Base Backpackers Melbourne Hostel

It is a really fun place, the bar downstairs is always busy and it generally seems like there’s someone to talk to. Must be that beach vibe...

Unfortunately the backpacking staff just give the place a bad vibe, they’re pretty insular (i.e. they won’t talk to you directly unless you are one of them) and have a HUGE ego. Like you’re just on a trip in Australia. That doesn’t make you elite? They come directly into the room regularly to vibe you up about something cool and exciting that’s going on (walking tours or whatever) which may or may not be annoying for you, but will definitely never be as exciting as they try to make it sound. The kitchen facilities are pretty average with the fridges always being choc-a-bloc with stuff, and the pantry is just hooks on a wall? The curtain in my room was broken unfortunately, and once or twice (in two weeks) the hot water didn’t work. Also, they make you use an app on your phone in order to open the doors (but which you can also use to message other guests. The hostel will also send you constant updates through notifications with one being the daily password for the wi-fi), and one night I heard one of the full-time staff trying to break a door down because the device on the door had stopped working. But getting back to the staff, they’re honestly quite trash at their job. I told them I’d lost my wallet and after speaking to three of them separately, not one of them asked what it looked like, or mentioned what would happen if it showed up after I left? Like that is just poor bedside manner. Your job is not just to sit there and look pretty, this is a business isn’t it?