Wombat's City Hostel London

Hostel is in Great location and near Tube “Tower Hill” and DLR/TFL lines “Tower gateway”. Many restaurants/bars around along with grocery store. Short 8 min walk to transportation and the Tower OF London site and Tower Bridge you can cross over to other aide of the Thames. At night the views are also spectacular. The rooms are secure and clean. The room has lockers for each person /bed and locks with your own designated key card. The rooms shower/toilet are organized in compartment separately so one can use toilet whilst another showers. Plenty of toilet paper provided in rooms. The have events at night in their bar area. Also provides secure lockers for storage.

Having to hire a towel is a bit much. I also don’t like having my identification held until checkout. The shower was large and modern. The bunks are unmade and the room was stifling if the window wasn’t open. Take your sleep mask and your earplugs! My fellow travelers were VERY noisy. I loved the short walk to the Underground and The Tower of London.

The staff always friendly and willing to help whenever possible. Kichen facilities great and bar good size and friendly. Just 2 minor let downs, both lifts out of order for 2 / 3 days, no fun when on 4th floor. Bed very noisy and creaking when turning in the night. But would stay again, great WiFi too.

Another good stay at Wombat's!! All the staff are extremely helpful & welcoming. The whole place is really clean & comfortable and the downstairs kitchen in particular is large enough for the overall size of the hostel. Furthermore the bar area is just really cool place to hangout!! I stayed in a 6 bed mixed dorm: as well as the (hotel quality) en suite bathroom (with shower & sink) and the separate toilet there was also an additional sink in the room - so no having to wait to brush your teeth in the morning whilst someone else is having a shower!! The cooler weather also helped with a really good night's sleep.

I chose wombats for a short night (check in late and check out early). The staff when I arrived were slightly inattentive and seemed annoyed to be there, but the staff when I checked out were quite friendly. It was quite frustrating to get there late and have to make the bed. If the room had been fully occupied it would have been annoying for myself (to do everything in the dark) and for everyone else. Towels were not provided and it would have been good to have handsoap available. However, the room, sheets, beds, bathrooms, were VERY clean, which I appreciated. Overall it is clean and suitable for a hostel stay, but there could be a bit more convenient and easy.