Torquay Hostel

This is basically a hostel, a so so hostel. I guess for the price I shouldn't complain. The bathrooms are fairly clean, there as a huge kitchen on every floor (so we were told), which is great. We did have a fridge in our room as well. The staff were fine. There is a common room but no one uses it. The bad sides include the area (its close to the tube but first stop of zone two) and the fact that the hostel sits on an unpleasant highway, next to a gas station. This makes it noisy and not pleasant out the door. The mattress was terrible, really terrible. Some sort of a worn away box spring - and really, I'm not fussy. The girl at the desk suggested I sleep on the floor instead. They did try and exchange the mattress when I complained, but I guess they didn't have anything better.

I've spent there 3 nights with my boyfriend and we really enjoyed being so close to the tube station. It was great to have a bathroom of our own and we saved a lot of money by cooking in "our" kitchen. Bring some stuff like washing-up liquid along...