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Base Taupo Reviews

7 Tuwharetoa Street, Taupo, Taupo, New Zealand

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76%Overall Rating

From 7 ratings
  • 69%Character
  • 77%Security
  • 86%Location
  • 83%Staff
  • 69%Atmosphere
  • 71%Cleanliness

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100%

Amazing hostel! felt like I was on a hotel! amazingly clean and new! perfect location we had view of the lake!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 13 Apr 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Mexico
  • Female 18-24
  • (2 reviews)


93%

very good place.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 11 Mar 2012
  • Anonymous
  • France
  • Male 18-24
  • (4 reviews)


43%

the room was ok, clean and ensuite good, but the hostel was crowded, noisy and dirty.There was very little equipment in the kitchen, few tables, and those there were were rickety and some chairs broken; communal spaces were disgusting in the morning. There was a bar on the ground floor that made it impossible to sleep before it closed at 3am. There should be information on the website that this is an very noisy hostel and if you want any sleep you should not go there.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 08 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Couple 41+
  • (2 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hello Although it is difficult to receive, we appreciate your straight forward comments and firm attitude toward our cleaning deficiency. Unfortunately this experience has no doubt put a spanner in your time away and for this we also apologise. We take your observations on board and as a result are at this moment creating a tighter cleaning programme to ensure a consistent higher quality experience for our guests. Kind Regards Base Taupo

77%

I have sent you an email asking for a refund because I had booked the hostel for 8 people but only 7 slept there. They told me to send you an email and I would have my money back. This is really possible?

  • Novice Nomad
  • 05 Feb 2012
  • Anonymous
  • Brazil
  • Female
  • (1 review)


70%

We knew there was a bar at the hostel which is good, however it is a banging night club till 3am and it was a wednesday. All good if you dont want to sleep and have nothing to do early the next day. Beats vibrate through the floor and bed. Dont stay there if you need sleep! Other than that is all good.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 08 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • (Country undisclosed)
  • (Gender undisclosed)




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