“I cooked breakfast at the Bristol Wing for four mornings straight — eggs from St Nicholas Market, sourdough from Hart's Bakery under Temple Meads — and ended up sitting with three different sets of travelers each morning. By day three, two of us had agreed to meet in Edinburgh in October. That's what a good hostel kitchen does that a free continental breakfast never will.”
Ex-police-station hostel on Bridewell Street that funnels its profits into a Bristol homelessness charity. Five-minute walk to the Thekla and the King Street pubs, ten to Temple Meads via Uber. Bristol's highest-rated hostel with free breakfast and a kitchen that actually works.
Backpacker hostel attached to The Full Moon pub on the edge of Stokes Croft, Bristol's street-art and counterculture quarter. Live music nights downstairs, a beer garden out back, and the cheapest bunks within walking distance of the city centre.
Converted Victorian grain warehouse on Narrow Quay, right on Bristol's floating harbour. The quietest hostel in the city, with riverside views from the cafe-bar and a five-minute ferry hop to the SS Great Britain.
Hostel attached to a bowling alley and bar on Park Row, smack in the middle of the Old City student quarter. Cheapest central beds in Bristol with a built-in party downstairs, ten lanes of bowling, and a bar that runs late on weekends.
Hit St Nicholas Market on a Saturday for the best produce day, but go before noon to beat the lunch queues.
Hart's Bakery under Temple Meads station does the city's best sourdough — ten minutes from any central hostel and worth the walk.
The Bristol Wing kitchen has two ovens — rare in Bristol hostels — so it's the only one where roast-dinner Sunday is realistic.
Stock up on cider at Bristol Cider Shop in St Nicholas Market — way better than supermarket cans for the same price.
If you're at the Full Moon Backpackers, stretch your kitchen night into the pub downstairs — the £6 lunch deal is the cheapest cooked meal in Stokes Croft.
