Lodge in the City - Hostel

Michael the night watchman was as helpful as ever/usual & Megan helped me transfer to a cleaner, tidier dorm room which well & truely salvaged the experience

Scoring a bottom bunk is a tidy, cleaner roon with tidier, cleaner dorm-mates.

Beds and rooms were the standard bunk bed dorms you get all over New Zealand but at a cheaper price. While the kitchen and lounge is a bit of a mess and usually very busy at least it is quite a big room. And we never had problems finding forks and such unlike in a lot of other hostels. Had some food stolen by a long-term guest who simply stuck a lable over mine and put it in a her bag. But I found my food and showed the receptionist and the manager who got angry, said they'd take action and we're very apologetic even though they weren't to blame. WiFi worked fine on the first floor where we stayed. Overall, we had a good stay, cheap and central location and our first choice in Wellington.

Could do with an upgrade and some TLC but honestly considering it's the cheapest hostel and usually by at least a couple of dollars a night it's pretty good. Been to plenty of hostels round New Zealand that charge way more but are of a very similar standard. A lot of long term guests that treat a bit too much like their own place and make a mess. Only one unisex bathroom per floor with like 3 toilets and 3 showers in each and there are a lot of rooms on each floor.

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