YHA Grinton Lodge

Outstanding location, friendly helpful team of staff. Excellent quality food and drinks available. Clean and comfy bedding. Plenty of toilets and showers all clean. Good value in a beautiful location. 5 minute walk into Grinton village with pub serving food. Enjoyed cooked breakfast from yha team for both mornings of our stay. Planning to return, some fantastic walks on the doorstep so no need to use the car.

Stunning location, the building is very impressive and comfortable. Rooms are exactly what I expected, clean and bright with good quality beds and bedding. Kitchen very good, breakfast was nice. Most of all, the staff were just brilliant - warm and welcoming, helpful and attentive.

Loved it, all of it, from start to finish. Fab location, characterful building and - best of all - incredible staff. For around Forty quid, including evening meal and whopping breakfast ....... are you kidding me? Can't praise the staff highly enough - especially the lady who helped me at dinner, when my morning shave nick decided to hemorrhage all over the table and floor! and the real friendly guy who welcomed me at reception, checking in, and the lovely lady who sorted my breakfast, fit for a god! Kept my membership up for over twenty years but the first time I've actually stayed at a hostel in over fifteen years! It won't be my last!! Many, many, sincere thanks, hope to see you again.

We have stayed here several times over the last 10 years and have always enjoyed the experience. It is an old building and there may be some crumbling plaster and flaking paintwork in places, but it is more than made up for by the stunning views over the valley towards Reeth. Usually we self-cater, but this time we decided to treat ourselves to the evening meal and breakfast options and we were pleased with the standard and value of the meals provided.

We camped here for 2 nights, it’s a really good option for camping as you have access to the self catering facilities and the communal lounges etc. All the facilities were clean and well equipped (only slight niggle was there aren’t many shelves or places to put things down in the camping bathrooms). We ate in the restaurant one night which was tasty and good value. You can buy a good selection of drinks and snacks, plus a fire pit pack with wood, firefighters and marshmallows. Beautiful setting with fantastic views. All the staff are lovely too.

DO NOT STAY HERE after we were packing up to go we took the sheet off and there were skid marks all along the mattress the mattress were also like primary school pe mats and there was black mold all over the room if you were thinking about staying here DONT

Just had a one night stay here and it was great. Excellent value for money, it’s not the most luxurious or the nicest decorated place we’ve ever stayed in but it was clean and warm, the shower was hot and the bed was comfortable, what more do you really need? The breakfast was exceptional. For the price we thought we’d get something pretty basic, we certainly weren’t expecting croissants, fruit compote, yogurt, cafetières of coffee and a cooked-to- order full English breakfast! We had walked down the hill into Grinton the night before (and toiled back up again after a meal and a drink) only to realise we could have eaten (and had a drink) at the youth hostel, I’m sure the quality would have been just as good and we could have spared ourselves the walk!

Beware of the wind. We stayed in a landpod with our two young children, we have stayed in these before and they are amazing, in good weather I would highly recommend. The problem this time is that the wind was so so strong and did not settle the whole night. Because the landpod have metal bars, it was extremely loud, it felt like trying to sleep through severe turbulence. The forecast said the wind was due to continue, so needless to say we sadly cut short our stay and left at 9am the following morning. We did ask if they had any rooms inside but since our 2 yr old cannot sleep in a bunk, there were no options in there suitable/available. Having left in plenty of time, I thought the hostel would be accommodating in refunding our second night. Every landpod was free and we had paid for the one night. I was really shocked at how awfully my request was handled. I was told to ring head office, I was on the phone to them for 15 mins and subsequently told to e-mail customer services, I then didn't hear back for over 2 weeks, to be told that " we offered you a room in the hostel therefore we cannot give you a refund" which is completely false and very disappointing. I understand they have to make money but it was truely not a suitable nights accommodation and seems very unreasonable.

Excellent value. The rooms, loos and showers are spotlessly clean. Loads of hot water. Staff very friendly and helpful. A good, basic menu for dinner with wholesome food in good quantity. Breakfast was outstanding.