Title says it all - it is REALLY dirty and really old! We stayed there because it was close to the center and it was cheaper than other places but I would not do that again or recommend this place... And it is VERY noisy!

I ve been there in the 2011 summer, the hostel is very relaxed and the people who works there are nice. I think the prices are good, but you must pay for breakfast. But near you have a supermaket. The ubication is excellent, is just in front fo the castle, but the train station is half away. In the upper... More

I stayed there only a night, but it was a terrible experience: first of all, we booked beds in a female dorm while they put us in a mixed dorm because the hostel was full that night (who cares, since I paid for what I booked?); the most annoying thing was that the room was too dirty: bed linens were... More

The location of this hostel was great with only a 10 minute walk to the Old Town of Edinburgh and a magnificent view of Edinburgh Castle the moment you walk out the front door. The hostel was relatively cheap as well, but you get what you pay for. The rooms were fairly average and small. The hostel layout was poor,... More

I have stayed in hostels/backpackers all over the world and I had never been bitten by bed bugs before!! I stayed in the double room no- 301. When I booked over the phone I asked for email confirmation of my booking and it was never sent even tho I phoned 3 more times asking for it,when I arrived at the... More

We were visiting Edinburgh as a part of our honeymoon and arrived at this hostel only to be told by a very unfriendly lady that the hostel was closed with no further explanation. We explained that we had a booking at the hostel only to be told "too bad" and ushered out of the building into the rain with nowhere... More

I give this hostel an average rating because I didn't stay here long enough (only for 1 night) to be able to fully judge it. We stayed in an 18 bed mixed dorm--I found the beds fine. The only problem is that for an 18-bed dorm, it's quite small and the door to the bedroom slams shut. If you have... More

Ok, it's a hostel. A cheap hostel. But, probably, the worst hostel I'va ever been in my (still young) life. We were a group of seven friends who wanted a cheap place for a two nights-stay in Edimburgh. What we got in Art Roch was a room (N. 104 ) truly dirty (used tissues under the beds, a broken window)... More

I booked this hostel and read the reviews afterwards and I was really concerned with what i had read in the reviews. The hostel was clean and quirky and the staff were very helpful, I saw a number of rooms as it was quite a large group and all the rooms were clean and suitable to their purpose, they are... More