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Reviews of Alba Hostel Glasgow

3 out of 5
Alba Hostel Glasgow
6 Fifth Avenue, Glasgow, Scotland

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 15 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 26 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 13 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 7 out of 69 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 69 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Danielle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great overnight stay for cheap
Service was amazing. Clean, easy going and convenient. Wonderful!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Gearoid

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place
Nice quiet hostel with good WiFi and friendly service
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2019
Response from Reception Team, Alba Hostel on Jul 12, 2019
Thanks for the cool review , we enoyed your company and hope you'll visit again soon!

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hostel, stayed in a twin private room and had no problems. Bed was reasonably comfy and good bathroom facilities. Wifi was OK. Staff were very helpful
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Reception Team, Alba Hostel on Jul 12, 2019
Cheers for the good review! Hope you will visit again soon!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Stayed 6 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Arshad Mehmood on Dec 18, 2018
Excellent, thanks for your review. You are welcome again to stay with us. Regards

10/10 Excellent

Osman

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Reception man on Oct 30, 2018
Many, many thanks for your extraordinary review. Maybe see you again?

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018
Response from Arshad on Jun 30, 2018
Dear Mr Mark Many thanks for your positive review. Wish to welcome you again at Alba, a Glasgow Hostel. Regards

6/10 Okay

Tanakrit

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Was Sleeping with fresh paint smell,
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Really close to train station with easy access to downtown and out of city excursions to Edinburgh. Quiet neighbourhood and hostel atmosphere. Hostel manager very friendly- went out of his way to find me and wish me well on the rest of my travels.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

8/10 Good

Sian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2017

6/10 Okay

Omid, UK

Disliked: Room comfort
Glasgow Trip
The staff very friendly and helpful

8/10 Good

yee ting

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Valerie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Mori, London

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room was good and we like it.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The Worst/ most Filthy Hotel I've ever stayed!
Bugs on the bed/bedsheets/duvet. Far from City. Staff aren't informative. Worst hostel I've ever stayed.

8/10 Good

Suze, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
good value, personal service
This hostel is near to our son's place, so very convenient for us. Staff are friendly and helpful. Very good value for a twin room with ensuite shower/lavatory. Kitchen and lounge facilities clean and bright. Near train station so good transport links.

2/10 Terrible

angela

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

CHINHANG

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Was what we needed and just around the corner from a spoons and the train station perfect location!

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

8/10 Good

Susan, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value hostel
Comfortable room, good mattress, use of kitchen and lounge/sitting room available. Friendly and helpful staff. Very good value twin room with adjacent bathroom.

2/10 Terrible

Annie, London

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wouldn't stay here again!
About 15 mins out of the centre of Glasgow, short walk from the station. I felt uneasy and uncomfortable for the duration of my stay. The kitchen was always a mess, and smelt bad, and it appeared that the hostel staff were staying at the hostel (in my room!) and drinking till the early hours. I didn't find the staff friendly, approachable or helpful in any way, and the whole experience made me not want to stay in a hostel AGAIN! I would definitely NOT recommend this hostel to anyone.

10/10 Excellent

Mrs. Lola, Dublin Ireland .

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent.
Our stay was so lovely and we really enjoy the service of alba hotel becuse I traveled with my friends and really enjoy our stay in d hotel.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Was ok for over night stay
We were only there to sleep but everything we needed was there

2/10 Terrible

Cai Hua, London

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
路边的小旅馆
定错酒店了，这根本不是酒店，两个房间一百镑还没早餐，厕所还是公用的。晚上关灯，灯还会闪呀闪。房间里的墙有黄色的液体痕迹。酒店里住了很多长期租房的房客。

4/10 Poor

DDD, MANCHSTER

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not recommend
Nobody in the reception for a long time, phone not answered. The triple room is in the half basement and smells a little. The kitchen is not clean. Charged 1.5 extra when charge the deposit, and the webpage says no fees using credit card.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Basic
Room was clean and cooking facilities were clean but thats where it ends im afraid.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

8/10 Good

pompetd, lv

Nice hotel close to a train station. One min walk.
Nice place. Good for people traveling on a low budget.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

Gregor, Port Ellen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great weekend trip
Was very impressed with the hostel and is very clean would recommen to any one and would be happy to stay here again

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
good value
Good location for our business trip

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
everything ok
the beds were ok, the shower was good (hot water, clean), the wifi was good most of the time (for about an hour it didn't work, but they fixed it quickly) and available in the rooms on the top floor. a bit far away from the city center but very close to a train station and bus stops.

2/10 Terrible

jade

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
For the budget traveler
The hostel staff was unhelpful and actually made simple tasks harder than necessary (ie. checkin took a half hour, payment via credit card had to be two transactions each adding a fee, printing one page was not an option even when offered money, etc). He gave no information and only answered when asked, so be prepared to ask for a map, cleaning times of the hotel (although didn't seem enforced), location of market. The beds squeaked with every move loud enough to wake up the room. Only 2 lockers for 6 people in the room. 1 hairdryer for entire building. Room and bathroom spacious, but not cleaned during our stay. Kitchen decent and large market close. Train to Glasgow close, but not much in the area. Wifi great, but in common area only. No laundry at hostel or nearby. Decent if on a budget or passing through.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nice hosts
This was a clean place, small room with relatively comfortable bed,decent breakfast, wifi works, very nice hosts.

6/10 Okay

Sharon, Fife

Liked: Cleanliness
Does what it says in the tin...
Bargain last minute accommodation for a gig in Glasgow. Rooms were clean and safe storage available for your belongings. Only downside was a finding a random guy in one of our beds! My suggestion would be to make sure bedroom lock codes are changed on a regular basis as this guy reckoned he knew all the codes to all the rooms...

2/10 Terrible

dilla,Nata, lhr

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was disaster,I would never go to that place !
I have felt like I was I some sort of third world country it that place,I have been in many hostels ,but this one was the most AWEFUL one in so many ways!

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Meh
Cons: They put me in an 8 bed dorm even though I booked a 6 bed They roomed me with 7 boys - I was the only girl The bed was uncomfortable - you can feel the springs Area is somewhat far from city centre Pros: Bathroom was really nice and clean

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

AH, Glasgow

It's as good as any other hostel, you get what you expect

8/10 Good

Sagar Bhatnagar, Ipswich

Liked: Cleanliness
Good for stay
Nice and good for stay

10/10 Excellent

Javiera, Chile

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cozy little hostel
It was a bit away from the city centre, but it was cozy and staff were friendly. It kinda felt like being at home for a day.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

We booked this because we needed a night in Glasgow and this about the only free room in the city that cost less than several hundred at that date. Exceeded expectations.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

4/10 Poor

Charlie, San Francisco, CA, USA

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
disappointed
Felt like I got put in a room with five youngsters, felt like a refuge.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great cheap place to stay
While it's not right at the heart of Glasgow, it is easily accessible by both train and bus. It's very clean and gives you the feeling of what it's like living in a Victorian house. I first booked for one night and ended up staying for 3 nights. There is Co-op and other shops to buy groceries and the kitchen is very suitable to cook anything you want.

8/10 Good

Rob, Minneapolis MN

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Alba Hostel good value for money
The hostel is more than 30 minutes from the center by bus, but the bus service is good and modern. And many of the buses are double-deckered for a good view of the city. An affordable steak and beer restaurant just next door, and 5 minute walk to a very good food market (Morrison's). Friendly staff, clean rooms and public areas, and a big kitchen for 'light cooking.' Only drawback - they prefer cash; said to be problem with credit card terminal.

10/10 Excellent

Shah, Houston, TX, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Alba Hostel
Inexpensive compared to service provided. Good for budgeted student.

10/10 Excellent

Wendy, Vancouver, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Alba Hostel - Glasgow
My stay at this hostel was very pleasant. The location couldn't have been better with easy access to Downtown via bus or trains to all of Scotland. There were two grocery markets within five minute walking distance and the hostel has a full kitchen for everyone's use. The staff are pleasant and knowledgable about the area. The hostel itself is a lovely older victorian home with a comfortable lounge for watching tv or movies or just sitting and reading. I would definitely recommend Alba Hostel to all my friends and look forward to staying with them again on my next trip to Scotland.

8/10 Good

Reine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Mehmood on Apr 27, 2019
Thank you for your stay with us and a nice review.