With singles, doubles, triples, and quads—11 of which have private en suite facilities—the YHA St. Pancras feels more like a budget hotel than a typical hostel. The full English breakfast included with the nightly rate and a clientele demographic consisting mostly of families only reinforces this impression.
When it comes to décor, however, you won’t forget that you’re in a hostel. The bunk beds at St. Pancras, for example, are the same model on offer at the Oxford Street YHA. Complementing those oh-so-familiar dyed wood and metal bunked frames are the obligatory tea kettle, lockers, and precious little space. Common bathrooms are, again, standard hostel issue.
What makes YHA St. Pancras special is the enormous ground floor lounge, with its multiple plush couches, work tables, vending machines, and miniature tourist shop. From a perch in the ground floor lounge, visitors can view Euston Road. The location is also quite good, very close to the King’s Cross/St. Pancras transportation hub and across the street from the British Library. The multilingual atmosphere is particularly notable here, even more so than it is at most other hostels profiled among our editors’ picks.
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Note: This hotel was visited by a EuroCheapo editor and is recommended based on cleanliness, location, price and overall quality. EuroCheapo did not charge this hotel to be listed.
About the YHA St. Pancras neighborhood
King’s Cross is an area in flux. While many Londoners will warn you to stay away from the streets around King’s Cross and St. Pancras stations, the area is in fact only seedy here and there. There are oodles of small bed & breakfasts in the area, as well as upscale restaurants, and a real range of retail, from news agents, to shops peddling ethnic goods, to chain stores. King’s Cross benefits from proximity to Bloomsbury, and offers hotels that are, on average, quite a bit less expensive.
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