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All Nations City Backpackers Reviews

2 Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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69%Overall Rating

From 82 ratings
  • 64%Character
  • 68%Security
  • 85%Location
  • 75%Staff
  • 64%Atmosphere
  • 57%Cleanliness

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40%

The floors were dirty, the common area (or the rest of the hostel for that matter) had no atmosphere, you advertise with free beer or wine on arrival, which I never received, you advertise with 'free great ocean road trip' posters which isn't free. I stayed in room 201 which gets a lot of noise from the pipes which the water runs through 24hours a day, and also a lot of noise from the bar. Staff would come into the room every morning for a head count and turn on the lights, waking people up.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 15 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • New Zealand
  • Male 25-30
  • (1 review)


70%

Came down for a night's leave, 7 of us all up - so managed to get an 8 bed room to ourselves. The facilities aren't bad, although a single shower/toilet/sink (for males at least) per level is pretty poor. The beds felt comfy enough, however we went to bed around 5am pretty drunk so didn't really appreciate the quality/noisiness of them. Was disappointed by some items going missing from the baggage room, as entry to it is very uncontrolled. Thankfully they were only minor valuables.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 14 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 18-24
  • (12 reviews)


70%

Only stayed overnight in the city to catch an early flight. Had a horrible sleep due to a lot of noise. Average hostel, close to southern cross, good price. What I expected.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 04 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Sweden
  • Female 18-24
  • (3 reviews)


90%

For a very large Hostel, it was well catered for, lots of young people, a bit noisy but I met some nice people. The staff were very helpful, there was also free Noodles and rice, which was very helpful. I'd stay there again when in Melb as it's very close to Southern cross Stn, to catch the Skybus to the Airport. A good place!!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 04 May 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Female 41+
  • (3 reviews)


77%

Location was great, average amenities, but not a bad place to stay.

  • Globetrotter
  • 30 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 18-24
  • (32 reviews)


97%

Always a pleasure coming back to stay with nomads. staff are great, place is clean, cheap and fun. Get some lockers for the room to keep cameras etc for next time, that would be great. see you in a few months

  • Novice Nomad
  • 17 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
It was wicked seeing you again man! Thanks for leaving your comments, you know we are always pleased to hear you had a great time with us. We are looking into lockers for rooms but we do have the lockers on the second floor still available for items such as cameras. See you in a few months brad! Love All Nations.

97%

Pretty awesome hostel! The bar is cheap and the staff are choice as. Real friendly and helping. Its close to the city so you can walk anywhere. The trams are loud at night but not for long. Will definatley come back cheers guys.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 17 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • New Zealand
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Kia-Ora! Cheers for leaving your comments, we are stoked to hear you had a sweet time here. Our bar is wicked cheap and always fun, glad you got involved! Our staff are great and always helpful when it comes to our guests, we love helping people experience the city the best way we can! The trams can be loud at night but we do have complimentary earplugs available at reception if you ever need them. We will see you when you come back! Love Nomads All Nations.

77%

Exactly what one would expect from a backpacjers in an inner city: friendlt, hlpful staff, a great place for young travellers to meet and get connections

  • Novice Nomad
  • 11 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Female 41+
  • (3 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hey hey! Thanks for taking the time to leave your review. Im glad to hear you had a great time while you were here in Melbs! We are smack bang in the middle of the city so its easy getting around. Our staff always go out of their way to make everyone welcome and have the best time while they are here. Hope the rest of your travels are going well and we hope to see you again if you are in Melbourne next. Love Nomads All Nations.

90%

Always happy to stay at the old Hotham when I'm in Melbs.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 08 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 31-40
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thanks for taking the time to leave your review. Its great to hear you still love coming to stay here when you are in Melbourne! The old Hotham was a while ago but we are always up for keeping it going. Hope to see you again when you are next in town. Love Nomads All Nations.

87%

Hi, I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed my time at your hostel! Everything was very nice and I have nothing bad to say exept that the bar next to our room was so loud that I couldn´t sleep very well. If there wasn´t the bar next door it would be the perfect hostel! cheers elisabeth

  • Novice Nomad
  • 04 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hey! Thanks so much for leaving your review. We are stoked to hear you had a great time with us while you were in Melbourne. Sorry about the noise from the bar, we do hope everyone has a great time in the bar and in the hostel there while they are here. We have complimentary earplugs at reception if you ever needed them or we could always change your room for you. I hope the rest of your travels are great and we would love to see you again if you are ever back in Melbourne. Love All Nations.

90%

I really loved my stay at the All Nations City Backpackers because the staff and the atmosphere are just amazing. And also the Mad shop downstairs the people are so great. The only think that I did not like so much was that we did not had lockers in the room. I know that there where some lockers but I do not want to pay for that. So would be cool with some lockers where you need your own lock. Everything else was good.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 29 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Female 18-24
  • (2 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hey! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave your review. We are stoked to hear you had a great time. All our staff love their jobs which makes it that much nicer to hear you had fun while you were here in Melbourne. We are definatley working on getting lockers/storage in the rooms as we know how convenient and safe these can be. i hope the rest of your travels are going great and we hope to see you soon!! Love Nomads All Nations.

47%

It is a bit of a mess and the rooms are not really clean. Also the bathrooms are not so clean.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 28 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Netherlands
  • Female 25-30
  • (14 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hey, thanks for leaving your review with us. Im really sorry to hear the hostel wasn't pleasant for you. We now have more cleaners on more regularly to make sure the cleanliness of the hostel is up to standard for all travellers. I hope the rest of your travels are going well and we hope to see you soon. Love All Nations.

80%

the shower and toilet on the floor we stayed on werent very clean. tiles were broken on the floor in shower. the one shower that was working could do with a shelf inside to put things on. the room itself was good. that was clean and bed was comfortable. the staff were friendly and helpful and location is fantastic. i liked the key cards. just a scan and not one of those that you put in slot and dont always work.

Owner Comment (Show)
Hey! Thanks very much for taking the time to leave your review. We currently have our maintenance guys re-tiling all of our bathrooms and we have more regular cleaning checks for our bathrooms. Its great to hear the rest of your stay was enjoyable, our staff love to help and always want to make sure everyone has a great time while they are in Melbourne. Hope the rest of your travels are going well. See you again soon. Love Nomads All Nations.

83%

It would be good to have lockers (supply own lock) in rooms, and power points, or at least some extension cables. Particularly to allow ease of charging laptops and phones with no worry of someone stealing them. Nowadays wireless internet should be free or at least very cheap (cheaper than what was offered). I used mobile broadband instead, but being central city location it wasn't perfect. Showers could do with fans to expel air as it's extremely humid when lots take showers.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 15 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 31-40
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hey hey! Thanks for taking the time to leave your thoughts with us. We are definatley looking into getting lockers for the rooms for people with their own locks. Thank you for metioning the showers, we are getting our maintenance man to take a look at them and get them repaired. I hope the rest your travels are going well. Thanks Nomads All Nations x

57%

The place is nothing short of a dump! It's very noisy, people use doorways as meeting places and smoke in front of the main entrance. There are no fans in the rooms, and the bathroom feels like a sauna. You couldn't pay me enough to stay there!!!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 14 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 31-40
  • (3 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for taking the time to leave your review. I am really sorry you didnt have a good time with us while you were here. We do have fans in all of our rooms, roughly during the time of your stay we were replacing all of the fans in the hostel to ensure they were all working as they should do. We cant help if people want to use doorways as meeting places or to smoke but im sure they would have moved if you had asked. Thanks again for reviewing us, we hope to see you again. Thanks All Nations x

77%

Most of the staff were good and helpful, but there were a few members of staff who were just unhelpful and a little rude. The atmosphere was kind of ruined a little bit with a few of the guest carrying on the way they did but all in all was a great stay. Would do it again!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 10 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hey! Thanks so much for leaving your thoughts with us! Glad to hear most of your stay with us was enjoyable. Sorry to hear some of the staff were unhelpful, we do try our best to make sure you have a great time. We now have more regular security checks through out the hostel to make sure noise is kept to a minimum during the night and that no one is causing any hassle. Thanks again for staying with us and we shall see you agin soon. Love Nomads All Nations x

83%

Great friendly staff, great location, reasonable rates. Nothing to complain about here :)

  • Novice Nomad
  • 08 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 18-24
  • (4 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thanks so much for taking the time to leave your comments! We are all stoked to hear you had a great time with us. Our staff love their jobs which is why its that easy to help all of our guest enjoy their stay with us while you are in Melbourne. Our location is awesome and close to everything you need in the city :) Thanks again for your thoughts and we hope to see you again! Love Nomads All Nations x

33%

It was horrible in every way possible. The web site/hostel should make sure they advertise that it is a party hostel and geared towards young people looking for a party and noise. I even found a young woman passed out on the toilet at 6:00am one morning.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 07 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female 31-40
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thanks for taking the time to leave your review and thought. I am so sorry to hear you did not enjoy your time hear. We are a backpackers and we do want people to enjoy their time here with us. We can't control the amount of alcohol our backpackers consume but we do have more regular hostel checks to make sure everyone and everything is ok. If you are ever in Melbourne please let me know by email as i would love to offer you a free night here to see the changes we have made to our hostel and security policies. Thank you again for leaving you comments, I hope the rest of your travels are going great.

60%

typical large city backpackers, starting to look very run down. only 1 shower working in the unisex toilets out of 2, that left only 1 other that the males could use but the females have their own bathroom, on the floor there are 20 plus rooms, the 1 I stayed in was a 10 bed. I had only planned to stay for 1 night anyway as it was convenient to Southern Cross station

  • Novice Nomad
  • 07 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Male 41+
  • (4 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Thank you for taking the time to leave your thought with us. We are a city backpackers which is a great thing as we are within walking distance to everything the city has to offer. Our second floor is mainly female rooms which is why there is a female only bathroom for them. We do have plenty of other showering and bathroom facilities on the other levels available to use. I hope the rest of your travels are going great. We hope to see you again. Love Nomads All Nations x

90%

I was only there for a couple of hours to sleep and charge my phone, except the power points didn't work so I used the bathroom to charge our phones. We we're too tired to complain at the time but other than that the stay was fine :)

  • Novice Nomad
  • 01 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hey, thanks for taking the time to leave your review. Im really sorry to hear the powerpoints in your room werent working at the time of your stay. Since then we have had an electrician in the building to fix up a few things so everything is working great now :). Glad to hear everything else was great though. Hope to see you again in your travels. Love Nomads All Nations.

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