Name: The Walrus Bar and Hostel
Address: 172 Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, London, SE1 7RW, United Kingdom, 172 Westminster Bridge Road, Greater London, SE1 7RW, UK
Price range: Prices for upcoming dates start at £15 per night (We Price Match)
Rating: 8.3

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Hostel The Walrus Bar and Hostel

This neighbourhood is a great choice for travellers interested in tourist attractions, city walks and walking – Check location 172 Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, London, SE1 7RW, United Kingdom – This neighbourhood is a great choice for travellers interested in tourist attractions, city walks and walking – Check location – Metro access

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*8.4* London Eye: only 6 minutes away! (550 yards on foot)

*8.3* London Dungeon: only 5 minutes away! (450 yards on foot)

Waterloo Station: only 6 minutes away! (450 yards on foot)

Lambeth North: only 3 minutes away! (250 yards on foot)

Waterloo: only 5 minutes away! (400 yards on foot)

*8.5* London Aquarium: only 5 minutes away! (400 yards on foot)

*8.6* London County Hall: only 1 minute away! (10 yards on foot)

*8.5* The Old Vic: only 6 minutes away! (450 yards on foot)

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Location couldn't be any better if you want to check out London eye, big ben, Westminister abbey. Really good breakfast that was served at the bar. Staff was helpful.

Nuwan

Australia

Location. Excellent breakfast. Friendly helpful and welcoming staff

Linda

United Kingdom

The location is really good. Breakfast is nice too. With this price that can stay near central London, definitely a good deal.

Johanna

Hong Kong

Good location near to Tube station. The staff was nice and helpful.

Evyatar

Israel

Stuff was amazing. Location is very good. It was clean.

Aleksandra

United Kingdom

Close to the center, nice staff, felt safe as I was alone, towels for free

Tereza

Czech Republic

Only two pluses : 1) location in a center, but caz of that - too loud in a rooms (trains) 2) bar downstairs 👍

Alesia

Belarus

Location is great. I checked in midnight but there were night buses to reach and also staff didnt raised an eye-brow.

Amarish

United Kingdom

The hostel staff is really nice and makes you feel welcome. Good location but bring earplugs if your sensitive to noise as Its next to a train station. Over all a good and safe place to stay

Raēle

Latvia

The bed was comfortable, and the bar looks pretty nice. Also they have a good breakfast, bread, jams, cereals, milk and veggies milk, juices, coffe, chocolate, tea and fruits.

Lucas

Argentina

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9.2

Excellent location!

What guests loved the most:
“Location couldn't be any better if you want to check out London eye, big ben, Westminister abbey. Really good breakfast that was served at the bar. Staff was helpful.”

Nuwan Australia
“Location. Excellent breakfast. Friendly helpful and welcoming staff”

Linda United Kingdom
“The location is really good. Breakfast is nice too. With this price that can stay near central London, definitely a good deal.”

Johanna Hong Kong
“Good location near to Tube station. The staff was nice and helpful.”

Evyatar Israel
“Stuff was amazing. Location is very good. It was clean.”

Aleksandra United Kingdom
“Close to the center, nice staff, felt safe as I was alone, towels for free”

Tereza Czech Republic
“Only two pluses : 1) location in a center, but caz of that - too loud in a rooms (trains) 2) bar downstairs 👍”

Alesia Belarus
“Location is great. I checked in midnight but there were night buses to reach and also staff didnt raised an eye-brow.”

Amarish United Kingdom
“The hostel staff is really nice and makes you feel welcome. Good location but bring earplugs if your sensitive to noise as Its next to a train station. Over all a good and safe place to stay”

Raēle Latvia
“The bed was comfortable, and the bar looks pretty nice. Also they have a good breakfast, bread, jams, cereals, milk and veggies milk, juices, coffe, chocolate, tea and fruits.”

Lucas Argentina

Stay in the heart of London – This neighbourhood is a great choice for travellers interested in tourist attractions, city walks and walking – Check location

One of our bestsellers in London! The Walrus Bar and Hostel offers accommodation in London. Guests can enjoy the on-site bar.

There is a shared kitchen, luggage storage, lockers and safety deposit box available.

London Eye is 450 yards from The Walrus Bar and Hostel, while Big Ben is 750 yards from the property. London City Airport is 6.8 miles away.

Lambeth is a great choice for travellers interested in tourist attractions, city walks and walking.

This is our guests' favourite part of London, according to independent reviews.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.0 for a two-person trip.

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Continental, Vegetarian

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Guests consistently rate the WiFi as excellent

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London County Hall
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Lambeth North
0.1 miles
St Thomas' Hospital
0.2 miles
Waterloo
0.2 miles
London Aquarium
0.2 miles
Shrek's Adventure
0.2 miles
London Dungeon
0.3 miles
Waterloo Station
0.3 miles
The Old Vic
0.3 miles
London Eye
0.3 miles

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Lower Marsh Market Market
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four-corners-cafe.com Cafe/bar
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The Horse and Stables Restaurant
0.1 miles

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London City Airport
7.1 miles
London Heathrow Airport
14.7 miles
London Gatwick Airport
23.7 miles

What travellers love about this location

“Location. Excellent breakfast. Friendly helpful and welcoming staff”

Linda

United Kingdom

“Close to the center, nice staff, felt safe as I was alone, towels for free ”

Tereza

Czech Republic

“The hostel staff is really nice and makes you feel welcome. Good location but bring earplugs if your sensitive to noise as Its next to a train station. Over all...”

Raēle

Latvia

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14:00 - 23:00

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Until 11:00 hours

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Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to accommodation type. Please enter the dates of your stay and check the conditions of your required room.

Children and beds

Children are not allowed.

There is no capacity for cots at this property.

There is no capacity for extra beds at this property.

Pets

Pets are not allowed.

The Walrus Bar and Hostel accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.

The fine print

Kindly note that guests must be aged 18 years or older to be accommodated in a dormitory.
Any guest aged 17 years or younger may stay in a private room if accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

When booking for 6 persons or more, different policies and additional supplements will apply:
A non-refundable deposit of the first night's stay will be charged.
The total price of the reservation will be charged within 2 weeks of arrival date.
Being in the same dormitory or room is subject to availability and by prior arrangement.
Please inform the property if you will be arriving by coach so they can advise on where to stop and park.

“The hostel staff is really nice and makes you feel welcome. Good location but bring earplugs if your sensitive to noise as Its next to a train station. Over all a good and safe place to stay”

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Reviewed: 15 October 2019

Nuwan
Australia

1 helpful vote
7.1

“Great location and good breakfast, cleanliness could be improved.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Stayed 1 night
cleanliness of the bathrooms and toilet. They should clean it more frequently and provide shower gel as many other hostels provide that. Kitchen wasn't that clean either.
Location couldn't be any better if you want to check out London eye, big ben, Westminister abbey. Really good breakfast that was served at the bar. Staff was helpful.

Stayed in September 2019
Reviewed: 14 October 2019

Linda
United Kingdom
10

Exceptional
- • Solo traveller
- • Stayed 7 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Location. Excellent breakfast. Friendly helpful and welcoming staff

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: 13 October 2019

Johanna
Hong Kong

9 helpful votes
7.9

“Prime location and good value for money ”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
20 plus ppl living in same room, some ppl were sick and ppl come and go different time plus the train outside , it is actually quite noisy, I stayed here 3 nights. I booked via two times. When I was doing the check in , the lady told me to pay 24 pound and gave me the card machine to process. I asked what is this ? She said “ money !”. I asked again, what is this for? She said “ money !” 😖😖what a genius ! A card machine of course is charging for money . I am asking what is that for !!!! She said 3 nights charge , I said , are you sure? She then checked again , you paid 2 nights already , another night we need to charge now! 🙄🙄 Very stupid conversation makes the impression of this hostel very bad. Maybe she should learn how to deal with customers whether than giving me the face of “ you don’t know what is money ? “
The location is really good. Breakfast is nice too. With this price that can stay near central London, definitely a good deal.

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: 12 October 2019

Lilia088
United Kingdom

5 helpful votes
6.3

“didn't like about no safe lockers available”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Stayed 1 night
There was no where to store my backpack safely. Three lockers were occupied and the other three were broken. I went downstairs to store my backpack in reception while I go eat dinner somewhere but unfortunately they close so I had to carry my backpack around with me.
good location

Stayed in September 2019
Reviewed: 10 October 2019

Evyatar
Israel
6.7

Pleasant
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
Although my room supposed to be private bathroom the toilet was outside of the room and the light in the toilet was broken and not fixed. No elevator.
Good location near to Tube station. The staff was nice and helpful.

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: 10 October 2019

Finca
Spain
9.2

“Excellent access to central London”
- • Business trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
Overall excellent but the overhead railway next door is an issue with regard to noise. The trains do however stop at midnight.
Lovely staff. Excellent access to central London.

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: 8 October 2019

Aleksandra
United Kingdom

1 helpful vote
5.0

“It was OK”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Light in a toilet was not working for my whole stay. Bed and mattress have seen better times.
Stuff was amazing. Location is very good. It was clean.

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: 8 October 2019

Ignacio
Mexico
9.2

Superb
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
The bathroom without light 😂

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: 7 October 2019

Tereza
Czech Republic
10

Exceptional
- • Solo traveller
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Close to the center, nice staff, felt safe as I was alone, towels for free

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: 5 October 2019

Anonymous
United Kingdom
4.0

“I don't recommend to stay at this place if you are over 27 years old or if you know better in life.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Stayed 2 nights
You come to England and the place where you are going to stay tells you the breakfast is included, what is the picture come to your mind? Of course you don't know but it's a English breakfast or do you think in something else, if you know England already? Did they specify the type of breakfast? I don't know, I didn't see it in front of all other info. I suppose to know before I decide what place I am going to stay. But it doesn't muter any more so I am not going to try and look for this information that was not displayed with all other info. On the first morning I wish could have some one more friendly there to explain how the things work at the breakfast time. At the evening when I came back for my second night the bed room didn't have any lights, so I asked what was happening and they told me that they new about it and was waiting their boss to call then back to tell then what to do, I asked how long will be to get the lights back ? They don't know. I needed to charge my phone the lady tried to charge it for me behind the bar, in the mean time I asked if they new what was the reason and I asked to speak with the manager as I could see they didn't have any info about the solution of the problem, the manager told me that she had no clue about what was happening and sooner her boss call back she will let me know.I could see that problem was not about to be solved soon as if I didn't go to speak with then. I asked for my money back so I could go to find other place. After it the manager decided to go and see what was the problems as she haven't even looked at it before I speak with her. Any way I am not going to the other details.
When I got there was a new guy working there and I think his name is....not sure..I can't remember but he is Italian and he was great, after my other experience I could notice I was lucky to be helped by him just when I arrived. He did explain every single thing and very well explained, very friendly and sincere. I would recommend everyone look for him if you are going to stay there. At the room I stayed, I felt safe as the other people was in the same room was nice and polite, could it be lucky? I don't know and I am not going to try and find out.

Stayed in September 2019
Reviewed: 4 October 2019

Jluizmail
Brazil
8.8

“Great location and pleasant staff.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
The shower booths could use one or two shelves. It is a bit inconvenient to balance soap on top of the booth door. Also, I may be wrong, but I didn't find it written in Booking.com that the hostel allows you to use their towels. Knowing that can help a guest to plan his/her trip better.
Even though I didn't know it until I checked in, the hostel allows you to use their towels, and the shower booths give you some privacy. Storing your belongings isn't complicated. They have lockers for those who bring their own padlocks. You can also leave your luggage in their larger storing area for free. Just follow the instructions on the wall. And I guess the best thing is the location. Only a few meters from Lambeth North underground station (and you do hear the train pass, but not too loud) and 10 minutes from Victoria Tower.

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: 3 October 2019

Alesia
Belarus

2 helpful votes
5.0

Passable
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
I’m really surprised about high score of this hostel. I stay often in hostels, and can compare. So minuses: 1) small rooms (for 4 people) with No any table, any chair, no even any hook for clothes!! So you have to store your stuff on a floor! And btw lockers are small too, only for small woman bag. Dear owners, it’s not that difficult to fix some hooks on a walls. 2) all blankets are made of a plastic bag, so you sweat under it, you freeze without it 3) you know about noise, it’s okeyish. 4) kitchen and toilets were dirty all the time, and sometimes no toilet paper. 5) very uncomfortable washbasins. taps are sooo short that you can’t even fit your arms from below 6) no WiFi as it’s written. You can connect only downstairs in a bar. If you stay 3 or 4 floor, don’t expect any signal. 7) and no chargers and power sockets near the bed So I don’t recommend
Only two pluses : 1) location in a center, but caz of that - too loud in a rooms (trains) 2) bar downstairs 👍

Stayed in October 2019
Reviewed: 29 September 2019

Munish
India
5.0

“Location is good, staff helpful...but facilities need to be better.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
Toilets were stinking in the evening...cleaniless needs to be improved... no mirrors in some of the bathrooms...no baggage lockers in the dorms...only small cabinets...
Staff was helpful, breakfast was decent.

Stayed in September 2019
Reviewed: 25 September 2019

Asmallcricket
United Kingdom
5.8
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Stayed 3 nights
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Reviewed: 25 September 2019

Amarish
United Kingdom
6.3

Pleasant
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Stayed 1 night
Only the problem is as its adjacent to rail tracks there is lot of noise from is in night and early morning.
Location is great. I checked in midnight but there were night buses to reach and also staff didnt raised an eye-brow.

Stayed in September 2019

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