Reviews of JJ's Backpackers Hostel
11-13 Charles Street, Cairns, Australia 4870
175 out of 199 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'JJ's Backpackers Hostel'
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| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
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Marieke Jansen
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
22 May 2011 Marieke would recommend this property
Liked: NIce atmosphere, clean, very helpfull en nice people
Disliked: Nothing
The property's response is...
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 80% |
sylvain bathiaz
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
12 May 2011 sylvain would recommend this property
Liked: Clean and quiet
Disliked: 20 min walks from the centre
The property's response is...
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
28 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: It was convenient foor what I wanted to do ata price that was within my budget
Disliked: could have been smarter
The property's response is...
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 100% |
Heather Brown
With friends / other travellers
Sightseeing & culture
21 April 2011 Heather would recommend this property
Liked: JJ's is clean and very welcoming. The staff are extremely helpful. The BBQ and quiz night was brilliant and excelllent value for money. Its a good place to meet up with other people and share experiences. The free breakfast and eveing meals were very helpful if on a budget and the free transport bus also helps.
Disliked: Couldn't find anything to dislike
The property's response is...
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Beach / sunbathing
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family
16 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Everything! Thursday night BBQ and challenge, pool, staff are really nice and helpful. It was a clean hostel and though the location was quite out they had a free shuttle bus going in/out of the city center throughout the day :)
Disliked: Not really anything
The property's response is...
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
Alone
Sightseeing & culture
09 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: I liked the location to Cairns city along with the extremely helpful and friendly staff.
Disliked: The pillows were to flat and no coat hangers in the room to hang clothes up. Also most of the tours I went on were before Breakfast was supplied, one of the incentives for booking at this Hostel was the offer of Breakfast and Dinner. I inquired about having breakfast for myself a little earlier and they would not give Breakfast supplies before the scheduled time.
The property's response is...
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 100% |
Broderick Hughes
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
15 March 2011 Broderick would recommend this property
Liked: everything
Disliked: rainy cairns
The property's response is...
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 100% |
Robert Schulz
With friends / other travellers
Sightseeing & culture
10 March 2011 Robert would recommend this property
Liked: Very "basic" hostel, but all over all we had a nice stay. The hostel is located outside the town's inner city, but they offer a free shuttle bus which takes you to the city centre (pick up from the town also of course).
Disliked: The rooms have some boot camp atmosphere ;-)
The property's response is...
| Atmosphere - | 20% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 40% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 20% |
Customer review
Alone
Sightseeing & culture
12 February 2011
Liked: it was clean
Disliked: Free pick up is a bit of a con if you book through hostel to go back as they charge double the shuttle fee but i did not know this until i had booked the shuttle and left. All you can eat bbq!!!!!!! Misery portions and not worth the 8 dollars.
The property's response is...
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
12 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: free breakfast and dinner, location, free airport pick up :) Tracey and Simon were great very helpful with tours and stuff
Disliked: nothing
The property's response is...
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
27 January 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Best Hostel I have ever stayed in!!! I recommend it to anything travelling to Cairns. Breakfast and dinner are included, which saved us tons of cash.
Disliked: The location is not the greatest, but the hostel offers free shuttle almost anywhere you need to go! It is also easy to walk to a lot of the action everywhere.
The property's response is...
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 100% |
clive manning
Alone
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
25 January 2011 clive would recommend this property
Liked: I loved everything about the hostel ,the hosts were extremely friendly and helpful ,and i was really sad to leave .Also the meal voucher and the free shuttle bus was a great plus ,i would love to stay here again ,brill
Disliked: nothing to dislike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The property's response is...
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
08 January 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: not to big, clean rooms, nice kitchen, free bus to the city
Disliked: free bus service from the airport just after 7 although discribed different in the advertisment
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
City break
Romantic getaway
Visiting friends or family
23 December 2010 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Super helpful staff! Very nice and clean place too. It is a bit far from the city centre but makes for a nice walk on the esplanade and there's a bus that can take you to town and back for free regularly. We stayed only one night but I would not mind staying there for longer and would certainly recommend.
Disliked: We were there probably too short to find anything to dislike.
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 40% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 60% |
Mark Rooke-Jones
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
19 December 2010
Liked: Nice Staff very helpful. Especially the free airport pick up
Disliked: No air conditioning and doors have to be manually locked not very secure
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 60% |
Customer review
Alone
Work / volunteering
14 December 2010 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: the hospitality
Disliked: the location, the price
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 100% |
Penny Dewhurst
With my spouse / partner
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Partying / nightlife
Relaxation/spa
02 December 2010 Penny would recommend this property
Liked: JJs is a fantastic place to stay! We initially booked two nights as it looked really good on the website but thought it'd be too far out of town. When we got there and found our way around we decided to stay an extra week we loved it so much. We loved the fact that breakfast AND tea were included so it saved us loads of money. The hostel is nice and quite but definatly not boring there's a tv room and a pool and a nice seating area where everyone chills which us a great place to meet people. The staff at jjs were really helpful and got us a really good deal on a diving trip and are very knowledgable about all the trips and activities. JJs has a really nice family feel to it where you feel really relaxed and at home. I would say it's the best hostel I've stayed in so far as it's not really big and busy but not small and cramped it's exactly right. I really miss it and would definatly go back!
Disliked: There is nothing I disliked about this property the only thing I would say is that if it had Internet access it would be perfect but the fact that it hasn't isn't a problem as there's somewhere nearby and loads in town that you can get the free bus to if you don't fancy walking (it isn't more than 20 mins away and nice to walk down the espanade).
The property's response is...
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 80% |
Yu-Yin Hsu
Alone
Relaxation/spa
26 November 2010 Yu-Yin would recommend this property
Liked: friendly reception~
Disliked: dorm room
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 60% |
Customer review
Alone
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Work / volunteering
14 November 2010 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: nice people
Disliked: not so clean
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
Alone
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
04 November 2010 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Very friendly and helpful staff. Location handy for town visits.
Disliked: Noisy residents
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 40% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 60% |
Customer review
Alone
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Backpacking / gap year
Partying / nightlife
22 October 2010 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: nice
Disliked: kind of far from downtown, not particularly busy if you're looking to meet young people
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Backpacking / gap year
16 October 2010 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Small quiet hostel, friendly people. Brilliant staff, knew all about the trips/buses to book etc which you could book at the hostel. Never pushed to book anything though. Private hostel bus that ran you into town for the bars/clubs/airport pick up/ferry terminal for trips. Quiet for a good nights sleep but still met loads of people hanging about at the hostel. Nice homely feel.
Disliked: Nothing. It was a bit of a walk from town centre but it's a nice walk or if you're feeling lazy, the courtesy bus!!
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
Alone
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Backpacking / gap year
Relaxation/spa
22 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Not too big
Disliked: Nothing
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 80% |
Julie Linton
With my spouse / partner
Backpacking / gap year
06 September 2010 Julie would recommend this property
Liked: Only stayed one night but staff were really helpful. Airport pick up worked well. Room was fine.
Disliked: nothing, really decent place
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 100% |
Marie Hofmannova
Alone
30 August 2010 Marie would recommend this property
Liked: Everything
Disliked: Nothing
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