Tasman Bay Backpackers

The staff were very friendly, and suggested places to eat and a number for taxis etc. The vibe of the place was friendly with people playing guitar and games etc in the communal areas. There was a big kitchen with lots of space to keep our things. Our room was a very good size with plenty of room for two suitcases and to hang wet coats etc up. The showers, toilets and laundry facilities were good and washing powder was free which is always a bonus for travellers :)

There were a couple of bugs on the carpet in our room. Both the booking.com description and the host suggested that there would be chocolate cake at 8pm (we were very excited about this..) but when 8pm came round, we wandered out into the communal area and could not figure out for the life of us where the cake was coming from... we could see people with it but it really wasn't clear to newcomers how to get some for yourself and no staff were around so we went to bed cakeless :(. Also if you want a good sleep I would recommend bringing earplugs - one night/morning (ranged from 3am to about 5am) the room/s above us were SO LOUD that I did not get a wink of sleep. It sounded as if people were dragging 10-ton suitcases around, jumping off and on to beds, and yelling to eachother. I kid you not it felt like the walls were shaking in our room because of how loud it was. This didn't happen the next night thankfully but it was truly awful.