Reviews of Maze Backpackers

417 Pitt Street, Sydney, Australia 2000

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64.1%

243 out of 391 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'Maze Backpackers'

Atmosphere
68.0%
Location
88.8%
Facilities
60.8%
Cleanliness
45.6%
Staff
68.0%
Value
60.8%
Safety
56.8%

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

Ainsley Shelby

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

29 May 2011 Ainsley would recommend this property

Liked: Had an absolute wicked time, great people.

Disliked: nothing really, had all that it said

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

Customer review

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

28 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: City center

Disliked: The room smelt very bad

42.9%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 60% Facilities - 20% Safety - 40%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 60%

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year

26 April 2011

Liked: Location

Disliked: Never been cleaned.

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

Customer review

Alone

Work / volunteering

25 April 2011

Liked: Nothing

Disliked: Lot of noise, it was impossible to sleep. And they made hoover at 6 AM on the wall after a hard night ( because of music)

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

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Sightseeing & culture

24 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: cheap

Disliked: noisy

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

Customer review

Alone

City break
Relaxation/spa
Visiting friends or family

18 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: very convience!

Disliked: some people make the toliet dirty.

57.1%
Atmosphere - 40% Staff - 80% Facilities - 60% Safety - 60%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 60%

Customer review

Alone

Work / volunteering

18 April 2011

Liked: Friendly staff who are willing to help.

Disliked: My bed - spring as gone in the middle. Noise from the restaurant next door, equal very poor sleep.

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

Customer review

Alone

Work / volunteering

17 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: clean, well-located withn good staff and facilities.

Disliked: actually, not a bad word to say. wasn"t even loud on the friday saturday night.

71.4%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 80% Facilities - 60% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 80%

Customer review

Alone

City break

27 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: it can be slept on

Disliked: bit dirty

34.3%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 40% Facilities - 20% Safety - 20%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 20%

Shima Taheri

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Events / festivals
Relaxation/spa
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family

21 March 2011

Liked: nothing

Disliked: eveything, almost everything It was awful environment very dirty; the door lock was out of order. Not safe and secure when you sleep at night. Not well look after, not good facilities, most of them out of order, broken or old. Every 50 rooms (or more) have only 2 bathrooms and 3 toilets!!! No hand washes liquid in the rest room….scary!!! thanks god I was not in a kind trip need to staying more in the hostel. I was out from 7AM to 11PM not to suffer more about my choice.

60.0%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 60% Facilities - 60% Safety - 40%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 80%

Andrew Jennings

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

20 March 2011

Liked: Location and price for a single "room"

Disliked: Dirty enough, and rooms in a bad state of needing a good cleaning/renovation

60.0%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 60% Facilities - 40% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 60%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture

18 March 2011

Liked: The location.

Disliked: The cleanliness.

54.3%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 100% Facilities - 40% Safety - 80%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 40%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

16 March 2011

Liked: staff friendly

Disliked: filthy

42.9%
Atmosphere - 40% Staff - 60% Facilities - 40% Safety - 40%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 40%

Customer review

Alone

Work / volunteering

16 March 2011

Liked: Cheap. Close to Central Station and decent places to eat. 24 hour reception (useful as I was arriving late and leaving early). Availability of single rooms. Reception staff varied from friendly to cursory (depends on the traveller that you get).

Disliked: It is run down, dirty, smelly, and noisy (street noise and parties in others rooms). People left dirty saucepans and plates in the corridor overnight. The mens bathrooms were generally quite disgusting with toilet paper strewn over the floor whenever I used them, they smelt awful, the showers barely worked. There were parts of my room where the accumulated dust was millimetres thick, the carpet was filthy, the mattresses and pillows just awful.

54.3%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 100% Facilities - 20% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 20%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Work / volunteering

16 March 2011

Liked: location

Disliked: smelly, small room

28.6%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 20% Facilities - 20% Safety - 20%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 20%

Ricky-lee Van Wyk

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

14 March 2011

Liked: Location

Disliked: VERY UNHAPPY with this hostel. Shortened my stay. It is SLIGHTY cheaper than some other hostels, but I would much rather pay a few dolllars (or even a lot) to stay at a better hostel! Hostel very old and rundown. "Luggage" room is more of a dirty basement with garbage all over the place, also not locked all the time. Rooms horrible! - Dirty, no card key locks (staff open doors without knocking), beds feel like they are going to collapse and sound even worse, no aircon, no cuirtains, rooms smell. Bathrooms - dirty, showers water runs veeeery slow (rinsing your hair will take some time!), smells of urine. I didnt see bathrooms or rooms be cleaned once! Laundry costs $8 (washer and dryer) not sure if my washing got cleaner or dirtier! Kitchen - after seeing this I didnt even step foot into the kitchen. If you want to stay in a dirty, old, rundown, rude, crummy hostel and ruin your stay in this beautiful city. this place is for you!

60.0%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 40% Facilities - 40% Safety - 40%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 80%

yvonne whiteoak`

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

13 March 2011 yvonne would recommend this property

Liked: Great location

Disliked: Loud, not very clean. The dorm was a complete pig sty!!!!! Nowhere near enough showers or toilet

37.1%
Atmosphere - 40% Staff - 60% Facilities - 20% Safety - 20%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 20%

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Beach / sunbathing
Sightseeing & culture
Work / volunteering

12 March 2011

Liked: Nothing!

Disliked: It is seriously overpriced. We had to clean our own room and make our own bed on arrival. The sheets were filthy. The toilet and shower facilities were worse than a dodgy nightclub in thailand - they looked as though they hadn't been cleaned in years. The rooms are sweaty with fans that blow less air than a mouse blowing out a birthday candle!

54.3%
Atmosphere - 40% Staff - 80% Facilities - 20% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 60%

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year

06 March 2011

Liked: the place/location was good (next to the harbour)

Disliked: too loud (windows were not closeable) see point 2

60.0%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 40% Facilities - 40% Safety - 80%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 60%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Events / festivals

03 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: my room was very private and comfortable enough for what I needed out of it, which was just a place to sleep for a few hours.

Disliked: before our rooms were ready we were offered a place to put our bags, this turned out to be a room filled with dozens of bags and the door was not locked after the last person had used it.

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

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

02 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Facilities and services on offer

Disliked: Toilets are not in good condition

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

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

City break

01 March 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great location, free drinks and cheap meals coupons

Disliked: A bit loud if your room faces the street. Small kitchen.

37.1%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 40% Facilities - 20% Safety - 20%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 20%

Fady Saliba

Alone

Sightseeing & culture

24 February 2011

Liked: The location is very convenient.

Disliked: I was offered an upper bed without a ladder. The side of the bed that I can use to climb on it is straight next to the window that is a serious risk for my safety. The mattress is very old that I can feel the metal on my body. No ventilation in which the property smells. Insects can be seen travelling around.

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

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Beach / sunbathing
Partying / nightlife
Romantic getaway
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Work / volunteering

23 February 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: nice

Disliked: not nice

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

Joel Ansell

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Events / festivals
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family

22 February 2011 Joel would recommend this property

Liked: Great atmosphere. Fun staff. Great location. Great people.

Disliked: Lack of air conditioning was very uncomfortable on the hot nights.


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