Global on the Waterfront Reviews

Every night I stayed there I got woken up by people yelling in the hallway a bunch of times until 4 or 5 am. There were a couple other minor inconveniences, but that was really the only thing that bothered me.

Design and colouring makes it feel like a prison. We didn't have to cook there, took 1 look into the kitchen and decided to eat out instead. Open layout, so you can see down through all the floors, window in our room were facing inwards the hostel, with only blinds and no actually glass to shut out the noise we didn't get much sleep before getting our early bus. Drunken rightout screaming stopped near midnight, after hearing people trying to shut them up for quite some time. Good location.

Unless you want more then 2 hours sleep a night I recommend you stay some where else,,, didn't have great shower facilities and our room smelled really bad!!! Most of the staff were really help full and friendly.

Great location. Not the best showers or toilets, but they were ok. We got vouchers for 5 dollar meal witch where very good! If we had questions for the staff it could take some time before they had time for us, but they where very helpfull.

Some staff is rather rude and rigid. Free wifi should be provided. Reception should be 24 hours.

- too noisy to sleep - showers are dirty and without curtains - dirty bedsheets - staff is very stressed - athmosphere seems like a little prison

The room where we stayed was smelling very bad (mouldy smell) and without a window to evacuate this smell. Also people were shouting between 1am to 3am and there was nobody in the hostel (staff) to make them stop. Finally, the hostel seems like a jail...

HELL. I could not have imagined from the pictures used on the Global website, just how awful the rooms are in this place. I arrived, went to our room and then had a refund and went somewhere else. You guys should be ashamed of these antiquated, cell-like dorms. I woudln't put a dog in them

kitchen wasnt that good too small for the size of the hostel , toilets/showers wernt that clean, beds comfy,great location just 40m max from the sea front and the lagoon swimming pool. good tourist advice from staff

The hostel is cheap...so you get what you pay for. The rooms were not clean and there was dust every where! There was water leaking all over the floors and always got your stuff wet. The bathrooms were always dirty and the kitchen's fridge was always really gross and smelled reallly bad. I did love the location though and the staff was pretty nice. I probably would not stay at this hostel again though.

The staff were not too helpful and friendly. The place in general was dingy and lacked character. Kitchen was very hot which made it hard to cook in. The room itself did not have any curtains so you got woken up really early when the sun beamed in.

Rooms are clean with white linen. The pillows on the beds where not lumpy which is a bonus. My room was a/c you will need it atm if you decide to stay as the rooms do get warm quickly when its off. Great location across the road from the lagoon and shops and market close by.

Resembling a prison, it was pretty hard to feel comfortable here. Tiny dorm crammed with people. One particular staff member really bad, still waiting for our key deposit back! Toilets were really unclean. Great location though right next to lagoon and bars. Probably wouldn't stay again. Bad vibes.

Good and all the staff in the Glbal Backpackers on the waterfront are very nice ~ ^^

I miss a common living room/area to have more contact with other people in the hostel.

The location was awesome. Unfortunately the rooms looked really ugly, i almost felt like being in prison. There was no daylight in the room and the air-con did not work. I was glad to leave after one night!

The men's bathroom on level one had no where to put a washbag. Indeed you could not swing a cat in there. Share showers should really have a wooden slatted mat to stand on. My private room although small did not use it's space wisely . Lots of space for some hooks on the wall , but none provided , how to dry a towel ??? Excellent location, great management of noise levels The girls on reception (Americans) when I was there were a tad surly.other facilities I did not use . $10 airport 2 much

Not the best facilities, not very clean. Can't even get in the kitchen after midnight, bizzare. No plates or cuttlery in the kitchen, bizzare. If the airport shuttle is regularly late, you really need to inform guests, guests shouldn't be waiting for late buses.

The staff were great but the cleanliness could be alot better. If you have more then 1 level there should be a lift because some people may have problems carrying all their luggage up and down the stairs.