Russell Scott BackPackers hostel - Sheffield

Not a good experience. A very strange and uneasy feel to the place. This place is not really a hostel, its more like shared living, in which some people there were definitely using as permanent accommodation. Staff were lovely and kitchen facilities good but was smelly and had a sticky floor. Also the cleanliness of the showers looked questionable. Get an air BnB!

Not a good experience. A very strange and uneasy feel to the place. This place is not really a hostel, its more like shared living, in which some people there were definitely using as permanent accommodation. Staff were lovely and kitchen facilities good but was smelly and had a sticky floor. Also the cleanliness of the showers looked questionable. Get an air BnB!

Cut my trip short because couldn’t bear coming back to the hostel for the second night. The kitchen table was filthy, the “continental breakfast” was a few jars of dusty cereals and one of the employees lingered in the kitchen all morning telling guests to do their washing up (one guest left a mug on the side and went upstairs, the employee called after the guest and spoke to him like a parent speaks to a child. The guest was popping upstairs to get changed and returning to the kitchen to have his drink. He had to explain himself, this is an unacceptable way to treat paying customers. Made me want to avoid the kitchen - the only common space available. Embarrassing.) I felt like I was being tested on my cleanliness in a hostel I felt dirty just being in. It was not relaxing at all and I felt like a socially anxious teenager again!! I felt like I was being watched! The room, however, was cleaned by the lovely employee who welcomed me on my first night (the reason this is not a 1 star review) and was a good level of cleanliness - I wish the rest of the place was as clean. The sheets were fresh and duvet was nice but the bed was so uncomfortable I barely slept and woke up with aching joints. No lockers to keep valuables in so I had to carry all my stuff around with me around the city. The room was also way to small for how many beds there were, which just made it awkward and absolutely no storage. Front door and bedroom only locked with a code which didn’t feel safe at all.