City Backpackers HQ

This place wasn’t the worst hostel we’ve been to in Australia, but it wasn’t that far off to be completely honest… The staff were really nice and helpful, definitely dont have a bad word to say about them. It was nice to have bathroom towels in the room, and our room in general was fine. Whilst the room didnt have it’s own aircon control, it was a comfortable temperature. The location of the place is also pretty convenient if you want to get to Roma Street station or surrounding areas. However, I think we were abit unlucky with our room. We had some sort of generator outside our door. We thought it was a big washing machine or something when we arrived, but it continued constantly throughout our stay. There was also quite abit of noise from the bathroom which was opposite too. It felt like the majority of residents didnt respect the quiet hours of the hostel - there was loads of people shouting and running up and down the halls until way past midnight. By the end of the night, the kitchen was a bit of a dump and people definitely did not clean up after themselves. It did feel like there was quite a few people living at the hostel, which does affect the feeling of the place. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend it to people for a long period of time, but for a short stay it’s acceptable.

This place wasn’t the worst hostel we’ve been to in Australia, but it wasn’t that far off to be completely honest… The staff were really nice and helpful, definitely dont have a bad word to say about them. It was nice to have bathroom towels in the room, and our room in general was fine. Whilst the room didnt have it’s own aircon control, it was a comfortable temperature. The location of the place is also pretty convenient if you want to get to Roma Street station or surrounding areas. However, I think we were abit unlucky with our room. We had some sort of generator outside our door. We thought it was a big washing machine or something when we arrived, but it continued constantly throughout our stay. There was also quite abit of noise from the bathroom which was opposite too. It felt like the majority of residents didnt respect the quiet hours of the hostel - there was loads of people shouting and running up and down the halls until way past midnight. By the end of the night, the kitchen was a bit of a dump and people definitely did not clean up after themselves. It did feel like there was quite a few people living at the hostel, which does affect the feeling of the place. Overall, I wouldn’t recommend it to people for a long period of time, but for a short stay it’s acceptable.