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Generator London
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King's Cross, Greater London
"It's the best hostel in London!"(3 Tips)
"Had a private room - very clean, funk designs, good vibe and foods!"(21 Tips)
"Best party hostel in London!"(2 Tips)
"Great staff, very clean, best wifi I have ever seen in a hostel."(10 Tips)
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Pedro Diego De PaolaDecember 3, 2013All the coments are totally outdated. They have an elevator, six floors, a dinning area, a really good bar and the wifi and lugage room is free! For the rate and area, it is really good!!!!
Linn KristinaJune 19, 2014booked a 4 bed female room,clean, fresh linen& quiet as on 4th floor.Ask for upper floor if you want quietness.lounge area is chic, cafe with homemade cakes,bar with pool and table soccer. I love it!
Mariola CMay 27, 2016Pros: The hostel has a lively mood during weekends & is centrally located.The staff is really nice & helpful. The con: shared dorms are in the basement so you can feel the underground trains.
Suzie ZhanteJune 1, 2022We stay at a superior room. The room is clean, perfect size for two of us, with window and air conditional. Thanks Lord no carpet in the room (I am allergic to dust). We hear noise from the hallway.
been here for 6nights! For that price it was really good! bed was clean, room was clean, bathroom was cleaan!breakfast was absolutely enough and the bars in the evening good!wifi everywhere! -germany
Ben O'ConnorMarch 11, 2014Cooked breakfast starts at 10am for £4.50 - otherwise it's continental (£3.50). Bar happy hour from 5pm - 9pm is good value. Laundry and ironing on site (£2.50 a wash, 50p drying, free ironing)- It's the best hostel in London! it's safe, clean, the food is good and there's a happy hour. The security guards are really nice, the toilets are always clean and there's hot water in the showers.
- Ben O'ConnorMarch 11, 2014Renovated since the other "prison" comments. This is a clean, well run hostel with great cafe, bar, lounge, cinema and bathrooms that are cleaned regularly and always have hot water
MarianneAugust 8, 2014Our room (for 2 people) was clean, there is a security guy at night. That's huge, maybe too much. You should just sleep there and walk a little to eat a real "English breakfast" :)- Gabriel De GrandisAugust 13, 2017Great staff, very clean, best wifi I have ever seen in a hostel. Food not so good, great place to drink though. Good value, perfect location!
David VernonOctober 8, 2013Ignore the outdated negative comments here - The place is just finishing a complete renovation. Brilliant location, friendly staff, clean facilities and very safe. Will always recommend this place.
I spent a whole week here and it was GREAT. It's an hostel and not an hotel so don't expect high quality but it's good for what you pay. The entertainment is good and I had a very pleasant journey.
Gloria EspinozaJuly 19, 2014Fully renovated now and its pretty nice. Very clean, friendly staff and cool decor. This is my third time here and i will always recomend it
Erik BrockwellOctober 27, 2014The private rooms are very much worth it. Very trendy, clean, and well priced. The bar at the hostel isn't the best though. Better options for a pint nearby.
Irais Ramirez CruzSeptember 20, 2016The wifi is very good, staff is nice, the shawers and toilettes are very clean. The location is good because you have tube stations near frome there.
Christina LouiseMarch 13, 2020Expensive hostel, but in a great location (near Kings Cross and Russell Square stations). Really odd vibe, with lots of bouncers on weekends due to the bar. Not the safest hostel to be fair.
Zezo OneNovember 13, 2011EXTREMELY warm in the rooms and cold as hell in the hallways, but overall nice place for price n staff is pretty cool...make your first stop the British Museum, u wont regret it...
Mazen SMay 5, 2014The Generator is much better than hotels. One thing I don't like is service at the reception! There's a group of a particular nationality working there need to learn the basic good customer service.
Mariana Ferreira BorgesJanuary 26, 2016awesome place! highly recommend it, just watch out for rooms on the second floor over the nightclub.
Todd AlexanderSeptember 9, 2013Pretty cool for a hostel. Especially if you don't mind group showers. The crowd was a little young for me (26 at the time of my stay) perfect for college age travelers.
FarahMarch 31, 2015Very clean hostel and friendly staff. Great location, for sure if you're coming by train!
JpAugust 25, 2014Designed hostel with corridors that would appreciate air circulation. Good location and worth the price (private room)
Carolina LascarAugust 13, 2015Cheap food, free wifi, near Russell Square metro, vending machines, laundry room, travel shop
Gschupfter FerdlApril 20, 2014One of the shittiest hostels I ve ever been to. This place feela like you are back in good old Nazi Germany! To get into the bar we needed to show our IDs 4 times. #DontGoThere
Andrew CSeptember 4, 2018We arrived at 11p but our room wasn't ready and mgr was unable to offer new room or any discount, waited 20+ min for housekeepers to clean - even called at 6p to ensure room would be ready, but NOPE!!
hostelcritic.comJanuary 10, 2012The Generator is a huge hostel with 870 beds. It has a modern industrial décor and very extensive common areas with lots of TVs. Read more
Paul TroopDecember 9, 2011Lovely hostel, despite some of the silly comments here. Bring a padlock if you want to use the lockers. Or you can buy one here.
The GuardianApril 25, 2012"Another locale appealing to those on a mission to suck the very last scrap of marrow out of life, the Generator declares itself “London’s largest, liveliest and funkiest hostel”... Read more
AlinaApril 6, 2018The bad reviews are true. The basement room is smelly, no lights or outlets near beds and you can feel the trains, luggage lockers are £7-8. There are better hostels in London. Staff are nice though.- Simon FrostMay 29, 2014No kitchen which is a bit of a bummer, really clean rooms and social areas are great.
Guilherme Gindri PereiraDecember 27, 2013from 5-9pm they have the happy hour, with cheap beer, it's very good
Jenn RyanMay 1, 2011Nice staff. Lots of stuff to do. Shower a bit bad. Just shoots you in one spot and no where to put your soap and stuff. Good security. Good for a short stay I think
Rene AragonNovember 20, 2015It had been a horrible experience; The students from London use the hotel like a house for having partys in the rooms with music and alcohol all nights and the staff of the hotel allowd them.
Jillian PattonJanuary 6, 2013One of the grosser hostels I have stayed in... rooms are small & shabby, shower rooms like prison with nowhere to set things, unisex toilets didn't have locks... good thing I was drunk the whole time!
Aline LimaJuly 3, 2015Generator was redecorated and completely transformed, so is good to stay here. It's modern but toilets and bathrooms are a little smelly. Breakfast is too poor, I don't recommend buy it.
Newly renovated and aesthetically pleasing to the eye! Day one and I have zero complaints .
HalOctober 15, 2016Shithole! No charges or lights on the bed, weird people and bad showers. People banging in showers, srsly?! I've been to 3 other Generators and those have been good.
Good position, funny stuff but 4 showers(and wth showers) for 3 floors aren't a great idea...
HaChe MBetanzosApril 7, 2014Its quite expensive for Being a youth hostel. But it's clean and well communicated.
Amanda CherkauskasAugust 4, 2019I stayed there 2 nights and both nights I couldn’t sleep at all!!! I personally didn’t like that hostel for many reasons!
Angus DuncanJanuary 4, 2012They gave me a voucher for a free drink (but I'm 17) - but I wasn't allowed to even stand in the room where the girls on our trip had booked the entire room.
ChargeBoxSeptember 24, 2010There's a ChargeBox here, so you can charge you're phone securely in one of the lockers- useful if you've forgotten to pack you're charger!
Dieter HolvoetMarch 23, 2013Awful hostel: blood and other stains on the sheets and curtains, very poor breakfast (paper bag with a few things inside), wifi doesn't reach the rooms, it really feels like a prison.
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