As a hostel, a lot of the bad things are not related to the hostel itself. This being said I found the cleanliness a bit lacking, being the worst I have found so far in a hostel in Europe (but still "livable"). The room had a very strong smell in it, in part due to one other person in the room, but some of it was coming from the sheets themselves. The hostel is listed as having towels as amenities, however they demand a charge of 2 pounds plus 8 pounds deposit for one, which was unexpected, and I had to request one - this information was not provided on check-in. Finally, the showers had no warm water, and the check-out was not very smooth (I had to knock several times on a locked door - there was no bell, so I had to wait for quite a while)