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41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AQ, England
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YMCA Indian Student Hostel
Ranked #164 of 401 Speciality lodging in London
3.0 of 5 stars 30 Reviews
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Houston, Texas
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3 reviews 3 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Great value for money in central london”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 July 2011
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It is located in central london with a short walk to warren street tube station. They served very tasty indian breakfast and dinner. I believe the food is catered from local restaurant. It is a nice place for travelling alone or with family. We had a deluxe room with private bath, clean sheets and room was adequate, looked more like a dormitary room. I met few guests during mealtimes and they were very friendly and decent. If you prefer a hot indian meal in the morning and night and are looking for a safe place to sleep at night then this place would suit you perfectly.

  • Stayed June 2011, travelled with family
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Brighton, United Kingdom
2 reviews
“Avrage”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 July 2011

I have stayied in this hotel for two nights. The first one in double en-suite room on the 5th floor which was very tidy and quite nice. The second night in a single room on the 1st floor as far as I remember, as the double room was already booked. The single room was not cheap as it was Saturday and to be fair giving it for free would not be a complement, as the room was old with scraffy furniture, not particulary clean, not nice. However the issue was that I could not get any sleep as the guests from rooms nearby were walking up and down to use the bathroom and kept on having laud conversations around 1:30am. When calling reception = engaged. Had to get down in my pijamas as the man was on the private call. He kindly told the guests to keep quiet, but they did not seem to understand that some people need some silence to sleep...
Of course it's just my personal bad luck and I do not wish it to any other guest, however in general if I dare to summarise my experience; the lift was broken (so on my feet with the suitcase up to the 5th floor) the breakfast quite poor; untasty, the hotel too noisy, the service OK. If it's cheap it's fine, but I paid over £120 for two nights...so I made the effort to share my experience in here.

Stayed June 2011, travelled solo
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Kolkata, India
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12 reviews 12 reviews
Reviews in 12 cities Reviews in 12 cities
11 helpful votes 11 helpful votes
“Brilliant - Absolute value for money”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 May 2011
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people found this review helpful

This is a Indiant student hostel and not a hotel. But this is the best option for an Indian. It is atral London and 3 mins walk from Warren Street uderground station. The rooms are very nice and you have option of coomon bath or attach bath. They provide you Indian breakfast and dinner. The cost is absolutely very very reasonable and I will recommend this to everybody if you are an Indian. Once again this is not an hotel and you will not get facilities like room service. There is a cloak room where you can keep your luggage.

  • Stayed October 2010
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Delhi
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4 reviews 4 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“With Breakfast & Dinner the basics are taken care of for an Indian”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 November 2010

Although very old fashioned with no frills - it is a clean and very safe place to stay.
The restaurant serves south Indian cuisine, which for an Indian is helpful.

The only negative point is that it was difficult to book initially as their website is not protected so it is difficult to book through a credit card, while that is the only way to book it.
We therefore had to call them and arrange payment.

Over all it was a good experience.

  • Stayed July 2010, travelled with family
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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UK
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44 reviews 44 reviews
Reviews in 26 cities Reviews in 26 cities
18 helpful votes 18 helpful votes
“Very Basic, Cheap & Central”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 September 2010

I as looking for somewhere very cheap to stay for one night , after going to a show in Leicester Square.

If you re thinking of staying here, you need to be clear that it is a student hostel, not an hotel. It is very, very basic.

You pay in advance and may be asked to pay a key deposit also. The rooms are student style rooms - clean, but very small, very basic, and rather shabby.

The room I had was a single, and the room was very small, with one of the hardest beds I have ever slept on, a sink, (with no plug) and a very battered desk. No TV, no phone, no internet, no thing.

Which is fine, and what I was expecting.

The accommodation includes an evening meal, and breakfast, both of which are served only during the specified hours. I did not have supper as I arrived too late, but breakfast was fine, if basic: a spicy indian meal, cornflakes, toast and tea or coffee.

if you are used to hostels and want something cheap & central, this is for you, If you want a hotel, it isn't.

I was only in the hostel one night, but the few other people that I met were friendly, if quiet, abd the hostel has separate womens areas so it also felt safe.

There are common areas (available up to 11 p.m.) and there is internet access (not WiFi) phones and laundry favilities (all at additional cost)

Good, cheap, basic accommodation.

I have read other reviews sayin staff were unfreindly or unprofessional. I didn't find this to be the case, although I was only there for a short time & didn't need anything special, but I found the staff perfectly polite and had no difficulties checking in or out.

  • Stayed September 2010, travelled solo
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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