Jolly Swagman Backpackers Reviews

The hostel lies in a living area so you cant be outside the hostel after 11 pm. But there is a park where u can hang out if that is a problem. The room is nice and clean, the double private room has a tv and sink, wich is nice. The kitchen is big, its free breakfast but there is no free internet, thats probably the only bad thing. We had a good time living here.

I was in a room with a complete slob, who had covered every flat surface in the room with his gear, his dirty laundry, and his rubbish. At some hostels you would get one warning and then be out the door for that. Clearly, cleaning the rooms just doesn't happen if such a person is tolerated for more than a day. Nice, super-friendly staff.

Only dissapointment for me was that they upgraded me!Put me in a smaller room when i wanted a larger room to meet people. In fact this seems to be policy in a lot of hostels when booking through this site. On a different day or for some people the upgrade might be welcome but i wanted a larger party room.

Great place for backpackers. This hostel is very professional and has a big kitchen and common rooms. Our twin-room had a fridge and was fairly big. Not free WiFi is a minus, and location isn't perfect. Close to Woolsworth and lots of other shops

On arrival after a 23 hour flight they had not processed our booking as it was through hostelworld. A staff member confirmed receipt but did not put our name down for the room. The hostel was fully booked that night. Thankfully the staff member on that evening was very helpful and managed to get us booked into a hostel around the corner. The next morning we spoke to the manager who arranged for the rest of our stay at jollyswagmans and gave us a discount.

Check out is early compared with other backpackers in the area, which makes moving on a bit of a pain.

I think for the price I paid, it was good. But there was a man who drunk and brought another woman with in the room. That was not ok and I will say that at the reception next weekend.

Was good, except for a guy entering our room on the final day at 7am....two hours before we were to checkout.... and that's with us having the entire room booked! Not sure what happened there....but it kinda made us feel like our stuff wasn't safe.