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Alice Lodge Backpackers Reviews

4 Mueller Street, Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

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82%Overall Rating

From 49 ratings
  • 84%Character
  • 85%Security
  • 78%Location
  • 82%Staff
  • 83%Atmosphere
  • 78%Cleanliness

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80%

Free Wifi and free Breakfast. Value for money is really good compared to other hostels in Australia. A bit outside from \"downtown\", but just 5 minutes to walk.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 25 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • (Country undisclosed)
  • (Gender undisclosed)


100%

very good!!!!!!!!!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 18 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • South Korea
  • Male 25-30
  • (1 review)


70%

It was ok. Not super new, not super clean, not super awesome, but still ok for the low price. The location is good and I also really appreciated the airport transfer and how that worked out.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 18 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Sweden
  • Female 25-30
  • (2 reviews)


80%

Had an awesome time @ the lodge, location is good, jake,pj and geoff are very welcoming, rooms are good,facilities are good free internet is excellent, a very friendly atmoshere around the hostel, short walk to town, would fully recommend this hostel to anyone, my only one gripe would be for the showers to be a bit cleaner, (hair on the floor!) but overall this place is ace, cheers guys

  • Novice Nomad
  • 17 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male 31-40
  • (3 reviews)


80%

A lovely little chilled-out hostel with comfy beds, internet, breakfast in the morning and tea and coffee throughout the day.


100%

This hostel was very very nice. Friendly staff, clean bathrooms, and nice rooms. Worth the money and I would recommend this hostel to anyone.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 07 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Canada
  • Female 18-24
  • (2 reviews)


43%

Very unhelpfull staff. They didn't even want to help me out, because they HAVE to stick to their policy. Very sad and this had a bad influence at the atmosphere!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 23 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Netherlands
  • Male 18-24
  • (3 reviews)


77%

Free WIFI - excellent, but not enough plug sockets. Place looked sweet with its swimming pool & caravans for long-term residents. I went on a 2 day tour & came back at midnight when reception was closed - the room key was not organised as they fore-mentioned & so I thought I had to sleep on the sofa in the tv room but luckily the reception guy was awake & came over to give me my key. However, it was only the next morning that I discovered it wasn't the female only dorm that I requested.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 15 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Female 25-30
  • (13 reviews)


97%

One of the best hostels I have stayed in so far. Everything was clean, the atmosphere chilled out and very quiet. Would totally recommend it.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 14 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Female 25-30
  • (5 reviews)


67%

Location is ok, but it's a bit longer than just 5 minutes to the center. The supermarkets are a 20 minute walk. It is clean, good facilities, breakfast is ok but could be better, there is a swimming pool, you have your own fridge in the room and a good locker and a good thing the internet is free. The staff was not that friendly.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 12 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Netherlands
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)


87%

I really liked staying there. Good value for the money. Stayed in 3 share and there was enough space for bags. But saw the six shre and that looked really small. But kitchen and bathrooms were really clean and it has a nice atmosphere. Would stay here again.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 25 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • All Female Group 25-30
  • (3 reviews)


80%

the room was a little bit small but with fridge, lockers and aircon. the kitchen was ok, clean and with breakfast from 4am - 9am. the toiletts and showers were also clean. the staff was friendly and helpful. it\'s about 5-10min walk to the city centre but it was not much to see there. luckily there is a pool at the hostel :) the also have free internet, tv-room with lot of movies.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 18 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Switzerland
  • Female 25-30


83%

One of the best hostels i've stayed at in Australia! Nice and clean. Staff is absolutely cool. About 10 minutes walk to the city.

  • Globetrotter
  • 13 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Male 18-24
  • (24 reviews)


97%

The best hostel I have never stayed. I just have missed bigger lockers, and the cleanliness of some showers. Thank you veyr much

  • Novice Nomad
  • 07 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • (Country undisclosed)
  • (Gender undisclosed)


93%

Free breakfast from 4am was perfect before starting the tour. Rooms were very clean. Awesome atmosphere sitting outside in front of the kitchen.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 27 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Female 25-30
  • (2 reviews)


83%

Pleasant hostel with good facilities but not in the centre of town.

  • Globetrotter
  • 24 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Female 41+
  • (48 reviews)


90%

The Hostel and it's staff were spot on. They had all the facilities you needed and the staff were really helpful and friendly. The lodge is really secure and it's not a bad location, could be close to town but it's only a 5 min walk. I would definitely recommend this hostel to anyone needing to stay in Alice.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 23 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male 31-40
  • (1 review)


83%

A good hostel for the 2 nights we had there. We were in a private room and it was fine. The free internet is a bonus, though it is quite slow.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 16 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Couple 18-24
  • (13 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
G'day daniel, Cheers for the positive review. With the internet, as it is free and 95% of the gusets who stay here have an internet device, the internet can get a little congested with 25 people online at once. Also as we live in the Outback of Australia, the connection speed is not the same as living in a big city,so at the best of times our maximum download speedload speed might be 7mb/s, which is shared amount each person. Safe Travels PJ

87%

Nice, clean, friendly. The only thing that could be improved upon is internet access. Of the two pc's, one is useless as it is painfully slow. The other is constantly being used with people taking more than their allotted time.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 15 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female 41+
  • (7 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
G'day Cynthia, Thank you for the feedback. Also thank you for notifying us that one of the PC needed a service, as we(the office staff) don't use the free computers we rely on travellers like yourself to let us know when something isnt working as good as it should. hope you enjoyed your trip on the Ghan to Darwin. Safe Travels PJ

70%

Handy to the main shops etc in Alice. Great place to be staying if you are doing a tour out of Alice. If not, you will be woken up at 4am or so by everyone else who is.

Owner Comment (Show)
G'day Kelly, Thank you for your review. Its funny you mention about going on tour when you and your friend were here as you went on the 1 day tour to Uluru which leaves at the same time as the camping tours. Safe Travels PJ

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