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Nomads Auckland Reviews

16-20 Fort St, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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60%

The rooms always have smell.


73%

Good for the price, not special at all, rooms are pretty small. The firealarm went off twice while I was there once at 6 in the morning! The location is great the bar next door pretty cool and if you are just looking for a cheap, pretty clean place to stay, it is all good!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 16 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Germany
  • Female 18-24
  • (5 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi there, thanks very much for your feedback. We are sorry that you experienced the fire alarm to go off twice. Unfortunatley there was a cable fault which caused this to happen and wasn't in our hands. We hope you have a great time traveling. Nomads Auckland management

86%

Room too expensive for travelers Kitchen really too small for the numbers of people staying in the hostel. We couldn't cook because there was no space at all at the evening

  • Novice Nomad
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • France
  • Couple 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
HI there, thanks very much for your feedback. We are sorry to hear that you experienced difficulties when trying to use the kitchen facilites. Unfortunately it does get quite busy in the evening hours! We hope you have a great time traveling! Nomads Auckland Backpackers

90%

Great hostel but far too big!!!

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi there, thanks very much for your feedback. Although we are a big hostel we try and keep a familiar and personal touch between our guests and our team! We wish you all the best on your travels and would love to see you again some time soon! Thanks Nomads Auckland management

66%

There was a room which was allocated for luggage which only had one access key which the hostel reception weren't able to locate at times. When I asked for this key to access the room for my luggage, I had to repeat myself a couple of times to get the message across, then finally when they were able to grasp my simple English, they didn't know where the key was so I had to wait in the lobby until someone 'felt' like returning it to reception. Seriously, you can't duplicate keys or something?

  • Novice Nomad
  • 13 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi there, thanks very much for your feedback! The reason we just hand out one luggage key is purely for security reason! We need to make sure that this key comes back down to reception as soon as possible for the next guest to store their luggage. Unfortunately some guests take more time than others to store their bags and return the key back to us. We hope you have a great time traveling! Nomads Auckland Management

100%

Great place to stay, cheap and great staff

  • Novice Nomad
  • 12 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • New Zealand
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi there, thanks very much for your feedback! We love to hear that you had a great time with us and hope to see you again some time soon! Enjoy your travels! Nomads Auckland Management

76%

Overall good hostel

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Hi there, thanks very much for your reply! We love to hear that you had a great time staying with us and hope you have a great time traveling too! Nomads Auckland Management

63%

Room had major water damage to one wall & room mate had advised water had been coming into the room the night before. Some staff were really good and friendly and others were impolite & lazy (out smoking whilst we were waiting to check in & we were told to wait) Key card had a lot of issues and was locked out of the room a number of times.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 11 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • New Zealand
  • Female 25-30
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi there, thanks very much for your feedback! We apologize for the water damage in your room and the involved inconvenience with it! We experienced a lot of rain and problems with a drain. We don't appreciate the way you felt treated by one of our staff members. Customer Service is priority for us in any way and at no time you should feel any different! We hope you have a great time traveling and take your feedback seriously! Nomads Auckland Management

86%

maybe add a parking option to the hostel, that was the main reason we transfered to a diffrent hostel on our last night (after we bought a car)

  • Novice Nomad
  • 04 Dec 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Israel
  • Couple 25-30
  • (1 review)


46%

The staff, for the most part, was helpful and friendly, however, one of the guys who works at the front desk was rude, extremely unhelpful, and never smiled, not a shining example of costumer service. Furthermore, the hostel does not communicate with the guests well at all leading to a large amount of confusion and has no idea when people are checking out. Thus, they over assign rooms and then the guests are all confused and have to basically start from scratch.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 19 Nov 2011
  • Anonymous
  • USA
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)


73%

My room was very noisy from the party at the bar to 3am.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 19 Nov 2011
  • Anonymous
  • New Zealand
  • Male 41+
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi there, thanks very much for placing your feedback with us. We are sorry you got kept awake by the noise of the bar. Unfortunately there a few bars and night clubs surrounded by us and it it quite hard at times as we don't have much influence to stop it. We hope you still enjoyed your time with us and are looking at coming back in the future. Thanks Nomads Auckland Management

76%

Pretty good hostel. It was big, and clean. Rooms are clean, and security is good. Bathrooms on the weekend are nasty, two nights it looked like someone had died in the stalls... Staff was great, and laid back. It's reaaaally noisy on the weekend nights, but not much they could do about that. But, overall, it was a good stay, I'd reccomend it.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 16 Nov 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Canada
  • Female 18-24
  • (2 reviews)


83%

It was a solid time if your looking to just party but if your looking for a nice quiet sleep keep looking

  • Novice Nomad
  • 13 Nov 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Canada
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi there, thanks for placing your feedback with us. We are glad you had a good time staying with us and hope you still got a bit of sleep even though of the noise. We are surrounded by a few night clubs and bars and unfortunately don't have much influence on noises like that. We hope you have a great time travelling around and see you again soon. Thanks Nomads Auckland Management

46%

The location of the accomodation is fine. The front of house staff were not very helpful at all, bordering on rude at some times !

  • Novice Nomad
  • 13 Nov 2011
  • Anonymous
  • England
  • Female 18-24
  • (4 reviews)

Owner Comment (Show)
Hi there, thanks for placing your feedback after your stay with us! We take customer service very serious and it is our number 1 rule to give the best customer service as we can! I apologize for the inconvenience you experienced and hope you have a great time while travelling through New Zealand. Thanks again, Nomads Auckland Management

70%

Beds are extemely squeaky so if you're a light sleeper bring ear plugs. Great central location if you want to be in the heart of Auckland.

  • Novice Nomad
  • 08 Nov 2011
  • Anonymous
  • South Africa
  • Couple 25-30
  • (1 review)


73%

The room itself is tiny, although it looked pretty clean. Unfortunately we spied a few roaches running around throughout our stay so perhaps it wasn't as clean as it seemed. There was also an extra bunk bed above the double bed which was quite annoying because we were constantly bumping our heads on it. Kitchen though, far too small for a hostel this size. Good luck trying to find storage space in the fridge or shelves for your food.


46%

staff not so nice and helpful kitchen dirty and not enough cooking stuff for everybody no wifi in private room awful bed for a private bedroom at 90 dollars per night (you can have 4 stars hotel in center for 120 dollars/night) washing machine and dryer from prehistoric time ( so you pay 4 dollars for a dryer and your stuff is more wet than when you put it) I forgot the water in the hot tub was green... DONT GO THERE!!!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 04 Nov 2011
  • Anonymous
  • France
  • Male 18-24
  • (1 review)


93%

Very good hostel, super friendly staff and an awesome location.

  • Avid Traveller
  • 01 Nov 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Male 25-30
  • (11 reviews)


83%

4 dorm rooms very tight fit!

  • Novice Nomad
  • 27 Oct 2011
  • Anonymous
  • Australia
  • Female 18-24
  • (1 review)


93%

Only stayed one night before my early flight out of Auckland. It was a good stay. Much better then the other hostel I stayed at in Auckland. The courtyard bar and pizza restaurant is a real bonus and the rooftop kitchen...fabulous. I wish I had stayed there instead of the other place.


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  • 06 Feb 2012 (53%)
  • Too much party for me, I guess. Plus the kitchen is a mess.
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