St Christopher's London Bridge - The Village
2-star hostel · London, London
Guests rate nearly every hotel highly: half the hotels in London are rated 8.2 out of 10 or more. So our score shows how a hotel compares with the rest, not how luxurious it is.
- Rated higher than 21% of London hotels
- 76% of guest comments are praise
- 90% of guest photos show no damage
How this score is made
- Rated higher than 21% of London hotels. Compared with 5,640 hotels in London. Counts for 50% of the score.
- 76% of guest comments are praise. 386 praise, 124 complain. Counts for 30% of the score.
- 90% of guest photos show no damage. 46 of 51 photos. Counts for 20% of the score.
- Serious reports are never counted in. They are flagged beside the score, because one matters even when everything else is good.
- From $32 a nightdorm beds for two, before tax
- 3 min walkto Borough station
- 291 guest reviewsfrom the last 2 years
- 51 guest photostheirs, not the hotel's
At a glance
For
- A station within walking distanceBorough is 230 m away
- Location128 praise · 1 complain
- Value36 praise · 2 complain
Against
- On a main road: Borough High Street16 m from the building
- Quiet at night36 complain · 6 praise
- Room size10 complain · 7 praise
- Problems in the bathroom20 of 291 guests
What guests reported
What guests say
291 reviews from the last 2 years. Most praised: staff (145 guests). Weakest: quiet at night, where 36 of the 42 who mention it complain.
Location1281Strength
the location was obviously great!
Booking network, July 2026, rated 5/10 by this guest
Excellent location, great breakfast!
Booking network, June 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Value362Strength
The room comfort, cleanliness, and amenities were excellent, and the value for money was great.
Google, September 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Very reasonable price compare to the location
Booking network, August 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Staff14527Mostly good
The staff were so helpful during our stay and very friendly.
Booking network, August 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
It reminded me of my scout days—there was a wonderful community atmosphere, amazing guests, and helpful staff.
Booking network, August 2026, rated 10/10 by this guest
Great oma r had to deal with a very nasty staff member
Booking network, August 2026, rated 6/10 by this guest
Breakfast135Mostly good
Breakfast is generous for the price, and the location is excellent.
Google, July 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
I stayed here for 7 days and those were best days they give completely affordable offers and breakfast with a lot options.
Google, July 2026, rated 5/5 by this guest
Tables and surfaces were dirty and bread was stale.
Tripadvisor, October 2026, rated 2/5 by this guest
Beds1310Split
The pod is not comfy for me either
Google, September 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
Stinky rooms and bed, bed is very hard.
Booking network, August 2026, rated 1/10 by this guest
Bed was terrible not comfortable at all so thin
Booking network, August 2026, rated 6/10 by this guest
Cleanliness3833Split
Bathroom was filthy, trash can always overflowing and staff not very inclusive - except for the guy at the check-in.
Booking network, July 2026, rated 6/10 by this guest
The bathrooms could be cleaner especially in the afternoon.
Booking network, August 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Ithe bathrooms especially in the afternoon can be pretty dirty.
Booking network, August 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Room size710Split
The rooms are very small but is ok for short stays.
Booking network, July 2026, rated 9/10 by this guest
Although very, very and very tiny it was just to get some sleep and for that it was sized enough.
Booking network, July 2026, rated 5/10 by this guest
It's a good hotel, the breakfasts were awesome, but the rooms seemed a little small for six people, it still was an awesome stay though.
Google, August 2026, rated 4/5 by this guest
Quiet at night636Weak spot
air conditioner didnt work for most of the days during my stay and the room was hot even during night, stay at first floor was too noisy due to the pub in ground floor
Booking network, July 2026, rated 5/10 by this guest
A little bit loud from the club down stairs but I knew this would be the case before booking.
Booking network, September 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Till 2am sound from the bar/pub just below the hostel, impossible to sleep with sound constantly disturbing
Booking network, August 2026, rated 2/10 by this guest
Too few mentions to judge: room condition, food and views.
Who stays, and their score out of 10
From every review of the last two years that gives a score and says who travelled, including those with no words.
All 3,397 Google ratings
Problems guests raised
Raised most: problems in the bathroom, in 20 of 291 reviews.
Problems in the bathroom20 of 2911 in 15 reviews
The shower was too fast to take bath when turned to hot water, had to take bath with cold water, there should have been separate towel as well provided with bedding.
Booking network, June 2026, rated 7/10 by this guest
Smells terrible, overcrowded rooms with horrible mattresses, tiny bathrooms with non-working showers that don't properly heat.
Google, September 2026, rated 2/5 by this guest
Heating and air conditioning18 of 2911 in 16 reviews
I didn't like it that it was sooooo hot in the room couldn't sleep first night and I was on the top bed which met I had to climb up which isn't good when I'm a lady who has arthritis in foot yer not great
Booking network, June 2026, rated 7/10 by this guest
AC of the room i stayed is not working.
Booking network, September 2026, rated 8/10 by this guest
Complaints the hotel left unresolved12 of 2911 in 24 reviews
I made a reservation that, for reasons beyond their control, couldn't be completed, and I tried to change my dates (both the ones I had already used and the ones that were still available) to try and find a solution, but they wouldn't accept it.
Google, August 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
Staff did not care when I complained.
Booking network, September 2026, rated 2/10 by this guest
Something broken in the room11 of 2911 in 26 reviews
Assault I front of accommodation, filth, broken sockets.
Google, September 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
Additionally, the light in my capsule was broken.
Google, August 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
Insects or pests10 of 2911 in 29 reviews
Cockroaches in the toilets (at least on the 2nd floor).
Google, July 2026, rated 3/5 by this guest
Bed bug found under mattress, loud music from the venues next door that didn't end until 3am, toilets were dirty
Google, July 2026, rated 1/5 by this guest
A slow check-in9 of 2911 in 32 reviews
You can’t check in early, even for an additional fee.
Booking network, July 2026, rated 6/10 by this guest
Bedding was not ready when we checked in at 9pm
Booking network, June 2026, rated 5/10 by this guest
Serious reports
3 in 291 reviews, most common first. Shown beside the score, never averaged into it.
Bed bugs or bites2 of 291 reviews
I got bed bug bites all over my body
Booking network, September 2026, rated 3/10 by this guest
Bedbugs and staff stolen my T-shirt.
Booking network, August 2026, rated 6/10 by this guest
Someone fell ill1 of 291 reviews
I got even sicker after my stay.
Booking network, September 2026, rated 1/10 by this guest
These are guests' own accounts from their reviews. We have not verified them, and the hotel may dispute them. A report is counted only when the guest says it happened at the hotel and holds the hotel responsible.
Photos, checked
5 of the 51 guest photos we checked show damage or dirt (10%).
Guest photos showing damage or dirt5 of 5110%
Of 51 guest photos, 5 show damage or dirt: pests in 3, dirty surfaces in 3 and stains in 2, and some photos show more than one. Of the hotel's own 40, 0 do.
What it advertises, against the photos
Guests’ photos confirm: restaurant (1), bar (3).
The hotel says it has no swimming pool, spa, gym or hot tub.
Price, place and rooms
Price
Dorm beds for two start at $32 a night, from 139 dates checked in the coming year.
Prices on booking sites, the day we checked
What each seller advertised on the one day we checked.
- Booking.com$77
- secure-hotel-tracker.com$79
- hostelworld.com$83
- traveluro.com$163
- trivago.deals$164
- Vio.com$166
- deals.etrip.net$166
- qantas.com$172
Lowest advertised nightly rate for two adults; taxes and local fees are not included. Shown in US dollars.
Nearby
Borough station is 230 m away by road, about 3 minutes on foot. There are 8 bars or clubs within 200 metres.
- Nearest main road: Borough High Street16 m
- Nearest shop: Sainsbury's Local1 min walk80 m by road
- Nearest station: Borough3 min walk230 m by road
- Tower Bridge20 min walk1.5 km by road
- Big Ben2.7 km
- The British Museum3.6 km
- Buckingham Palace4.0 km
The lines are 5, 10 and 15 minutes on foot.
Distances follow the streets, not straight lines.
Rooms
26 room types, from 4 to 35 m².
- Capsule in Private 26 Capsule Room with Shared Bathroom4 m²Sleeps 11 Twin bedBathtub
- Private 2 Bunk Room with Private Bathroom8 m²Sleeps 2Bathtub
- Private 2-Bed Female Room with External Shared Bathroom10 m²Sleeps 2Bathtub
- Private 2 Bunk Room with Shared External Bathroom12 m²Sleeps 2Bathtub
- Double Room with Private Bathroom12 m²Sleeps 2BathtubBalcony in its photos
- Single Room with Private Bathroom12 m²Sleeps 1Bathtub
The other 20 room types
- Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Private Bathroom14 m²Sleeps 1Bathtub
- Bed in 4-Bed Female Dormitory Room with External Shared Bathroom14 m²Sleeps 1Bathtub
- Bed in 4-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with External Shared Bathroom16 m²Sleeps 1Bathtub
- Double Room with External Shared Bathroom16 m²Sleeps 2Bathtub
- 4-Bed Private Room with Shared External Bathroom16 m²Sleeps 4Bathtub
- 4-Bed Private Room with Private Bathroom16 m²Sleeps 4Bathtub
- Bed in 8-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with External Shared Bathroom18 m²Sleeps 1Bathtub
- Bed in 6-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with External Shared Bathroom18 m²Sleeps 1Bathtub
- 9-Bed Private Room with Shared External Bathroom18 m²Sleeps 9Bathtub
- Double Capsule in 4 Capsule Room with External Shared Bathroom18 m²Sleeps 2Bathtub
- Bed in 9-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Triple Bunks and External Shared Bathroom18 m²Sleeps 1Bathtub
- 6-Bed Private Room with Shared External Bathroom18 m²Sleeps 6Bathtub
- 8-Bed Private Room with Shared External Bathroom18 m²Sleeps 8Bathtub
- Bed in 10-Bed Female Dormitory Room with External Shared Bathroom18 m²Sleeps 1Bathtub
- Bed in 12-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with External Shared Bathroom20 m²Sleeps 1Bathtub
- Bed in 10-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with External Shared Bathroom20 m²Sleeps 1Bathtub
- 10-Bed Private Room with Shared External Bathroom20 m²Sleeps 10Bathtub
- Bed in 14-Bed Female Dormitory Room with External Shared Bathroom22 m²Sleeps 1Bathtub
- Bed in 21-Bed Mixed Dormitory Room with Triple Bunks and External Shared Bathroom24 m²Sleeps 1Bathtub
- Bed in 15-Bed Mixed Dorm with Triple Bunks and External Shared Bathroom35 m²Sleeps 1Bathtub
From the hotel's own room descriptions, checked against each room's photos.
How it compares
How it ranks
Guests who booked rate it 7.4 out of 10. Only 21% of the 5,640 hotels in London are rated lower, and a typical one is rated 8.2.
Every review site, out of 100
10 Google reviewers ticked "Quiet", yet 36 guests complain about noise, and Borough High Street runs 16 m away.
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How we know
291 reviews counted · 91 photos checked · updated 10 October 2026
- We collected this hotel's 889 most recent reviews from Google, Tripadvisor and the Booking network. 291 of them describe a stay in the last 2 years and are the ones counted here; the rest were 145 older, 94 in other languages, 354 with a score but no words and 5 about the restaurant rather than a stay.
- The hotel replied to 192 of its 200 newest Google reviews.
- 24 in every 100 reviews thank a staff member by name.
- 1 review mentions a free upgrade, a cake or a gift.
- We looked at 91 photos: the first 40 of the hotel's own and the 51 newest from guests.
- Every number on this page is counted, not estimated. Anything in quotation marks is a guest's own words.