Nomads Fat Camel Hostel Reviews

OThe cleanliness was only poor in the kitchen area of the apartment. There was plenty of food outside making the kitchen bar, the fridge and the cabinet messy. On average, the cleanliness was good in the other parts of the apartment and the bathrooms.

Initial check in was a bit annoying as the person on the desk didn't understand the booking that was made and the key stopped working after the first night, but apart from that, the overall experience was good.

Enjoyed the stay, friendly people and nice and close to everything.

The staff where very friendly and warm..well done for making customers feel welcomed and comfortable. I felt the room that we stayed in could have been better in presentation, as it smelled of dampness, holes in the ceiling and the carpert was rotten and meldewed. The shower didn't work for 2 days we where there, and it never got fixed before we had to leave.

It was a great first hostel in New Zealand. Make sure you go to Nomads Fat Camel, not Nomads...but they're still only 2 seconds away from each other. Great staff and good location in downtown, very close to the harbour and supermarket. Lots of friendly people staying here too. Small portion free meals, but still free. Lot's of massage parlours around but thats what you get in downtown anywhere. We enjoyed our stay here!

This is hostel is great. It is in a fantastic location right downtown and the rooms are clean. The only problem I have is with security. They have extra shower rooms in the stairwells and I was in there one morning and a guy from the street walked in on me. You need key cards to get to the floors but not the restrooms in the stairwells. People using the bar or people right off of the street can walk right in to the building and up those stairs. Not cool!

the bar was good, got free small meal which was good. over all the people were nice, but the room was like solitary confinment with no window. the walls were very thin and had to listen to this loud couple the whole time in our private room. the stove in the kitchen was not functioning right. but over all was not too bad.

Had a lot of problems with rooms...had to change rooms and then were told we were supposed to check out when we had an extra night booked!! Staff were friendly enough but whenever there was a problem just blamed it on the system! Not the best hostel...I wouldn't stay there again!

Really like the apartment style layout and free evening snack!

Hostel was great fun, wasnt there to long but loved my stay, it was fun, rooms were great!! prefect location too its right in the city!!

I liked the way the floors were laid out like mini apartments with kitchen bathrooms etc however the keycard would constantly need re-scanning so I could get into my room and some dorms didnt have windows luckily I wasn't in one of those ones, friendly staff though.

Overall i found it a good hostel but the shower was cold by 8.30 in the morning, this was not good!

Thanks for the very tasty dinner!

Had a great time at this hostel. The bar downstairs has a different activity every night and a big screen to watch the RWC. The rooms were great and silent and the whole place has swipe cards to get onto floors and then individual rooms. Located about a 2 min walk to Queen St. Met some great people including staff and had a great time. Drinks were very cheap $5 NZ spirits and $4 NZ shots. The manager of the whole place even shouted 4 of us a round of shots.

Very clean rooms in a great apartment-style layout. Hated the location next to the strip clubs and exotic massage parlors, but at least the police station was right across the street. Very noisy room above the bar; great rugby coverage in the bar. Most of the guests were on one of the tourist bus tours (or about to start one), which was not great for meeting people. You need a sign at the door that you lock so other guests know to enter by the bar... instead of freaking out like I did.

Dirty hostel, but lots of fun. The meal was underwhelming, but for free, I can't really complain. Overall great hostel.

Its a good hostel, i like the way there is a kitchen and living area for 4 rooms. So its not overcrowded in the kitchen. Cosy!

I didn't really feel like I was getting good value for my money. But, considering I was staying on the night of the opening ceremonies, It wasn't so bad. I was extremely dissatisified with the lockers in the room, they looked like they been built in the basement. With 5 minutes and a phillips head screwdriver, I could've robbed the entire dorm blind! An enjoyable stay though. 7/10

seemed to be like apartments were converted to sets of dorms - each cluster had a kitchen and a few bathrooms and then about 40 people sharing everything - was a bit hard to get use of the facilities

We absolutley loved it! Thank you for such a warm welcome! Hope to be back soon :)