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Reviews of Rock n Bowl Hostel

2 out of 5
Rock n Bowl Hostel
22 Nelson Street, Bristol, England

Reviews

7.0

Good

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Rating 8 - Good. 26 out of 90 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 28 out of 90 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 8 out of 90 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 8 out of 90 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

5.6/10

Amenities

6.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The fact the rock n bowl motel is very close to the strip of shops at Cabot circus, as well as a few bars only a couple minutes walk away was very convenient. There was plenty to do in the bar to start the night off and it was perfect for our lads weekend. The only issue we had was the cold showers. Only one shower in the block was warm, but besides that it’s exactly what you see on the pictures
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

6/10 Okay

Sarah

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect for a punk concert!
Being watched by a pigeon!!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Audrey

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Nice hostel, great location, (too) old building.
This is what we expect from a hostel. The location is amazing. The man at the reception was lovely and very helpful with everything. The bed stuff was very clean but the bedroom floor smelled like pee, the showers and sinks were not that clean either.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
VERY LOUD MUSIC AT NIGHT
Good everything except the unbelievably loud music from 2 floors down. Loud, terrible and horrible music being played from 9pm-12am straight. No good if you want to sleep or be in the room at all in these times. Other than that, it's good. But for the loud music, which makes the room vibrate too, I won't come back.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2021

8/10 Good

Hannah

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Jojo

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Rocks
Much better than the last time i stayed Due to covid i had a unit to myself (8 beds) Central location
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice plsce to stay
It was good.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
too expensive... UK housing/hotel market is simply messed up
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was just very terrible. The beds hadn’t been changed and there was litter in the room before I came
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Tony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

NQOBILE, Bristol

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good
Good. I will be going again. Good value for money, as long as you are ok sharing a room with total strangers. Front desk guys are superb.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very loud in the night since there is a disco pub just downstairs. Beds were smelling.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

4/10 Poor

Abdiaziz

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

Rosalind

What you pay for
Main positives about this hostel are the location and price. It's staffed by a single person late at night and check-in took really long because he was dealing with another issue. It was perfectly serviceable for one night's stay while travelling light.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

8/10 Good

Chandu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice
Good in budget and nice company with unknowns
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The bed were really comfy and a lot of space! Great location and huge kitchen...
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disgusting. It was like a refuge camp. Waste of money and I couldn’t even get a refund
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

It's a good position and very good price with also a surprising basic breakfast too. The building is old, not so clean and with the minimum items available, but with such an accessible price it's perfect if you go there for a night. Unfortunately on a Wednesday night it was very loud from outside, with people drinking and shouting after midnight.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Natalie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
I think for the price it was a very good deal. Don't expect 5 star conditions in a motel in the city centre for less than £20
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Relaxed, clean, good showers and breakfast was a bonus. Staff polite and helpful. Great for the price and centre of town.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Impossible to sleep
Loud music and really strong vibration until 2-3 am. Not possible to sleep at all. No toilet paper
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Ginette

Good location for the city. Clean comfortable room. Staff were really friendly. Great value with breakfast included. The basin area needs somewhere to hang towel, clothing etc; as did the room. Being on a top bunk there was nowhere to put my belongings. Lockers would be useful.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Andy, Nottingham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value for money and
As per other reviews, it was a little noisy Saturday night, as some of the rooms look into the club's courtyard. This was my first stay in a hostel and I was genuinely surprised with how good it was. Very comfortable bed and bedding, the facilities were good and it was very clean all round. I've stayed in worse hotels for a lot more money, will definitely stay here again, but not in a Saturday.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Andrei

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2018

4/10 Poor

Mr, London

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location but awful sleep
Big kitchen/dining area. Staff are nice. Location very close to city centre. Bathroom (male) facilities not maintained. No fan/air con in rooms and nights were stuffy and hot in the 12 bed dorms even with windows open. Just felt very uncomfortable as a place to stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

4/10 Poor

Victor

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Dont stay if it is Friday night.
Service was good and simple.breakfast was available from 0700. Unfortunately there was a nightclub downstairs and the whole building vibrate and noisy until.2 or 3 am. Would not recommend if you are staying friday night.

6/10 Okay

Kevin

Liked: Staff & service
cheap bed fore the night.
You get what you pay for. Beds were comfortable and clean. Good showers and cooking facilities. Great bar and surrounding area had lots to do.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2018

8/10 Good

PP

Liked: Staff & service
Good Value
Suprised to know English breakfast is inclusive. Strategic location for public transports The only setback is condition of the hostel is a bit old, but overall cleanliness is ok

10/10 Excellent

Christian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Friendly check-in! Great staff!
Great staff!
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

6/10 Okay

jade, yeovil

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Noisy
Comfy bed and close to shops. However didn’t sleep well due to the music coming from the club downstairs, fire alarm going off twice within the night and as the windows were thin there was a lot of noise coming from outside.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
They've got a mouse problem
The only good thing was the people I was fortunate enough to meet in my room for the most part and the free breakfast I guess. Nothing else they had to offer appealed to me.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2017

6/10 Okay

Anna

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
A grim place I thought. Grubby and run down. Bedding was spotless however. Graffiti art on the walls wasn't to my liking. The man at reception was friendly and helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017

10/10 Excellent

umal, burgon st

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
great value, central location
comfortable stay

8/10 Good

matt, london

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed one night as no hotels available in area
First time stayed one night was very nervous as never stayed hostel before have to say I was pleasantly surprised although I like my own room. I was disappointed with no curtains in rooms missing blinds that was letting light in from outside but have to say bed was very comfortable on this occasion I had a dorm all to myself for the money you pay this is ideal and great value. People are friendly on arrival and although everything's shared amenities are within the building.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't book here
The room was small and cramped Sharon with 7 other people in close quarters no lockers or privacy. The place smelt really bad, not clean.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I would never choose this hostel again, The condition inside was very bad. but room is fine. whole night I was listening to sex in the other room.

10/10 Excellent

Emma

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Happy!
Our twin room was lovely. It was clean, quiet with extremely comfortable beds. Rock n Bowl is excellent value for money in a great central location. We enjoyed our stay and hope to stay there again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
What do you expect for $20
Was only here for the night as a last minute thing and needed somewhere cheap.

6/10 Okay

Tom

Liked: Staff & service
Cheap & Characterful
A cheap, characterful & well-loved place to stay, located above a small bowling alley in the centre of Bristol. The hostel reception is up the alley to the left of the entrance to bowling alley and there is a free basic breakfast the next day.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great central location. Expensive for what is basically a dirty and very noisy doss house. Shower rooms filthy, stains on "clean" linen. Room smelled bad. Left feeling itchy. Don't stay on a Saturday night unless you plan to stay up until 3 am when the very loud music in the club below finally ends.

2/10 Terrible

Cameron

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

4/10 Poor

Jacklyn, Canada

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Not the greatest
Not only was the bar downstairs loud, but construction started at 7am across the street. Also the shower/toilets weren't so clean and smelled kinda bad. Bed was not too comfortable either sadly. Not somewhere I would return to.

8/10 Good

Ângela

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Diego, Argentina

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
ok!
Its a good choice for young travelers who don't want to spend much money,

6/10 Okay

louise, NZ

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
mixed bag
Stayed here on a Friday night - was still awake at 2am due to the noise of the bar next door. Also got locked in the stairwell when I went to the bathroom and my access card stopped working - I had to wait until someone happened to walk by as you need a card to get back to reception to get the card reset. That said, the staff were really helpful, the showers much bigger than other hostels I'd stayed at, and it's super close to town - is just avoid it at the weekend if you actually want to sleep.