St Christopher's Inn Greenwich

I stayed here for 1 night back in June of this year. I chose it because it seemed like a good option for getting to/from to the O2 Arena without having to go too close to the city, and also because it suited my super low budget. Pros: It's quite literally right beside the train station (but far enough away that noise isn't an issue!). It's also on a regular bus route that will take you directly to and from the O2 Arena. The bar below the hostel has lovely food, a pretty decent selection of drinks, good music playing, and very friendly and helpful staff! Cons: My main complaint is that the shower rooms were very dirty. When I first checked in on the afternoon that I arrived, I had a look in the shared shower room and they very clearly hadn't been cleaned in a while. There was litter and left over clothes and towels laying around, and all the floors looked quite dirty. I showered very early the next morning and it was still just as dirty as the previous afternoon. Also, not so much a "Con", but just a heads up... the floors and doors in the actual hostel/sleeping areas are quite old and squeaky (much more than the pictures would suggest), so earplugs are most definitely a necessity if you're a light sleeper. Also, the air conditioning in the room consisted of a single small fan on the wall... which wasn't ideal in a full dorm as this summer was particularly hot all over Europe. Overall, an OK hostel for the price, and perfectly fine for 1 night on a budget... but dirty/neglected shower rooms are never a good sign.

I stayed here for 1 night back in June of this year. I chose it because it seemed like a good option for getting to/from to the O2 Arena without having to go too close to the city, and also because it suited my super low budget. Pros: It's quite literally right beside the train station (but far enough away that noise isn't an issue!). It's also on a regular bus route that will take you directly to and from the O2 Arena. The bar below the hostel has lovely food, a pretty decent selection of drinks, good music playing, and very friendly and helpful staff! Cons: My main complaint is that the shower rooms were very dirty. When I first checked in on the afternoon that I arrived, I had a look in the shared shower room and they very clearly hadn't been cleaned in a while. There was litter and left over clothes and towels laying around, and all the floors looked quite dirty. I showered very early the next morning and it was still just as dirty as the previous afternoon. Also, not so much a "Con", but just a heads up... the floors and doors in the actual hostel/sleeping areas are quite old and squeaky (much more than the pictures would suggest), so earplugs are most definitely a necessity if you're a light sleeper. Also, the air conditioning in the room consisted of a single small fan on the wall... which wasn't ideal in a full dorm as this summer was particularly hot all over Europe. Overall, an OK hostel for the price, and perfectly fine for 1 night on a budget... but dirty/neglected shower rooms are never a good sign.

The pub itself is great, the rooms and beds are passable, but the bathrooms were poorly maintained, constantly out of toilet paper, and sometimes out of soap, some toilet seats were broken. Common area or "chill area" has a non working fridge and non working microwave, only the kettle works, and the sink area look messy every time, the toilet there looked very disgusting. I know part of it is due to some uncivilised guests, but the fact that there's no maintenance and upkeeping makes it bad for everyone else. Also my experience there was made worse by one of the staff members, this young blonde girl with glasses name Chris, if I'm not mistaken, at least twice. Very unfriendly and unengaging attitude, like she couldn't be bothered and didn't want to be there. When I made my booking, I booked two days in one bed, and then the rest of the days in a different bed, but in the same room, and I was still told that I couldn't leave my stuff in there, even though I was only changing beds, and that I could pay to use their lockers, if I wanted somewhere to leave my stuff, so I had to wait until check-in time to put my stuff back in the room. When I checked back in, even the different staff member that checked me in was surprised that I had to get a new card to get back in the same room where I was already. Completely useless and impractical, and it seem that she wanted to make it as inconvenient as possible. When I checked out, I've noticed that I had forgotten my towel inside the room, next to my bed, so i went back to the hostel, and she was there. I've asked if it was possible for her to come with me and let me quickly check if it was still there, something that would take only a minute, and she said I wasn't allowed to go back, and that she would contact housekeeping, and had to wait for their reply, but already dismissing me saying that house keeping probably threw it away already. I've waited roughly 10 minutes, asked her if she gotten any reply, and she just said that they found nothing, and to me it just seem that she only said that just so I would finally go away. Because I had a train to catch, I left it there. I know it was just a towell, and was a minor inconvenience, but the lack of will to be helpful, and to do the bare minimum was astonishing. I'm surprised that if someone forgets something in the room, the procedure is to immediately throw it away, rather than keep it in a lost and found. Unless of course, they dont really do that, and they have a lost and found, and she was simply just lying, because she couldn't be bothered. And it wasn't even busy, this was before check in time, so she had plenty of free time, specially because she was just chatting with her colleagues on the bar. To be fair, the little interaction I've had with other staff, was more positive, and they at least seem more helpful and friendly. But the negative experience with this staff member plus the poor conditions I've already mentioned, made this much of a negative experience to recommend it or to book again. There are better options out there.