Queenstown Hostellit

Plussat: Siistit tilat. Hyvä keittiö.

Miinukset: Pieni huone, ei tasoja tavaroille.

Plussat: The rooms were brand new with gorgeous plush carpeting. Very clean and modern. Each bed has its own power plugs, USB plugs, and reading light. Comfortable beds. Towels available. Friendly reception staff. FANTASTIC location right by Lake Wakatipu, a 10-minute walk from Queenstown Centre. Overall a marvelous experience at one of YHA’s best.

Miinukset: Nothing to add! Everything was great. :-)

Plussat: We really enjoyed the two night stay at the YHA. It is not directly in the city Centre but only a short walk away. However it is located right at the lake. The bathrooms & kitchen were clean & huge. The reception was extremely helpful with booking events/activities in Queenstown. The rooms all have lockers which was very convenient.

Plussat: Nice position of beds, a bit out of town but quiet. Can check in until 10pm. Spacious with out door area.

Miinukset: Children, under 18, are not allowed in the dorm even with a parent. Fortunately, my son was just 18, otherwise we would have been in a lot of trouble and could not stay. I have never come across any policy like that. You had to get out in the morning and were assigned a new room each night. What a waste of laundry.

Plussat: Everything! What impress me most was the facilities design. This must be the best hostel I stayed ever.

Miinukset: NA

Plussat: + best and biggest kitchen I've ever seen in a hostel + comfortable + clean + lockers in room

Miinukset: - expensive when I stayed there (between Christmas and nye) - my bed was creaking

Plussat: It is good value for money, the facilities are very comprehensive and clean. The location is 10-min walk from town centre but you can enjoy the relative quiet and great view along the way.

Miinukset: None!

Plussat: It's a little walk from town but it has absolutely great views that make up for that. One of the best hostels I've stayed in for a while. Exceptionally clean & staff are super friendly. Like the YHAs I've stayed before, the control the noise as well so it's not a party hostel & you can get a great night's sleep.

Miinukset: Nothing

Plussat: Hostel was in a perfect central location, so all our activities that we booked were just on the doorstep. The seating area by the window in the kitchen was great to watch out from.

Miinukset: The kitchen was great and well equipped but it seemed very small for the amount of people in the hostel. I believe that most people in Queenstown probably eat out so not everyone uses it but it did get a bit crowded when a few people cooked at the same time.

Plussat: Awesome view, great location & super friendly staff! Kitchen was clean & well kitted out with great views over the lake.

Miinukset: Shower was SOOO HOT you’d burn yaself!! Unable to turn down because when you do it literally trickles our like a joke!! :-(((

Plussat: Individual charging points by bed Fridge in room Nice bathroom

Miinukset: No privacy curtains Sliding door in bathroom

Plussat: Location is spot on! Booked a 4 bed dorm ensuite, one of the bunks was a double bed so I was the lucky one with a double bed!

Plussat: - Clean - View is nice

Miinukset: - I can’t adjust the AC unless I ask

Plussat: Perfect location near the beach and all different shops and restaurants. Surroundings also nice. Not that far from different hikes and the skyline etc. Really nice and helpful staff (can also book tours from them which is nice). Facilities good (kitchen, laundry room, lounge, Tv room). Had a nice time here.

Miinukset: Hostel altogether packed in quite a small area so lots of places not that roomy (kitchen, dorm rooms, toilets, hallways etc. quite tight; e.g. difficult to find a table to use computer etc.). Space have been used quite cleverly though. Kitchen closes at 10:00 pm which is quite inconvenient.

Plussat: Great location, clean and well organised

Miinukset: 1 of the staff members/cleaners was very arrogant and rude The worst part was that every afternoon for 2-3hrs there was a guy singing and his howling dog that you could not rest. I have no issue with music ongoing...but that is not music. Cruel to the dog.

Plussat: Loved the central location and the view from our windows straight on to the water and the cafes and all the people going by. Loved the private rooms especially. Very clean and cool.

Miinukset: Minor hiccup with TV remote and a constant loud dripping sound developed in our private room due to the air conditioning which we finally had to turn off and the sound went away half an hour later. Kept us awake for a few hours though, otherwise everything was great.

Plussat: The view to the lake when you in the kitchen and have breakfast or lunch

Plussat: Staff is nice

Plussat: The room was big considering in city area, great location. So near to Ferburger and Fergbaker! The bathroom was spacious and sparkling clean.

Miinukset: There could have been a temporary parking in front of the hostel to load/unload luggage rather than parking at the multi storey car park to walk all the way to the hostel with the luggage. You have to close the window as you can hear noises from the street but it was tolerable for us.

Plussat: good location and it looked nice from outside

Miinukset: I am trying to be fair so I am giving this place 4 out of 10. This place had a rating of 8.6 when I booked so I was really encouraged. However, I was highly disappointed. I don't need to go through everything bad there, but I can say this, I have travelled to tens of countries and stayed in hundreds of hotels/motels/apartments and even hostels, it was the first time for me where I had to check out after a couple of hours of checking in.

Plussat: Very clean. Excellent location. Well equipped kitchen with beautiful view to the lake.

Plussat: Location, warm interior, clean , safe, security

Miinukset: A little noise because of Chinese and Indian families

Plussat: Location is good.

Miinukset: Room is small and shower facilities were so weak. There is a kitchen. But, it is so small to use because there are so many people.

Plussat: Well located to the town.

Miinukset: Our room was located right next to the seating area where everyone was shouting and talking till 5am. In the morning I attempted to take this up with the incompetent Receptionist, who instead of apologising, insisted she had never had a complaint like this before (insinuating I was making it up). I asked for the money back to stay somewhere else however apparently this was FORBIDDEN. After some negotiating the best they could offer was a fan inside the room so we didn't have to have the windows open, unsurprisingly this fan never actually showed up in our room. So yeh very enjoyable two nights unable to seep and it felt even better knowing it was grossly overpriced.

Plussat: Beds with curtains, not sure why other hostels wouldn’t have these. It’s nice to have a little sense of privacy.

Miinukset: The bathroom was small and frequently used hence got dirty very quickly. It should be cleaned more often during the day.

Plussat: Clean and lot of space

Miinukset: You don’t know how many bed are in the room when you book dormitory.

Plussat: The hot tub and the free renting of bike

Miinukset: no air-conditioning during the summer - the room is bit too hot.

Miinukset: Price changed every night. Bathroom was small and smelly. Kitchen door was very difficult to slide open.

Plussat: Friendly staff and nice hostel. They have a good kitchen and wirhlpool.

Miinukset: The bathrooms are dirty all the time.

Plussat: Fairly quiet location, but not too far to walk into town (nb is slightly uphill)

Miinukset: Private rooms get ridiculously hot and have no lamp by bed (nb was not cleaned during 3 night stay, not sure what happens if you are there longer), kitchen was not very clean, stoves did not work well, it did not have enough fridge space and although hostel is aware guests are stealing forks they did not have any in reserve, water switched off without warning one morning so you could could not even flush the toilet, showers too low to stand underneath them and hardly anywhere to put your things, annoying key deposit system where if you pay by card but leave before reception opens (which seems to be at least 8am) means you have to email

Plussat: A great backpackers, well organised with good shared kitchen and lounge. Great shared outdoors areas.

Plussat: - Good location. - Social events and bar crawls.

Miinukset: - Free breakfast was for only 1 hour and very limited meaning people were stood around waiting for anything. - Staff at reception were more interested in selling you things than in your stay at the hostel. - Not enough space/facilities for the high number of people staying at the hostel, especially the kitchen and dining areas, making it difficult to cook or store your food.

Plussat: Location

Miinukset: Shower was dirty - full of hair - not cleaned regularly

Plussat: Once we found out about this we were able to use the fdacilities. This was xdefinitely an extdra that we did notd know. We were really spoilt by staff....and theyn were so helpful in all dthe questions we asked. Of course for seniors the c ost was amazing especially for the wonderful sidtuation of being right in the heart ofQueenstown. We could walk everywhere even our Church and favourite Restaurants....Everything was so handy

Miinukset: TThere was really nothing we did not like....The ladies did not want me to read so the lack of light was no problem for them.

Plussat: Location

Miinukset: Rooms, kitchen, bathrooms dirty The hostel is on the top of a bar so it’s really loud

Plussat: I liked the proximity of everything and the friendly staff

Miinukset: It was very hot in the room

Plussat: Yksityinen huoneemme oli mukava.

Miinukset: Hostellin yleisilme oli vähän nuhjuinen. Sänky oli pehmeä, mutta heilui.

Plussat: Sijainti erinomainen. Hinta ok.

Miinukset: Saavuin myöhemmin kuin muu seurue ja saavuin päivää myöhemmin kuin oli alunperin tarkoitus. Seurueeni kertoi minulle ennen saapumistani, että receptionissa ollaan tietoisia tästä tilanteesta. Saapuessani kerroin nimeni ja, että minulla oli varaus jo eilisestä eteenpäin, mutta olen myöhässä ja muut seurueeni jäsenet ovat jo täällä. Työntekijä suhtautui minuun todella tylysti eikä tuntunut aluksi ymmärtävän tilannetta. En muistanut olinko itse varannut vai oliko ystäväni varannut kyseisen hostellin, ja varausta koitettiin ensin etsiä ystäväni nimellä. Sitä ei löytynyt ja asiakaspalvelijan asenne muuttui entistä tylymmäksi ja hän oli sitä mieltä että minulle ei ole huonetta. Olin aika hämmentynyt ja pyysin etsimään omalla nimelläni kertoen myöskin, että ystäväni sanoivat että täällä ollaan tietoisia asiasta. Varausta ei edelleenkään löytynyt ja kehonkielestä havaitsin että asiakaspalvelija kuvittelee että yritän huijata. Kertasin vielä kerran faktat, ja hetken päästä varaus löytyi kuin löytyikin - minut oli kirjattu sisälle jo ennakkoon varauksen alkuperäisenä alkamispäivänä. Tässä kohtaa asiakaspalvelijallakin muuttui ääni kellossa ja hän pahoitteli että olin joutunut odottamaan. Päällimmäinen fiilis oli kuitenkin omasta puolestani hieman huono, koska tilanne oli ollut se että hän heti kättelyssä kun huonetta ei löytynyt ilmaisi epäuskonsa rehellisyyttäni kohtaan. Tästä tilanteesta ei jäänyt hyvää mieltä korjausyrityksestä huolimatta. Yöllä n. Klo 1 asti baarista kantautui todella suurella volyymilla musiikki ja nukkuminen oli ennen tätä mahdotonta.

Plussat: One shower at every room. Friendly staff

Miinukset: The WiFi was awful

Plussat: Location was quite good, as it was in the town. Staff were friendly enough, but downsides were just too bad to ignore. Cheap, but there are much better places to stay in Queenstown.

Miinukset: showers were shite and beds very loud and creaky. useless balcony overlooking brick wall. felt uncomfortable with other drugged up guests laying outside my dorm room, lunging at me when i was trying to get in- i know it was only a cheap hostel, but its not good enough.

Plussat: Location

Miinukset: Plug sockets too far away from room. Main light didn’t work. Toilet in en-suite didn’t work, paying extra for that! Chewing gum and other rubbish in room, which was never cleaned, only beds. WiFi awful. Everyone in common room only there to get WiFi. No advertisement of events, difficult for solo travellers to mix.

Plussat: We booked a private room. It was perfect for what we needed, close to everything we required, town, dinning, waterfront and bars. Found the room great value for money, beds were comfortable the room was very clean.

Miinukset: ""One person in our group"" of three, complained about being woken, as the bar next door emptied there recycling throughout the evening and then the bins themself, were also emptied early hours of the morning.

Plussat: Sijainti oli hyvä, hostellissa ihan kiva yleistunnelman ja ilmainen aamiainen.

Miinukset: Öisin kuului aika paljon meteliä ja bassoa jyminää alakerran baarista, huone ja yleiset tilat olivat melko epäsiistit ja monta vessaa oli epäkäytössä. Huoneessa oli öisin tunkkainen ilma, sillä ikkunaa ei voinut metelin takia pitää auki. Sängyt natisi.