Key Hostel Features:
• Security Lockers in all rooms (£1.50 per day key rental)
• 24-Hour Reception
• Currency Exchange
• FREE linen and Duvet included
• NO lock-out time or curfews
• Individual security key-card for every room
• 24-Hour CCTV for added security
• Internet Café and FREE WIFI available in common areas
• FREE hot water 24-hours a day
• Comfortable common rooms with colour televisions
• On-Site Self-Service laundry facilities (Ask at reception for pricing details)
• Free tourist information and 24-hour assistance.
• Excellent Transport Links with local bus and London Underground services
• GBP 10.00 Security Deposit required at check-in
• Card Payments are subject to a 5% Bank Issued surcharge
Our hostel has some unique features and facilities for you to enjoy. We have large communal areas for meeting and hanging out with people, including an enormous common room with 2 big screen TV’s, comfortable seating and sofas, Pool Table and several vending machines offering a wide range of snack food and drinks, and travel accessories to make your stay more comfortable.
We also have a cheap Internet Café and FREE WIFI in all communal areas for all you “Flash-Packers” that like to take your laptops and gadgets on your travels.
Smart Russell Square is the perfect hostel to reach any destination in London with ease, as its right in the centre of London and very close to main bus routes and the London Underground. You will have 24 hour access to the world famous city. And if you’d rather stay in the hostel; with our friendly atmosphere there is always fun and interesting people to meet and exchange travel stories with.
Another advantage of this prime location is that we’re only a short walk away from some of London’s most famous tourist attractions, including the British Museum, Oxford Street and Soho. And if you’re planning to travel further into Europe, we’re also only a short walk from St Pancras International train station where you can catch the Eurostar to Paris and beyond.
Very close to the hostel is the world famous Camden Market, a selection of night clubs, and every Saturday the local shopping complex hosts a World Food Market.
If you plan to visit the attractions of London, save yourself time and money by purchasing your attraction tickets right from our reception. With up to 20% off gate prices on attractions like Madame Tussaud’s, Tower Of London, London Eye and the London Dungeon, you will enjoy them even more as almost all of them are FastTrack Tickets – Jumping you right to the head of the queue. That can save you up to 3 hours at every attraction. And if you’d prefer to visit the theatre, we can arrange the best tickets for you at great prices for any show in London.
Smart Russell Square is just behind Russell Square Tube Station (Piccadilly line). Just turn left out of the station, then 2nd left into Guildford Street; walk on Guildford Street 20m to number 71.
Reviews
Tara Sleggs
Positives:
The curtains on the bunks giving privacy
Negatives:
a long walk to the showers and then they were not very warm...
83%
Vyacheslav Alexandrov
Positives:
clean
Negatives:
a bit cold water in a shower
97%
Anonymous
Positives:
Its really near in a center and have a underground station around the corner.Soooo nice..:!I…
Negatives:
Cheap breakfast, have to pay and make ur bed on your own thats not really…
71%
Anonymous
Positives:
Booked a 14 bed room and slept in a 6 bed room! Much nicer! Curtains…
Negatives:
Showers in basement. Must walk through 9 doors and 2 flights of stairs, past reception…
49%
Anonymous
Positives:
Location
Negatives:
The most unprofessional hostel I have ever stayed at. The staff lacked communication skills and…
26%
Anonymous
Positives:
Very nice! I liked the atmosphere, nice living room to hang out with other people.…
Negatives:
Showers. Could be better!
89%
Yvette Benbrook
Positives:
bed was comfortable, was quiet enough at night, curtain on each bed
Negatives:
the showers are in the basement and are ones you have to push every 30…
60%
Thiago de Oliveira Souza
Positives:
The location is the only really good point of this hostel. But even the location…
Negatives:
TINY beds. Im 1,78m and I could not fit in them! It is horrible to…
54%