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Reviews of Manly Harbour Backpackers

2 out of 5
Manly Harbour Backpackers
45 Cambridge Parade, Manly, QLD

Reviews

5.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 4 out of 29 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 6 out of 29 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 9 out of 29 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 4 out of 29 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 6 out of 29 reviews" "

5.8/10

Cleanliness

6.2/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

5.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness
Cheap and nasty
Cheap, good location, free parking. Not so clean
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2021

4/10 Poor

Karen

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cheap and nasty
Location is great. Just a stone's throw from the waterfront and many cafes and eateries. Problem with the hostel is they are attempting to renovate the place whilst still accomodating people. What I mean by that is there is still work going on in the room while people are in it. After a long day of packing and travelling I was having a sleep on the bed when I was interrupted by a maintenance person wanting access. Other people have told me they were still painting rooms with people in them. The man at reception is exceedingly miserable and reluctant to answer questions and even then minimal information given. Even when I rang the day before to check my booking He was confused as the phone is used for the hostel and the business of the bar next door. All facilities are very tired looking or broken and absolute minimum. Ripped sheets on the bed and very old pillows. No possibilities for even renting a towel. If you are wanting somewhere cheap and rough then it fits the bill otherwise steer clear.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Tony, Aussie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and tidy, plenty of space to park, close to the beach and shops,
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very good Customer service, Manager is also very cooperative.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2019

2/10 Terrible

B

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nothing there was nothing to now down good Annie the place
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Room comfort
No A/c. In rooms. Wifi doesnt work in rooms. Kitchen /lounge needs a good clean. Over all convenient location at a good price. Meals at the Manly Deck are very good value.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

2/10 Terrible

Joannah, Sydney

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Manly backpackers
Decent location. Awful place to stay. We were overcharged what our booking on Expedia said we would have to pay. The rooms were very dirty, the sheets hadn't been changed. No towels, not even the option to hire towels like many other backpackers offer. Very disorganised place, would not recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Kelsey, SC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hostel was really cute and clean and comfortable. Only complaint is the common room could use a little love and the stove in the kitchen didn't work very well. But everything else was great.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don't go anywhere near this place!
It was the most disgusting hostel I've ever seen. The staff are rude, arrogant, disrespectful, unhelpful and unfriendly. The rooms and bathrooms are filthy, as is the linen. The mattress is a piece of $2 foam, not even a basic mattress. And the noise from the bar/club beneath the hostel was unbearably loud making sleeping impossible - so loud in fact that I made a complaint to the local council as surely this breaches even basic standards. A complete and utter shambles - stay away!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Natalie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
I was very grateful to see how clean it was for the price I payed! Great location and cute shops near by.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cool
Pretty cool stay and calm

2/10 Terrible

Sine

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wouldn't go back even if they payed me to
Really dirty and uncomfortable. Didn't like it at all. The room was never locked and the kitchen was disgusting. Nothing to do in town

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Basic back packer standard
Just needed a bed otherwise would not have stayed.cheap enough so get what you pay for. Not welcoming or comfortable, mattress thin and awful with just a tatty sheet, kitchen a mess with rubbish bins overflowing, though main bathroom was quite clean.Common room very small, looks like this space was sacrificed to fit in more beds and no where outside to sit except under bedroom windows where people made noise until 2am. Couldn't wait to get away.

6/10 Okay

Jesse, Brisbane

Liked: Staff & service
Close to the hotel
The hotel kitchen was pretty good, use of TV, old VHS player, LCD TV with working fridge and freezer.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Avoid
Uncomfortable stay. Thankful that we were allowed to cancel the second day staying there without charge.

4/10 Poor

Lydia, Switzerland

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Unfriendly Stuff
I will no more going in this hostel. two Stuffs were very unfriendly and would have 40 Dollars for Key deposit. When I went, they gave me only back 20 Dollars. I hadn't a receipt. And they lies to me. So I left this hostel after the first night and could never stay longer there. The breakfast was all very dirty, I couldn't eat there nothing. The bedroom was ok, not dirty, and also the bathrooms was most clean.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Bad hostel
Staff are really bad Hostel far of everything Room dirty and smell really bad Bed so bad (I start scratch my skin a lot in the bed) No lift for go to the airport

6/10 Okay

Gabor

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Silent place
Please notice, I used to pay cash. So, don't charge my credit card for this booking. Thanks ! Cheers Rafael

6/10 Okay

Chrissi, Germany

Liked: Staff & service
Nice Hostel near Manly Harbour, not close to city
I stayed there two nights during my diving course because my dive boat started early in the morning from Manly Harbour. I wouldn't want to stay there longer but for the two nights it was a really good and cheap option for me.

4/10 Poor

Scott, Cenral Queensland

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Minor improvements, big difference
Appreciating is a budget accommodation, a few low cost improvements would make a big difference, like more organised booking booking arrangements, working TV in common room and ensuring cleaning materials available to allow guests to meet obligations in keeping common area clean. Overall was OK.

6/10 Okay

Marcus

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

Pinar

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Perfect hostel to start your trip!
The perfect place to start your work and travel! It’s like a little family there- specially Mama - she is the best!
Stayed 16 nights in May 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Das Manly Harbour liegt eine Minute entfernt von der sehr schönen Hafenpromenade. Die äußere Erscheinung ist ein wenig heruntergekommenen allerdings ist es für Backpacker vollkommen ausreichend. Von Luxus ist hier nichts zu spüren, doch der günstige Preis und die gute Anbindung an die Innenstadt von Brisbane überzeugen.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
様々な方とお話したい方には、とてもオススメです
最初に＄４０を払い、部屋を出る際に宿泊代を抜いた金額を返してもらう形です。そして＄１５なのは男性だけで、女性は＄２０でした。 本音を言うと、安く済むかと思ってここにしたのですが、電車の乗り方がわからず、飛行場からここまでタクシーを使いましたが、＄６０かかりました。電車の乗り方を知らない人は、高くても素直に目的地から近いホテルにした方がいいかもしれません。 朝食は普通のパンやコンフレーク、牛乳、ジャムが入った箱を共有がリビングに置かれていて、そこから自由に食べる感じです。 部屋の中にたくさんベットがありましたが同室者は３人しかおらず、私感覚ではとくに狭くもなく、ちょうどいい感じだと思いました。 共に泊まっている方々は様々な国籍の方でしたが、日本人の私にとても優しく、私は知らない人と同じ部屋というのが楽しく思えたので、とてもよかったと思います。

6/10 Okay

JAG

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