The Hostelz.com Review
Hostel 639 is a convenient place to stay. It is a very cheap hostel and easy to find since it's very close to the subway line.
The Location
639 Hostel is located in the northwest of London in front of the Kensal Green subway station. There are supermarkets and pubs close by and also bus lines all day and night long. From London city center it takes approximately thirty minutes by underground.
Rooms and Bathrooms
There are dorms room available with one, two, three, four, six, and eight beds. The big dorms have a sink, a shower inside, and they are normally with bunk beds. Unfortunately there are no lockers inside the dorms but you have a choice to leave your luggage at the luggage room (but a daily fee is charged). The dorms are very clean, bright, but with a little bit noise. The door locks use normal keys and the shower inside the room has good water pressure and temperature. There are separated toilets on every floor and they are very clean. From the men's toilet there is a not nice view from the neighboring graveyard.
Common Spaces
The hostel has several common places that include guest kitchen, TV room, sitting areas, computers, game room, bar, and cafe. The wall paintings have many drawings that makes the environment very heavy and not so comfortable. The guest kitchen has a microwave and a stove but has no kitchen utensils. The TV room has many couches and movies that are available for watching. The game room has a pool table and a football table. Some nights that bar is open and drinks are available for buying. The cafe has paid internet access and also phone for international calls. There is a Brazilian restaurant attached to the hostel that serves good meals during lunch and dinner. The breakfast is included but is very simple and poor.
Summary
639 Hostel is a good, cheap option for a few nights of sleep. In general it's very clean but not very comfortable. The heavy wall paintings and the old building do not give a good impression. Moreover the lack of lockers is a very big issue. If you are looking for a cheap place to spend some nights, this might be a good choice.
The Location
639 Hostel is located in the northwest of London in front of the Kensal Green subway station. There are supermarkets and pubs close by and also bus lines all day and night long. From London city center it takes approximately thirty minutes by underground.
Rooms and Bathrooms
There are dorms room available with one, two, three, four, six, and eight beds. The big dorms have a sink, a shower inside, and they are normally with bunk beds. Unfortunately there are no lockers inside the dorms but you have a choice to leave your luggage at the luggage room (but a daily fee is charged). The dorms are very clean, bright, but with a little bit noise. The door locks use normal keys and the shower inside the room has good water pressure and temperature. There are separated toilets on every floor and they are very clean. From the men's toilet there is a not nice view from the neighboring graveyard.
Common Spaces
The hostel has several common places that include guest kitchen, TV room, sitting areas, computers, game room, bar, and cafe. The wall paintings have many drawings that makes the environment very heavy and not so comfortable. The guest kitchen has a microwave and a stove but has no kitchen utensils. The TV room has many couches and movies that are available for watching. The game room has a pool table and a football table. Some nights that bar is open and drinks are available for buying. The cafe has paid internet access and also phone for international calls. There is a Brazilian restaurant attached to the hostel that serves good meals during lunch and dinner. The breakfast is included but is very simple and poor.
Summary
639 Hostel is a good, cheap option for a few nights of sleep. In general it's very clean but not very comfortable. The heavy wall paintings and the old building do not give a good impression. Moreover the lack of lockers is a very big issue. If you are looking for a cheap place to spend some nights, this might be a good choice.
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June 2009
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Convenient location, less than 1 star place Except for the Kensal Green Underground station across the street, there is little except price to recommend this place (they do forget to tell you the station is closed on Sundays, not sure if that is temporary or not). Breakfast is cold white toast with frozen margarine and warm jelly with corn flakes and either tea or instant coffee. The rooms were clean but very bright in the morning and VERY noisy all of the time. No where close to walk to except the cemetery (which is RIGHT behind the hostel). Showers were nice. People were mostly nice. Security was ok, nothing special. — Anonymous , USA (2010-03-15) Deplorable, horriffic filth! Some of my things were eaten by mice (no I didn't have food in my bag) -- droppings all over the room. They reeked of old moldy carpet and stench. I didn't even want to sit on the couches in the lounge. Breakfast if you call it that was basically expired crap. Stale cereal, milk, OJ, apple, and that's about it. I stayed there and left a night early slept in the airport for ten hours rather than to stay there one more night. Spend a bit more money and go elsewhere. — Drew , USA (2007-10-06) Awesome I have been to this hostel two years ago, and I had such a great time, even though it was pretty dirty, and didn't have the best location. I have had some great memories of the five days I've spend there with my friends, I want to go back someday, just because of that. also a good thing was that the subway was just across the street. — Jac , the Netherlands (2007-09-25) Cheap but with a rude girl at the reception I spent 2 weeks here 7 years ago and I quarreled with a disgusting girl that was working at the reception. She did me out of 10 pounds, so I was forced to spend my last night at the Stansed Airport because my money was not enough. She charged me of 109 pounds for 10 nights while the rates were 70 pounds x week. I hope this hostel staff has changed because the place is quite exciting despite the fact it's far from the centre of the city. — ANTONELLO , Italy (2007-08-10) Yuck. We stayed here our first night in London and it gave us a terrible first impression of the city. Dirty, crowded, disorganized, shady. there was a huge spot of mold growing on our ceiling and the room reeked. It was full of creepy people and the breakfast was terrible. Staff was generally unhelpful or poorly trained. DON'T STAY HERE -- it's not worth the money you save, really. — Allise, US (2007-03-08) I loved this hostel for all three days spent there two years ago. You can listen to or play if you can the guitar downstairs and talk with people from around the world. It's real fun. — Loo (2007-03-06) I never stayed in a worse place! I did not achieve to stay for more than a night, I needed to change for another one hostel, as well the place was dirty, the breakfast was terrible, the receptionist was worse, beyond the dirt in the floor, still had remaining portions of drugs. Never more I will come back! — Raff (2007-02-26) We arrived at the hostel in winter (January) the room was dirty, you could see the grease on the windows, cold, taking under consideration it was winter i advise to take coldrex or aspirine with you cause you might get ill. The advert says they have free shuttle bus, well yes but unfortunately it couldn't make it to pick us up. Summing up, don't bother, there are better places to stay. — Disaster (2007-02-12) This was honestly the most fun I have ever had at a hostel. The location isnt the prettiest part of town, but its so close to the metro. The staff is excellent -- I made friends for life. They have parties in the lounge at night, free breakfast, and the best part was there is always a security guy at the door. Want a cheap, clean friendly place to stay? This place was the best. — JSage (2006-11-16) It was very nice experience to be on a visit to the hostel and to meet such nice guy like Jimmy from security. — fan (2006-10-16) I had the most fun ever in this hostel. it was so gross but so much fun. I mean the hostel had a genius place, in the ghetto next to a graveyard. It was, well, dirty, with a really really poor breakfast (toast with warm strawberry jam) and a wardrobe like shower. but I had a great time anyway. I still just give them one star cause it was still a rubbish hostel. — Sarah Delfos (2006-07-03) I can't say anything positive about this hostel. The breakfast was really bad, the beds were uncomfortable, the aroma in the hostel was disgusting, and the showers were dirty. No good words for them! — Christiaan Visser (2006-06-08) I went to Millenium Lodge with a couple of classmates and we actaully liked it! Our rooms where pretty clean, the staff was friendly although they still asked me for the key to enter the building after being there for 4 days already! The shower was ok, but it stagnated a couple of times and the hot water turned freezing cold several times.
Our room was on the frontside, so we did not have the 'graveyard'-view. Although we were able to see it in the bathroom, and it looked pretty nice actually (but scary around midnight oehh). The underground is nearby and with the Bakerloo line it only takes a 20min to get to Piccadilly circus. The pub nearby was lovely and also the bar in the Hostel itself was ok!
Everybody was running around with cans of beer, but that made the ambience even looser. There were a lot of students and somethimes they kindof ennoyed me, but never mind!
[is millennium lodge the same as hostel 639?] — Siebe (2006-06-03) We had a great time, and the hostel was just as it should be! — dutch girls (2006-05-15) The hotel was very disgusting. I stayed there with my school. The windows did not open. The shower smells like hell. There is a cemetery outside. The breakfast was not much and the jam was very dirty. I won't ever come back, ever. It was nice that there was a subway near the hotel. — Tristan van Meegdenburg (2005-11-12)