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Reviews of Kick Ass Greyfriars - Adults Only - Hostel

2.5 out of 5
Kick Ass Greyfriars - Adults Only - Hostel
37-39 Cowgate, Edinburgh, Scotland

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 38 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 51 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 18 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 5 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 114 reviews" "

8.4/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jarvis Ivan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The dorm and washrooms were clean. Staff was helpful and warm. Almost everyday there was a social event in the hostel.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Alberto on 4 Apr 2024
Hi Jarvish, thanks for your kind words and we are happy to know you enjoyed your time in our hostel ;hope to see you again, Alberto

6/10 Okay

Alisha

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Definitely extremely over priced for just a bed. Showers are timed so you have to press the button every 15seconds so having a shower is so annoying - the showers are tiny with no space to place your belongings. There was vomit in the sink for hours. Very loud throughout the night. Honestly I could find hotels better priced.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Alberto on 4 Apr 2024
Hi Alisha, we are sorry to hear about your disappointing experience, we value your words as a way to improve in the future.all the bestAlberto

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place for a short or long stay. Lobe the vibe with the social area. 30 bed dorm was pretty well laid out, quirky. Comfortable beds, and quiet for getting a good sleep too!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Ilse on 10 Jan 2024
Thank you for your positive review, Mark! We are thrilled to hear that you enjoyed your stay at Kick Ass Greyfriars. Our social area is designed to create a vibrant and friendly atmosphere for all our guests. We are glad you found our 30-bed dorm comfortable and well laid out, providing you with a good night's sleep. We appreciate your feedback and hope to welcome you back soon. Best regards, Ilse @ Kick Ass Hostels

6/10 Okay

Danielle P

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place was a bit lower quality than I expected from reviews, but the staff were nice upon check-in and the area is great. However, when I returned to my bed at 2:30am, somebody else was sleeping in it. He slept there because somebody slept in his bed, and the whole thing started a chain reaction and the night receptionist realized they were overbooked. I didn’t have anywhere to sleep and was offered a couch in the chill room, even though my tag was on the bed and my stuff was in the locker. I was told this has happened here before. So… beware.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Alberto on 27 Feb 2024
Hi,Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We hope to welcome you back to our hostel soon!Sincerely,

10/10 Excellent

Leah

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Alberto on 17 Dec 2023
Hi Lea,Thank you very much for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We greatly appreciate your kind mark about our exceptional hostel. We always strive to provide a memorable experience for our guests.Warm regards,Alberto@Kick Ass Greyfriars

10/10 Excellent

Tatiana, Bradford

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful place,friendly and politely staff,nice pub in the old heart of this marvellous city
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023
Response from Alberto on 17 Dec 2023
Hi Tatiana, Thank you very much for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We greatly appreciate your kind mark about our exceptional hostel. We always strive to provide a memorable experience for our guests.Warm regards,Alberto@Kick Ass Greyfriars

6/10 Okay

Selusiwe

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Alberto on 27 Feb 2024
Hi,Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We hope to welcome you back to our hostel soon!Sincerely,

10/10 Excellent

Tara

Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2023
Response from ALberto on 17 Dec 2023
Hi Tara, Thank you very much for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We greatly appreciate your kind mark about our exceptional hostel. We always strive to provide a memorable experience for our guests.Warm regards,Alberto@Kick Ass Greyfriars

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
100 mark hostel
Friendly environment and good kitchen Great location in old town of Edinburgh
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Alberto on 27 Feb 2024
Hi,Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We hope to welcome you back to our hostel soon!Sincerely,

8/10 Good

Stephan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Room clean and quiet. Plenty of shared bathrooms, showers on timers. Could purchase a continental breakfast on site. Only issue was the 4am fire alarm. We evacuated but no instructions or involvement by staff, we seemed to be on our own. What if there was a fire, yikes!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Jacquellene

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Ciaran

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fine for a night
Basic but pleasant enough hostel. Friendly staff. Overpriced but the location is good.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from KA Hostels on 4 Sept 2023
Hi,Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We hope to welcome you back to our hostel soon!Sincerely,KA Crew

8/10 Good

Joye

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
I liked the location across from the graveyard and Kirk. The ambiance was relaxed and the beer garden was a nice addition. While we were there several of the showers and restrooms were out of order but otherwise a solid cheaper option for staying in Old Town. Also found some great pizza and local brews at Brew Dog just a few doors down.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023
Response from Sebastian on 29 Aug 2023
It's great to hear that you enjoyed the location across from the graveyard and Kirk, as well as the relaxed ambiance and beer garden. It's unfortunate that some of the showers and restrooms were out of order during your stay, but it's good to know that you found this to be a solid and affordable option for staying in the Old Town. Plus, discovering great pizza and local brews nearby at Brew Dog sounds like a bonus! Thank you for sharing your experience; it will be helpful for others looking for accommodation in the area.

8/10 Good

Joan

Travelled with group
Liked: Amenities
Very close to everything on the Royal mall. Good value for the money spent. The mattresses could have been softer.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from Sebastian on 29 Aug 2023
It's wonderful that the location of your accommodation was very close to everything on the Royal Mile and that you found it to be good value for your money. Your feedback about the mattresses being a bit too firm is noted, as mattress comfort can greatly impact a stay. Thank you for sharing your thoughts; this information will be helpful for future travelers considering this option.

10/10 Excellent

Hector

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Party place
Place was very noisy and beds were mediocre. Host were nice and helpful. In center of nightlife.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from KA Hostels on 27 Jul 2023
Hi,Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We hope to welcome you back to our hostel soon!Sincerely,KA Hostels

6/10 Okay

Crisan Michelle

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Juan Marin on 30 Jul 2023
Hi,Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We hope to welcome you back to our hostel soon!Sincerely,

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Staff were very helpful.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Juan Marin on 30 Jul 2023
Hi,Thank you for your review of our hostel!We are delighted you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again very soon :)Sincerely,

8/10 Good

Brian

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This is a place where people are partying / drinking. Fun, but if you're looking for quiet, not the place
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Keely

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Juan Sebastian Marin on 21 May 2023
Hi,Thank you for your review of our hostel!We are delighted you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again very soon :)Sincerely,

8/10 Good

Diana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
OK
Clean and friendly staff, easy check-in, fair price. Complicated paths to rooms, key card or button at every door - and there's MANY doors to get to room or any facility. Like a labyrinth. Glad there was plugs for each bunk, but reaching them on the top bunk requires a good bit of flexibility. Mattress was 5/10 but all bedding provided and beds made for you.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Lasgo on 8 Apr 2023
Hello Diana,Thank you for your review, we're very pleased you took the time to comment on your experience. We sympathize with your opinion about the nature of the corridors and doors. Unfortunately, this old building is designed in the best way possible and probably won't be as ergonomic as a modern example. We also ensure that security doors are at regular intervals to ensure that only the guest designated to that area gains access. Again we thank you for your feedback.Kickass Hostel Gray Friars.

10/10 Excellent

Joely

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022
Response from KA Crew on 9 Dec 2022
Hi,Thank you for your review of our hostel!We are deligted you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again very soon :)Sincerely,

6/10 Okay

Giulia, Barcelona

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
The hostel is perfectly located in the city centre (old town), the staff is super friendly and the rooms are ok. The only bad side were the bathrooms, they definitely need more cleaning during the day/night considering the amount of people that use them.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from KA crew on 18 Oct 2022
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We hope to welcome you back to our hostel soon!

8/10 Good

Shu Yi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Response from KA Crew on 12 Oct 2022
Hi,Thank you for your review of our hostel!We are delighted you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again very soon :)

8/10 Good

Lewis

Liked: Staff & service
Good value for money
It's a backpackers hostel, but the location is really good, and I was able to explore the city. The staff are friendly, and food is good, but facilities are basic (which is expected). I liked it for the price.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
Response from Willow on 7 Sept 2022
Hi,Thank you for your review of our hostel!We are deligted you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again very soon :)Sincerely,KA Team

10/10 Excellent

Iyzam

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022
Response from KA Crew on 1 Sept 2022
Hi,Thank you for your review of our hostel!We are delighted you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again very soon :)Sincerely,KA Crew

6/10 Okay

Anna

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

José Gabriel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
An optimus stay
Excelent experience, located in an excelet point of the old city. Great atendance.
The bar and breakfast place
Combi bar always clean.
Lugagge store. Plenty of space.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022
Response from Kick Ass Crew on 14 Jul 2022
Hi, Thank you for your review of our hostel! We are delighted you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again very soon :) Sincerely,

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Poor air in the room, so the window had to stay opened towards the street, noisy. Uncomfortable beds. Needed to purchase a padlock (or bring one) for locking my luggage. No calm area for relaxing.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from Kick Ass Crew on 14 Jul 2022
Hi, Thank you for your review of our hostel! We are delighted you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again very soon :) Sincerely,

10/10 Excellent

rohit

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from Kick Ass Crew on 14 Jul 2022
Hi, Thank you for your review of our hostel! We are delighted you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again very soon :) Sincerely,

6/10 Okay

Tasha

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022
Response from Kick Ass Crew on 14 Jul 2022
Hi, Thank you for your review of our hostel! We are delighted you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again very soon :) Sincerely,

8/10 Good

Christian

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Enjoyed
Good standard, clean and comfortable. Well worth the money paid. Nice and relaxed with storage and washrooms available.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022
Response from Kick Ass Crew on 14 Jul 2022
Hi, Thank you for your review of our hostel! We are delighted you enjoyed your stay and hope to see you again very soon :) Sincerely,

8/10 Good

Emily

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing little hostel with really friendly staff
Amazing clean hostel with friendly and helpful staff. Has secure lockers you can hire to leave property there if you need to due to day trips or over night detours. Place is nicely clean and staff genuinely care about their visitors comfort and safety.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

2/10 Terrible

Kevin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2021

6/10 Okay

Amr

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

10/10 Excellent

Ruozhu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was a super nice stay :) friendly staff, easy checkin and checkout, and nice location as well. Great value. Recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Bartosz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

6/10 Okay

Catherine

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
1 night stay in a 4-bed room
I stayed in a 4-bed room which had a shared bathroom with a powerful shower, plenty of space in the room and a large locker. Staff where great and really helpful, and provided lockers before check in and after checkout so I could leave my bags while I explored Edinburgh. Nice bar area with plug sockets dotted around, so a good space to relax! Great location a 10 minute walk from the station and a 7 minute walk to the Royal Mile. Would definitely recommend and stay here again next time I'm in Edinburgh!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice, clean stay!
Very hip, very friendly and helpful staff
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

2/10 Terrible

Shereen

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

joseph

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stop!
Well located hotel, clean and very airy dorm rooms. Ideal place to stay and good price. Very comfy bed too 😀
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2021

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hostel was really good and staff friendly, only problem was 2 people that decided to have sex during the night and not allowed nobody to sleep and the girl was not even hosted inside the room.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021
Response from KA Crew on 31 Aug 2021
We are sorry to hear that your experience was somewhat frustrated by that experience, we have taken note for the future. We look forward to your visit soon Cheers KA Crew

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hostel in a great location
Used this hostel on a group trip to Edinburgh. Great location, everything clean and staff very helpful. They request a refundable deposit for group bookings.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything was good. Also, need to be clean toilets.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Kick Ass Crew on 23 Jan 2020
Thanks for staying with us. We appreciate your feedback!

8/10 Good

Derrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Response from KA Hostels on 15 Nov 2019
Thank you for your review!

8/10 Good

Stanley

Liked: Room comfort
It had a great feel and touch to it. Did not expect shower to break and flood so that was disappointing
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2019
Response from KA Hostels on 15 Nov 2019
Thanks so much for your review Stanley! Nice to hear you thought the hostel had a great feel to it, it's important to us to maintain a great atmosphere. I am sorry to hear about the shower breaking. We have an on-site maintenance team who can attend to these issue as soon as possible and with the abundance of showers throughout the hostel I do hope this was not too much of an inconvenience. Unfortunately, things break from time to time and we do our best to attend to any such issues promptly. Thank you again for staying with us and for taking the time to review, all the best.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from KA Hostels on 15 Nov 2019
Thank you for your review!

10/10 Excellent

Barry

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good place to stay
Good location, accomodation was as advertised. Easy check in.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Response from KA Manager on 30 Sept 2019
Many thanks for your kind review, Barry! Glad everything went well, hope you can stay with us again in future, all the best!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was my very first hostel experience. I stayed at the Greyfriar’s location. The staff was wonderful and friendly. Amenities were more than I expected for such a low nightly price. I did not take full advantage of the expansive kitchen, but definitely look forward to it next time I am in Edinburgh. Very well stocked with cookware and dining ware. And plenty of dry and fridge/freezer storage with labels for your own food/drink supplies. Lots of young adults there for the festival, but also many older adults, as well. The street noise at night was not unexpected during the festival, so earplugs would come in handy. The staff even made sure all guests knew complimentary earplugs were available at the front desk. I highly recommend KickAss Grayfriar’s for travellers on a tight budget no matter how close or far their age is from 18.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2019
Response from KA Manager on 14 Aug 2019
Thank you so much for your lovely review! I am delighted you chose us for your very first hostel experience and I'm glad all went extremely well! Thanks for mentionig our shared kitchen facilities, it's a handy amenity and another great place in the hostel to meet and connect with others. Due to our central location there is indeed some street noise and we do our best to make sure our guests get a good night's sleep by providing free earplugs. I hope you had a chance to see some good shows at the festival and when you're next in town I hope you can stay with us again, we'd love to have you back! :) Best wishes!