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Queen Elizabeth Chelsea

London · England

Queen Elizabeth Chelsea

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17% GODAWFUL
High confidence 2,885 reviews
≈143 possibly bought
Seriously don't stay here please
Bed bug reports Showing 133 reports · 37 in the last 12 months
  1. Confirmed Booking.com

    There were bed bugs in every room. Mice eat the food you leave near your bed. Loud snoring and flashlights on all night. Our bowls for eating were being used as water bowls for the dogs. The tables and floors are always sticky. The rooms are crammed with as many beds as possible and the wifi does not work in them. People constantly using or selling drugs in the rooms. No hand towels or soap in the toilets. My food was thrown in the bin, even with my name labeled on it and some of my clothing items were stolen (including underwear). The owners are fully aware of all these issues but refuse to do anything about it.

  2. Possible Booking.com

    El lugar era un edificio viejo, tenía chinches ennla zona de guardar maletas, estaba viejo, sucio y con muchas cosas rotas

  3. Confirmed Booking.com

    I have seen quite rough places but this was one of a kind. There were bedbugs running on beds, room smelled awful, everything was a bit moldy. My bed sheets had blood and sweat stains. Place was full of sketchy people running and shouting. Rooms are tiny and the beds are barely holding together. Toilets are also in rough condition Location ok and staff is friendly. Still would not recommed to book this hostel if you are not looking for an adventure. We had to leave middle of the night and book a different place. I can’t understand how someone would give this place more than one star.

  4. Confirmed Booking.com

    Got bed bugs, there was a fight outside the window from the bar in the hostel that went well into the night, police outside. Noisy. Bathrooms were all flooded. Sinks overflowed to the floor. Bathrooms had nowhere to put your things and floors were flooded. 'secure' luggage storage was wide open and floor was covered in mouse poop.

  5. Confirmed Booking.com

    Hard to say

  6. Confirmed Booking.com

    Bedbugs, and the refusal to refund any portion of stay cut short due to bed bugs.

  7. Confirmed Booking.com

    This place is not fit for human habitation, insects and pests everywhere, falling apart, carpet torn up and walls crumbling. BED BUGS, multiple clearly visible on arrival. They refused a refund. Honestly do not stay here! The pictures on booking.com are not at all representative of the state of the property.

  8. Confirmed Booking.com

    The bed bugs!!!!

  9. Confirmed Hostelworld

    Bed bugs. Got absolutely ravaged. No AC, window doesn’t stay open, no lock on door, anyone could come in. One bathroom for whole hostel.

  10. Confirmed Booking.com

    I had a large group booking (x18 beds have been booked, booking out x3 dorm rooms) and we had issues with the hygiene and safety of the hostel environment. The following was found: - No fire doors (doors don't reach the floor) which is a SERIOUS breach in health and safety. - Bed bugs in the mattresses, and dirt found in the rooms, under the bed etc. Very dusty and dirty. - Vermin droppings and dirt under the beds (vermin can get under the doors). - Mould on and inside the mattresses. - Skylight in Room 3 is leaking onto a bed. Their solution is a bucket. - Uncooperative and rude staff who refuse to give a contact number or email address for concerns to be raised. - Both numbers for them don't connect (0207 7311913 and 07907 587578). Staff 'reassured' daily that rooms would be deep cleaned and they weren't. My staff ended up checking out on day three (of the eight day stay) and we're now following the complaints process to get a refund. DO NOT STAY WITH THIS HOSTEL! Booking.com haven't helped us with this and they don't have a process to remove or blacklist this company as they say they are 'only the booking platform'. DO NOT BOOK.

  11. Confirmed Booking.com

    Hygiene and safety

  12. Confirmed Booking.com

    They are racist and there's bed bugs

  13. Confirmed Booking.com

    Cockroches and bedbugs.

  14. Confirmed Booking.com

    Very dirty and disgusting, cockroches and bed bugs every where.millions of bedbugs.

  15. Confirmed Hostelworld

    I would not stay here again solely based on the cleanliness of the bathrooms. there are no designated female-only showers so you're sharing two showers with the whole second floor. my room allegedly had a bedbug problem in which the staff member told me "yeah we know this room has bedbugs but we would have to vacate the entire room to treat it" ???? do that then??? you will get what you pay for. pay more and go elsewhere.

  16. Confirmed Booking.com

    I'm very used to hostels and them being a little unhygienic but I think this one went a little too far. The place was covered in bed bugs. When I got there someone had tried to overstay their reservation so there wasn't a bed for me until she was removed. I don't think the sheets were properly cleaned in this time. It wasn't until I checked the Google reviews after staying that I realised the bed bugs issue is not new.

  17. Confirmed Booking.com

    No hot water and bed bugs

  18. Confirmed Booking.com

    It was extremely dirty… rooms not cleaned at all… bedding smelt like bo… was in room 12 …room near smoking area n bins .no lock on room door.. so anyone could go in … bed bugs gs in room 12 and 11… noise where people smoke… staff checking people in with torch lights in middle of the night drunk n speaking quite loudly… other than Helen staff extremely unfriendly… African cleaner really rude… made soooo much noise in kitchen after 10pm.. she was also cooking pasta .. rice n meat in the microwave n left it sooo dirty ??? Was in a room with a lot of long stay homeless men … who snored or stayed up all night with lights on … also very very smelly… bed bugs were reported… nothing was done … tv I. Lounges not working even though there were matches on

  19. Confirmed Booking.com

    The beds I'm pretty sure had bed bugs, and there weren't curtains for privacy on the bunks. Got quite lost- the signage to room 12 is non existent.

  20. Confirmed Booking.com

    There was bedbug in the room.

  21. Confirmed Booking.com

    I couldn’t use hot shower. I found a bed bug on my bed.

  22. Confirmed Booking.com

    Everything in that place is ɓad nnoot for human and they don't care everyone just managing just to sleep is cheap

  23. Confirmed Booking.com

    - Rooms are very cramped. - Top bunk doesn't have a power point to use for charging. - I have a reduced sense of smell and the room had a strong smell. - Bed bugs. - Bathrooms didn't have any soap. - Both the bar and the hostel bathrooms didn't have toilet paper my first day.

  24. Confirmed Booking.com

    Having stayed before, I knew about the bed bugs so I checked my bed and thought I was ok. Nope. Even though I slept.on my coat and stayes covered, they went to town on my hands and neck. A friendly person told me this was a go-to hostel for prison releases which explains why there are some concerning people that hang around. They said I made a poor choice and were definitely warning me to stay away with the horror stories and fights they were telling me about. Also, the lock on my door didn't work.

  25. Confirmed Booking.com

    Bed bugs - if you leave any skin exposed, it will be covered in bites when you wake up. The beds were unmade and most likely don't get cleaned, which isn't surprising when the bed system is a bit of a free-for-all.

  26. Possible Booking.com

    Check the Google Reviews. Bed Buggs infested

  27. Confirmed Booking.com

    The place was infested by bedbugs and the ppl in charge did nothing and kept bringing ppl into the same room.

  28. Possible Booking.com

    Punaise de Lit “Bed check” sans prévenir sans attente de réponse après avoir frappé à la porte

  29. Possible Hostelworld

    Bedbuggs!! And the room looks nothing like the pics. Horible place. We had at least 2 guys over 50 in our room, when it says it’s a max 40 to live there. We where supossed to be there 2 nights, but we checked out after only 14 hours. Jesus christ avoid this place!

  30. Confirmed Booking.com

    Bedbugs....This place was littered with it. Underneath the bunk beds, you could see that it was hardly hoovered.

  31. Confirmed Hostelworld

    0 stars. No sleep because of bed bugs. 6 of us were scratching with huge marks the day after. My partner and I did not sleep the whole night because of those bed bugs and we were still itching in the morning. No one is doing anything about it. The location is not great, in the middle of council estates, not safe at all. Everything is dirty, the bed are poorly made, no padlocks. Worst experience ever. I’m trying to get a refund at least because paying not to sleep and to get bed bugs is unacceptable to be mi

  32. Confirmed Hostelworld

    It's honestly just meh. The first room I was put in had bed bugs so they moved to another room upstairs and the second one was sooooo small could barely pass another person. Not very clean, moldy, small fridge for food storage, no laundry. I wouldn't stay there again but it did the job.

  33. Confirmed Booking.com

    The hostel is full of bed bugs, absolutely full of them.

  34. Confirmed Hostelworld

    Angus is also the owner of the bell and Phoenix hostel. The hostel is quiet disgusting with a rodent and bed bug infestation. The owner withholds salaries of the employees and pays them below minimum wage. The owner also tries to fight the patrons or employees knowing full well if they fight back he'll just evict them for no reason. If after evicted they take him up on his threats in true spineless fashion he hides behind the police. The pictures of the websites are a lie. DM me if you want to see the real

  35. Confirmed Hostelworld

    Pretty bad days i got allergy from fucking bed bugs

  36. Possible Booking.com

    Chinches en las camas

  37. Possible Hostelworld

    El albergue es barato y su precio va acorde a lo viejo, dejado y sucio que es. Reservé solo una noche, y a los 3 días me he despertado con picaduras de chinches en los brazos. Los baños tenían las paredes llenas de humedad, pero las duchas funcionaban bien y estaban decentes. Aun así, el personal fue agradable y me permitió dejar mi mochila hasta que hice el check-in. Cosa que agradezco bastante. Sinceramente, no sé si lo volvería a reservar.

  38. Confirmed Booking.com

    Bedbugs everywhere. Rooms are tiny , windows are broken, now oxygen. I left next day. The manager is a lier, promised me refund but then just ignored all my massages. Stay away from this place guys

  39. Possible Hostelworld

    não pode chamar de hostel, tem percevejos, não tem cozinha, não tem empatia com os hóspedes, lugar desumanos, não tem armários para guarda suas bagagens , tem apenas um microondas e uma máquina de esquentar água, que você divide o espaço com clientes do bar, se procura lugar barato e não liga para conforto e vai comer na rua esse e o lugar, se liga então nunca fique nesse lugar. não vale apena pagar nem um centavo, simples horrível , eu só fiquei porque não ia perder o meu dinheiro, e o pior

  40. Confirmed Booking.com

    The Wifi is very bad, if you need some wifi to work while staying there, don't go. Internet is super slow and everyday it spots working for some time. There was just one toilet avaible for the whole hostel, others were all out of order. Sometimes, it would run out of toilet paper. I got bitten by bedbugs. The accomodation is tinny, badly fit all the guests luggage. The pillow is like a paper, I folded it twice and it still felt like there was nothing under my head. My travel pillow was much more comfortable and that's what I used to sleep while I was there. I wouldn't come back there.

  41. Confirmed Booking.com

    It was old and uncomfortable, some parts felt dirty and we heard a complaint about bed bugs

  42. Confirmed Booking.com

    There was bed bugs. I feel violated

  43. Possible Booking.com

    Me tocó la habitación con las camaristas y tenían demasiadas cosas en la habitación, el espacio era demasiado reducido. Todas las noches que me quedé amanecí con demasiados piquetes, no se si de chinches o pulgas. Dos días completos no tuve wifi y tampoco pude cargar mi celular con el cargador, únicamente funcionaban los conectores usb

  44. Confirmed Hostelworld

    All the rooms have bed bugs. AVOID!!!!!

  45. Confirmed Booking.com

    Bed bugs. I'm currently suffering from severe bed bug bites after staying at this hostel in London. Please do not book. Read the reviews on Google. Search "bed bugs"

  46. Confirmed Booking.com

    It’s infested with bed bugs, be careful.

  47. Confirmed Booking.com

    DO NOT STAY HERE. Place should be shut down. Run down, dirty, grubby. I left COVERED in bed bug bites. One night I came down to complain and they told me I could switch rooms - I went to said room and the door wouldn't lock so no use.

  48. Confirmed Booking.com

    There were bed bugs in every room- in that single night I've changed 3 rooms , and the excuse was that people are bringing the bugs in the building.. staff although friendly, were aware about the bugs...money lost... night lost...

  49. Confirmed Booking.com

    I don't like it a lot. It seemed okay at first despite the fact that the room wasn't that clean and absolutely stunk. The showers weren't that clean, and I got absolutely bitten to death by bed bugs.

  50. Possible Booking.com

    ESTA INFESTADO DE CHINCHES, HUELE SUPER MAL

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Vibe Analysis

Queen Elizabeth Chelsea is a very cheap London hostel above a pub, with a location that can work for public transport, nearby shops, and access around Chelsea/Fulham. The pub downstairs is basically the common space, and there may be simple paid breakfast, a microwave, kettle, and limited fridge space. This is a bare-minimum crash pad, not a comfort pick. Rooms can be cramped, hot, stuffy, noisy, and short on privacy, with bunks packed close together and limited storage. Wi-Fi may be weak, especially upstairs. The main story here is the condition of the building. Cleanliness problems are severe and recurring: dirty bathrooms, blocked or limited toilets and showers, bad smells, dust, mould, old bedding, worn stairs, broken locks, and maintenance issues. Bed bugs appear to be a major recurring problem. Staff can be friendly and helpful, but service is inconsistent, and there are serious safety and discrimination concerns.

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  • Bed bugs appear to be a major recurring problem. 3 mentions Last mentioned Jun 9, 2026
  • Bathrooms, showers, rooms, and common areas can be very dirty or poorly maintained. 3 mentions Last mentioned Jun 21, 2026
  • Rooms can be overcrowded, hot, stuffy, noisy, and short on privacy. 3 mentions Last mentioned Jun 21, 2026
  • Locks, lockers, doors, ventilation, Wi-Fi, toilets, showers, and basic supplies may be unreliable. 3 mentions Last mentioned Jun 21, 2026
  • The downstairs pub is the main common area, so it may not feel like a normal hostel lounge. 3 mentions Last mentioned May 30, 2026
  • Safety, discrimination, and staff-behavior concerns are serious enough to treat this as a high-risk budget option. 3 mentions Last mentioned Jun 13, 2026
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