Bay Adventurer Apartments and Backpackers Resort Reviews

Need to keep the hostel cleaner. One of the filthiest hostels I've stayed in. Character-wise, it's more like a motel with a common room. The best hotels create a truly social atmosphere with both the layout of the hostel, activities and active staff.

Overall very impressed, excellent price for what you get

Great accommodation. The first hostel in NZ that has decent lockers in the dorms! Big, clean kitchen. Free tennis court (although the rackets and balls are a bit worn out). Free pool and hot tub. The water temperature in the shower did occasionally go too hot or cold but always evened out to a good temperature. We stayed on a Friday so some other guests had some beers and got quite noisy (which happens at lots of hostels). The staff quickly dealt with the disruption.

Read the small print. I've previously stayed in other backpackers in Paihia that offered similar services such as "free bike hire" - Which is a nice touch, hassle free and they deilvered what they promised, and came in handy for venturing up to Waitangi - However, I was disappointed to hear when I arrived at Bay adventurer and asked about the bikes that they are in fact not free at all, only for the first hour, after which it's $5 an hour and you have to give a $50 deposit. Not very conveinient

Amazing place, clean, really well located, the best facilities i ever been in a hostel here in NZ, Nice big pool, Spa , Tennis Court, bikes and kayak for FREE, plus a really friendly staff , if u come to Paihia u have to stop here!

There was only one power point for the room and it was really close to the door outside. It just didn't feel safe letting my phone charge while I was away. But I would recommend it and would stay there again.

Good hostel in a decent location on the backpackers street. 11pm curfew was good for a nights sleep (you can always walk 1min to the other bars on the street if u need). Staff were friendly and facilities were clean

Shower base needed a good dose of bleach to remove mould from centre plug hole/drain. Amazing lack of amenity - like working space/a bench in kitchen, ditto bathroom - floor is not a wonderful place for cooking supplies or sponge bags. More hooks also needed. Nowhere to hang anything up. Obviously built for minimum cost versus a bit of amenity.

Nice place to stay, a bit quiet but good if you wanna relax

we booked a mixed dorm of 6 and got it to ourselves for the whole of our stay, 4 nights! that was awesome! Our food got thrown out from the frigde. Kind of our own fault for not putting it in the plastic containers as the note on the frigde door suggests. The plastic bag had our names and room number written on, but apparently that wasn't good enough. Over all a nice hostel, loved the music playing on the courtyard.

Great place, the place to go if you going to Paihia

Showers not great - in the females, first one in didn't work, second one dribbled cold, skipped the third one and tried the fourth, a good one, but flooded instantly. Bit gross - especially when the whole floor is wet and muddy (Though 50% of the time the bathroom was clean - good size too). Great rooms though and appreciated the lockers - necessary when you're sharing with people who don't lock the dorm door. Good utilities in the kitchen. Great place to socialise.