The rooms and bathrooms are pretty standard but the staff is an unexpected and super positive experience. There is a real cafe in the reception area which serves great food (hot and cold), beer and drinks, as well as breakfast. The service provided by the staff is at the level you'd expect for a well-rated restaurant. I enjoyed sitting there for a while to work. There was also a waterfilling station. Apart from all this greatness, communication was excellent and started long before my arrival. Highly recommended!

No curtains on the beds which is really all that is missing.

Smooth check-in, clean facilities and excellent location. It's a perfect place for a solo traveler, less than 5 min. walk from St. Pancras Station and across the street from the British Library. You can rent a towel for £3 and there are storage lockers under every bed, so bring your own padlock.

Only one downside: it was very hot in the room (beginning of August), so we had to keep the window open, which meant we could hear the busy street well into the night. Don't forget your earplugs!

Great location, Good price, Safety, Comfort

Carrying the luggage out of the room after my first day of 2 days stay. I asked the receptionist if I can leave the luggage in the room in locked lockers, but she told I have to take it out. I then asked if she can keep the luggage and the procedure seems too long..decided to carry it with me. This is easy to improve allowing luggage in same room for more than one night stay. No hanger compartments to hang the formal dress, it crumbles with no proper facility.

Comfortable accommodation, super clean, quiet despite being on a very busy main road, friendly, cheerful and helpful staff- great location for transport too

Kabannas is really well located, which means it's super convenient to get around central London and surrounding areas. The staff were friendly and the bed was comfortable. Some noise from the street is to be expected (it's central London, after all!) but that means we had an amazing view of St Pancras from our dorm window!

Through no fault of the hostel, there was an individual in our dorm that left the room dirty and untidy which was a shame! However, the cleaning staff did a great job of tidying and cleaning up the room afterward this person had left. The shower could do with an update as the drain in the shower itself was really slow and so it became more of a wet room than a bathroom.

✔️ Helpful and friendly staff ✔️ having a private bathroom in the female dorm was a huge plus ✔️ lift going to all the floors. This may seem minor but after a full day of travelling it’s a game changer to not have to carry bags up 5 flights of stairs.

⭕️ Towels not included- you have to pay extra. I find this a bit sneaky, considering no one travels with a towel so you’re forced to pay the extra £3. I feel that this should be included in the overnight fee. ⭕️ it would have been nice if there was a little kitchenette to make tea/coffee with a microwave to warm food up. But there is only the option to buy meals or coffee at the restaurant- not to make your own.

The location is excellent, especially if you need to travel outside of London by train as you are within eyesight of the two major London train stations. There's also plenty of communal space in the lounge and café to chill out in. Having the 24 hour reception desk available is helpful if you're coming or going at weird hours. Ultimately it's a hostel, and it delivers on what a hostel provides.

I would have liked to have access to communal bathrooms and toilets. There is one shower and toilet per room, so it would be handy to have the option of a communal one. That said, this might be available, I didn't think to ask.

The location is really nice, just in front of the King’s Cross station, so you easily can go anywhere. And view from my room was beautiful. A cafe space on the ground floor was big enough, plus a lounge on the 1st floor was also nice, more quiet, so it was a good space to work. Laundry room is available. Stuffs were also nice and kind.

Public bathroom was not really clean. There is no kitchen space, so you can’t have kettle or microwave in this hostel. It’s really noisy outside. (but this might be normal because the hostel located face to a busy to and a huge station.) If you are sensitive to noise, you should keep that in mind.

The hostel location is very convinient, close to the internartional train station, and also metro and bus stations. The staff is very kind and helpful, I have a problem in my knee and they helped me with a bottom bed and everyday they helped me freezing an ice pack that I required for my knee (it was very helpful, I am grateful for that) The breakfast (with additional pay) is a continental buffet, it provide a great value for its cost. The hostel has a Coffee-bar in which you can buy some Lunch or dinner and also has happy hour. I arrived early morning and I could save my bags in the hostel (with an extra payment) it was good to go around London till the checkin hour. Checkin and checkout is very easy, and they have receptionist 24 hours!

Maybe a kitchen and a regriferator would be very helpful for hostel travellers.

Upon arrival, the convenience of Kabannas’ location immediately struck me. Nestled right across fromSt Pancras International station, it was a breeze to get there after my train journey. The hostel’s exterior was unassuming, but stepping inside, I was greeted by a warm, quiet atmosphere that promised a comfortable stay. The check-in process was smooth, with friendly staff who were quick to provide information about the hostel’s amenities. The staff member did all he could to make my stay as comfortable as possible, even allowing me to pick a top or bottom bunk preference. My room was clean. The bed was comfortable enough, and I had a good night’s sleep. The shower facilities were maintained to a high standard, a refreshing way to start the day. While the lack of a self-catering kitchen was noted, the cafe-bar on the premises offered a variety of meals and snacks that were both convenient and tasty. The pizza I ordered was cooked in a stone oven and tasted incredible. The breakfast the following morning was tasty.

There were no croissants at the breakfast buffet. When I mentioned this to the staff member in the morning at the check-in desk (a different staff member to the accommodating ones to the night before who checked me in) he said, “Sometimes we run out, and when we do that’s it.” There were croissants available at the cafe-bar area, but he refused to give me one saying, “You can either eat at the buffet or the bar, not both.” I thought this was harsh over one croissant, even though this was promised to me at the breakfast buffet in the morning.