Sir Toby's Hostel

Superb

Superb

Liked: Social, clean and friendly staff, nice common area

Good

Very good

Bad

Superb

Exceptional

Very Satisfactory, being able to...

Liked: The staff in particular were incredibly friendly (shoutout Bob the bartender), and the value for a bed is exceptional - a dormitory bed at Sir Toby’s Hostel for 3 day was £42.42 (GDP) when I booked. Location being about 20-30 minutes out from Old Town meant that you avoid a significant amount of tourist crowd and you get to experience the quiet life of the city. The offering of an underground lounge/bar was a incredible atmosphere to talk to other travellers and there is also a quaint garden area for those who want fresh air, as well as balconies on every floor for people to use. WiFi was generally satisfactory and beds were also comfortable, though can be a little hot for some people.
Disliked: When you are booking into a hostel, you are gambling with your dorm roommates, and our stay unfortunately gave us some messy ones, though this was only in our experience and other traveller we talked to had far more positive experiences. There was occasional dirtiness, such as with the lining of the shower door holding a little mold, but this was far and few in between. An improvement that I would like to see is being able to make a deposit for borrowing hostel property, being done on card - you are able to borrow items such as hairdryers, plug adapters, locks and towels but they cannot not be done so in cash. Allowing the deposit to being done on card would’ve been easier as I wouldn’t be needed to hold cash on what is becoming a more card using city.

Great atmosphere but poor facilities.

Liked: Nice aesthetics, amazing pub area and nice back garden.
Disliked: Incredibly unclean toilets.