Safestay London Kensington Holland Park

Inconvenient location. No kitchen facilities or lift. Only an over priced restaurant on site. Mattresses are hard and feel like you are sleeping on concrete. Not very clean. Won't stay here again.

Chose one night room for nine stay with ensuite bathroom to get near Design Museum on Sunday night. Reception was friendly but information to find room bit confusing. When I eventually found it, in the long block next to the 'Castle' (the remaining part of the 1605 Cope House), all lockers in corridors outside of key card accessed room with no padlocks, which was not mentioned when booking in. Luckily I was there early at 7pm so most lockers were free. In room found three sets of three bed bunk beds, with mine a middle one in front of window. There was also a standing fan then unplugged. Space to climb into bed was very narrow, but length was adequate with clean duvet and pillow provided. Each bed had a plug and light and had means of pulling curtains around to get privacy. All was bearable with other people all bedded and snoring which kept me from sleeping but remaining person came in late in early hours of morning and made noise outside in lockers and bathroom for a very very long time, put the fan on which remained on for rest of night and got in beneath me. Between new noise of fan, which by now I could barely get out of bed space to turn off and didn't want to confront new person, and snoring, now found trying to sleep futile and eventually exhausted fell into sleep for an hour at most. Had rushed and panicky leave next day thinking I'd lost my passport but luckily was there at reception. Friendly reception at continental breakfast which calmed me before booking out.

Staff was nice and great area, stayed at other hostels and like this one the best so far

This is really an amazing hostel for someone that wants to find an affordable place to stay in London. It's in a park and if you take the underground to get here, you have to walk a rather long distance in the ramp but it's really safe because surely you will meet someone that will on the way to get there with you.

Triple bunks are pretty tough to get in. The bed was comfortable though. In a nice area .