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Reviews of Choice Plaza Backpackers

10, Wellesley Street, Auckland, New Zealand 1141

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77.7%

51 out of 70 HostelBookers customers said that they would recommend 'Choice Plaza Backpackers'

Atmosphere: 75.2%
Location: 94.4%

Facilities: 74.4%
Cleanliness: 68.8%

Staff: 84.8%
Value: 76.0%

Safety: 70.4%

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68.6%

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

Customer review

With my spouse / partner

Backpacking / gap year
City break
Sightseeing & culture

13 January 2011 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: good kitchen

Disliked: unclean, not so safe

91.4%

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

Rita Khudhurova

Alone

Backpacking / gap year
Partying / nightlife
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Visiting friends or family

06 December 2010 Rita would recommend this property

Liked: Liked the stuff, very kind and helpfull. many greetings from "snowy" Prague

Disliked: hm...hm...

62.9%

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

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

07 July 2010

Liked: some staff were very kind

Disliked: cold and dirty

54.3%

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

Customer review

Alone

Backpacking / gap year

07 July 2010

Liked: most of the staff was friendly and helpful

Disliked: dirty and cold

100.0%

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

Federica Garofalo

27 May 2010 Federica would recommend this property

Liked: great staff!!! :))

Disliked: Federica left no negative feedback.

54.3%

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

Customer review

27 May 2010

Liked: Great location. Right across the street from the public library with free internet

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

80.0%

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

Dalmiro Paez

30 March 2010 Dalmiro would recommend this property

Liked: Good place. Great Staf

Disliked: Dalmiro left no negative feedback.

88.6%

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

Customer review

15 March 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Awesome location. Bit of a pain they didn't have my booking at the beginning but all was soon sorted as done over the net.Good fun! Loved it :)I didn't see the HostelBookers promotion but doesn't mean it wasn't there..

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

57.1%

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

Customer review

16 February 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: cheap, good located. not clean, rare facilities.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

68.6%

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

Customer review

16 February 2010

Liked: Location

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

74.3%

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

Customer review

08 February 2010 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: I liked meeting other friendly travellers

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

60.0%

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

Customer review

08 October 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: it was cool

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

54.3%

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

Customer review

02 October 2009

Liked: not alot

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

91.4%

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

valerie dharmai

08 August 2009 valerie would recommend this property

Liked: Thank you Valeria....she is so helpful and always has a smile on her face.

Disliked: valerie left no negative feedback.

77.1%

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

Karina Johns

22 July 2009 Karina would recommend this property

Liked: Friendly staff, good location.

Disliked: Karina left no negative feedback.

77.1%

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

Customer review

21 July 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Cheap, provides a bed and a kitchen and not much else.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

60.0%

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

Customer review

09 July 2009

Liked: Very good location smack down central in the city. But, the room was icy cold and not very clean at all. The bathrooms were dreadful and straight out dirty. There was no papertowels to wipe hands, only wet dirty towels, some times. In general the whole place looks worn down and dodgy. The nice wall murals on each floor didn't quite counter this experience.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

74.3%

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

Customer review

01 July 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: The Hostel was fine. Pretty Basic. Only stayed one night. Not 100% sure but think it had bed bugs.Staff were really nice.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

57.1%

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

Vincent Forrester

01 July 2009

Liked: Choice Plaza Backpackers is a strange place. Firstly, a lot of the residents are exactly that - residents. They have been living there for several weeks or months and as a result have a lot of stuff which they spread around the dorm as if it were there own private room. The kitchen was OK - it was not the most modern or clean kitchen I have ever seen, but it was big enough and had a reasonable amount of cutlery, crockery, pots and pans.The security was a bit of an issue: there is a safe, but there is no system for establishing ownership, you simply hand over your stuff and hope the (admittedly very friendly and helpful) staff don't give it to someone else.The communal area is quiet noisy: the TV area is separated from the main foyer only by a small fence-y thing, as is the internet area. There is a rather loud, whiny pipe about the computers which is pretty annoying, but that's probably a bit pedantic.All in all a decent hostel, made worse by the nature of its residents rather than by any intrinsic faults.

Disliked: Vincent left no negative feedback.

54.3%

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

Customer review

10 June 2009

Liked: the location, very near the main street

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

77.1%

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

Customer review

06 June 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Great staff - really helpful and really great location so central to town.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

94.3%

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

Laura Hennessy

02 June 2009 Laura would recommend this property

Liked: Great location, really friendly staff but no lockers in the room

Disliked: Laura left no negative feedback.

65.7%

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

Customer review

18 May 2009

Liked: Bit of a random hostel. Good location but there are several others closer to downtown for the same price. Be aware a lot of people actually end up living there so most rooms are a bit of a tip. Also a lot of weed but v. good staff and family atmosphere.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

68.6%

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

Customer review

17 May 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: Homeless woman and two students living in my room becuase it's a little cheaper than other hostels!Felt like I was intruding ... stuff all over the place.Not a good backpacker experience.Communal area awful and cold.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.

88.6%

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

Customer review

05 May 2009 Customer would recommend this property

Liked: This was an extremely central hostel (with a great korean pancake vendor just round the corner) that had all the amenities you want in a hostel. It was clean, great TV and DVD room with 24hr internet and a fully equipped kitchen with oven.

Disliked: Customer left no negative feedback.