Location is good. Price is fantastic. Staff friendly and helpful. Facilities are good for the price.

Stayed in August 2025

All okay

Friendly and accommodating staff

Stayed in August 2025

The showers

Location

Stayed in July 2025

The neighbouring clubs sound level...could tone down just a bit...but then again that's why I chose this location.

Meeting great people

Stayed in June 2025

If you have a bed on the front of the building it will be noisy all night as there are many noisy bars and restaurants in the area. It’s a basic hostel and if that’s your thing it’ll be great.

Beautiful traditional old building Wrap around communal balcony Plenty of hot water for showers I had a singe room and always felt safe The staff were friendly and welcoming About 40 minutes walk from the V&A

Stayed in May 2025

Did not notice anything needing changing

Meeting new people and the hospitality. Accommodating each other and friendly The location is noisy at night, but one can live with it - buzzing of people and the safety guards in the street makes one move freely. Shops and restaurants are plentiful

Stayed in April 2025

The cleaning staff was abit rude and the other lady didn’t want me store my bags in the luggage room even though I had previously done so. Tried explaining that I’m gonna leave later but she wasn’t having it. They also didn’t change the sheets daily

Loved the location and wifi connectivity

Stayed in March 2025

The kitchen space was small, leading to some inconveniences when one just needs to prep a meal, especially in the morning. And the fridge was just so full it wouldn't even close properly. You can't keep items with softer plastic material like your yogurts or butter, they'll just get squashed and spill all over. Another thing; Mixing up males and females to share the same rooms, maybe that's not a thing to be shunned upon but I thought it was absolute madness. Culture shock for me, I guess?

Staff treats the visitors very well. And that is something golden, goes a long way. Although I booked for a shared dorm room, I didn't feel like my privacy and or safety was ever compromised.

Stayed in March 2025

I stayed in the female only dorm and I found that the people were quite unproblematic and friendly. The room does get extremely hot - even with the fans. I also felt that the mattress was quite uncomfortable. Another con is you can’t charge your devices from the top bunk. Please also be cautious of the surrounding area if you are a woman: some men would try to follow me back in. There are also a lot of stairs so it’s not a place for people with any physical impediments or difficulties moving around - but it also is an old building and most of them weren’t built to be disability-friendly.

I love that this is an old and historic building. Lovely to sit and observe Long Street. The location is central and the staff were genuinely lovely and part of the reason I decided to stay. Great value for money.

Stayed in February 2025

The bedroom is not clean got hair on the bed ,the bed is not comfortable didn't enjoy my sleep had to look for other places to stay 🙃

Stayed in January 2025

Noice at night. One staff in the day time was a bit weird.

Right at the middle of the action. Very nice balcony around the facility. Reasonably good bed and rooms. Bathrooms were clean enough

Stayed in January 2025

I had bed bugs, housekeeping need to do better

Great location, easy to find and close to most restaurants and bars

Stayed in January 2025

This hostel didn't have the typical vibe you'd expect to meet other travelers. There were great common areas but it seemed like most of the people we met lived there or something? Kind of a strange crew. GET A PRIVATE ROOM would be my advice. There seemed to be a lot of prostitution and homeless people outside which is typical for long street I guess. We stayed in after dark to avoid. But during the day we enjoyed the area.

The staff were great - super helpful and friendly. The location was vibrant right on long street which we enjoyed during the day for its many restaurants and cafes. The windows had definitely been sound proofed which was greatly appreciated at night so we could sleep. The kitchen was well equipped, and they offered free coffee in the morning.

Stayed in January 2025

The African carvings on the wall

The room had nice mirrors and the space was sufficient

Stayed in December 2024

As a person who is used to bed&breakfast, would have loved breakfast to have more than just tea or coffee. Maybe a fruit, slice of bread or an egg.

I will definitely come back over and over again

Stayed in December 2024

Am fine

Hospitality at it's best. Having climaxed my Epic road trip from Nairobi Kenya to Cape Town, then Urban Backpackers Hosted me on this day that Mark's my Birthday also, feels epic. Unfortunately I can't record much of my stay here because I have to respect other people privacy. I would have wished to document my stay here and have it on my YouTube channel.

Stayed in December 2024

The

The room

Stayed in November 2024

The smell in the living room. And the kitchen .

There was no breakfast for that price. 😕 not evens coffee to drink . And the location was perfect 🥰

Stayed in December 2024

Most things

Stayed in October 2024

The used of the bathroom and shower

The view is very good

Stayed in December 2024

Sadly it seemed like they have never seen a backpacker before. It was more an accommodation for workers.

The staff were super friendly.

Stayed in November 2024

At night so loud, of course its long street, not comfortable bed, and shower, i cant put my things anywhere.

Good peronal, cool graffiti, hot water 😀

Stayed in November 2024

The beds could also have been better, i slept on a broken bed and nothing was done about it after few reports, i ended up with back pain, Also, knowing the furniture are made of woods, they are prone to insects, bedbugs are the order of the day and night there, some roommates are used to it, while’s others refused to complain to the staffs and rather lodged out to other backpacking companies, the company should do well with frequently spraying the place against bugs because people from different places visit and stat, some will bring, while others carry. There are smoking area, but all the balconies were full of smokers and there was no place to relax without a smoker/smokers polluting the environment.

Everyone was friendly, the staffs were very helpful and was quick to respond and resolve issues.

Stayed in November 2024

To much restrictions

Location Staff Facilities

Stayed in November 2024