Nelson hostels

Pros: Courty yard with hamacks Quite kitchen Relaxing atmosphere All dorms en-suite Car park Staff sorted problems Curtain around bed for privacy Sturdy bunk beds

Cons: Pub integrated and thieving drunk bastards ate my ham and cheese Shower was blocked and was disgusting despite being mentioned to the reception several times

Pros: I had a single room with private bathroom and it was lovely spacious and clean. Free parking and above a pub for socialising and free breakfast

Pros: All around great value. Meals fantastic. Rooms were quiet and comfortable.

Pros: Really nice rooms, nice staff. The courtyard social area is good. Nice bar. Good parking

Cons: Wifi was pretty flaky.

Pros: Great location and friendly staff.

Cons: Breakfasts come be better.

Pros: Awesome value for money. The Lamb shanks were amazing. And the staff were accommodating storing our gear for us while we were away.

Pros: Our room had a front door as well as a door to the hall which was great (room 6). There was also a fridge in our room and a kettle with tea, coffee and sugar as well as towels and a wardrobe. We had a very comfortable stay:)

Cons: The managers or owners don’t live on site, or at least when we were there. It was quite noisy from some others staying long term in the hostel. This was also due to the kitchen and lounge area being open 24/7 and people cooking all through the night. Other hostels tend to shut this area at 10/11 but the only door into the property is from the lounge/kitchen area and through the bedrooms so it’s hard to keep noise levels down.

Pros: The room was great and clean! The location was good. The hostel itself was amazing. So comfy with a nice living room and garden. Only the cleanliness of the shared rooms was the problem...

Cons: The kitchen was really dirty and the guests don't follow the rules there (see pictures). It looked sooooo much worse in the evening but we took the pictures in the early morning. Even then it was not clean. I needed to wash every single dish, fork, etc. before using it because of sticky leftovers on everything. The door of the shower was always closed and it couldn't dry (again see the picture). The staff should really have a look at the camera and tell the guests to keep everything clean... There are Indian students who stay there in long term and the staff should really tell them to follow the rules because they don't follow them at all. How they clean the plates, pans etc. is ridiculous and not clean at all. We didn't eat the free breakfast because everything there was dirty as well. Might be because of the guests as well... :(

Pros: Manager was a lovely lady

Cons: Had live in staff a couple of which partied until 3.45am with 20plus of their guests. No clean cups in the morning and sink full of dishes from the party. Paid for three nights only stayed one. No refund. Felt like being in a workers boarding house

Pros: I stayed in a single room with a private bathroom, a nice room view. It was very valuable on money for such a short break.

Pros: If you don't care about health or hygiene, the fact they have a swimming pool and provide free instant noodles could appeal.

Cons: This place is riddled with bed bugs. I stayed for one night and got over 100 bites. After i'd left i rang the office to inform them of the problem and they didn't seem to care. I then sent photos of the bites and they didn't even reply. On top of that, the bedding was filthy (when i removed the pillow case the pillow had a huge grease stain) and the mattress was uncomfortable. The kitchen area was piled high with dirty dishes and there was nothing but rice crispies, bread and crumb-filled apricot jam for breakfast, even at 7am.

Pros: Big kitchen, great room with little garden, lounge van, great atmosphere.

Cons: No satellite TV as written. Our double room was far from the toilets/showers

Pros: Nothing

Cons: The rooms are very small and noisy There is different between the photos and the reality

Pros: The room

Cons: Mixed bathrooms very dirty, dirty kitchen, messy and full of flies, a lot of noise at night, impossible to sleep while guests celebrate and then return making noise at 6 in the morning, in general bad toilet of the common areas, breakfast very poor.

Pros: Location price

Cons: Shared kitchen area was unclean other patrons self cleaning was not good. Facilities pretty tierd and grotty 1 toaster with only 2 slices working for large numbers