The Cambridge Hotel & Backpackers Reviews

I have stayed in Cambridge several times and can not recommend it enough. It's got modern facilities and a character few NZ modern buildings have. The outside could get too noisy on friday night, but hey, it's the city!

Nice hostel but internet is really slow

Good located. Good value for money. It could be a bit cleaner. The bed is ok. Less atmosphere.

I did not get much sleep on the Saturday night as the music was "pumping" until 3.00 am on Sunday morning. I did not know that you could buy earplug at reception until I saw these on Monday morning as I booked out. My room appeared to be above the bar area. A pity.

Booked a 4 bed dorm, arrived and they said there had been a system failure so we were in an 8 bed dorm, but they had discounted it for us, a discount that we worked out to be just the price of what the room should have been. Free wifi might as well have been no wifi as it never worked. On checking out we were questioned as to whether we'd actually paid or not.

Small and stuffy. No windows oh aircon. Doors make lots of noise and so does the bar next door. Not social. Go to the YHA.

Generally really good. Hotel-style room was clean, well-serviced, but a little pokey. Felt it probably wasn't quite worth $90/night. Well located near open-late restaurants and supermarket at the end of Courtney Place. The overall atmosphere is great, and the staff are friendly. The wifi sucks (typical of NZ!), and the kitchen is far too small and has too little food prep space. Also, you have to hire or BYO cups, plates, utensils.I will stay here again when I next visit though!

The entrance is not so easy to fined because on the Main Street address you only see a bar.

amazing hostel!! love the bed! the shower and of course the staff! lovely place would recommend to anyone. Also the location is perfect, very close to everything :)

This place was brilliant except for noise. Horrible night's sleeping due to selfish and really immature drunk boarders who couldn't give any consideration for other sleepers or fellow tenants. Seemed to be an endemic problem from the noise coming from rooms to room. Not a suitable hostel for a maturer backpacker. Clean, central, lovely and modern but full of drunks. Not stayed in a hostel like it anywhere in world. Real shame as place is everything you want but if you can't sleep....

a little noisy when you hv a room on the front. pubs and restaurants 5 min walkaway rooms simple and spartan

Good value for money for wide range of clientele - perfect city centre location

Clean and friendly hostel environment located within a hotel

Feels like a real hotel at a nice location with free wifi

Hostel within a hotel. Good rooms, more than enough showers. You have to rent your plates, cutlery etc. Biggest downside was the fact that a lot of people stay there for months and don't really care about being nice of clean. But overall good stay

Nice place except you had to walk from the communal kitchen to reception every time you needed a knife , fork, plate or cup. None were supplied in the kitchen which, I found a little odd.

It is what it is, budget accommodation at a budget price. Staff were great and the location, being just around the corner from Countney Place, means I will be back again.

Great hostel enjoyed staying here, clean facilities and a cheap price

I LOVED the bathroom space. Very clean and large/open area. You have to 'rent' your dishes which I didn't know about until after I started cooking. You get your money back when you return the dishes. The staff were helpful. The location is good but I'd suggest parking the car in one spot and not moving it if you can. Just walk places. I also liked that you needed key cards to get into/out of the rooms. I would stay here again.

Location was great! But one female staff was unfriendly, I stopped going to the receptionist to ask questions because of her. Kitchen was always full of long stay guests and staff and wasn't kept clean.