Russell Scott Backpackers Hostel - Leeds 1 Skinner Street, Leeds LS1 4LY

"fine for a hostel and good location, breakfast supplied which is nice although owner sleeps in the guests rooms which is odd - was off with me for taking his bed??"

"I stayed at this hostel for one night but wished it was one minute. As I entered the building, a wave of uncleanliness, dirt and B.O. filled my nostrils. To begin with the whole place was just generally dirty; the window in our room did not shut and in minus temperatures was not pleasant nor appropriate. There was blood outside the backdoor, which may I add was how we had to access the hostel. The beds were creaky and the blanket inadequate, the toilets didn't flush on either floor although the one staff member I encountered was friendly, I felt unsafe due to the fact that the lock on my door could be opened by him at anytime..."

"We came here despite the negative reviews and we urge anyone reading this, do not repeat our mistake. Please pay a bit more and go somewhere clean and safe! The owner is really creepy and likes to make weird jokes to female travellers (i.e., handing you something and then taking it away, I also saw him say "goodnight, see you in a minute ;)" to woman who was clearly going to sleep in a single room - I think he thought it was a good joke, but she looked really creeped out). Every time we came in or went out, he appeared out of nowhere, asking where we were going, what we were doing etc. He also slept on the couch right outside the female dorm, and you had to go past him to go to the toilet at night. The hostel was really dirty - not as in untidy, it was just years' worth of dirt everywhere, and loads of mold (the carpets and the shower room were particularly bad, see pictures below). There is some breakfast food available, but honestly, we were scared to eat it since everything was so unsanitary."

"First of all, I think you can ignore all of the one star reviews. This place is not a five star property, but either is it one star. Overall, it's fine for the price that you pay. Great that they give you unlimited 24 hour access to tea, coffee, toast, jam, honey, cereal. WiFi works but it was quite slow during my stay. Bring your own towel of you want to have a shower. Yes, there is some hallway noise, but we still slept fine overall. We thought that Angela was quite fine. She's straightforward, which some people might take as rude, but she's actually really nice. We would stay again."