Reviews of The Spencer Backpackers
475 Spencer St, Melbourne, Australia 3003
153 out of 240 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'The Spencer Backpackers'
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| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 80% |
James Robertson
With friends / other travellers
Work / volunteering
08 February 2012 James would recommend this property
Liked: I liked that it offered private twin rooms.
Disliked: I disliked the atmosphere of people in the kitchen area. it was uncomfortale to just go and cook a meal in
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 40% |
Linda Hofer
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
15 January 2012
Liked: Friedly and nice staff - even though bit too laid back perhaps....
Disliked: Cozy and clean is certainly not the case - it was rather dirty, with bed bugs in some of the beds, I am covered with spider bites, cockroaches were crawling around...
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 80% |
Jessica Stevens
With friends / other travellers
Events / festivals
Partying / nightlife
01 January 2012 Jessica would recommend this property
Liked: Friendly staff, good prices
Disliked: they should probably provide safes or lockers for valuables to be stored in & at least fans in the rooms for the really hot days, it was 35 degrees plus and we didn't even have a fan let alone air conditioning
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 100% |
Rory Ross-Muller
Alone
City break
07 December 2011 Rory would recommend this property
Liked: Friendly, nicely-lived-in atmosphere
Disliked: no comment
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
Partying / nightlife
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture
20 November 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Great clean place to rest your head after a big night. Really great location to transport and so close to catch teh skybuss to the Airport
Disliked: If your looking for a place to have a night party at the hostel prob wouldnt be my first choice.
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family
19 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Friendly staff and other guests. Short walk to free tram. Laidback hostel. Really good price. Cheap internet access: wifi and computers available. We were able to leave our bags in the office for free on the day we left as we had a late flight.
Disliked: Kitchen and bathrooms weren't super clean, and the fridge smelt pretty awful. One morning I couldnt have a coffee cos there were no cups! (most of the long termers who stayed there had their own!). Room faced a busy street, so take earplugs!!
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 60% |
Customer review
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
Work / volunteering
18 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Good staff, never had a problem getting an open shower, not too far from the center, lucked out with decent roommates.
Disliked: My room faced a busy street, so noise was a bit of an issue.
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 100% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
Backpacking / gap year
21 July 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Very good value for money!
Disliked: Bathroom facilities could do with an upgrade
| Atmosphere - | 100% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 100% |
justin moniz
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
City break
Events / festivals
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Visiting friends or family
30 June 2011 justin would recommend this property
Liked: I loved the overall feel of this hostel. The enviorment was very good. Fun and easy going. It was a block from the free City circle tram. Which brought me to most places i wanted to visit while in the city. I would have stayed here long term if i was staying in Melbourne to work.
Disliked: The kitchen Closed at 11 pm which made late night snack hard.
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 40% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 60% |
Chie Yamamoto
Alone
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family
27 April 2011
Liked: stuff are friendly.
Disliked: very dirty!!!!
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 40% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 60% |
Customer review
Alone
Partying / nightlife
Shopping
27 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: nice double room for holiday and pretty cheap compared with others
Disliked: i was shock when i went to toilet in the ensuit room! the toilet wasnt flash and with hair inside the shower room still had a soap inside looked wasnt clean at all :(
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 40% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 60% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
Backpacking / gap year
06 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: staff friendly, pretty clean, nothing special.
Disliked: long walk to the centre, atmosphere not great, not much going on
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 40% |
| Location - | 40% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 60% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
Backpacking / gap year
01 April 2011
Liked: Nothing.
Disliked: Noisy, bad bathrooms and double room had bunk bed.
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 20% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 20% |
Customer review
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
29 March 2011
Liked: nothing to like, location thats about it.
Disliked: Lots the people staying, they were French in fact most people there were and they sat around the hostel all day and night getting high, they left the door open all day every day after being told to keep it locked. The room stank, I would have left earlier had I not already paid, the kitchen was rank, not enough toilets and they were rank too.
| Atmosphere - | 20% | Staff - | 20% | Facilities - | 20% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 20% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
Backpacking / gap year
Work / volunteering
10 March 2011
Liked: Good location, clean rooms and linen.
Disliked: Shabby, old, had to track down manager when we arrived late at night, no secure place to leave bags, shower didn't work properly, only one female shower and one male shower for all the rooms.
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 40% |
Customer review
Alone
Backpacking / gap year
20 February 2011
Liked: Nice little hostel; rooms ok; seemed good for socialising
Disliked: Staff in the pub rude; kind of dingy; not accessible power point in room; fridge too small for all the bags;
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 40% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
City break
30 January 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Close to the city
Disliked: A strange environment.
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 100% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
With my spouse / partner
Backpacking / gap year
City break
Sightseeing & culture
29 January 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: Awesome staff, quite clean, location not too far as some other comments lead you to believe (read: location OK)
Disliked: No free wireless (although available if pay); gets a bit noisy late at night with the parties going on up on the kitchen balcony
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 100% |
| Location - | 100% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 40% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Partying / nightlife
Visiting friends or family
27 January 2011
Liked: everybody was pleasant, and staff were very helpful
Disliked: toilets were pretty dirty.
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 40% | Safety - | 20% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 40% | Value - | 40% |
Customer review
Alone
Events / festivals
22 January 2011
Liked: location
Disliked: bed bugs
| Atmosphere - | 40% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 40% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 60% |
Andrew Moss
With friends / other travellers
Backpacking / gap year
11 January 2011
Liked: Price and the staff
Disliked: The room was a tip as the people staying there were irresponible and selfish. I had my bed stolen and couldn't find another free one because of all the crap put on top of it made it look occupied.
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 100% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 100% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Backpacking / gap year
07 January 2011 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: The old Pubhouse in which the Hostel is located is very charming. From the rooftop you have a wonderful view over the Docklands. The bar downstairs makes it easy to get your drunk ass somehow back in your bed without too much trouble ;) The staff was also very helpful and amazingly friendly. Oh yeah, and there was the free coffee and free milk for your coffee.
Disliked: The kitchen is not too well equipped and you could not use the teatowels as they were smelling strange.
| Atmosphere - | 60% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 60% | Value - | 60% |
Leow Sheng Alex
Alone
Sightseeing & culture
03 January 2011 Leow Sheng would recommend this property
Liked: It was great to stay in spencer hostel n the peoples are friendly.
Disliked: Just a old building n smelly
| Atmosphere - | 80% | Staff - | 80% | Facilities - | 80% | Safety - | 80% |
| Location - | 80% | Cleanliness - | 80% | Value - | 80% |
Customer review
With friends / other travellers
Events / festivals
14 December 2010 Customer would recommend this property
Liked: it is perfect base for operations
Disliked: could use a renovation
| Atmosphere - | 20% | Staff - | 60% | Facilities - | 60% | Safety - | 60% |
| Location - | 60% | Cleanliness - | 20% | Value - | 40% |
Fong Heng Tan
With friends / other travellers
Sightseeing & culture
22 November 2010
Liked: near to tram
Disliked: dirty and dusty
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