Outdoor dining

Reviews of Tasman Bay Backpackers

2 out of 5
Tasman Bay Backpackers
10 Weka Street, Nelson

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 62 out of 111 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 42 out of 111 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 111 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 111 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 111 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Bruce

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were great!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elisangela

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
After traveling long hrs we realized that check in was until 8pm. We were way passed that. Drive by to property and found instructions inside an envelope on how to go in 🙌. People staying there were very nice. Place was clean and very nice.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Christina

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Traveler arrived for check in 2 hours into the designated check-in time and was told that she wouldn’t be able to check in for another hour or so because there was no one to do it. She was exhausted and needing rest after traveling for 24 hrs, and wasn’t directed to a common area to wait, but invited to put her suitcase in a closet of some sort. She was able to check in 45-60 min later, and the space was fine. Just unavailable and confusing at a time when it would’ve been preferred to have the room and check-in process as described.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from Georgina, Owner/Manager on Sep 15, 2023
Hi Christina, I'm so sorry that you caught us on our lunch break and there no one was there to check you in after your long flight. I am glad you had somewhere to put your luggage. We do try to be very accommodating with check in times and enable guests to do early check ins. This is in the special notes of our Expedia listing - any time prior to 12.30pm or after 3.30pm. Sadly you must have arrived just after we closed the office. Apologies for your wait to check in to your room and glad that you found things fine apart from that.

10/10 Excellent

Felisa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly hostel, clean and tidy

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023

8/10 Good

Christian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly rezeption, clean rooms,

10/10 Excellent

Amy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My stay at Tasman Bay Backpackers was great, the staff were really friendly and welcoming and the hostel was clean throughout. It’s close to the centre of town but very quiet at night. The nightly chocolate pudding was a nice touch and great opportunity to chat to others in the communal areas.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Elijah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This accommodation is extremely surprising, compared to many others. It feels more like a well kept, vibrant and relaxed large house instead of a commercial property, while still maintaining an excellent level of staff attendance, and security and room availability. All of the guests staying there were very friendly, and there are plenty of sinks, cooking areas, fridges, food storage and bathrooms available. The lounge area is large and cosy, and they serve delicious ice cream and chocolate cake every single night! Also, as an extra bonus, there's a very friendly and approachable female cat that always is happy to receive attention. Recommend 10/10, can't think of any faults at all.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The whole stay was uncomfortable. The walls are paper thin and the other guests were up and loud well past 2am. We could hear them speaking. Not shouting. Speaking. The walls are that bad. The shower curtain had an almost tangible stench. The soap bottle in our ensuite room had been watered down significantly. The spare blankets in the closet had the smell of death on them. I woke up in the morning smelling like the musty mattress, a smell that was difficult to get off thanks to the extraordinarily low water pressure in the bathroom, not to mention the fact that even with shower shoes I felt uncomfortable being in the shower area. I wouldn't recommend this property to anyone. It's the only time I've ever stayed somewhere and genuinely wanted to demand my money back. For the life of me I don't understand the 5 star reviews, they must be from people who usually stay in the free DOC huts.
Stayed 1 night in May 2021
Response from Georgina, Owner/Manager on May 28, 2021
My staff & I read your review this morning and were shocked & quite devastated. At first we thought you couldn’t have been talking about our hostel. You mentioned about the mattress – our sunny ensuite room (which is $44 a night per person) has a near brand new King bed and mattress. We get so many positive comments about it. You talked about the soap being watered down. I recently chose that mandarin & lime hand soap with care (like we do) because I thought it was nice to have something a bit different in our ensuite room. We would never water it down. I’m really sorry you found it noisey – we provide really affordable accommodation & that comes with some limitations however everyone deserves a good night’s sleep so keeping night time noise to a minimum is something we continually work on. Re the cleanliness we wash everything after any guests leave (of course) & upgrade bedding regularly. Making every guest’s stay enjoyable is really important to us so it’s sad you did not have this experience. We have taken on board your comments & have spent the morning doing extra deep cleaning of everything. I hope apart from the things you found lacking that you did enjoy some of the many other things we offer like the free breakfast, free WIFI, free use of bikes, chocolate pudding & ice cream every night, log fire, caring/dedicated staff.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
The ensuite room we had for 3 nights was spacious, clean and comfortable with a superior queen bed. Perfect sleep every night. The ensuite was the biggest i have seen in this type of accommodation. It was also sited privately from the rest of the accommodation. The property was constantly full of clients. Maybe because of this, the weak points were, the kitchen area needed to be managed better that ensured it was hygenically clean and there was a constant supply of clean tea towels. There was no TV anywhere and the onsite parking was inadequate.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020
Response from Georgina, Owner/Manager on May 28, 2021
Hi there, So glad you enjoyed our ensuite room & slept well every night - we love to hear that. We've taken on board your comments re the kitchen, tea-towels etc and have put some more systems in place too make sure that is better. Re the TV - we've never been a hostel with a TV - we are thinking to get a projector so we could show movies which some of our guests have requested. And re parking - sorry that you found this inadequate ... post Covid so many people have cars since the buses aren't running. We are fortunate to have a reasonable size car park & free parking all down the street. Thanks for all your feedback & hope to see you back again some day.

10/10 Excellent

Jack, Dunedin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent service and room conditions. The staff knew a lot about the city and had provided booklets in the rooms. Free dessert in the lounge to encourage socialising is a great idea!
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2020
Response from Georgina, Owner/Manager on May 28, 2021
Thx so much for taking the time to give your positive feedback. Great to hear you enjoyed the service, your room and the free choc pudding & ice cream. It's so important to us that everyone's stay is enjoyable & we work hard to try to achieve this so am very happy that was the case for you.

8/10 Good

Cam

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great stay for mountain biking.
It was another great stay at Tasman back packers. They were very accommodating with myself and my bikes.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2020
Response from Georgina, Owner/Manager on May 28, 2021
Thank you for your positive feedback. We love having bikers to stay & people who are enjoying the great outdoors. Always happy to accommodate travellers with bikes.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good hostel at a nice place .
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

10/10 Excellent

Rob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Molly, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was such a friendly first-stop in NZ. It had a nice international vibe, friendly staff, clean and comfortable facilities, and of course dessert after dinner! One of the best hostels I have stayed in.,
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020
Response from Georgina, Owner/Manager on May 28, 2021
Hi Molly, thank you so much for your positive feedback - sorry for a late response from us but it's been quite a year since you stayed ... so happy to hear that you enjoyed everything.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Liam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great vibe
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Homely stay!
Loved the free pudding. Hostel is really clean and friendly. Lots of space to hang out and it felt quite homely. Kitchen was well equipped. Staff really friendly. Only issue was noise travels - we were kept up because we could hear people downstairs in the common area.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Queit neighberhood and hostel.helpfull people, lovely chocolate and icecream
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2019
Response from Hannah on Dec 6, 2019
Great to hear your positive comments! Enjoy the rest of your travels!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
stay for the choc pudding
Convenient stroll to town, but chose as had guaranteed street parking which was safer than being in cbd itself. Dorm was warm, nice shower, and the chocolate putting was very nice on a cold evening. Bed was average, pillow the cheapest quality so had to use clothes under it to make it feel like an actual pillow. Simple fix so hopefully they replace with better quality thicker pillows for better reviews in future.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019
Response from Georgina, Owner/Manager on May 28, 2021
Hi there, Thx for your feedback. So glad you enjoyed your stay. I'm continually working to have the perfect pillow & I get such varying feedback from guests - some like almost non-existent pillows. If you are back please ask for another pillow - we are always happy to give you one to suit what you like - same goes for extra blankets, duvets etc

10/10 Excellent

Christie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Chocolate Pudding
When we checked in we got there right at the social hour with free chocolate pudding! It was so fun and the culture at the place was so welcoming and fun!
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

8/10 Good

Sandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A nice stay in a superb area close downtown
The location is perfect, only a 10 walk downtown Nelson. The building is a bit old, but it's well kept and clean. WiFi was quite slow and other people staying somewhat noisy, but that's life. I would definitely stay here again!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were super friendly and helpful and there was free chocolate pudding every night!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

10/10 Excellent

Tara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place and fair price
Nice and cosy place. We had a small room for us self for a fair price. Free parking and 10-15 min walk for the city center. Lots of people/backpackers, with a friendly vibe and lots of areas with games and habg out spots, both inside and out.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great! perfect private room with ensuite. even had a private courtyard
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018
Response from Uli on Jan 8, 2019
Thank you for taking the time to review us. Enjoy the rest of your travels!

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice spot, close walk in to central Nelson. Good facilities with large sitting area. Street parking available and readily open. Smaller kitchen for size of facilty but wasnt an issue during my stay. Outside seating is nice on warm evenings.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Response from Uli on Dec 12, 2018
Thanks for taking the time to give us your feedback. We appreciate it and wish you safe travels!

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
We stayed in a double room en-suite which was tucked away from the main area. There was a little noise from the kitchen but it didn’t disturb us in the night at all. The bed was comfy, the common areas large and friendly, and overall it was a great place to stay
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018
Response from Uli on Dec 12, 2018
Thanks for taking the time to give us your feedback. We appreciate it and wish you safe travels!

10/10 Excellent

Hannah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Best hostel so far in New Zealand! Super friendly workers, great atmosphere, and loved the hot chocolate pudding of course. Breakfast was also good with a variety of breads, spreads, cereals, and oat meal.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hosts were very helpful with directions, tips, and booking stuff. Chocolate pudding at 8 pm and free light breakfast in the morning were great!
Stayed 1 night in May 2018

8/10 Good

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

claudia, switzerland

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hostel
family, cozy hostel, rooms with good beds, large, well-equipped kitchen, quiet location and the center is easily accessible on foot. every night, chocolate is served with ice cream. recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hostel is comfortable and pleasant. Friendly and helpful staff.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place to stay in Nelson.
Awesome hostel. Really friendly and attentive staff. Nice and clean. Comfortable beds. Chocolate pudding after dinner. A little bit out of town if you don't have a car.

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely hostel, top makes all round (even if we didn't get a chance to try the chocolate cake!)

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I'd recommend it to anybody
Great place 10mins short walk from the centre of Nelson. Staff and management mixed with guests so guest needs were appreciated. Clean and orderly. I would stay there again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Again a great stay - property really well maintained and operated.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nelson- Stayed in private room, near a conference
Comfy private room,of 5 in quiet separate area sharing 2 toilets, 2 showers, no TV in Backpackers, free Wifi, bus-stop outside, small garden, 15 mins walk to Founders Park (I was at conference there)

8/10 Good

Sheila

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Comfortable and convenient in a nice town.
In a suburban house type area but near town so you can walk to bus station, grocery store, restaurants and shops, etc. Very comfortable and relaxed. Nice outside seating areas. Only the people who didn't follow the request to go to back of house to hang out after 10pm and were talking loudly just below our window made it a bit noisy. Also would be great if they did away with smoking completely, b/c smoking right outside the front door still creates a lot of stink (and New Zealand is trying to go smoke free! Get with the program!)

10/10 Excellent

Anni, Colorado

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice place for a more relaxing stay
Very clean and nice atmosphere. Good location and tour buses pick up and drop off here. Has everything you need, good laundry, picnic tables and yes, chocolate pudding!

6/10 Okay

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Decent hotel outside of town
Stayed in a private room for 2 nights in February. The room was next door to the kitchen and the walls are thin so it was quite loud early and late (especially early with all the drawers being opened and shut). It's a lively, young hostel just outside of town, maybe a 7 or 8 minute walk. It's close to a nice Spring & Fern pub though. They provide free chocolate pudding at 8pm each night. It got quite warm in the room at night even with the window open.

10/10 Excellent

Bob, Australian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room was clean, kitchen fine. Bed comfortable, but a thin pillow. plenty of social areas. Pretty good overall.

10/10 Excellent

Graeme, Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Convenient place to base hikes in the area
Well located, good facilities and lots of information on the area. Staff were helpful and informative.

10/10 Excellent

lotoholik pl, warsaw

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One of the best hostels in NZ
Super clean rooms, spacious kitchen and common area. super friendly staff. If u travel with the intercity bus the stop is right next to the place. Evening free cake and free breakfast is also a nice thing ;) would stay there again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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Great backpackers in Nelson
Great place with a great atmosphere. Close to town!

8/10 Good

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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Great hostel
A great hostel, clean and comfortable with friendly and helpful staff

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
excellent location and staff
we spent two nights there, the location is excellent and staff there are so friendly.

8/10 Good

Rebecca, Cork

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value for money
Enjoyed our stay in the Tasman Bay Back Packers. Room was spacious and clean. Great value for money.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

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