This was one of the best hostels I’ve ever stayed at. From spacious rooms, very sturdy beds, great bathroom in the room itself and kind staff. The view from the terrace is also phenomenal. From all of the YHA hostels I’ve stayed at this is the best one by far. They have lots of taco and bbq nights (and the tacos were so delicious I’m still thinking about them and for only A$5). I cannot recommend this hostel enough. The location is also great, just 5min from the Circular Quay (but there are lots of steps). Also a tip: if you’re coming with the tram from the airport, maps will tell you to get off at the Circular Quay station - don’t because you will have to carry your luggage up a lot of stairs, go to the next stop with is Wynyard as the walk is the same length just with no stairs.

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- Close proximity to CBD, most things are walking distance. - Building is easy to locate. - Friendly and helpful staff. - Awesome lounge/dining/kitchen facilities with all you need kitchen equipment, lots of charging ports in lounge and dining area. - Roof top bar and seating area with wicked views of the Opera House, Harbour Bridge and CBD. - Lots of history on site with artifacts and scenery to check out. - Pretty quiet (a little bit of street and hallway noise but it never woke me). - Shared doom had charging port by the bed and also a locker which could be locked if you brought your own lock, locker also had a power point inside. - Linen provided. - All common areas were cleaned and tidy all of the time I was there. - Continental breakfast for $14AUD gave you everything you needed and served from 7am till 10am.

- I was sharing with 3 other girls who all checked in and out and different times. I'm unsure when and how they manage the cleaning of the bathrooms but I was there for 4 days and never saw it be cleaned and it looked like it hadn't been done recently before I arrived. - The bathroom standards weren't very good in general, build up of mold in the shower and on the roof. Dust and hair in harder to reach areas of the bathroom. - Had to ask for toilet paper as we ran out the first day I was there (holds 4 rolls) so this maybe a reflection of how often the bathroom gets cleaned. - One bath mat between 4 people gets very wet and dirty when it's not very clean.

The open concept kitchen It's so great . We can buy our own food and cook. Hotel is Convenient . Just few mins to the cruise terminal , tram..

If we to walk to the hotel , it's quite tough. We have to carry our luggages and walked up quite a few stairs up.. The kitchen is great , But I hope travellers whom use the kitchen, able to clean up the cooker hob, wash up the utensils for others to use. The aircon will be off once we leave our room. And we have to always went to the reception to ask to on the aircon back .

Incredible location, really good communal facilities everywhere. The rooms were the most basic/ dated part but totallt functional. Friendly staff, easy around things, super helpful.

Our 6 dorm we were told there were only 3 of us for the first night, then at 1am a group of 3 very loud and inconsiderate women arrived and rather than trying their best to not disturb went out of their way to be loud and almost declare their arrival. They took over every corner of floor space and had zero care for anyone else, were noisey late at night. (This is at not fault of the YHA - but perhaps direct guidance given to guests arriving so late!)

Great friendly staff, very clean amenities. Comfy beds. Fitted our large family well. Great location near the Rocks. just remember its a pretty steep location (The Rocks) so be prepared for hills if you don't walk the 'long way ' :)

The property was close to every thing, the rooftop dining and being family friendly was what sold it for me. The hot water and water pressure in the shower was the best. When we left in the mornings there were cute little rainbow reflections on the wall of the void near the ceiling.

The only down side was the limited towels travelling with a kid is not a one towel each situation 😂 no bar fridge in the room was also a bit of a pain but for two days we made it work.

awesome staff, help you wherever they can very good kitchen area with lots of space, lots of storage and lots of utensils free stuff section in kitchen area where you always can grab good stuff very nice common area rooftop terrace and its view is amazing very good location all rooms have private bathroom and a/c

very specific complaint, but the rooms underneath the kitchen area is too noisy breakfast too expensive for what you get (12 AUD for toast, cornflakes, peanutbutter, … no cheese or fruits) ovens would be awesome and also some more smaller cutting knifes a/c procedure sometimes a bit annoying

The deck and the location! The rocks is such a cool place to stay in Sydney. Also the building itself is pretty interesting based on its construction.

I arrived at 2 am extremely tired from a long flight, the welcome was great, but when I got to my bed, no sheets or towel were there, since it was late I just slept with my jacket. Next morning when I told the front desk, he showed no sense of urgency. I had to look for the cleaning personnel myself: they forgot to change sheets and fresh the bed when the other person checked out.

Rooms are serviced every day whether you like it or not. Wifi accessable. Newish smart tv. Could have used a thicker blanket. View on the roof top is amazing and the food is pretty good too. Coffee was great, mild but still a good brew to what I was expecting. Beds comfy. but room space was tight for a family room. nothing like what was pictured in the booking.com advertising. They almost ruined our holiday for not having the room we booked and paid for a it simply doesn't exist but it's still advertised.

Worst thing is the laziness of others. Kitchen is not exactly clean as the dishwashers don't get used and the sinks are not big enough to do a full wash up. And people don't care how clean or sorry they leave the Cutlery, utensils, crockery etc. leaving stuff on tables as though they were dining in a restaurant. drying hair at the table. always call and double check your booking.

- Amazing view from rooftop - Does have curtains - Location - charging station and personal light located at each bed - comfy mattress - big lockers - good shower pressure

Lavatories and showers are located in the dorm. The toilets do need to get cleaned more often. I stayed for four nights and after four nights our toilet looked disgusting and we ran out of toilet paper. People coming and leaving everyday, beds got cleaned but it looked like bathrooms got skipped. Cockroaches on the rooftop at night but probably to be expected in a tropical country. Except from that everything quite nice. Would stay again.