Name: Russell Scott Hostel
Address: Brandreth House, 28 Brandreth Road, Sheffield, Sheffield, Sheffield, S6 3JU, United Kingdom
Rating: 4

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Crookes Park

Alfred Denny Museum

Ebenezer Elliott statue

Parkwood Karting

Greentop Community Circus Centre

University of Sheffield Drama Studio

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Wilson Carlile Centre

Paradise Square

Sheffield City Hall

Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Etihad Stadium

Whitworth Art Gallery

Manchester Museum

Manchester Conference Centre

Piccadilly Gardens

Manchester Palace Theatre

Arndale Centre

Manchester Art Gallery

National Football Museum

Manchester Central Library

Albert Square

Exchange Square

Royal Exchange Theatre

Manchester Cathedral

Manchester Central

Manchester Opera House

Museum of Science and Industry

People's History Museum

Manchester Airport

Manchester United Museum

Old Trafford

Leeds Bradford International Airport

Russell Scott Hostel

Sheffield

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8 of us needed accommodation for a gig in Sheffield, and every other option was ridiculously expensive given the event. We booked a dorm room. After reading reviews we had very low expectations - but we were pleasantly surprised! The room was clean and so were the toilet facilities. Help yourself to cereal, tea, coffee, etc in the kitchen. The city centre also isn't too far away. I'd recommend staying here for the money paid, 100%!

Reasonable

Came here to warn anyone thinking of booking this hostel please don't! We paid £47 for a private room with shared bathroom. Upon arrival at 2.30pm the room was not ready (note check in from 2pm) the room was then hastily made up, no hoovering or surface cleaning. The mattress topper was covered in stains and the room smelt rank. The toilets were filthy with excrement all over one and the other not much better. There were unsavoury characters hanging about in the corridor that almost didn't want to let me through. We felt unsafe and that it was not hygienic so left and paid out another £68 for a room elsewhere (OYO can highly recommend for a little more money). This being a hostel of course we had a reasonable idea of what to expect and have stayed at other hostels which were clean and more secure. Upon leaving I registered a complaint with the booking agent and Russell Scott offered a 10% discount on our next stay to make up for the distress. Insulting offer and you could not pay me to return.

Revolting filthy and unsafe

We have been here before when we go to a music festival in the city centre. Last time was an amazing experience. Unfortunately this time I cannot say the same.
Look at the photos I have attached.
First of all we were not told until arrival that we had to pay a £30 deposit (this should have been mentioned at time of booking).
Secondly, there were face masks and filth all down the side of my bed. (The had to come remove them).
There was only one lightbulb in the light fittings so seeing at night was quite difficult.
I was having a shower in the morning and the shower head holder fell off the wall and hit me in the face.
The dust and cobwebs were everywhere and black mold on the ceiling in the shower room.
Upon check out I always strip the beds and clean the room but when I did there was 100s of urine stains on the mattress I had slept on. And my son's was the same.
The carpet looked like it had been used as toilet roll with dirty brown marks all over it.
I have emailed and given them a chance to reply but nothing as yet.

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This hostel is filth.
I had to stay here with a group for a weekend away and needing accommodation as a group to fit all budgets, this hostel was decided upon. I had reservations about staying in this hostel anyway so didn’t check reviews as I was not the one booking it and I didn’t want to dread the thought of going by reading them but now I wish I did.

The hostel appears to be in a dodgy location at the top of a hill filled with undesirable sites, there was a homeless woman sleeping in her car outside the front in the morning, however we had seen her enter the hostel so she had access to the building. 

Room: When we got to the room it was very basic, lots of beds, one table and a chair, nothing else, as expected. The room smelt off, maybe mould and damp combined with poor cleaning, if any. I looked at the carpet and knew I couldn’t walk on it barefooted. The mattress was springy and noisey, the bottom sheet fabric was bubbling with questionable bits of lint, I dread to think of the condition of the bedding, but I didn’t want to investigate further as I knew I had to sleep in it. Thankfully I brought my own pillow.

Bathrooms: The shower room itself appeared clean at 7pm however the floor was grotty and there was a fabric bath Matt on the floor for getting out the shower, again, this is disgusting to think about the feet that have been on it. I poked my head into the larger bathroom and the bin had a cluster of plasters on top of it and the toilet had urine in it, I tried to flush it thinking someone was just being lazy but the toilet was not flushing, it had broken (not blocked like the owners declared to us later on). We had a text prior to arriving about some bathrooms being out of order but no signs were placed up on the toilets or bathrooms so how would anyone know they are out of use.

The single toilet smelt like a very filthy public bathroom, it was foul. By the morning this toilet wasn’t flushing either I was told. This is absolutely disgusting and unacceptable for a place of high occupancy to have no working facilities.

Unwanted guest: I returned at 2am with another person and to our horror we found a man fully clothed with shoes on, asleep on one of our beds!!! He did not wake and we did not plan on waking him, we went out our room and had management called regarding this. A member of staff appeared and asked the man to leave to which he put up no fight and smiled at us as he left. He appeared clean however the member of staff informed us “he’s been a problem to us for a while, we will deal with him”. I am disgusted that someone who’s been a “problem” knew the codes to our room and the hostel and had been asleep in our room with our belongings in it! We had booked all the beds, this was not acceptable. I struggled to sleep after this as I feared who else could just wander on in, we asked for the key pin lock to be changed to our room but the staff could only change the front door code as he did not know the master lock. I was ready to leave to go to a hotel and split up from the party but unfortunately being a Saturday night hotels were booked when I made some calls.

I will never ever stay in a hostel, this experience has totally written them off for me. They were never on my agenda in the first place but that experience is more than enough for me. I expected hygiene better than a third world country with safety and security, I knew it was going to be grotty but I didn’t expect the rest.

Management have been contacted for a full refund due to these multiple issues, 10% has been offered but the damage is done, i’ve had the experience now. Next time I’ll find my own safe hygienic accommodation.

This hostel is filth.

The hostel was absolutely disgusting we booked a room for 9 adults and found a random guy in one of our beds the showers where disgusting looked like it wasn’t cleaned at all  the toilets where blocked and smelt awful the service we record was absolutely disgusting the beds weren’t comfy at all never staying here again absolutely disappointed and disgusted

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This hostel is truly awful. The bathrooms and communal areas were filthy (woodlice, hairs etc.) and there were building materials strewn everywhere. Looked like it hadn't been cleaned in months. All three showers were also shut off whilst we were staying there. The one night they did work there was a horrible eggy smell from the shower. Our room had an overpowering smell of air freshener and was very damp and cold. It was very loud in the hostel at night and was not close to the centre of town.

do NOT stay here

Stayed here for one night. Great location in a residential area just a 20 minute walk from city centre. Staff were very friendly, gave me a quick tour of the hostel on arrival and were happy to help with any questions. Shared bathrooms are clean and there is a full kitchen with free breakfast, tea and coffee which is a nice touch. Good free wifi too.
Other guests were quite noisy at night especially as my room was near the kitchen so this wasn't ideal. The heating wasn't on in my room which made it quite cold, however warm bedding was provided so it wasn't too bad. I stayed in a single room and it was spacious with a wardrobe, desk and bedside table.
Overall a satisfactory visit, but I wouldn't rush back.

Okay for a short stay

I stayed here whilst in Sheffield last month. Although it was cheap and cheerful it had everything I needed. It was clean and there was food available for breakfast which I did not expect. I got very chatty with one of the staff and he was brilliant to talk to. Would definitely use again if in Sheffield.

Best hostel yet

Filthy. Ok it’s budget and I didn’t expect a palace. But nail clippings on the bedside table from a previous guest is gross. The kitchen is grim too. Everything you touch feels sticky. The shower facilities haven’t seen bleach in a long time. It gets cold at night but that might have just been my room. The cleaner is rude and vulgar, his loud conversations with a swear word in every sentence definitely wake you up of a morning. That said the other staff are friendly, the area isn’t bad at all and parking is better than expected. However I realised that Travelodge had rooms with your own bathroom and some standards of hygiene for the same price so I really screwed up staying here at all.

Myself and 3 friends stayed at this hostel overnight for a night out. First impressions as you walk in the door are is it’s very clean, nicely decorated. We were welcomed by a gentleman who was really polite and friendly to us. He lead us to the kitchen to wait while he dealt with another guest. The kitchen was again, very clean, well kitted out. Breakfast is included there’s every variety of cereal you can wish for with milk and juice in the fridge you can help yourself to. The room itself was 2 single beds and a bunk bed. Fresh sheets, super comfy beds and a good temperature. Checkout was at 12 but we were never rushed. Always very quiet, clean, well equipped bathrooms. Notices everywhere advising guests they don’t need to feel shy to ask for help and that there will always be someone around. All in all a very pleasant stay and amazing value for money. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a cheap stay and would 100% use one of their hostels again.

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