Bloomsbury’s Ridgemount Hotel is a “plain Jane” option several pounds cheaper than some of our other hotel picks in Bloomsbury.

The YHA Oxford Street, perhaps the most central of several YHA hostels in London, is so plain that it almost defies description. The set-up will be familiar to anyone who has spent any time in a hostel.

Situated around the corner from Victoria Station, the adorable Cherry Court Hotel is a cheapo gem offering 12 sweet (if small) rooms and the friendliest management around.

The YMCA Indian Student Hostel London offers elegant Mahatma Gandhi statuettes and serves up succulent curry.

The Caring Hotel is a friendly, no-frills affair—a pleasant, inexpensive option among some of the fancier, pricier hotels near Hyde Park.

Situated just one block from Kensington Gardens, the Lancaster Hall Hotel provides clean hotel and hostel accommodations in a very '70s setting.

Check into the Generator King's Cross where the staff, clientele and vibe are young, young, young.

The YHA St. Paul's is youth hostel situated in a 550-year-old building, steps away from St. Paul's Cathedral.

A friendly 20-room guesthouse, the Princess Hotel maintains a good budget-friendly standard that will satisfy bargain-hunting visitors to London.

The YHA St. Pancras Hostel has a trendy hotel vibe that makes it stand out from many of its B&B neighbors in the uber-convenient King's Cross neighborhood.

The cozy, 30-room Macdonald Hotel isn’t the most charming or crisply designed hotel in London—or in the King’s Cross area, for that matter—but it will fit the bill for many.

The easyHotel South Kensington has 34 en suite rooms, all fit into a gorgeous mansion located between the Gloucester and Earls Court Tube stations.

Offering spotless (if basic) rooms and friendly service, the Alhambra Hotel stands out among the many other hotels around King's Cross.

Style is not an objective here, but the low nightly rates, quiet location and proximity to the heart of tony Kensington all make the YHA Holland Park worth considering.

The dorms and private rooms at the Clink261 are small and spare, but the hostel offers a super-low rates, cool common spaces, and a fantastic location near King's Cross station.

Hands down one of London’s nicest hostels, YHA Earl’s Court is a bright and shiny YHA outpost fully renovated in 2007.