Wombat’s CITY Hostel, London
Expert reviews
“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.”
What guests liked
- Clean rooms
- Friendly staff
- Free Wifi
- Boutique style
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
2 November 2025
Fabulous
Great staff, good location. Bar is really nice
N/a
2 November 2025
Exceptional
Nice staff, nice vibe, safe and good location!
1 November 2025
Exceptional
Perfect location for discovering the city, super nice personell, guest kitchen with fridges and all you need for cooking, food that was still good but left unused by guests was free for other guests to use, the rooms were rather quiet and cleaned every day, the beds had curtains and the lockers were fully functional and good-looking. It was a really nice stay!
1 November 2025
perfect option for the price
I stayed in 6 bed female room, and I loved it. Each bed has curtain and a safe box, which ensures your privacy and security. Also, the location was perfect, very close to Tube, to bus stations and very close to London bridge. The Kitchen was fully equipped, and it was very big. The bar was also very nice and every night they had some sort of activity like Comedy night, or pop quiz, etc. Love it, and I recommend it.
the towels for for an extra costs
30 October 2025
Exceptional
Easy, noone is breaking balls.
The female only rooms were not available for booking online. Luckily at check-in it was possible to swap.
27 October 2025
Very good
The location is excellent for getting to know the city. The room is clean and with everything you need. The staff loved him very well and the bar good to spend the night
The comfort of the bunks was not the best
26 October 2025
Convenient, comfortable and fun place
The location is very convenient, walking distance to a couple of underground stations and in a nice neighborhood. The hostel has great facilities so you don’t have to go too far: cafe, bar, kitchen, luggage storage, and laundry. My (single) room was pretty spacious & comfortable.
Cleanliness in my single room and private bathroom could have been more thorough. I’m paying hotel prices for a room, so my expectations are pretty high. It would have been nice to have at least soap available in the room instead of having to buy my own. The laundry on the property is convenient but a little confusing to use. I believe it was 6 pounds per load for wash, and then 6 pounds to dry as well.
26 October 2025
Great accomodation, very clean, fab staff, perfect for travelling thru London
Very big family room with private roof top terrace.
Train noise, but not too bad
24 October 2025
Fabulous
Wom Bar, very cool, chilled communal space. Nice staff, very affordable. Makes visiting London affordable.
Comfier mattresses would be nice, but for £30 per night its fine. And I still slept well. ✌️ Will be back again.
24 October 2025
Social, fun, and great staff.
Very social (if you wanted to be social). The bar downstairs was great for events like comedy and karaoke, ping pong and pool! I met loads of people, made a lot of new friends and had a great time solo traveling London.
24 October 2025
Exceptional
Stayed here before and it's great from staff, facilities, location, and price. I always recommend to friends and family.
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21 October 2025
Clean, well set up, decent sized dorm rooms
Good location, clean, friendly and helpful staff. I stayed here 8 years ago and it's at the same (or better) than it was then. One of the better hostels I've been in especially for the price.
The one complaint I have is there's a gap between the bed and the wall and it's easy to lose things (like key cards 😅) by them slipping down. But, the staff was very quick and helpful at replacing it at 6am so I could get into my locker
20 October 2025
It’s a warm and nice places to stay in London with convenient location.
The staffs were nice and helpful. The bathroom was large and clean.
It’s near the railway so it can be load at night and in the early morning. You should close the window or bring the earplugs.
19 October 2025
Exceptional
I had female room with bathroom. It’s was very comfortable
There was no socket in the bathroom
19 October 2025
Exceptional
Stayed one night. Easy to find, comfy, spacious room for two with smart separate bathroom and toilet units! Shared kitchen was large (we used the fridge and ate our own breakfast breakfast). Check-in was quick, checkout too (we left early ish for our flight. Good location and great choice if you're flying in/out from London City Airport!
19 October 2025
Exceptional
The staff are very friendly and helpful , many thanks to all of them! They assisted me several times (with the locker, measuring my luggage, providing a charger adapter, etc.). The room is well-equipped (toilet paper, soap, etc.), and the shower works perfectly with nice warm water. The location is excellent: the area is safe, with a variety of restaurants nearby (Lebanese, Filipino, Italian, etc.), convenience stores, and access to the underground in less than 10 minutes.
17 October 2025
Good value for money, close to the subway, quite comfortable and private for a dorm
Curtains on the beds allow for a bit of privacy, personal mini-lights are convenient, lockers with a card so one does not need to bring or buy the lock, good water pressure in the showers
I really did not like the back mold in the shower. Which was surprising to find as other than that the room was pretty clean
14 October 2025
Comfortable and convenient
I stayed here 4 years ago, so I knew what to expect. But they made improvements to the courtyard, lobby and shared areas that I really enjoyed
The location isn’t horrible, but it could be better. If it were just in a quieter part of town, that’d be one thing. But it’s also about 10m of walking to get to any public transit. It’s great if you’re out all day, but can make it feel costly to get going
14 October 2025
definitely recommended
Perfect location, clean and nice rooms with everything you need for a comfortable stay, safe lockers, spacious kitchen with everything you need to cook whatever you want and big fridges, the staff is very friendly and helpful, especially the girl Matilda (hope I spelled your name correctly), who helped me so much and is the most patient person ever! I enjoyed staying at the hostel for the second time and I am looking forward to come here for the third time!
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13 October 2025
Very good
Everything
Nothing
12 October 2025
Exceptional
Staff was very helpful & Friendly 😍🙏
Location very good 👍 👌
12 October 2025
I didn’t feel it was good value
Friendly staff, clean spaces, good place to make new friends
I was in a private room and the mattress was so uncomfortable. It was a very flat mattress. Regarding breakfast, I don’t feel it was good value as they do not longer offer juice included in the same price. I have stayed many times here and the last time the breakfast was more basic and in smaller portions.
11 October 2025
Stayed longer than plannef
Great location.
8 October 2025
Great and safe hostel with well thought out ammenities
Great hostel; safe and secure; friendly staff; has good system for luggage storage and personal items; curtain for each bed, clean; charging station in valuables box with each bed.
8 October 2025
Great staff, clean hostel and beds with AC. I recommend in the summer!
Very good quality hostel. I like the beds with curtains, was also pretty comfortable. Very clean bathrooms and rooms. The staff is so friendly and I liked the cafe and lobby in the daytime. The AC inside of the beds are such a great idea! The room isn't too hot, just right in the summer.
At night I would like some hot drinks facilities available... Bit loud walking through a bar when I wanna go to the kitchen. Location was further than I thought. Booked this hostel for the AC with the bed, but I didn't need it since it wasn't so hot that day. My roommates were the worst :( Not the hostels fault, but didn't sleep well bc upper bed was loudly listening to her phone all night....
6 October 2025
Very good
Showers and Bar were great
My bed wasn’t ready, but I got immediately another room
6 October 2025
Great place to stay for a short trip to London.
I stayed in a 6 bed female dorm. Everything was easy to set up. I did have an issue with being locked out of the little safe but staff were super helpful and assisted me with getting it open. The hostel wasn't loud at all, instead it has quite a calming and chill atmosphere which was what I was after.
Location was a bit of a pain - closest tube stations are about a 10-15 minute walk which is doable.
4 October 2025
Would gladly come back!
Central location, en-suite toilet and shower plus two washbasins (!), friendly staff, plenty of common areas. There’s also a bar and a small café.
The breakfast was nice, but after a few days it would be good to have a bit more variety
4 October 2025
Great hostel & please ensure you retain that member of staff I don't know the name of, she's great!
This is a great hostel - really nice building and good facilities. All the staff seem nice but there is a member of staff there that has checked me in couple of times now that is absolutely lovely. I'm sorry I didn't note her name but when you walk in, she is actively looking to help people and is really kind. Exactly the sort of person you want greeting you after a challenging journey.
This visit wasn't quite as good as previous ones because it felt like the cleaning staff were rather stretched e.g. toilet paper running out, bins not being emptied; however, some people in my room really weren't helping and I don't think it was the cleaning staff's job to clear up all the dirty crockery that someone left up there for days for example. I also wondered if one of the other guests actually took the toilet paper... All my previous visits have been great though.
2 October 2025
Very good
Location
No air
2 October 2025
Clean, comfortable, good price!
Great hostel with clean and modern rooms and bathrooms. Super nice staff. Lovely common area with a bar, big kitchen, cafe.
The room was quite chilly and there wasn’t anything that the reception could do about it. However they did give me another blanket, which definitely helped!
1 October 2025
Highly recommend for solo travellers!
Overall, pretty good especially for London hostels. The staff was very friendly and helpful. The rooms were spacious and beds were comfortable. The facilities are also pretty good. Its accessible to two train stations, at a 10 and 12 minute walk each. Grocery store is a 3 minute walk. So location is decent. Coffee in the mornings was amazing (shoutout to Suki for those)!
There was some noise at nights which wouldve been better to avoid, but honestly nothing crazy.
30 September 2025
great
good
no thing
28 September 2025
Exceptional
This hostel is amazing. You meet new friends every day and the vibe down at the bar area is incredible! I totally recommend!
28 September 2025
Good
Kitchen
Bathroom sink
28 September 2025
Fabulous
Clean, comfortable, Great atmosphere, nice bar at the basement.
They removed my luggage from a private locker I had rented daily with a digital password, allowing them to re-rent the same locker while relocating my belongings to an unsecured, non-private room. This was an unpleasant and unacceptable practice. Other than that, I must say that the hostel is nice and comfortable.
27 September 2025
Fabulous
An amazing experience at Wombat City hostel. I met amazing travelers and the staff was really kind.
24 September 2025
this was my second stay and i will gladly return again the next time i am in london
clean safe well equipped kitchen comfortable rooms close to tower hill/aldgate/dlr stations
24 September 2025
Clean and affordable
Decent breakfast, really good coffee, great location, excellent price, nice and clean room
23 September 2025
Fabulous
Great location, great rooms. Loved the curtains around the bunk.
Not enough power sockets
22 September 2025
Peaceful one night stay
Very easy check in process and it was very easy to set up the locker in the room. I was concerned about the large room size, but it was very quiet and the curtains help with privacy. Bathroom and toilet were both very clean. Perfect location for someone running the Big Half and decent value for being so central. Good WiFi as well!
Each bed had a personal fan but I didn't switch mine on because it was horrendously dusty. Only one lift working so the wait was a bit annoying, especially when staying on a higher floor.
21 September 2025
Very good
Great vibes and location
I hope they have room for mens only and they have for girls only , it would more convenient
21 September 2025
great stay on a budget
location and value for money
18 September 2025
Loved my stay!
Loved staying here! The rooms were really well set up, and the safe at the end of the bed was very handy. I felt very safe the whole time, and the staff were happy to help with any issues. The kitchen was also really well set up to cook your own food. Great facilities. Would stay here again!
The buffet breakfast was very basic and disappointing. Easier and better to go to the supermarket down the street and make your own.
18 September 2025
Excellent place to stay with great amenities and a convenient location
Great location! A short walk to the tube and tower of London with easy access to amenities. Nice social bar space in the basement with karaoke nights, although I didn’t make friends. Nice kitchen space, outdoor seating area, and laundry room which was convenient and the suburb felt very safe. Loved the curtained bunks and they also had lockers in the room which were carry on suitcase size, and small safe for valuables but I did not use it. Thankful that it was convenient to extend my stay! Also the breakfast was decent! Lots of options like bread with ham and cheese, oats, yoghurt, cereals, coffees and teas, fruit, carrot and cucumber sticks and hummus.
They make you put your own sheets on the bed and put the duvet and pillow covers on? I have never had that at a hostel which I thought was very strange.
18 September 2025
Great stay overall!
The hostel was spacious, very comfortable, and exceptionally clean. Its location was excellent, and it offered a variety of facilities, including an in-house café and bar. My room even had a private shower and toilet, which was a great bonus. I would highly recommend staying here!
Two things I didn't like about this hostel: 1- The staff weren't as friendly & helpful as I would expect and not at all sociable. 2- guests were required to pay £10 to use washers & dryers which in my opinion, was a rip-off.
18 September 2025
Wombats was clean and had large lockers to lock away suitcases, and I felt safe and comfortable there. Staff were super
Wombats was clean and had large lockers to lock away suitcases, and I felt safe and comfortable there. Staff were super friendly and accomodating also. I’d highly recommend staying there.
18 September 2025
Exceptional
An amazing place to stay. Everyone should come here once to experience one of the best hostels in Europe
17 September 2025
Exceptional
Super clean and super amamzing staff.
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 and 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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3 November 2025
Price for value