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Reviews of Barmy Badger Backpackers

17 LONGRIDGE ROAD EARLS COURT, Kensington and Chelsea, London, SW5 9SB, United Kingdom

#428 of 1,010 hotels in London

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Review score

Based on 475 hostel reviews

8.0

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.1

  • Comfort

    7.9

  • Location

    9.2

  • Facilities

    7.9

  • Staff

    9.2

  • Value for money

    8.3

  • Free WiFi

    8.8

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  • Reviewed: 27 April 2024

    9.0
    My favourite hostal in central London
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    It's my favourite hostal in central London. Great beds. Friendly staff. Good breakfast. Hot showers. Easy location. There's no social communal area but a big kitchen for breakfast & I found the people in the dormitory friendly & chatty.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 April 2024

    8.0
    Plesent.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    I arrived just before midnight and wasn't aware of any code number to let me in the door. If I arrive late. Had to bang on the door a few times for someone to let me in. The email was eventually sent to me after someone let me in.

    Breakfast was minimal.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 17 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very friendly staff, clean room and common areas. Good value for money.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 17 April 2024

    8.0
    Welcoming, good location, it was good for a short stay.
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Floor makes a lot of noise, you can hear people in the other rooms walk all night.

    Location

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 April 2024

    8.0
    It was good.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Twin Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    A closer restroom

    The kitchen was nice accomodating. Not a lot of variety. The restroom was away upstairs but always available. It was near food store and near tube so that was good.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 10 April 2024

    9.0
    Recommended
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Standard Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Noisy floor

    The location was good, the facilities too and great choice for breakfast

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 30 March 2024

    9.0
    Comfortable
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    No mirror. Need more bathrooms for 6 people

    Comfortable mattress and pillow. Nice breakfast. Helpful staff. Perfect location.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 29 March 2024

    9.0
    Best stay in London for the price
    • Business trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Private Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Had to take my luggage to first floor and their was no elevator.

    It was at good location and had private bathroom.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 21 March 2024

    8.0
    London Trip March 2024
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing in particular, maybe a chair in the room would be nice.

    Easy check in, clean and tidy room and nice kitchen/self catering facilities.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 20 March 2024

    8.0
    Comfy, safe, central, affordable.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Kitchen is a homely useable space, might struggle if they're busy, but breakfast is pretty good. Seems to be in the process of redecorating, hopefully price doesn't go up too much.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 March 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    No mirror in the bathroom/room.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 March 2024

    7.0
    You get what you pay for. However, this is definitely one of the better hostels in london.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night

    Bed and pillow very uncomfortable, but you get what you pay for.

    Super clean room, bathroom and toilet. The check-in/check-out procedure is simple and very quick/efficient. You get access to a locker too.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 28 February 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Not a busy night so it was quiet, I was the only person in the tv room which had Netflix, Amazon etc.. very spacious rooms with excellent security. Breakfast was the usual tea, toast and cereal, plenty of it and in a large, well-equipped kitchen. 5 min walk from Earl's Court station.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 25 February 2024

    9.0
    One of the most reasonable stays in London! Nice to have hostel prices but a private double room,
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Slightly noisy with creaky floors but guests all stuck to the rules of no noise late at night.

    Excellent location! Very safe! Nice early check in.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 February 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Comfortable, great stafs,

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 February 2024

    8.0
    Relaxed, quiet, great value, friendly.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    A toilet in the room wouldve been good and a place to read (though there was a very comfy living room I didnt use it as theres a big TV in there)

    The kitchen was lovely and the free tea and coffee and breakfast was brilliant. It was very quiet too which I like and I have the four bed dorm to myself for most of the stay. It is a little old fashioned but very clean and in the process of being renovated too. The pillows and mattresses are memory foam and new. There is a charging port and light at each bunk. Easy going, easy check in friendly staff and excellent location.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 11 February 2024

    9.0
    Great place
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    It was GREAT. Thank you :)

    Lovely staff. Nice bedroom (Bed was great, I slept very well). Adapter, shower gel available, it was great. Towel for 2£. All was clean (bedroom, bathroom, stairs..)

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 February 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Could offer more options for breakfast and maybe add a cooked option too.

    The location was ideal, the rooms where clean and the staff were pleasant.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 February 2024

    9.0
    Very good backpacker
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very good location and good price compared with others. It has everything we need to be comfortable (kitchen, lounge area, comfortable beds, charging plug next to the beds...).

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 4 February 2024

    9.0
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

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  • Reviewed: 3 February 2024

    9.0
    Pleasant stay with best price-performance in central location in London, would do again 100 %
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Nothing really what I would dislike. Of course this is a hostel and not a 5-star hotel so adapt your expectations accordingly. As for areas that could be improved: I would prefer to receive towels free of charge. Some of the interior was dated, but nothing really problematic. When hostel is full you can expect waiting for bathroom because each room has only one and there are 2 or 3 additional communal toilets for 1 person only, but that's about it. Also maybe hostel management could organize events such as pub crawl for the guests.

    Great location, just minutes of walk away from Earl's Court Tube station within Zone 1. Meaning you can reach any central spot in London by subway within max 20-30 minutes or so. There are many restaurants and fast foods around and even a larger supermarket to stock up on things. Breakfast was within expectations and quite tasty (toast, jam, butter, fruits, Nutella, coffee, tea, milk). You have the whole kitchen ready if you want to cook, bake or microwave food for yourself. Kitchen was available also outside of normal working hours, i.e. I was able to prepare me a breakfast at 6 AM because I had to leave early. Quite a lot of food and coffee / tea was available all the time, kitchen even has a place with free food that people have left there. Overall, hostel felt very safe, all roommates were pleasant. Roommates change quite a lot as it seems that people tend to stay 2-3 days max. Rooms were very clean and beds really comfortable. Each bed has own light, USB port for charging phone and a 220V plug with English socket, so continental guests need to bring an adapter or buy one for 4 GBP in the nearby supermarket. Lockers were HUGE and with an integrated coded safe for additional security free of charge. In bathrooms the soap/shampoo/body wash 3-1 was available, so you don't need to bring own.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 February 2024

    9.0
    Superb
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Double Room with Shared Bathroom
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Sometimes the bathroom is Busy, although you can go to another of the other rooms

    Friendly Staff, good place, close to the tube

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 22 January 2024

    8.0
    Nice well placed hostal
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The only thing that wasn't great was the shower. The hook was badly placed so you literally could only shower while holding the shower head. The steps to the bunk made moving into your bed harder than normal.

    The check in was very easy & friendly. Well situated at only a few minutes from Earls Court & Kensington High Street - which is a nice part of London. It's located on a small side road so was quiet. The room was a good size with only 6 beds. The beds were so sturdily designed that you didn't notice other people moving. The lockers were a really good size. The whole hostal was easy, quite small, warm & cosy. The bathroom was clean.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 January 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Bed in 4-Bed Female Dormitory Room
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    I think the facilities are a little bit too old, when I walked I can hear the sound.

    The location is quite good and nearby the metro and restaurants and supermarket

    Stayed in January 2024

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