Barkston Rooms Earl's Court

Nothing

The single room which they gave me was completely different from the pictures. It was terrible, dirty and without anything. Totally uncomfortable.

The location was very good, very close to the underground.

No elevator. No shutters. No blinds. The curtains were very light, so you had to get up early in the morning, whether you liked it or not. No towels unless you paid 3£. No hangers in the room or the bathroom. Not a single chair to sit or to put your things. The room had only beds. No housekeeping facilities. Only a huge dustbin on the room with a plastic bag, without cover , to throw garbage. The bedsheets were clean, but the mattresses were covered with a plastic protective foil, that was making them very slippery and whenever you wanted to turn around , the noise could not let the others sleep. Although the bathroom and the room were clean, common areas had a strange odor.

The pictures do not show the real quality of the room. Walls were pealing and dirty, floors were not clean, the bathroom facilities were cramped and gross, beds were horribly quality with springs poking you, and the staff was not service oriented or very friendly. Very disappointed in this location. After talking with some people in London we came to find out that our experience is not normal with hostels, most of the time they are better kept. This was pretty bad. Don’t trust the pictures you see in their ads, they aren’t what you will get.