms are very comfortable, and apart from the bunk beds has all the mod cons of a 3 star hotel. breakfast was really nice and the bar food we had in the evening was very nice. read more

I came to this hostel as part of a walking group after hiking the Hadrian Wall Path and I was extremely pleasantly surprised by this hostel. It is more of a hotel than a hostel, with private rooms with bathrooms. I did not mind the bunk beds and the small shower as I don't take too much room. Breakfast was adequate: eggs, sausage, bacon, and all kinds of toast, muffins, cereals, etc. The front desk people were friendly and helpful. I would come back. read more