The Hostelz.com Review
The excellent, friendly service starts just after booking at Chester Backpackers Hostel, this lively backpacker hostel in a typical Chester-style house just a couple of blocks away from the Chester Rows. Not long after your booking has been received, you will get an email welcoming you to the hostel and asking for your approximate arrival time so that a member of staff will be available to meet you.
The friendly and helpful manager, Kath, met us and showed us around instead of simply saying you're in dorm B and pointing vaguely in some direction. It's a nice touch.
Getting to the hostel takes about five minutes walking from the amphitheatre ruins where the National Express buses stop (walk away from the ruins along the road, turn left, then right at the Pizza Hut/Nokia) and is close to the train station. Sure, the area isn't that charming (and there are underpasses or "subways," which may be a little creepy), but it is incredibly close to most of Chester's sites.
Although the dorms are quite large, they are split up by dividing walls. They're hardly cosy, but the beds are comfortable and, despite the hostel's party atmosphere, the rooms are quiet. An excellent self-catering kitchen and pay phones are also available.
There are tonnes of places for socialising -- the main lounge at the entrance where you can watch movies or have a chat (there will be tons of beer cans around, some even in dorms, but the party doesn't get brought into the rooms) and a number of patios (which are the only places where smoking is allowed).
The bathrooms downstairs are quite clean and brightly painted. The showers are good and there is space to hang up clothes in the cubicles.
The hostel is walking distance from all the sights, social (but also quiet enough in the dorms if you want to sleep), clean, comfortable, and run by a friendly bunch of staff. It's definitely worth staying here if you visit the beautiful town of Chester.
The friendly and helpful manager, Kath, met us and showed us around instead of simply saying you're in dorm B and pointing vaguely in some direction. It's a nice touch.
Getting to the hostel takes about five minutes walking from the amphitheatre ruins where the National Express buses stop (walk away from the ruins along the road, turn left, then right at the Pizza Hut/Nokia) and is close to the train station. Sure, the area isn't that charming (and there are underpasses or "subways," which may be a little creepy), but it is incredibly close to most of Chester's sites.
Although the dorms are quite large, they are split up by dividing walls. They're hardly cosy, but the beds are comfortable and, despite the hostel's party atmosphere, the rooms are quiet. An excellent self-catering kitchen and pay phones are also available.
There are tonnes of places for socialising -- the main lounge at the entrance where you can watch movies or have a chat (there will be tons of beer cans around, some even in dorms, but the party doesn't get brought into the rooms) and a number of patios (which are the only places where smoking is allowed).
The bathrooms downstairs are quite clean and brightly painted. The showers are good and there is space to hang up clothes in the cubicles.
The hostel is walking distance from all the sights, social (but also quiet enough in the dorms if you want to sleep), clean, comfortable, and run by a friendly bunch of staff. It's definitely worth staying here if you visit the beautiful town of Chester.
— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
September 2007
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Never pay in Advance We booked and paid in advance for 2 nights but after arriving we canceled the 2nd night and now have been refused a refund by a very rude manager/owner. The hostel was not as advertised on the internet site, our room was up several flights of very narrow, winding stairs, very intrusive road noise inside, and overall the hostel was at the lower end of of accommodation. — Rianda , Brisbane, Australia (2011-07-23) Quaint, friendly staff, relaxing and homey, small Very good clean hostel. Close proximity to train station, near bars and food outlets. Fifteen minute walk from the City centre. Has free tea, coffee, TV, and movies. Excellent. Would stay here again -- has a nice homey atmosphere. — Tony , England (2008-11-18) This hostel is ok-ish. It's quite central, the only drawback being that it's on a main road and there are taxis and cars going past and tooting all night, so you won't get the best night's sleep. The room I was in was too cramped and there are no lockers, either. The shower and facilities are pretty cramped too. This place is ok for a couple of nights, but it's not a long-term option. — The master traveller (2005-11-08) We stayed here in October, in a large dorm room. Facilities were great — rooms were clean, so too were the bathrooms and the kitchen. Lounge was relaxed, a great place to meet travelers and watch TV. The problem occurred just after we'd gone to bed — at about 1 a.m. a completely crazy guy walked into the room, and proceeded to spend the rest of the night yelling and swearing and getting onto his bed and off the bed. It was disturbing, to say the least. Apart from this incident, it was a decent hostel, although it kind of scared us off. — Bobbi from Australia (2005-10-14)