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Rest Up London - Hostel

2.0 star property
Hotel with restaurant, near The Shard

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In the heart of London, Rest Up London - Hostel offers a charming retreat with a buffet restaurant, coffee shop/cafe and lush garden. Explore nearby The Shard and Tower of London or unwind in the arcade/game room. With multilingual staff, luggage storage and free WiFi in public areas.

Reviews

6.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • 24/7 front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Non-smoking
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Child-friendly activities

Main amenities (12)

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Restaurant
  • Breakfast available
  • Coffee shop/cafe
  • Terrace
  • 24-hour front desk
  • Garden
  • Arcade/game room
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Vending machine
  • Laundry service
  • Self-serve laundry

Feel at home (6)

  • Playground on site
  • Garden
  • Terrace
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Laundry facilities
  • Arcade/game room
The current price is $51
$61 total
includes taxes & fees
Sep 14 - Sep 15

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  • 8 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bunk Bed

1 bed in shared, mixed room of 4 - ensuite

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  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 2 Twin Bunk Beds

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  • 50 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 16 Twin Bunk Beds

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Private family room 6 beds - shared bathroom

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  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Twin Bunk Beds

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  • 28 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 5 Twin Bunk Beds

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Private family room 6 beds - shared bathroom

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  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 3 Twin Bunk Beds

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1 bed in shared, mixed room of 6 - private bathroom

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  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 3 Twin Bunk Beds

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Double Room, Private Bathroom

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  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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1 bed in shared, mixed room of 4 - shared bathroom

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  • 9 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 2 Twin Bunk Beds

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Private Twin - private bathroom

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  • 8 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bunk Bed

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Private family room 4 beds - shared bathroom

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  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Twin Bunk Beds

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  • 15 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 3 Twin Bunk Beds

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Basic Triple Room

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  • 10 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 4 Twin Bunk Beds

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About the neighborhood

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172 New Kent Road, London, England, SE1 4YT

What's nearby

  • The Shard - 18 min walk - 1.5 km
  • London Bridge - 3 min drive - 1.7 km
  • Tower Bridge - 4 min drive - 2.0 km
  • Tower of London - 4 min drive - 2.3 km
  • London Eye - 5 min drive - 2.7 km

Getting around

  • London City Airport (LCY) - 47 min drive
  • Heathrow Airport (LHR) - 65 min drive
  • Stansted Airport (STN) - 76 min drive
  • London (SEN-Southend) - 90 min drive
  • Gatwick Airport (LGW) - 98 min drive
  • Luton Airport (LTN) - 108 min drive
  • Elephant & Castle Station - 7 min walk
  • London Bridge Station - 20 min walk
  • London Waterloo East Station - 25 min walk
  • Elephant & Castle Underground Station - 9 min walk
  • Borough Underground Station - 14 min walk
  • Kennington Underground Station - 18 min walk

Restaurants

  • ‪The Rising - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Lebanese Grill - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Hej Roastery - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪The Roebuck - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪The Rosy Hue - ‬6 min walk

About this property

Rest Up London - Hostel

At Rest Up London - Hostel, you'll be just a 5-minute drive from Tower of London and The Shard. A snack bar/deli, a terrace, and a garden are other highlights. The property is just a short walk to public transportation: Elephant & Castle Underground Station is 9 minutes and Borough Underground Station is 14 minutes.

At a glance

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Hotel size

    • 140 rooms
    • Arranged over 7 floors
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Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 5:30 AM
    • Minimum check-in age: 18
    • Check-out time is 10 AM
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Special check-in instructions

    • Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
    • This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
    • The credit card used to book the reservation must be presented by the cardholder at check-in along with matching photo identification, and other arrangements must be coordinated with the property prior to arrival
    • For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
    • Check-in hours are between 3 PM and 2 AM.
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Required at check-in

    • Credit card required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18
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Children

    • No cribs (infant beds)
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Pets

    • Pets not allowed
    • Service animals welcome
WIFI

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
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Parking

    • No onsite parking
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Other information

    • Smoke-free property
    • No alcohol allowed onsite

Property amenities

Food and drink

  • English breakfast (surcharge) each morning 7:00 AM–10:00 AM
  • Restaurant
  • Coffee shop
  • Snack bar/deli

Traveling with children

  • Playground
  • Children's games

What to do

  • Pool table
  • Bicycle rentals nearby

Working away

  • Meeting room

Services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Tour/ticket assistance
  • Dry cleaning/laundry services
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff

Facilities

  • 1 building/tower
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Terrace
  • Television in common areas
  • Arcade/game room

Accessibility

  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

Room amenities

Home comfort

  • Heating

Sleep well

  • Bed sheets provided

Freshen up

  • Shower only
  • Towels
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)

More

  • Daily housekeeping
  • Local maps

Special features

Dining

RestUp Restaurant - Onsite buffet restaurant.

Here's the breakdown, no surprises

Refundable deposits

  • Deposit: GBP 10.00 per stay

Optional extras

  • English breakfast is offered for an extra charge of approximately GBP 5 to 7.99 per person

Policies

This property does not have elevators.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards. Cash is not accepted.
Credit cards accepted: Visa, Mastercard, American Express
This property reserves the right to pre-authorize the guest's credit card prior to arrival.
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Rest Up London - Hostel offer free cancellation for a full refund?

Yes, Rest Up London - Hostel does have fully refundable room rates available to book on our site. If you’ve booked a fully refundable room rate, this can be cancelled up to a few days before check-in depending on the property's cancellation policy. Just make sure to check this property's cancellation policy for the exact terms and conditions.

Are pets allowed at Rest Up London - Hostel?

Sorry, pets aren't allowed, but service animals are welcome.

Is parking offered on site at Rest Up London - Hostel?

Sorry, there's no onsite parking at Rest Up London - Hostel.

What are the check-in and check-out times at Rest Up London - Hostel?

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 5:30 AM. Check-out time is 10 AM.

What is there to do at Rest Up London - Hostel and nearby?

Have fun during the warmer months with activities nearby such as cycling. Enjoy amenities like an arcade, a picnic area, and a garden.

Are there restaurants at or near Rest Up London - Hostel?

Yes, there's an onsite restaurant, RestUp Restaurant.

What's the area around Rest Up London - Hostel like?

Rest Up London - Hostel is in London City Centre, a short 9-minute walk from Elephant & Castle Underground Station and 19 minutes' walk from The Shard.

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Rest Up London - Hostel Reviews

Reviews

6.8

Good

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.6/10

Staff & service

6.6/10

Amenities

6.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Very good

Great value

Nice clean hostel. Very cheap and good location
Tim, 1-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Best location

Good location
Nanda, 1-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Great value hostel with a great staff!

This is an older hostel but is very functional. We had a room with our own bathroom/shower. The rooms are quite small but if you are spending most of your day out seeing the sights of London, the size of the room really doesn't matter. The staff is amazing and very friendly and helpful. If you are looking for luxury, then this isn't the place for you. If you want a functional hostel with easy access to public transportation at a great value, then Restup London is perfect. We stayed there during two different portions of our vacation and would do so again without hesitation.
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Lobby area
Kelly, 3-night trip

8/10 Very good

Good in all
Jean-Jacques Paul Bonga-B, 7-night trip

8/10 Very good

Always friendly

The staff always busy, however, still have a kind and nice word to everyone and handle any issues in the right manner, efficient.
Istvan, 1-night trip

8/10 Very good

Not too bad.

It's a nice hostel. Staff were friendly and helpful, and the room itself was nice and tidy. There weren't any major issues, just no air conditioning that affected my sleep, but not a big deal. Overall, 8/10
Matthew, 1-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

The people are very helpful and friendly. Happy customer Cortland Bonds my first time in England
Cortland, 1-night trip

8/10 Very good

Good for a night's stay

No frills hostel, but the bunk bed was comfortable and I slept well.
1-night trip

4/10 Fair

Paying that bit extra for a hotel will be worth it

Was a very odd stay. The staff were not paying attention and there was also a lack of cleanliness in the public areas especially the bathrooms and showers. Rooms were also incredibly crammed and over heated!
Thushara, 2-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

Thanks
Jerzy, 1-night trip

6/10 Good

The service provided by the staffs was very good but the comfort of the room was very poor, there was a window in the middle of the bed, that window was broken and couldn't be closed so during the night I have been caught by wind and noise.
TIAGO LUIZ, 2-night trip

2/10 Poor

Small Disapointing Room

Room was very small on the 3rd floor, there was no lift.. Very disappointed.
Maggi, 1-night trip

6/10 Good

Easily accessible
Ajin, 1-night trip

2/10 Poor

The worst hostel experience ever

Do not book this place even though it seems cheap. This was the worst place to stay. Book at your own disappointed. The reviews must be fake. The below were some of the main issues, which im surprised not been mentioned by others: 1. Loud traffic all through the night (police, bikes, etc) 2. Hand dryers not working in the toilets 3. Toilets dirty 4. No proper cooling on a hot summers day 5. No pillow was provided (or taken by someone else) 6. Matresses were not even reasonably firm 7. No lifts into the building 8. Getting to the hostel felt like going through a sketchy area.
Lesley, 1-night trip

8/10 Very good

I stayed here a week, my first time in a hostel. The reception is always very friendly and helpful. I spent a lot of time in the common areas. I met some really nice people that were also staying there. They have lockers for 5£ per use. The beds were comfortable and clean linens. Very close to food options. I would stay here again.
Phillip, 6-night trip

8/10 Very good

Great staff, perfect location as the bus stops just outside. It was nice and quiet, and manageable but would have liked to have hot water for the shower and a heater or insulated windows in our room. It was in the 40’s at night in April and they had no heat:(.
Noemi, 3-night trip

8/10 Very good

Did the job for one night stay with friends, one issue was that in the communal bathrooms the signage wasn’t clearly in show meaning that men were going into the women’s bathroom and shower and women were going into the men’s,made me feel a little unsafe and uncomfortable but other than that the staff were amazing and it did the job for what we needed it for. :))
Laura, 1-night trip

4/10 Fair

Stupid payments

Had to pay to use the kitchen which is stupid?!?! Like ten pounds to use the kitchen facilities, also every time you open your locker it’s five pounds. Oh you left something in your bag? Cute, pay 5 pounds to get it out.
Elise, 1-night trip

6/10 Good

Need a lot of improvement
Yousry, 3-night trip

10/10 Exceptional

A very large bright and breezy hostel. Focused happy and helpful staff. The building is a conversion not purpose built but you get everything you need. A good comfortable bed. Clean bedding. The third floor was a building site. A good place to hostel, near to the city. I walked to the river in 40 mins though buses were running at 5am .
Mark, 1-night trip

2/10 Poor

Couldn’t stay the night

When arriving at this hostel with my daughter we felt very unsafe in the lobby and community area. Our room was several floors up - there were people loitering in corridors and security patrolling. Our room felt like a prison cell - very small, it smelt and contained a rickety bunk bed that had a very thin mattress that would have offered no comfort. We decided to leave and found another place to stay. When we checked out we were offered another room but we felt too unsafe to stay. The hostel would not refund our money.
Sarah, 1-night trip

2/10 Poor

Extremely disappointing experience. I booked a 4-bed female-only dorm, but after taking a shower, I came back to find a man in the room. Turns out they had put me in a mixed dorm by mistake. When I raised this with the staff, they moved me to a 5-bed room — essentially a downgrade, which I did not agree to. The bed was extremely high and difficult to climb into, the bathroom was dirty, and the whole experience felt careless and unprofessional. I also requested a refund, but so far have received no response. Would not recommend this place based on how poorly they handled a basic booking and guest safety concern.
Sherry, 1-night trip

2/10 Poor

Horrible

We booked a room with a bathroom, upon arrival I told reception that there was no light in the bathroom and they said yes, we'll see. When I arrived at night there was no light in the bathroom and at reception they told me, there's no one around now to check on that, the hostel is a dirty mess, all the rubbish on the ceilings, if you want towels you have to pay £5, they gave me a room on the fourth floor without an elevator, I understand it's a hostel but at almost £80 for a room with a bathroom in these conditions, and super far from everything, an experience that I don't recommend anyone go through.
Ana Lis, 1-night trip

2/10 Poor

Tiny rooms, dirty, don’t recommend

I would not recommend this hostel to anyone. Your pictures are wildly misleading and inaccurate. The hostel rooms are completely ill equipped for anyone staying in them. There is nowhere to put your things, there isn’t a bin and there aren’t any hooks in the room. I don’t want to have to walk down 4 flights of stairs to get something out of a locker every time. Our room was for 4 people and it probably 6 foot by 8 foot including two sets of bunk beds. There was absolutely no room to move around. There was no character or personality to the rooms or corridors either, making it feel like a prison. Whilst I appreciate that hostels are notoriously the cheaper option and standards aren’t the same as a hotel, this was actually quite gross and uncomfortable to stay in. Given that we are in the height of summer and the temperatures were hitting 28, thick winter quilts were still on the beds and no way to get any air circulation in the rooms. The sink in the room was absolutely tiny. There was probably getting on for 40 rooms on one floor and only three female toilets and showers. They were dirty and once again, ill equipped to take a shower. Nowhere to put your stuff so everything gets wet. Out of the three showers, only one was actually useable. The light was broken in one and another didn’t lock. Having no kitchen facilities in a hostel is also very disappointing. It was about a 10 minute walk from Elephant and Castle station, so not a bad location.
2-night trip

4/10 Fair

Would not recommend

I am not one to often leave bad reviews. I have stayed here for 6 nights overall and it has not been pleasant. Despite there being '24 hour security' no one seems to be monitoring who comes and goes- someone could easily pretend to be a guest and access the sleeping corridors/ shared bathrooms. Lots of older men staying on their own- so as a young female I’ve had a lot of encounters feeling uncomfortable/ being stared at during my visit. The lift is broken/ not in use so have to haul suitcases up 4 flights of stairs. We were allocated a room on the 3rd floor where the whole corridor smelled of poo as apparently the plumbing was broken, and the room had not been cleaned. Moved to a room on the first floor which also did not smell good, there is no ventilation and old windows… mould on the ceiling of the bathroom, no drain cover in the shower. The shower temperature wouldn’t change due to limescale build up, sinks are so small you can barely lean to use it. There aren't many hostel amenities- no cooking facilities or even a kettle. Water is sometimes provided in a pitcher that tastes a day old. Only one or two hairdryers shared across the whole hostel you have to ask for to use. If you are looking for a cheap place with fairly easy access to central London and are only staying a night, this place might be for you. But as a female solo traveller I would not recommend it.
3-night trip