Name: Kirkwall Youth Hostel
Address: Old Scapa Road, Kirkwall, Kirkwall, Kirkwall, KW15 1BB, United Kingdom
Rating: 7

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Orkney Wireless Museum

Highland Park Distillery

Scapa Beach

Scapa Distillery

Kirkwall Airport

Eday Airport

Stronsay Airport

Sanday

Westray Airport

Papa Westray Airport

North Ronaldsay Airport

Wick Airport

Kirkwall Youth Hostel

Kirkwall

We stayed in a private room for two nights at the end of August. Very comfy bed, clean room and facilities, friendly helpful staff with good knowledge of the local area. Really good value for money and nothing to complain about!

Great location, friendly helpful staff

I haven't joined this firm's tours but I have done several others and was appalled at the behaviour of a tour at Kirkwall Youth Hostel. 
The tour group had to get up at 4am for an early ferry and despite requests the night before from hostel staff and even an intervention during the night there was an unacceptable level of disturbance for other hostel guests- slammed doors, loud laughter for at least an hour from 4am. 
This is disgraceful and unprofessional and speaks volumes about the quality of the tour experience, which is not at all cheap.

unprofessional

Really lovely people staying there and working there, nice location and alright facilities for the price.
I got abit cold but could easily warm up by using the radiator so that was fine. I got there late and was still able to check in smoothly. 
Good all around

Good for the price

The hostel is 15 minutes walk uphill from Kirkwall travel centre and town centre and slightly closer to the three main supermarkets. Nearly every bus in Orkney passes through the travel centre, so the hostel is an ideal base for exploring.
The hostel is a conversion of a building from 1940's and is kept very clean.
It has a slightly barracksy feel but does represent good value for money.

Excellent Value for Money

My husband and i were visiting Kirkwall and had difficulty in finding accomodation. We are great supporters of the YHA and were not dissappointed here. Very friendly staff. Clean rooms but could all do wiht a bit of an update. Near to the main sights in the town.

Very friendly Youth Hostel in Kirwall

The hostel was easy to find and check in was quick - the man on reception was lovely and very helpful during our stay. Room spacious and comfortable. We both had a great sleep. Bathroom/shower facilities basic but clean. The water wasn't the warmest but I assume this was because I showered late at night. Never used the common area/kitchen/facilities so cannot comment on them. Would stay again if I was in Orkney as it was good value for money and just what we needed. 

Good stay 

A handy place top stay for large parties. Very clean rooms and very friendly staff. Kirwall is a nice place to visit and there is loads to see on the islands. The hostel is a quick walk into town and there loads of taxis.

Good hostel

Hostel was very old and in need of repair - the window in room 13 was broken, the front door lock wouldn’t re-open when locked and the scalding water in the shower wasn’t great nor the slow drainage or the bugs in the light fitting. The cold tap in the toilet didn’t work and the soap dispensers in both the Women’s and  Men’s toilet didn’t have soap in.

The reception staff were friendly however and they had some nice Arran cosmetics for sale and the price was fair for 3 night’s accommodation. 


Needs some investment / dirty 

We chose this hostel because of the affordable prices. The room was convenient and completely adequate. Overall, there were very few people in the hostel, so we had plenty of room to cook something ourselves, for example, in the kitchen. Behind the hostel is a small parking lot, but it is enough for the size of the hostel.

Cheap, somewhat lonely hostel

Common spaces very big and functioning. Aesthetically not excellent. The private double room without two single beds: quite large, but the bed line and the moquette were not very clean. Really good welcome and friendliness from the staff (especially Frank). It takes 10 minutes by walk to Kirkwall city centre and to the nearest supermarket. The continental breakfast is sufficient.

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