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Reviews of Argyle Backpackers

4 out of 5
Argyle Backpackers
14 Argyle Place, Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland

Reviews

7.8

Good

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7.8/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

7.2/10

Amenities

7.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pretty decent hostel.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

8/10 Good

Susan

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Easy access to bus which took us to the Tram
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mateusz

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Grant

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was fantastic karma the fellow guests were pleasant to be around, they had a lovely and fully equipped kitchen to cook meals in and all in all I loved the vibe and having my morning coffee on the back covered patio! Absolutely plan on coming back for my vacation next year!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jake

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

Andrzej

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tom

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Bhathiya

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Callum

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very much enjoyed my stay at argyle backpackers. Would stay again. Very homey feel and was a pleasure to meet other travelers. Within walking distance to all of the major sights in Edinburgh, including the train station.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Masyitah

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
For a good price the room is very comfortable & safe. My friend & I had a good night sleep. I would definitely stay again.

10/10 Excellent

NUR ATIKAH

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Filthy
The whole place was filthy, even the communal carpets were not hoovered. Tried to use the shower on my floor and I waited for 5 mins for hot water to work before giving up. The light above the shower in this room didn’t work so it would have been very dark anyway. Ended up using the shower on the floor below which had hot water but it came out like a trickle. The whole place felt like it could use a refurb and whilst I understand it is budget accommodation I did not feel as though I got value for money.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Cameron

Business traveler
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Hailey

Traveled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Overall very fair for price Shared shower didn’t work perfectly but was usable. Good area close to bus station that runs to city centre frequently, nice location. Easy check in, they were very nice. Very quiet area, room wasn’t very sound proof to the halls, but everyone was quiet and respectful, so nothing waking us up. 3/5
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Isobel

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were so nice and helpful!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

J

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
brilliant
everything was absolutely brilliant
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Victoria

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

James

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice atmosphere, great location, delivers all it promises - no complaints.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Kevan

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Trish

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Room comfort
Basic accommodation. Remember and take a towel
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Amber

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
There is no clarification on the website that the property has a communal bathroom that must be shared with other members on your floor. Additionally, you must strip your own bed along with no fan or AC that is in the room. It is fine if you are okay with that but a lot of missing things we were not aware of for the price point
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Walid

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
family friendly
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Jeanine

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Met by lovely people from Aust and NZ. Made us feel quite at home. Nothing was too much bother. The concierge was amazing and very helpful 👌
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

George

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Tara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Full-grown-adult-friendly hostel, nice location
Everyone was quiet and respectful, staff is very nice. Location is an easy walk to city centre. Bathroom situation is not ideal - had to search property for an open bathroom a couple of times. Fans needed in upper floor rooms! Climate change is here and even Scotland is hot.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Alexandra

Location is good, staff kind, date property all over. Could do with a refresh
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Helen

Traveled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
It was in a quiet area close to a big park. The internet was very patchy or non existent. Being a very old building, when people moved around during the night al the floors creaked., meaning sleep was interupted.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place! But the WiFi was very bad
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Rebecca

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fabulous location, good set up, excellent value
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Maranda

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I honestly loved this property. It was so homey and I would definitely come back. You stay with other people but you can lock your door and people keep to themselves. You also share a bathroom which for me was fine. My brother and I were only there for two days. Very cozy.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jose

Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Katharine

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great low-cost option
Great little place. Basic, very clean. Very friendly helpful staff. Nice kitchen and seating areas. Quiet street. Very good low-cost option
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kipp

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

June

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Welcoming. Quirky. Homely
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Clarence

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room was very clean. Recent paint was obvious in different locations. The shared toilet and shower were convenient, more than one per floor. The common areas were clean and roomy. There was a good TV in the common area. The free Wifi only worked on the main floor, although the network name appeared on other floors.
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Thomas

Traveled with group
Hostel
The hostel was ok. In need of a bit of a update. The bathroom was not very clean. The staff were friendly and welcoming.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

Kiera

Traveled with group
Liked: Staff & service
This property was a fine place to rest our heads during a busy fringe season, nothing more. It was kind of dingy and run down, and felt unclean and cluttered in places. Carpets in the main areas desperately needed a Hoover. It did not appear that they had enough washrooms for all the guests. We saw staff at check in where they were very friendly, but never really interacted with them afterwards.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kristyna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Karen

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
it was what we needed a place to sleep for the evening, pretty simple, which was fine and it felt safe
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Maya

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and efficient
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
No frills hostel
Good location, reasonable price for a last-minute booking in a Saturday night in Edinburgh. Conveniently located next to the Meadows and across from a cute coffee shop. We stayed in a building a few doors down from the main office. Room was pretty basic, building was spare and a little run-down, kitchen was well-equipped.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021