Reviews of Base Sydney

477 Kent Street, Sydney, Australia 2000

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79.2%

281 out of 351 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'Base Sydney'

Atmosphere
72.8%
Location
93.6%
Facilities
76.8%
Cleanliness
76.0%
Staff
74.4%
Value
76.0%
Safety
84.8%

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Jenny Tickner

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

12 February 2012 Jenny would recommend this property

Liked: Staff were great and very friendly! Jonny was grand and was helpful at breakfast time :) a delishious "butter and jammin" guy ;) Leanne was also very helpful and friendly! Scary canaries was crazy an a good night out! Defiantly would stay here again! Rooms were big and met loads of nice people. Kitchen was big and spaceious. nice to have lockers under your bed to keep your stuff safe. :) well worth the money!!

Disliked: Jenny left no negative feedback.

88.6%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 80% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 60%

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

09 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Location

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

82.9%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 60% Facilities - 100% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

03 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: big rooms, female only dorms, location excellent

Disliked: big hostel so not as friendly as others iv stayed in

85.7%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 80% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Kunel Tanna

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

03 February 2012 Kunel would recommend this property

Liked: Good staff and location. Kind of free airport transfer and breakfast booking 3 or more nights.

Disliked: Sometimes impersonal. Have to book online to get good rates.

85.7%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 80% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

03 February 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: astandard Base hostel. Generaly good at everything.

Disliked: You pay inflated prices if you want to extend your stay.

54.3%
Atmosphere - 40% Staff - 80% Facilities - 40% Safety - 60%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 40%

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year

01 February 2012

Liked: nothing

Disliked: the rooms, the people, the cleanliness of the matresses and rooms... everything is "out of order"

77.1%
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Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Customer review

Alone

Events / festivals

30 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great location right in the centre of town, great bar downstairs

Disliked: Massive wait to get checked in by a disinterested and unfriendly staff that didn't even apologise for an over 20 min wait.

82.9%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 80% Facilities - 80% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 100%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

24 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Propre dans l'ensemble Chambre récente et grande (10 personnes) bonne situation géographique

Disliked: Clim vraiment trop forte dans les chambre

94.3%
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Laura Powell

With friends / other travellers

Beach / sunbathing
Partying / nightlife
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family

24 January 2012 Laura would recommend this property

Liked: Good size bathroom. Fun social atmosphere, all night security a bonus. Clean

Disliked: Laura left no negative feedback.

65.7%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 80% Facilities - 40% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 80%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture

23 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Friendly and helpful staff

Disliked: Female bathrooms were disgusting. Common tv/relaxing area too cramped with travel desks.

74.3%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 60%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Relaxation/spa
Romantic getaway
Sightseeing & culture

14 January 2012

Liked: own bathroom with each room air conditioning travel desk location is wonderful if you like it to be near the city. If you like it more quiet, then stay at a smaller hostel

Disliked: the kitchen: - very dirty - no sharp knives - no clean plates/ everything just lay around - our stuff was stolen

88.6%
Atmosphere - 100% Staff - 80% Facilities - 100% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Customer review

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

12 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: location, activities, nice rooms

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

45.7%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 20% Facilities - 60% Safety - 60%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 60%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Events / festivals
Partying / nightlife
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture

10 January 2012

Liked: beds are comfy

Disliked: My key card would stop working daily, so everyday i had to go down to reception to get it sorted which was annoying as there was always a queue, The kitchen has extremely basic equipment - good luck finding a fork and it is filthy. They is no storage room if checking out you are only allowed to use it if you are checking in. The staff are rude and extremely unhelpful and there isn't any real atmosphere.

68.6%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 60% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 60%

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Sightseeing & culture

10 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The location - it's easy to get to and easy to get to everything else!

Disliked: We were stopping on the 3rd floor and the music from the bar was still very loud, especially at the weekend! Make sure you don't get put on the first floor or you will not sleep. After paying $100s for staying there - they still charged me to store my back after checkout :(

100.0%
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Emma Maggs

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

08 January 2012 Emma would recommend this property

Liked: Was a really good location!

Disliked: Emma left no negative feedback.

88.6%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 80% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Almaz Rabb

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Work / volunteering

08 January 2012 Almaz would recommend this property

Liked: Nice and clean with friendly staff. I found it to be really safe - nobody in my room even had to ever lock up their stuff! The people that stay there are really cool and like minded - you don't get creepy people like some other hostels. The rooms and bathrooms were nice and clean and cleaned very often. The kitchen was great with everything you needed and lots of safe storage for your own food. The hostel bar had $5 meals every night which were good too. The location was great as it was so close to everything and the airport shuttle dropped me right outside the door! I would stay here again for sure. Good value for money.

Disliked: Almaz left no negative feedback.

85.7%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 80% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year

05 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Central location, two minutes walk to George Street or Darling Harbor. Luggage safes under the bed are always handy. Rooms are clean too.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

100.0%
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Danielle Law

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

04 January 2012 Danielle would recommend this property

Liked: the staff were fab - especially Jonny, who works on reception :) - the hostel was really sociable and the rooms were spacious. There was a lounge area and kitchen as well as the bar, scary canary with plenty going on!

Disliked: Nothing

88.6%
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Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 80%

Dominique Mcgoldrick

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

02 January 2012 Dominique would recommend this property

Liked: Big, clean, modern building at a great location. Good kitchen and common room area with lots of travel/work advice on hand.

Disliked: Reception messed up my booking but it was fixed in the end.

80.0%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 100% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 60%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

02 January 2012 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Jonny and Amy a member of staff was very helpful and friendly.

Disliked: The kitchen and fridges were very unclean, there was not enough fridges for the amount of people that were there and they smelt very bad.

91.4%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 100% Facilities - 100% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 100% Value - 80%

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture

17 December 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: it is in the city

Disliked: not familiar

80.0%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 80% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 80%

Edward Sparks

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year

06 December 2011

Liked: Location was good.

Disliked: Its size and the backpackers in it. Particularly the slut who kept us awake with two different guys in one night.

48.6%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 20% Facilities - 20% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 60%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Beach / sunbathing
City break
Partying / nightlife
Relaxation/spa
Shopping
Sightseeing & culture

29 November 2011

Liked: The location was great- we walked everywhere.

Disliked: There was no natural ventilation in our room- a frosted window that we couldn't open. The room was hot and stuffy. The kitchen is located in the the basement, so kitchen smells travel up the stair well etc. The staff were SLOW and unhelpful. We didn't attend any of the hostel activities, and we were shocked at the options on offer - wet t-shirt competitions, 'sexy saturday' - if I had been a female solo traveller I would not have checked into such a hostel. I am an extensive traveller and have never seen such crude and tacky suggestions for theme nights.

82.9%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 80% Facilities - 80% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 60%

Ian Prince

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year

28 November 2011 Ian would recommend this property

Liked: Location, lockers in room, storage lockers (although you had to pay), plenty of washers/dryers in laundry.

Disliked: Wifi expensive to start with but so slow it makes it a joke. Don't stay here of you need wifi. Having to pay for storage lockers.

77.1%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 60% Facilities - 80% Safety - 80%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 80%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

City break
Sightseeing & culture

28 November 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great location and fantastic value for money. Had cheap meals and drinks in the bar. Brilliant if you want the mental traveller experience.

Disliked: Felt like a non-stop annoying freshers week in the communal areas. The mattresses were stained a lovely shade of yellow, and the rooms were 'cosy'. Our room in particular didn't have an outside window so would have been very stuffy if it was warmer, it instead had a window, without a curtain, that looked into a dusty rafter space where the light was constantly on!


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