Backpackers Central Hamilton Reviews

It was a very satisfying stay with excellent service and a comfortable space.

It's an old hostel, but the bathroom management is average. The shower room in the bathroom is cramped, so it seems difficult for more than 3 people to use it at the same time. Soundproofing was bad in all the hostels I stayed in. Soundproofing doesn't seem to be very important here. The kitchen may have been a major problem for users, but the sanitary conditions were poor. The light in my room was broken, so I turned on the light with my phone.

good point ・The staff are very kind. ・The kitchen was easy to use, with seasonings etc. ・The common living space was spacious and comfortable. Points that caught my attention ・The building was old overall. ・There were times when Wifi could not be connected. ・It was a three-person room, but the spacing between the beds was narrow, making it feel a little cramped. ・White house dust on the bed? It had something like this on it. I fell in love, but it kept accumulating.

It's owned by an Indian, but the environment is a bit poor, especially the bathroom is not very easy to use, and it's a bit far from the bus station.

Is Backpackers Central the best hostel in NZ? No, far from it. Is it as dire as some reviews tend to paint it? Also no. Choices of hostels in Hamilton are very, very limited, so you get what you're given. It's not upmarket by any stretch of the imagination. Downstairs in the basement of dorms, it's lacking in life. The kitchen is stocked to a point (bit light on cutlery). The bedroom is warm. There is a weird smell. It's cleaned occasionally. The bathroom is a communal affair, but there are designated male and female toilets and showers. It's not somewhere that you'd want to spend a whole heap of time, but it does what it says on the tin and that's about all you can really hope for. At the very least it's a good excuse to get out and enjoy the sights and sounds of Hamilton... and yes, there are some.