text: Originally this place got a rating from me when I first stayed here as a yr old However it became a rating after trying to stay here again this past January nnWhen I first stayed here I thought this place was one of the best hostels I have been in in Europe Clean common areas Clean rooms Pretty clean bathrooms The cleaning lady came in religiously everyday to clean all rooms I stayed in a mixed person room If I recall correctly they have this lockertype thing to put your belongings in Which was also great The staff was pretty friendly although I did not interact with them much I went to school a few hours away in Lancaster so I was not too clueless about being in the UKnnWhat really makes this hostel stand out in my mind from the others is their bar downstairs It is a slightly small cozy little bar Where the clientele is mainly the backpackers staying upstairs What a great way to make even more money It is great because aside from the common room where people can be super quietawkward you can also chat up people from all over at this bar When inhibitions are lowered with every sip of your insert drink here They had drink specials too We met a group of guys who had their reunion with their uni friends at that bar every year They bought us about shots called cocksucking cowboys it was this crazy yellow viscuous thing And pretty gross and sickly sweet Needless to say I did not leave my bed to see any sights the next day nnNow years later i had fond memories of Edinburgh minus the cocksucking cowboy shots and Budget Backpackers Hostel So even though I had more money than I did as a uni student I wanted to stay here again to relive it all Sadly they told us that they were filling up there rooms and a mixed room would have costed us more than a normal hotel Which was kind of ridiculous They would not bend at all So we end up at a really nice hotel instead for less money with beds and our own bathroomnnThe bar was still great though We went on New years eve and it was a hoot They had a live band And the same kind of mixed crowd travellers and scots One group of scottish boys wore kilts in freezing weather with no underwear They also tried to get us to put our hands underneath their kiltsmy friend did it which is how we knew they did not wear any pants