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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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