Hootananny Hostel

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Very Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : The location is brilliant, nice venue. Everyone I met & in my room seemed really nice. Quite chill. Kitchen, showers, balcony & common room free to use.Music downstairs was great from what I could hear & a pleasant vibe, can come and go as you please & little locker for any valuables supplied on check in.
  : Squeaky bunk bed & being on top, felt it was awkward as everytime someone moved it was rather noisy. No one sleeps. 2am lights still on, everyone chatting & coming & going throughout the night with music downstairs toodont plan to actually sleep. By time lights got turned off & people chilled out it was 3/4am and before you knew it sun was coming up and through the curtains relighting the room. But for the price & the locationI can live with it.Room stated no food to be kept in roomshowever everyone in my room had food or snacks all laying around. Not going to help with pests.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : Clean, friendly staff, all the essential facilities.

Good
Traveller Type: Traveling as Couple

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler

Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : Comfy bunks with electric socket. They put your name on the beds. Lounge area. Handy for the music venue. Cheap.
  : Check in was confusing maybe cos we arrived in evening when venue was already open. We had to ask at the bar and wait to be taken upstairs, no direct access but OK once you have key and codes.

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Business Traveler
  : The room I stayed in was a 4 bed dorm for girls and it was more spacious than expected + my room looked down on the garden below. All doors had number combo lock and lockers were outside my bedroom. My dorm had a big shelf so each guest could leave their stuff + we had hooks on the wall for coats. I was allowed to go into the garden below where they had food trucks and I had a patty from the Jamaican shop, it tasted good and not too spicy. There is a Sainsbury shop across the road + nice kebab shop near the bus stop - I liked that they had no carpet and many windows + showers for girls were in a different area for boys too. The kitchen is massive & has a dining table I saw a large fridge & separate freezer for frozen food but unfortunately no air fryer in spite of this at least we had 2 microwaves. It takes approx 15mins walk to brixton tube station & lots of shops here for food & fashion + there are 4 bus stops that you can get to in 10mins incl night buses
  : My dorm was on the top floor so I had more than 3 flights of stairs to get up + I would have preferred to have lockers in the room as there is enough space for 4 + it would prevent us guests having to leave our room so frequently... My bunk bed did not have wood steps so I had to climb the metal ladder frame which was hard on my feet; my bunk was very wobbly it was almost like jelly any small movement and it would shake + the mattress had springs so I slept on the duvet which was quite thick so the springs didn't affect my body as much. The beds don't have curtains or lamps + I noticed at night some people in their cars played music very loud as they drove passed so it was more noisy compared to other hostels which were also next to a main road. In the girls showers I didn't like that there was no hand dryers + most times no blue roll so after washing hands you had to go back to the dorm for a towel. I think it would be a good idea to have more than 1 hairdryer since so many of us were staying here as well. I knew that on weekends this venue play music to entertain customers but the party goes on until after 1am so if you need a place to stay due to work trips, you might not get a good rest here as you can really hear the booming base & public talking outside -songs they played sounded good most of the time. The main thing I really didn't like was there was no heating - I stayed here in summertime so I was never cold yet still would have preferred to dry my towel etc on the radiator in my dorm instead of relying on blowdrying them.

Pleasant
Traveller Type:
  : The location was excellent, right next to Brockwell Park and not too far from the city. The beds were also very comfortable and there were lots of services provided.
  : Some of the staff were very nice, but others were quite rude and impatient when we tried to talk with them.

Good
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : people is so friendly, helpful most importantly, like to smile, UK people. its their culture i guess. room is mix with different age, different background no backpacker dirty style. clean all the time. kind of quite even opposite main road and bar. simple transaction. i dont felt discriminate as an Asian tourist.
  : location. management should put signage, no food label will be throw or food for free next to the freeze. i lost my fruit quite a lot for my trip. which i so valuable as its my first time travelling to UK.food can be steal or whatsoever.