YHA Rotherhithe

In my opinion this hostel deserves at least 4 stars. During my short period stay in London, i stayed in other one, and was better located but not even comparable with this one.
YHA Rotherhithe is a hostel for young people located in the other side of the main river, the Thames. With only one metro line or one bus, you are in the city center, so the price its reallly good value.
I have to say that the first day, because of an staff error and a misunderstanding, they charge me the room twice, but once I told them, they changed us (me and my friends) to a private room, without paying any extra fee, and gave two days breakfast for free.
The breakfast was really good. English one, and bread, cereals, milk and yogurt were also available. The common areas were very well equipped even with football table! :)

Not good yet not terrible or unbearably bad either. The place is relatively sanitary but needs more frequent cleaning. About half of the staff while I was there were friendly and helpful, but the others wanted nothing to do with you and were a real pain in the a#* to deal with. Above all was the somewhat shitty placement, out of the way from most of the good stuff in London, across the river, and a good enough walk from the nearest over and under ground stations. It deserves it’s official two star rating and I would recommend another YHA location such as St Pauls, or better yet an independent place like the acclaimed yet affordable Palmer’s Lodge.
P. S. Any place that makes you pay £8 ($ 16), for Wi-​Fi, that is only available in the lobby, is down on my list.

Of all hostels, this one is stuck in the middle of nowhere in terms of access to the city for tourists, and even more so with the East London line closed during December for rail works. Apart from the access, it is a nice hostel so long as the lift is working.
You can have a good laugh with the chef he does a decent meal for under a tenner, watch the footy at the bar, and get all of your travel/​exploring information from reception.
The price you pay for the hostel and then the travel to get into the city, it would be more worthwhile to pay a bit extra and stay in the city where you can walk everywhere.