Glasgow Youth Hostel

What a cool building! Beautiful location on Kelsengrove Park (but be aware - it’s a bit of a walk to get back over to the main part of the city, and taking Uber is difficult because of a huge amount of construction going on). Beds were comfy and room was large. Free coffee available 24-7. Awesome and nicely decorated lounge. Laundry available. Friendly staff. The breakfast was sub-par, wouldn’t bother with it. Lots of stairs and no lift.

Myself, my 13 year old daughter and her 4 friends had the most magical stay at this incredible resource for youngsters and their families. We went to stay at the Youth Hostel after an Accessible afternoon performance of Scottish Opera's La Traviata at the Theatre Royal in the centre of town. That was the best experience ever. Two of them are autistic, one has severe anxiety. We jumped in a taxi to the Hostel. It was £10 and I was happy to tip £2. That night we picnicked in the park just across the road. Then they just loved staying at the Hostel and meeting all the other children that were staying. I went and layed down and just listened to them all having great fun playing hide and seek in a gorgeous building that was so like Hogwarts... next day we walked the 10 minutes (downhill) to Kelvingrove Museum for brunch and explore Kelvingrove. Then headed into town on the subway... ... Magical. Xxx

Very noisy property itself. Also, reported an issue caused by noisy neighbors and they didn't care. Don't recommend it all. Couldn't be any worse. Wasted money. Not recommend. Poor service. No customer service at all. Very very bad......

My family and I will be forever grateful for the wonderful staff and accommodation offered by Glasgow Youth Hostel. After travelling from a far on the back of our family Donkey, my very pregnant wife and I were turned away from every inn, hotel and villa in town. Thankfully our luck had changed when entering Glasgow Youth Hostel. They offered us a place to stay and allowed some visitors to bring in gifts for our newly born son. The staff were so friendly and had some creative nicknames for our son, calling him “messiah”, and the “chosen one”.

Great place to stay during C2C Festival. Staff very friendly and helpful. Stayed in all-female 10-bed dorm with 2 separate shower rooms, plus 2 separate toilets so no fights for the bathroom in the morning / evening. 2 very spacious lounge areas so plenty of space to chill outside of the dorm room. Also a big self-catered kitchen and dining area. Loved breakfast - served in a separate dining area from the self-catered facilities. Tidy and well-presented with plenty of choice. Loved the fridge display with milk, yoghurts, fruit juice etc, even a toasting machine. Breakfast area was clean and well-kept, even after big student group had been in. Downsides: check-in from 4pm which was tricky on 1st day given C2C shows start at 4.30pm. However, I arrived in the morning and was able to leave luggage at hostel and come back later to check-in. Also worth noting that there are approx 70 stairs to the top floor and no lift so it's pretty tiring - I think they can provide more accessible room on advance request. Plus, I was told at check-in that the only drinking water was in the self-catered kitchen (down in the basement so a bit of a long walk from the dorm on top floor). Hostel is situated at the top of quite a big hill so a little bit of a hike. Would recommend getting the subway to Kelvinbridge or St George's Cross if coming from Central / Queens St train station and walking the last 10-15 mins (not the whole way). Pretty close to the OVO / SECC though (about 20 mins) so great for C2C festival.

It was quite far from the bus station so I had to take a taxi as my internet was not working. But when I had to return to the bus station, the lady in the receptionist was very helpful to inform me of the nearest location of my cellphone provider and advise me to use an online map which was working very well and helped me so much to navigate. I stayed in a single room with a bathroom inside. The room was quite big and very clean (bathroom and room). The building is so big, very quiet during my stay there. very worth the price on the rooms, only the downside is the location.