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4 out of 5
Haystack Hostel
5/3 West Register Street, Edinburgh, Scotland

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 12 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 29 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 7 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 57 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 57 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Beatty

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dominic

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
I only spent 1 night there in a private room but it was very clean and the people I talked to were very friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kriscelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I never expected that it’s accessible to all the area roaming around Edinburgh I never used of public transportation even though is only 2 minutes besides bus and train stations. Staffs are all friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Anna

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Gemma

Stayed 1 night in May 2022

8/10 Good

rossana, washington, dc

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Centrally located
Very positive iexpeeience in general. staff very helpful. Clean hostal. Cleanliness and considerate travelers.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Friendly, helpful staff and central location.
Excellent location - very central. The many stairs up to the hostel are a slight drawback if you are carrying heavy bags although staff are extremely helpful in every respect and offered to carry my bags down stairs the day I was leaving. Comfortable kitchen. Nice to have breakfast included. Staff were fantastic and looked up bus routes for me and advised me on whether to catch the bus to the festival events etc. Mattresses on bed were a bit saggy.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

10/10 Excellent

Jimmy, California

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Can't beat this location
Friendly and helpful staff. They could recommend places to go and things to eat. The shower rooms are shared but there are many bottles of shampoo and body washes left behind from other travelers for new guests to use. Mattresses are from IKEA, and not the greatest to sleep on, but my experience meeting new mates and being in close proximity to everything made my stay here very memorable. Would come back again!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2017

8/10 Good

Di, Brisbane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good position
This is the first time I've stayed in a hostel so didn't really know what to expect so overall not a bad experience

6/10 Okay

Inkyung

Liked: Staff & service
Basic and convenient but need improvement
It's a really basic hostel. I was a bit surprised by the run-down condition of the building at first but the overall stay was pleasant enough. However, the bed condition must be improved. I am very used to hostel bunk beds but this one was exceptionally wobbly. The room is very small so if you get caught up in loud crowd you will suffer. I was lucky enough to stay with quiet, respectful girls. Kitchen and shower is well-equipped and clean and the breakfast is also very basic. If you catch a good deal on price then it's fair value for money. The location is extremely convenient and that alone gives you the reason to try out this hostel.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Clean overall, but small rooms
Clean bathrooms, clean rooms, but the rooms were crammed. Very helpful and friend staff though. Very convenient location, right in city center between Old Town and New Town. Overall good experience

8/10 Good

Ai

Very convenient location
Friendly staff, good wifi connectivity, and very convenient location to everything.

8/10 Good

Ashanti , Malaysia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome location!! A lot of steps though!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

8/10 Good

Bruce S, Calgary Canada

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Last night on Edinburgh b/4 train to London earlyi
Close to Waverley train station

6/10 Okay

Rataya

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
cheap hostel but i paid big money
cheap hostel but i paid big money cuz when i booked this hoster, edinberough was full of tourists. everything was normal hostel. 3rd floor, not clean, small toilet, small bed,... but staff is nice. sonya is her name. she was excellent!! she explained a lot of things about edinberough and tours. and i met good friend in the hostel.

8/10 Good

wheelchairs259, West Lothian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
it was good
it was a great stay there was only one problem for me is not there falt coz

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Staff
Really nice staff, was well looked after. Perfect for a night out in Edinburgh

8/10 Good

jessica

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

8/10 Good

Juyoung, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
good position and friendly staffs
The location of this hostel is good indeed and the staffs are so friendly!!! The only bad thing is that there is not an elevator even though it is the fifth(?) floor...

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Ali, Camberley, UK

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best place to stay in Edinburgh
The location is quite central. Haggis hostel provides you with a home friendly environment in the form of good staff and environment. The free breakfast package adds to the package making it more lucrative. Definitely if you want to stay at a hostel in Edinburgh , Haggis is the place to be.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Haggis Hostels in Edinburgh
The rooms are clean. Hire of lockers are extra. The room was cool at times (during Winter). Overall experience was positive. The location is very central. Not recommended if you cannot walk up three flights of stairs.

10/10 Excellent

SUMITO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Thank you so much.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

PIERRE

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
On s'attendait à une chambre d'hôtel vue le prix et non à une auberge de jeunesse. Le personnel est au demeurant très sympathique mais franchement ce n'était pas du tout ce que nous avions compris lors de la réservation. De plus, payer presque 300€ la nuit pour une auberge de jeunesse c'est simplement hors de prix. On était bien placé et jour de match mais ça ne vaut absolument pas ce prix là. Très très déçue.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Alex

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Strategically located in the middle of the city
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Its close to Waverly
Well, its only good point is its close to Waverly. The toilets were clean, shower had just enough pressure to be able to take a comfortable bath. Apart from that I found nothing to mention. The room was extremely small. The staircase leading to the fifth floor can be a horrible experience for some. So if you don't something else, or you got an extremely good deal, then only this is your place !
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Pin-Chun

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2017

8/10 Good

Berenice, Zacatecas, Mexico.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Ubicación y limpieza excelente.
El edificio en donde se encuentra el hostal es horrible, pero una vez en el Haggis todo cambia. Lo mejor es la ubicación y la limpieza en general.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Verbrauchte bettwaren Eklige Zimmer Unhygienische Duschen und WC

8/10 Good

yvo, Den Haag

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
mooi gelegen
aangenaam

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
おすすめ
狭い階段を登らないといけないので、重い荷物があると大変かもしれません。 それ以外はとても良いです。

10/10 Excellent

Pilar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Lorena Pereira, p

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Haggis hostel, perto de tudo
O hostel e perfeito, todos são muitos receptivos, a equipe esta sempre pronta para ti ajudar. A única coisa ruim e os 3 lances de escada que você tem que subir, se você tiver com uma grande mala, você vai passar muito sufoco. O hostel e super limpo, tem uma cozinha equipada com tudo, caso você queira fazer sua comida no hostel.

8/10 Good

ritacll, hong kong

Liked: Staff & service
Allover is good
Staffs are very nice and helpful. Very good location. Will come again.

8/10 Good

Hojeong

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
ok
good except for old beds

4/10 Poor

Julia, Leipzig

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Günstiges Hostel in guter Lage für Städtetrips. Komfort lässt allerdings zu wünschen übrig. Wackelige klapprige Betten und billige Klappstühle in der Küche. Wirkt alles etwas lieblos.

8/10 Good

しょーちゃん, 埼玉県久喜市

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
駅から数分の新市街にある便利なホステル（徒歩で)
このホステルは高級なホテルが林立するプリンセスストリートから50メートル程奥に入った三階にあります。入り口からホステルのドアまで螺旋階段なのですが、日本人の美意識からすると、一寸ヤバイ所へ来ちゃったかなって感じでしたが、中は綺麗で快適でした。キッチンは一寸狭いけれど綺麗で自炊しても楽しいかと思います。数日滞在するなら駅の近くに小さなスーパーが在るので材料を買ってくれば安上がりです。日本ではまだ少ない自動レジを試すのもいい経験に成るでしょう。エジンバラは京都のように文化歴史遺産に溢れた綺麗な素敵な町です。出来れば盛夏に訪れたいですね。四月半ばを過ぎても冬服が必要です。訪れて損はないスコットランドで必須の年です。グラスゴーより断然エジンバラです。

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hostel
The rooms and the bathrooms were very clean. The staff was very welcoming and helpful, they also have free storage service. The breakfast consists on cereals, bread, milk and fruits, just what you need to start the day. Convenient location near to the main street of Edinburgh, the bus and train stations, yet pretty quiet.

8/10 Good

Afra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Service and location were great. I would recommend this hostal. Very good price.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Básico
Es para gente joven, duchas y baños compartidos, bien localizado, limpio, habitaciones pequeñas, desayuno básico

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

不錯的hostels
距離車站相當近，廁所跟淋浴間都很乾淨，工作人員很友善。房間雖然小，但住的很舒服。

6/10 Okay

BOMI, 런던

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
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