Reviews of City Resort Hostel

103 - 105 Palmer St, Sydney, Australia 2011

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48.3%

105 out of 248 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'City Resort Hostel'

Atmosphere
42.4%
Location
72.8%
Facilities
36.0%
Cleanliness
35.2%
Staff
54.4%
Value
47.2%
Safety
50.4%

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

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

03 February 2012

Liked: location ok,free wifi,cheap.

Disliked: dead cockroaches on the walls,rooms stuffy and dirty. noisy.wifi signal poor in bedrooms.reception staff couldn't even raise a smile!

40.0%
Atmosphere - 40% Staff - 60% Facilities - 20% Safety - 40%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 40%

Raymond Truong

With my spouse / partner

City break

20 January 2012

Liked: The free wifi.

Disliked: was so hot. no air con or fan. very dirty with bugs in the shower. staff was not friendly at all. the kitchen is beyond dirty. could not find any toast or anything that was suppose to be provided. overall, not a good place to stay, certainly would not recommend.

31.4%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 60% Facilities - 20% Safety - 40%
Location - 40% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 20%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year
Events / festivals
Sightseeing & culture

11 January 2012

Liked: nope, sorry

Disliked: The hostel is not like what we saw on website and its description.

25.7%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 20% Facilities - 20% Safety - 20%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 20%

anna neal

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family

15 December 2011

Liked: absolutley NOTHING

Disliked: everything! the room was dirty and small, the 'reception' was always packed as it seemed it was the only place to get wi-fi, the bathrooms where disgusting, the ceiling was moulded and pelling away and looked like if you touched it it would cave in on you

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

Kai Gausmann

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

27 November 2011 Kai would recommend this property

Liked: Off the strip there seems to be a different kind of traveller. That place is not that loud and crowded. Place is cleaned every single day, but the staff definitely needs to be told that the cooker should be cleaned, the cupboards should be cleaned, because that looks like shit and attracts the roaches. Free rice and bread and coffee and tea is served! Great!

Disliked: The WiFi is working very poor quite often, plus that it breaks down.

62.9%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 60% Facilities - 60% Safety - 60%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 60% Value - 80%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

City break

03 October 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Functional and cheap.

Disliked: I wasn't expecting the Ritz, so I wasn't disappointed. It was fine.

34.3%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 20% Facilities - 20% Safety - 60%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 20%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

02 July 2011

Liked: Nothing. Place was just pure crap.

Disliked: Everything. The staff, the rooms, the kitchen, the toilets.

60.0%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 100% Facilities - 60% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 60%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

City break

09 May 2011

Liked: Very friendly and helpful staff.

Disliked: Not very clean, bad smell in a room. This hostel is only for party people (parties up to 4am, they screamed, play music very loud, people were running all around the place all night and no one care about people that wanted to sleep, and u really can do nothing about, believe me I tried...)

85.7%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 80% Facilities - 60% Safety - 100%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 80% Value - 100%

Alisa Ala-Salomaki

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

22 April 2011 Alisa would recommend this property

Liked: Roof was really nice place to hang around at evenings and people nice. Kitcen and toilets are clean all times! I really liked my stay in that hostel so I can recommend that!

Disliked: There is small cockroaches and toilets are a bit small.

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

Customer review

Alone

Relaxation/spa
Romantic getaway
Sightseeing & culture
Visiting friends or family

04 April 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Some staff is very nice and friendly......

Disliked: Kitchen is very aweful and the ppl talk to loud and party till late......cant sleep well at all.

42.9%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 40% Facilities - 20% Safety - 40%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 60%

Nelson Motlhabi

Alone

Work / volunteering

16 March 2011

Liked: Its in a good location.

Disliked: The service, kitchen area, toilets, furniture were all terrible. No fan, no heater.

34.3%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 60% Facilities - 20% Safety - 40%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 20%

Customer review

As a family with children

Business / conference

28 January 2011

Liked: Nothing

Disliked: When you enter the property you are welcome with the smell of the dirty carpet. The room is supposed to have a private bathroom. I would describe it more certainly as a water hole. A kitchen sink with the remaining of a wall support which might have previously supported a shelve. the 2 wall supports are still here attached to the wall and pointing in your direction ready to pop your eye off when you try to reach the tap. The toilets are shared. I was not able to close the door because the handle didn't exist. Only the hole was there. and for sure no lock. and I could tell you about the cleanliness of the place you can imagine by yourself!! The ceiling are all over dirty and full of moisture!! take care people who suffer from allergies!! The kitchen is a nightmare!! I didn't even suffer taking a tea there. I wouldn't even let my dog in there!

57.1%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 60% Facilities - 40% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 40%

Customer review

Alone

Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities

28 January 2011

Liked: The location

Disliked: dirt, No parking, staff know nothing

25.7%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 20% Facilities - 20% Safety - 20%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 20%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

09 December 2010

Liked: Absolutely nothing!!

Disliked: The kitchen was filthy. No cutlery or anything. Half of the things to cook don't work. The place is filthy. Heaps of bugs in the room. Dead bugs on the floor in room and in the fridge in the room. They don't clean the rooms. Just change the bed sheets. Never hoover the room, or didn't for the week or two we stayed there.

31.4%
Atmosphere - 40% Staff - 20% Facilities - 20% Safety - 20%
Location - 80% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 20%

Markus Polleryd

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Sightseeing & culture

09 December 2010

Liked: free bread

Disliked: Everything else!

25.7%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 40% Facilities - 20% Safety - 20%
Location - 40% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 20%

Danny Edwards

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

05 December 2010

Liked: nothing

Disliked: Danny left no negative feedback.

40.0%
Atmosphere - 80% Staff - 40% Facilities - 40% Safety - 20%
Location - 20% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 40%

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

22 November 2010

Liked: Some people were nice and the room had a fridge. I liked the loung room and the little dining room was cute. It's not a bad location, as you can get to the main attractions on foot easilly.

Disliked: I was really upset on arrival to find that I was in a room with a really intimidating man who would not speak to me. Being a single female traveller, I think that the hostel needs to consider more carefully where they place people. The man in room 40 is a permenant resident and was quite frankly petrifying to be around, to the extent that I had to wait for the other two members of the room to return before I felt safe enough to go to bed. This ruined the hostel for me and I was really unhappy whilst I was in my room. Other people at the hostel were really sweet and the staff were ok, but were more interested in answering the phone than dealing with customers in front of them.

45.7%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 60% Facilities - 40% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 20%

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Backpacking / gap year
Events / festivals
Sightseeing & culture
Partying / nightlife
Shopping

19 October 2010

Liked: The location close to the city centre and kingscross was allright, it is in walking distance to most things like the botanic gardens, sydney opera house, australian museum, darlington harbour, china town, the bridge, elisabeth bay and the Rocks. Help with transport to the airport was okay but told us that it was 12 dollars but if you want to pay with your visa it is 14

Disliked: Very old building, carpets on the floor seemed dirty, kitchen smelled bad, cockroaches in the room every time we came home, old and worn linen and not clean, hair from other persons on the linen which was supposed to be clean! lots of noise in the night as well as in the early morning!

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

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
City break
Sightseeing & culture

25 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: free pick up, free bread, rice etc were good.

Disliked: somebody stole my food!!

57.1%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 100% Facilities - 40% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 60%

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
City break
Sightseeing & culture
Family Holiday
Shopping

19 September 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: it is central

Disliked: it is very old and dirty

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

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Backpacking / gap year

06 August 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Cheaper than the rest

Disliked: Coachroaches!

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

Customer review

With friends / other travellers

Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture

15 July 2010

Liked: It's very well located.

Disliked: Lack of comfort and cleanliness. Dirty. Expensive for what it is. The paint is peeling everywhere, the toilets are dirty, the shower and all the curtains too. The beds are very basic, the bed linen is old and shabby (difficult to know if clean) and the quilt is thin and washed out. The shuttle booked with the reception and for which we paid 24AUS$ never came: we had to take a taxi for 34AUS$ on top!

62.9%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 60% Facilities - 40% Safety - 60%
Location - 100% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 80%

Fabricius PITTANS

26 May 2010 Fabricius would recommend this property

Liked: Jugendherberges in Germany ,usually are quite clean because cheap does not mean unclean.........! With a small effort and maintenance,City Resort could be very good...! Try !

Disliked: Fabricius left no negative feedback.

40.0%
Atmosphere - 60% Staff - 60% Facilities - 20% Safety - 40%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 20% Value - 20%

Customer review

22 April 2010

Liked: this ia a bad amd durty hostel

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

48.6%
Atmosphere - 20% Staff - 60% Facilities - 20% Safety - 80%
Location - 60% Cleanliness - 40% Value - 60%

Customer review

12 March 2010

Liked: Dusche im Raum

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.


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