PubLove @ The Steam Engine,Waterloo

The staff were SO lovely and SO accomodating!! Answered all my questions online before my stay and were nothing short of friendly and helpful while I was there. Very reassuring. Lockers available (bring ur own lock or u can buy one!), smoking area seemed to be always accessible which I was very grateful for. Outlets available for every bed! (two plugs and two usb ports) Pizza available all night! Great breakfast and lunch menus have you sorted from 8am to 10pm! Food was great, lovely coffees!! I recommend the peach Super8 for any cider/pale ale enjoyers. Lambeth North station at the corner, very short walk from Waterloo station! Very close to shops like Iceland. The key card lets you come and go as you please. Able to put luggage in the back before/after ur stay. Cleaners are always on the go every day! The bathrooms were exceptionally clean! Towels available. They were very kind to give me a lend of a lighter in a pinch. Beautiful pub. Pub quiz every Wednesday! Stayed 9 nights and not once was I disturbed by noise. It's on a quiet street. I'm an art student from Ireland and I'm openly LGBTQ+ with a very eccentric fashion taste - not once did they treat me any differently! I felt very welcome there! I have no doubt that if there was any trouble, they would handle it with grace. Genuinely seems like they've thought of everything!

Good ubication, good food but a bit expensive, the staff is REALLY nice, they offer me to keep my backpack for free before check-in and after check-out while I was checking around, so at night I just was waiting at the pub, I ate a hamburger while charging my phone, asked for my backpack and left to the airport at 9pm

It was very clean and comfy. Top bunks are a bit uncomfortable (lots of climbing up and down), but other than that everything was excellent. Very clean, excellent value for money, excellent location with a tube station just a few minutes away. There's also the Imperial War Museum which is pretty much at the same distance as the underground station. The 24/7 reception is nice, and you can actually check out later than 10 a.m., provided that you pay a fee of £5. Overall I think it's pretty much the best you can get at such a reasonable price in such an amazing area.

I truly enjoyed my stay in The Steam Engine hostel! Its location is absolutely perfect, it’ll take you 10 mins walking to get to the London Eye or Big Ben. It’s also well connected in terms of transportation. There are lots of bars (including the one downstairs) and supermarkets in the area. It’s very convenient that the reception and bar are open 24/7. The staff is really friendly and welcoming. The room was clean and spacious enough, as well as the bathrooms.

I stayed in a 9-bed dorm for one night. The hostel is centrally located, about a 30-minute walk from my purpose of visit which was great. The mattress was a bit thin, but the room and shared facilities were clean, including the toilet and three showers on my floor. The atmosphere was quiet and peaceful, which I appreciated. Overall, it was an okay stay and they offer free luggage storage after checkout (though I didn’t use it), which s a nice perks, especially as some hostels charge for this service.