Let's start with the only good thing:
- the location in Earl's Court, which being an upscale neighbourhood is a nice and safe place to stay with excellent connections to Heathrow Airport and Victoria station.

Sadly, the bad things hugely outnumber the good:
- this place still has 10-bedded rooms which cost the same price as the 4 and 6-bedded rooms which is just unfair, especially when the receptionists try to dump you in the 10-beddd dorm when there is place in the smaller ones
- even though there is chipcard entry to most sections, there is a half-deaf night guard whose demeanor would be frowned upon even in the scummiest of establishments
- the toilets and bathrooms are just simply... funny. The toilet fans are so loud that once they go off at 2am you feel like a jet plane is preparing to take off, the noise gets through earplugs, too
- some bathrooms are carved out of bigger rooms but the rooms are not ensuite.
- doors should have silencers or should just be treated with some WD40, I actually thought of donating a bottle to the hostel as I woke up numerous times during the night because of the slamming doors

I guess that the people who gave 4 and 5 star reviews just simply ignore or don't know about the fact that YHA can do so much better than this and the amount of money they earn at YHA EC should be spent on development. My advice: stay away from YHA EC and go to Central which is actually nice and worth its price.

A group of us stayed here for the weekend and were more than happy with it. We had originally booked a 6 bed room, but had people drop out so there was only 4 of us. There was a 4 bed availlable for the first night but not the second, but booked us into the 4 bed for one night no problem, which saved us £50!

Staff were all really friendly and helpful. The rooms were clean, all had lockers and a sink and the shower rooms were clean also - some had a separate dry area for clothes, others didn't! You can have a continental breakfast at the hostel or buy a voucher to get a full English at the cafe on the corner, which was very nice!

The only negative was the noise - heavy fire doors banging in the night, people shouting/moving luggage etc. This was worse in our first room which was on the ground floor, but slightly better when we moved to second floor.

Stayed here last week when we visited London.
The staff was friendly and the place was clean, warm and cosy, but there was few small bad issues. The hot water on the bathroom near us was not functioning and there was some noise in the night caused by other customers.

Stayed here during the half term with my 8 year old son. I paid £36 per night for the room which I was more than happy with being in London. We had a twin room which consisted of bunk beds (which my son loved and obviously had the top!!!) A sink and 2 large lockable (take your own padlocks) cupboards. We were in the basement, with 3 other rooms and shared 2 toilets and 2 showers. I found it all very clean if not a bit tatty in places. The staff were friendly and helpful. There are 2 lounges, we used the back lounge which was mainly used by families to play board games in the evening. There was a real mix of people from families, couples, singles, old and young. The kitchen was fine but only has 4 tables so ended up standing to eat our toast. The only real moan would be the noise, up until 12.30 at night people being very loud, shouting, running up and down the stairs, banging doors and again from 6.00 in the morning.
Wifi is only available in the lounges and reception area and you have to pay for it.
For a room in London at that price it was fine, my son loved it there.