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St Ives Backpackers is a centrally located hostel in an old stone building. It is freshly painted and features the usual kitchen, TV lounge and Internet access plus a bar and a courtyard with a barbecue.
Price Dorm bed £10.95-16.95 Prices are in British pounds and are inclusive of all taxes.
One of our least favorite hostels in the UK, October 18, 2002
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The staff was unhelpful and bordered on rude. The kitchen and the bathrooms were messy, and there was no social atmosphere. The showers had very little water pressure as well, and my mate said that he could hear sounds from the street in his room as loudly as if there was no wall.
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(Review ID: 8323)
Which is better, this hostel or a tent?, September 14, 2002
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St. Ives backpackers is a huge, rambling maze of a place with very little going for it apart from that it is reasonably clean. The staff, while friendly in a stand-offish, very distant way seem to view their guests as inconveniances to be given the minimum possible attention and the common room is about as impersonal and sterile a place as you're likely to find outside of a high school or hospital. This is a hostel very much run for money, remember your change for the showers and guard you toilet rolls with your life as they are provided only in theory. On the up side they have a nice little discount card for various businesses in the town, but on the downside the front door lock breaks about once a week. Don't leave your cash around. There is often a very young crowd in high summer, lots of rich little english surfers, so if you enjoy meat markets this may be the place for you. Personally I ended up opting to sleep in a tent on the beach after a week at this place, cheaper, quieter, and there are showers in the municipal car park that have better water pressure. Also the hostel which could sleep a small army only had one washing machine and no tumble dryer last time I was there. In misty Cornwall this is definately a bad thing.
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quite good, May 21, 2002
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The hostel is quite good and not very busy (I was there in June and only had to share my 6 bed room with one other person). I found the place quite clean and the staff to be very friendly. There is a large common room where you can play pool, use the internet or watch TV (a good place to meet other hostellers), and there is a decent kitchen for cooking. Overall it is very laid back (just like the town) and good for a couple days of relaxing.
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St Ives, September 5, 2001
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Atmosphere was bit dull. I liked it, except that they put up the price to 15 a night (normally 10) on bank holiday's when the place was pretty much empty.
