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Wombat’s CITY Hostel, London

7 Dock Street, Tower Hamlets, London, E1 8LL, United Kingdom (show on map)

Expert reviews

Telegraph review:

“Stylish décor and spacious rooms in London’s East End make this a great option for those looking to capture the capital via their Instagram feed, while still keeping to an affordable budget.”

Guest rating

This an aggregated customer review rating of Wombat’s CITY Hostel, London. We have taken customer review ratings from hotel booking sites, search engines, the official hotel website and other travel platforms. This is the average of all those ratings. We only list places that have a customer review rating of at least 4.0 out of 5.0

4.3 out of 5.0

Ranked 39th in London

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All you need to know

Wombat’s CITY hostel, located in central London, is only 27 kilometers away from the airport, 700 meters from Tower Bridge, and 600 meters away from the town hill and Aldgate east. People who are haunting for an affordable place to stay in central London and want to explore the city it is an ideal place for them. You can access an array of restaurants, cafes, and supermarkets also from the hostel. You can find everything in the immediate surroundings of Wombat’s CITY hostel. The hostel is the ultimate destination for individuals who are planning a budget-friendly trip.

Rooms

There is various kind of rooms available in the hostel for the guests which includes a twin room with private bathroom, mixed dormitory with bunk beds, a double room with bathroom and female dormitory with bunk beds. The guests in the hostel can access the basic amenities along with other facilities as per their booking. You can avail bunk beds if you book a dormitory room, also can avail beds in shared rooms. The guests can also get private rooms in the hostel with a private bathroom.

It is a high-rated place in London by the guests and has maximum positive reviews. The comfortable rooms in the hostel are ideal for travelers who are opting for public transport, city walks, and atmosphere. You can book the hostel rooms of your choice online before your trip to London. The affordable booking price of the rooms in the hostel makes it popular among the guests.

 

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Location

Recent guest reviews

5.0
Dita

21 February 2026

Very cozy!

My first time at a hostel. It was so cozy, clean, modern! Price is very friendly!

It’s not like a dislike, but you need cash to borrow adapter or hairdryer! Only cash, no cards! More like advice to others

4.0
Florence

20 February 2026

My personal experience at wombat hostel

Friendly staff, both with the house keepers, the experience I have, the house keepers chatted with me, it makes me feel homely. the rooms are very spacious, and it was ensuite, the environment is very good, you can see people enjoying themselves all around.

The laundry is a bit expensive, To wash a load of clothes, one needs ten pounds . Minus that I couldn't find any other faults.

5.0
Joanne

18 February 2026

Great hostel with amazing staff and facilities

I had a fantastic stay at this hostel in London. The staff were extremely responsive, friendly, and always happy to help, which made the whole experience smooth and stress-free. The hostel is well equipped with a lift, which is very convenient, especially with luggage. Shared kitchen and bar are located on the lower ground floor which are great space to relax, cook, and meet other travelers. Overall, it’s a comfortable, well-organized hostel with a welcoming atmosphere. I would definitely stay here again.

The mattress was a bit too soft for my personal preference.

5.0
Lin

15 February 2026

Highly recommended! Absolutely worth staying

Very clean! And the staff are all very accommodating and friendly.

Probably nothing

5.0
Juan

11 February 2026

Exceptional

Always a pleasure sleeping at Wombat's

5.0
Rachel

9 February 2026

Exceptional

Had an amazing stay for a couple of nights. The location is incredibly convenient, the café serves great coffee, and the reception staff were genuinely welcoming.

4.0
Andreas

8 February 2026

Very good

Nice location and a very good vibe to the place. Girl on reception was super friendly, actually everyone was. Room was clean, shower amazing.

I liked everything

5.0
Kendirkıran

8 February 2026

Exceptional

Staff amazing, clean, bar down there is cool and beds had curtains so overall good.

4.5
Justyna

5 February 2026

Great valye for money

- Close to subway station - Comfy beds - Clean - Quite modern - Has everything you need - Nice common area in the lobby - Big and small lockers operated without a padlock

- You have to iron clothes in the lobby - Elevator is super slow - You have to put on your sheets by yourself

4.5
Maja

5 February 2026

Fabulous

It was lovely stay good rooms comfy

5.0
Alberto

5 February 2026

Great place to stay in London

Perfect place to stay in London! Facilities are great, service was nice, location was awesome. Would definitely stay here again.

5.0
Eszter

1 February 2026

Good place to stay in London

Bed are comfy. Curtains on the bed so I felt privacy! Breakfast was ok. I liked the bar at night!

4.0
Brown

1 February 2026

Helpful staff

Very friendly and helpful staff, excellently equipped kitchen with lots of space for many people to cook in at the same time. A large variety free condiments, seasoning and cooking oil amongst other free foods to use. A lovely underground bar area with a pool table, events almost every evening including a karaoke night. Great location and shops nearby. Buffet style breakfast. Clean and modern bathrooms in the room. All beds had privacy curtains, even the top bunks!

Unfortunately there was a very drunk roommate that stumbled in at 4 in the morning on the first night of my stay, probably a downside to there being a bar in the same building. She lay and slept on the floor beside me and amongst all my luggage. Not a great night. Luckily the staff were very understanding and helpful the next day and I got a different room and 3 free days of their buffet breakfast. Also I had some food stolen after putting it in the community fridge labeled with my name. Probably best to put everything all together in a bag and just label that.

4.5
Leunamtoedem

30 January 2026

Fabulous

Good quality/price ratio. London is an expensive town and this hostel manages to offer a good accommodation for a reasonable price

4.5
Penny

30 January 2026

A centrally located hostel with great facilities offering exceptional value for money.

The hostel easily exceeded my expectations by providing a wide range of facilities, modern, clean dorm rooms with en-suite shower and toilet, privacy curtains on every bunk and friendly staff. Perfect location for exploring the city with nearby transport links.

Dietary requirements are not well catered for and the breakfast offered is very basic so bring your own food or eat out. The mattresses are very thin so not great for more than a night or two. Reception staff should really educate themselves better on activities available in London to be able to respond to visitor queries and provide useful and accurate information.

4.5
Daim

29 January 2026

Will stay again as it is good value for money.

I really like that the room size is so wide and it allows us to move around easily and help me to get some space for myself when praying. I also like that we had our own toilet and bathroom in our room. I did not have to bring my own padlock because they provided us with our room card to tap it. I was lucky that other tenants in my room were so considerate and nice.

The location is a bit far from tube stations if you bring big suitcases and if the weather is not friendly. They need to supply more tissue toilet in each room because they are running out so quickly and they did not replace it.

4.5
Catinca

29 January 2026

Just perfect for a solo city break in London. Will come back for sure ♥️

Location, bathroom was in the room, very friendly staff, useful and big kitchen

The beds weren’t that comfy, it was a bit noisy at night until the overground stopped running, and the shower only came from the ceiling (a bit uncomfortable for a woman who doesn’t want to wash her hair)

4.5
Luna

28 January 2026

We had an amazing stay! The room was spacious and we liked that there was a bathroom in the room. The bunk beds were als

It was very clean, spacious and the staff were really friendly! The coffee shop is a very nice place to grab a quick coffee for the day.

Nothing

5.0
Mikołaj

27 January 2026

I love to come back here!

I stayed here before and it never fails to surprise me in a positive way! Everything is just perfect, the staff, the cleanliness, the bar downstairs and the facilities! It's just a perfect place to stay, there is nothing to change!

5.0
Pamela

23 January 2026

Perfect location, clean, comfortable, good price

The hostel is really nice, comfortable, clean, it has lot of things that make your stay really enjoyable and pleasant. The staff is friendly and helpful with the guests. It has a fully equipped kitchen, lockers inside the rooms and private lockers that you can rent anytime (i.e. before checking and after check out), they have different activities for guests, pool table, bar, cafe, night karaoke, etc. The location is perfect, 10 min walk from two different metro stations and 15 min walk from the London tower attraction

Nothing!! I loved everything about this place

4.5
Ms

21 January 2026

Great hostel at a great price

I always like it here, it's just a really nice hostel, with nice staff, and a good bed with curtain, charge points, safe etc at a really good price.

More comfortable seats with sockets in the public cafe area (though I get why you might not want that)

5.0
Navjot

21 January 2026

Exceptional

Friendly staff. Well thought beds and set up, room was warm, it's a hostel but organized more like a hotel.

The floor didn't look filthy but it actually needed a good vacuum. There is one tiny stool in the room and nothing else to put some stuff on, so I had to repack on the floor and my backpack got extra dirty and all of that ends up on my jacket. There also aren't nearly enough hooks, only a few close together behind the door. Same with the bathroom, only one hook behind the door.

4.5
Laurane

20 January 2026

Fabulous

Everything is great!

Can be noisy late at night if you stay in a room above the bar/smoking area

4.0
Gilchrist

19 January 2026

Very good

Kitchen was incredible

Room could have been cleaner, especially the bathroom

4.0
Carla

17 January 2026

Very good

Very friendly reception people, they helped me a lot to get a taxi to the airport on Christmas Day, very helpful.

4.0
Katie

15 January 2026

Great hostel, clean, good location, good facilities, but give breakfast a miss!

Lovely personal space, despite it being a dormitory. I loved how you had a range of facilities to hand within the bed space. The curtains are a great addition to give some privacy. Very clean and reasonably priced given the location and that it was NYE.

The guest kitchen was not accessible after a certain time. Check out was 10am and breakfast served until 10:30, so I left the room at 0930, thinking I'll check out and then enjoy breakfast, but you needed the key card to enter the breakfast room. It also wasn't obvious that bedding had to be stripped, so I had to go back to do that. Breakfast was not good value for money. I suspect most the cost comes from them having to wash up all the tiny pots the food comes in! There was very little option for anyone gluten or dairy free, fruit juice cost an extra £3 and only one coffee machine worked, so you had to queue to get a drink. You're better off popping down the road to Sainsbury's, as it's only small continental offerings at the hostel anyway.

5.0
Altoran

12 January 2026

Very kind and convenient location

Wonderful place kind staff

5.0
Owen

11 January 2026

Was a great place to stay for a night!

The staff was super helpful and friendly

The bins of towels in the hallway

4.0
Paaras

9 January 2026

Great hostel!

All good!

5.0
Temidayo

9 January 2026

Exceptional

Everything. The serenity and cleanliness

5.0
Shiela

8 January 2026

The best experienced and stay in london

It was the best stay in london. It exceeded my expectation. I will book again from this hostel ince i come back to london. They even let me check in early at 10am so i was soo soo happy and grateful . Thanks to the staff who let me checked in early.

They dont have socket inside the room near to toilet or sink to i can use my own hair dryer to straightener. U have to go down near to the reception to be able to use the hair dryer

5.0
Gutnisky

6 January 2026

Exceptional

The room is big

I couldn't plug the adapter, because the shelf is so close to the socket and the adapter is bigger.

5.0
Elizabeth

3 January 2026

Wonderful stay!

Location was excellent, staff were wonderful. My favourite hostel in London/Europe.

That I had to leave.

4.5
Jie

1 January 2026

Overall it’s good

Lockers in every room and bed

No

4.0
Bridget

1 January 2026

Very good

The social atmosphere was great. There were a lot of activities on at the hostel including comedy and live music and the bar was great. I had two rooms (dorms) and thought the second room was very spacious and light. The bests were comfy and had the essential charger, light and safe and there were lockers for bags. The kitchen was very well equipped and quite large - probably the best I have seen so far. Staff were friendly and super helpful.

My first room on the ground floor was very dark and crowded in comparison to the second as the window looked onto the courtyard and was not very private, hence the blinds were often kept shut. There were a few mechanical issues with a toilet and a heater but these were either minor or fixed quickly once the staff learned about them.

4.0
Amit

29 December 2025

Very good

A very warm and friendly behaviour of Wombats staffs... 👍😊

4.5
Olenka_ukraine

29 December 2025

Fabulous

It's an excellent hostel, which I visited the first time. The breakfast was very nice and tasty

4.0
Tanvi

27 December 2025

Very good

I really like the facility. Rooms are clean and spacious. The bed was comfortable. Kitchen was well-equipped. Staff was really polite and helpful. Overall, the experience was really good and absolute value for money.

I faced an issue with the locker, the battery of which ran out one morning. Thankfully, I had nothing urgent inside of the locker, but could have been a problem if I was checking out. Staff, however, were kind enough to take prompt action and the locker was functional by the time I reached back at night. Another small concern was the cleanliness in the common kitchen, for which, I can't completely blame the management. However, equipments such as the electric kettle could be cleaned regularly.

4.5
Begassilova

27 December 2025

Great experience for a great price!

The property is big enough, it’s modern, it’s clean. The staff was nice, they have their own coffee place, which is also comfortable. In case needed they have the kitchen with basic supplies and even pans etc. For me that was something “extra”, but very comfortable. The rooms are clean, shower and the toilet are separated inside rooms, which is also very very comfy. Out of all the hostels I have been around Europe I found this one as the most comfortable and clean. they have safe, where you can plug your phone to charge and leave inside, curtains and a small light to not to disturb others.

Have to think, dont have anything in mind…

5.0
Tatiana

26 December 2025

Exceptional

Great room and staff, good coffee. Sadly almost no food available at the cafe, just croissants and sandwitches. Otherwise all the rest is just perfect

5.0
Karioh

26 December 2025

Exceptional

Very calming area, Staff are very friendly & the room was very clean and nice

4.5
Dharsha

25 December 2025

Fabulous

I could hear loud music in the night.

4.5
Maisam

22 December 2025

Perfect

Perfect location near all major destinations, with great facilities and amazing staff. There are many halal restaurants close to the hostel, which was very convenient. I will definitely come again.

NA

5.0
Omidi

22 December 2025

Exceptional

Everything was perfect

5.0
Mir

19 December 2025

Exceptional

Great 👍

4.5
Eloka

18 December 2025

Nice place, if you don't mind noisy trains

Good location, with good access to places to eat, and trains and buses. I enjoyed the pub quiz at the wombar as well. Staff were courteous, beds were sturdy. Very good place to stay for cheap.

Not helpful that it's so close to the tracks, especially if you're a light sleeper. Also the elevator doesn't go all the way to the top.

5.0
Keith

15 December 2025

Quiet; slept well.

Slept well; not noisey. Beds didn't creak.

Toilet room in bedroom didnt have a sink. Shower and sink in different room

4.5
Sean

15 December 2025

Fabulous

Very chilled common areas

Rolling the dice on sharing with good room mates. Snoring can ruin your full trip. Haha

4.5
Elizabeth

15 December 2025

Fabulous

This Hostel is one of the best, daily cleaning of rooms and shared spaces. Nice well equiped kitchen. As a solo traveller this is the best i have seen

The mattress is quit flat, but if you are here for only a few days, its okay

5.0
Ameer

13 December 2025

I will be back soon.

Everything is well organised.

Only wanna smoking area should bhi open whole night or should be till 2 like bar.

Hotel facilities

Food & Drink

  • - Bar
  • - Coffee house on site

Services

  • - 24-hour front desk
  • - Fax/photocopying
  • - Luggage storage (additional charge)
  • - Vending machine (drinks)
  • - Vending machine (snacks)
  • - Lockers
  • - Daily housekeeping

Outdoors

  • - Garden
  • - Terrace
  • - Outdoor furniture

General

  • - Non-smoking rooms
  • - Facilities for disabled guests
  • - Lift
  • - Safety deposit box
  • - Heating
  • - Non-smoking throughout
  • - Designated smoking area
  • - Adults only

Activities

  • - Billiards (additional charge)
  • - Evening entertainment
  • - Yoga classes
  • - Happy hour (additional charge)
  • - Live music/performance

Kitchen

  • - Shared kitchen

Entertainment & family services

  • - Board games/puzzles

Miscellaneous

  • - Key card access
  • - Smoke alarms
  • - CCTV in common areas
  • - CCTV outside property
  • - Fire extinguishers
  • - Access to health care professionals

Reception services

  • - Invoice provided
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