Near the banks of the River Thames, London Waterloo Hostel offers free super-fast WiFi, free continental breakfasts and a 24-hour front desk. Big Ben, The London Eye and Westminster Abbey are a 15-minute walk away and Lambeth North is 8 minutes' walk from the hotel.
The colourful rooms and dormitories feature bunk beds with personal lights, 2 USB sockets and double UK/European sockets. Fresh linens and towels are provided, and there are plenty of shared bathroom facilities. Some dormitory rooms feature air conditioning.
The modern hostel has secure luggage lockers and a lively common room with free internet cafe and board games. The London Waterloo Hostel also has movie nights with free popcorn.
Complimentary breakfasts are served daily and include toast with butter and jam and a choice of 5-6 cereals, tea, coffee and juices. There is a fully equipped guest kitchen with microwave, hob, 2 fridges and a freezer. Guests can socialise in the communal areas with 50-inch TV and the lobby bar serves drinks snacks and beer all day.
There is a bicycle docking station around the corner and a 24-hour bus stop at the end of the road. The London Waterloo Hostel is a 25-minute walk from vibrant South Bank. Waterloo Railway Station is a 15-minute walk away.
Score from 538 reviews
Very good
6.7/10
Rooms: 116
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Address: Lambeth Walk, London SE11 6DX 
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What people say
The location was ideal, just a short walk to lambeth north and straight onto bakerloo line. You could get to the london eye in about 12 minutes. I was booked into a 15 bed dorm but was put in a 6 bed female so that was a bonus as a single traveller staying for 4 nts. The bed was comfy and the sheets were clean, I was in room 13 which was on the ground floor right next to the toilets and the shower, another bonus.
Breakfast was ok, limited items, ceral and bread for taosting. If you wernt quivk. all reviews »
I liked all, all the Hostel was perfect, the staff were pleasant and they resolved all my doubts, and all, because i had a small problem with the plug and they were very attent to give me a solution. The ubication of the hostel is perfect, only 10 or 15 min to Weistminster, and very close from the Lambeth North underground.
The hostel was absolutly clean and is a very good place to meet people from different countries.
I recommend this hostel, is very nice.
The staff was friendly, and being a single girl alone in a big city hostel, I felt perfectly safe staying here. I stayed in a female only dorm with a keypad to get in. I enjoyed talking to a lot of different people in the main lounge, the location is excellent for any London adventurer and will definitely use this place again!.
The price 15 GBP/night breakfast incl. Over letsbookhotel.com That it
still had free places. Good location. Good staff. Kitchen to use. I have
slept suprizingly well. 12 bed room was suprizingly quiet. Good
temperature and ventilation. Free WiFi - but often slow, unreliable.
The hostel was clean and I noticed owners pay much attention to it. It's suitable for the travellers who prefer staying for 3-4 days. The sheets were clean and the staff was very nice. Good location.
the hostel is placed in near of the london eye, so location is good. and it's low cost. less than 20 pounds a day. and most of it, reception is very friendly.
The staff was very kind. The atmosphere was very nice.
perfect location, value for money, friendly staffs.
staff. All.
The staff is awesome and they will try to make your stay as comfy as they can, the metro is really close.
You really get what you pay for. For this price you just sleep and get out in the morning.
Lamp and electric sockets beside each bed. Good price. Free breakfast. Large common area.
Good position (zone 1 close to the underground station), free wifi,
dayly cleaning.
very closer from london eye.
Location.
Free Wifi.
Location.
Cheap bed when everything else in London was super expensive! Thumb up for that! Also the location was great for my purpose (looking at rooms in south and east London) - I could reach everything very easily by tube or with my skates...
Location was perfect for us. This was the best thing about the hostel.
Liked that we were able to take a triple room for two of us (mind you, we paid for it!).
The cleaning staff were very friendly in the mornings.
The location is the best thing I appreciated. The receptionist gave me
chance to change room because the assigned berth did not have lighting
and electric socket. Free wifi.
Just cheap if you want cheap place, not considering anything else this
place not bad.
Localisation is the only good thing...
nothing.
positon.
The only acceptable thing is the location, 10-15 minutes from BigBen,
London Eye...
nothing really ...
Nothing at all.
Location. PowerPoint and head light on my bed. But nothing else! .
one shower was always cold and only trickles of water would come out.
No access to tea/coffee throughout the day only at breakfast.
Although very close to the eye you did have to walk through a slightly scary looking tunnel, but can take a longer alternative.
Thses are very small down points.
Constantly running tv in the hall, no quiet room with table or couch.
Almost full 12 bed mixed-sex room.
bit congested washroom facilities.
The room was to hot and a bit crowded maybe you should take out a bunk bed 15 people in that little space is to much.
Too little supplies for the breakfast for everybody.
Have to walk for 10 to15 minutes from Lambeth North station. The area is quite scary at night (nothing dangerous actually, just that the street is always empty). Very crowded and not so clean.
The room was too small for 14 people ( I mean no space, and noisy
all the time).
very smll bad and no hot water.
18 persons in 20 sq.m. room. Terrible sound of ventilator all the night.
Hard to find.. No explicit directions in the website.
fix that please!.
I had a bed in 15-bedrooms room. Socket near my bed didn`t work. I had noisy neighbours and absolutely can`t sleep at night. Breakfast was very poor (only bread). the shower waterflow system needs plenty of improvement, it's too soft and it's hard for us to shower.
The internet connection is only bonded in the lobby, should make it wider so people in their room are able to use the wi-fi. .
The sink of the shower was blocked + toilets too irregularly emptied (trash) and cleaned, but still ok. I didn't expect there to be so (!) little space in the dorms, but as soon as you get used to it.. - just be aware that you can sleep there, but not do much more (even packing up your stuff is a bit tricky) ;-).
Not a good first impression - Rude receptionist.
Information on website/letsbookhotel.com is INCORRECT - it is impossible to check in before 16hrs. This must be corrected as it is simply misleading.
WiFi not functional for the majority of our stay.
Plumbing problems - Leaks around showers, sinks blocked.
Poor Facilities (2 tiny toilets often out of service, a baby sink for
more than 50 people) Poor ordinary maintenance ( no lights in the
toilets, no hot water in 3rd level shower) Crowded rooms.
Too many people but too cramped, so I can't use kitchen or table
when I want to use it, and room isn't soundproof.
No hot water.
Dirty bathrooms, mold and holes in walls.
Poor wifi.
Breakfast - its bread and jam + flakes.
This place needs a decent repairs.
have stayed at three other south london hostels at a similar price and this is by far the worst. unfriendly check-in, no towels to hire, fixtures&fittings all seemed worn out and tatty. bunks are stacked three high. seemed lack of toilets/showers.
a lot...
One of the worst places I have been in my life (and I travel a lot).
Check In is from 4 pm. The staff was not very nice. WiFi didn't work
the most of the time. The heating was off for the whole first day and
night. The room was small and uncomfortable. The bathroom was disgasting
(hairs everywere, dirty underwear pieces beside the sink, papers with
blood on the floor...). We paid 95 pounds per night for a double room;
for near prices there are much better places in London.
Bathrooms were not clean, toilet even worse, rooms are not too bad, but not quite good for the price. Public facilities are awful. I have never been in a hostel with such an unpleasant staff. It is quite far from the City and in a very bad area.
Don't do it, just don't.
Services, internal logistic not structured, reduce space.
The breakfast was a rubish, old,dirty..
The hotel is very dirty. The rate is not comparable with the fasilities provided. The facilities are very poor. sofa in the lobby of the hotel was dirty and torn so that makes us uncomfortable to sit. Kitchens, bathrooms and toilets are very dirty and beyond the standard. Showers were disgustingly dirty, room had no curtains and with the hostel sign and lights right by my face I got limited sleep. The room was always hot and the staff were unhelpful. Not a happy stay. Glad I have stayed in other happy environments as restored my faith in hostels. .
