Landing Pads Richmond

Its small and you get to know the people really fast.

The shower could be better

Very nice atmosphere with the other guests and the staff. Staff was super helpful. Easy to get to know others with all the events going on. Also enough showers and toilets. Super easy check-in and check-out. You can always contact staff, so my later check-in due flight delay was no problem (which was GREAT). Train station literally 1min walk away, tram station up the street and bus stop out front. Cheap shopping possibilities in walking distance. Since it's a working hostel, there are no parties at night and you can get your sleep easily.

Kitchen area and common room are kinda small, so it gets cramped very easily. The rooms themselves are quite cold in winter and the heater doesn't help much (but that seems to be a general problem all over Melbourne). Also an experience I made (differs from room to room I guess): I had 2 roommates who were on a work-and-travel stay, so they already lived there a bit longer and treated it like their home (I know; Duh! It's a working hostel). But both girls were really messy and the already tight living spaces got even tighter. There was also no desk in the room.