YHA London St. Pancras is a very dual hostel in terms of quality. It has some strong good aspects and some strong bad ones, and whether or not you'll enjoy a stay here is probably very dependent on what you're expecting to get out of it.

On the positive side: the staff is friendly and helpful. The bedrooms were alright, and the beds were at least semi-decent. Most everything was fairly clean. And the location is really excellent. I really feel this last point deserves special mention: this YHA is located *right* next to King's Cross. You can get out of bed, walk into an Underground station and be pretty much anywhere in London in fifteen minutes flat. Oh, and it's pretty cheap, too.

On the negative side: the bathroom we used was a mess. Terribly moldy, cold, the shower was an absolute joke, and the shower curtain was hanging off its hinges. The cleaning staff has a habit of just *entering* at around 10, 11, knocking out of force of habit before opening the doors and just peeking in. And there's a definite sense of getting nickle-and-dimed in this hostel: you need to be a YHA member (10 quid) or you'll be hit with an additional fee (3 quid per night). There's internet access, 50 pence for 10 minutes, and storage lockers, 2 quid per use... don't expect to get much for free. And finally, while the beds are decent, they are by no means comfortable. Don't expect to sleep in, essentially.

What this means is that if you're looking for a hostel to crash in inbetween exploration trips, the central location and relative cheapness make it fairly worthwhile. If you're looking for a place to actually hang out for a spell... well, they *try* to make it worth it, but in this case I'd advise you to keep looking.

I stayed with 6 friends in a room at YHA. The room itself was pretty big, the bathroom was a toilet, a sink and a hole in the wall that was called a shower. The showercurtain was broken and kept falling down. I didn't really care but with a little effort the bathroom could have been better. The lobby is really nice, good atmosphere and a place to sit and eat.

What's worse is the fact that every person needs to be a member to stay in this Hostel. When we booked nobody informed us about this. We had to pay an extra 60 pounds to stay in the hostel. 10 pounds isn't much but for a cheap hostel it's a pretty big chunk. Also there was no free internet, you had to pay 50 pence for every 10 minutes - retarted.

The location however is great and even though I don't agree with some choices it's worth staying there if you don't want to spend to much money.

This was by far the cleanest, best kept hostel I've ever stayed at in London. We stayed in a 5 bed room and we were very impressed with how nice the room looked when we arrived. We chose this hostel because we had an early morning train out to Paris and it was an ideal location to get us there in the morning but it was also super easy to get around to other attractions in the city before we left. I would highly recommend this hostel to anyone looking for an easy base to see the city.

Loved the location. Easy to get to anywhere in London.
Biggest Negative is they charge for internet. We paid the fee and it did not always work in the room. We had to go down into the lobby.
I stayed in a private double. Bed was okay. Room size was what to be expected, but we had a great view of St Pancras Renaissance Hotel. Bathroom needed update and had an awkward shower...hope you don't mind showering in the dark. There is also no handsoap in the bathroom.
Room had a bed, a wardrobe and one chair.