Lovely pub. Great staff (especially the English lads on the bar over the Jubilee weekend). Relatively clean but bathrooms/toilets got dirty quickly. The bunk beds are like towers (6.5 feet/2 metres tall) and I had a top bunk which meant I had to climb up and down it like a monkey causing noise when others were asleep and causing me to fall off as there was a wooden board at the base of the bed so no way of gripping the bars to help pull myself up. Also, there are NO BEDSIDE LEDGES like a lot of other hostels have to put your phone on whilst it’s charging causing me to put my mobile under my pillow which eventually worked its way to the edge of my bed and dropping that 2 metres to the floor!!. No panelling to prevent stuff falling out of your bed area. Fortunately my phone didn’t smash/crack!. NO LEDGES means no personal bedside lamp like a lot of other hostels have. And I also had no place to put my contact lenses case on when I took them out last thing at night. They really need to put LEDGES with personal lights at each bed for phone and other item storage. Other than that, the rest of it was ok. They did take over 36 hours to fix the dormitory card key lock as the door was wasn’t locking causing a security risk to the six guests belongings in that room. I would stay here again despite what I’ve said as it is conveniently located next to Paddington station and Central London and the staff are dedicated as they run the pub bar and the hostel and wait the tables which is a massive responsibility even just to hostel part so well done to all the bar staff :-)
I need to try their burgers next time!