I don't know what to say. Cheap Central London hostel. You're assumptions are probably correct at the overall value of the place. Location is fab but at the sacrifice of the size and quality of the hostel. Unfortunately this is the way it is in London. I'd stay again but my expectations are set slightly better. Was disappointed when at check-in, having two suitcases, I wasn't offered help to the top floor (reception is in the basement level). There's also a very confusing shower situation. Both the changing area and the shower are essentially the same unless you don't mind getting naked in a mixed-dorm bathroom with an open door you're otherwise getting dressed/undressed on a wet floor and a dripping shower-head. Not much experience with hostels but this struck me as strangely designed. Manageable but awkward unless I'm corrected at the expected way to go about this situation.