Tokyo Village Reviews

Great location, close to the station and city but quiet enough road to sleep when you want to. Wifi prices were pretty good, staff were friendly, more personable than other hostels. Felt more like a shared home than a hostel, would go there again.

No enough toilets/showers for amount of rooms/guests. Rooms messy/smelly, room unlocked 24/7

I think we might have gotten sick from the water taps that were in our room on the top floor of the second building. If you are aware of this please be sure to warn future occupants.

Mold growing all over the dresser, please throw it away before next persons arrive....

Hostel is just 5 minutes walk from Central Station where you can get train/ bus to pretty much anywhere. Also lots of bars, restaurants, shops near by. Hostel itself is small and has a lot of character. The furniture and general decor is fairly dated but in a way that just adds to the character. Its reasonably clean, Back yard is nice and this is not a party hostel. We stayed in a private double room which was quite spacious with furniture to unpack. Also had TV and a sink which was handy.

Rooms could do with a good clean! Cobwebs hanging from the ceilings and floor was filthy. Only one shower for about 30+ people! Not good for when your in a hurry in the morning! Good atmosphere and the beds were comfy!

It was a bit of a problem having only one single-person bathroom for so many people. Also, my mattress was considerably thinner than those on the other beds and was very uncomfortable. Other than that, everyone was very friendly and my room had a very nice balcony. The shower worked great and it was nice having carpeted floors in the bedroom. Overall it was a very nice stay.

Nice&comfortable stay for me. Not much people noise:-) My room was on the ground floor facing the cleveland st,which was busy n noisy 24/7. But after 2 nights, i got used to it n slept like a baby for the rest of my stay. as what others have mentioned, there are too few bathrooms if compare to the building population, but surprisingly, the only bathroom in my unit was always available when i want to use it. the staff and the other guests were friendly. I didnt see any cockroach or rat in my room

very tiny,dirty and I saw the rat in the kitchen plus, I saw roaches in my room as well....

From my research, this was one of the better hostels for value for money. Free rice, coffee and sugar is a nice gesture. Wifi is NOT free unfortunately. Slept well even though we saw a couple cockroaches but that's pretty common in Sydney from my understanding. Biggest complain is actually against people using the kitchens. They don't clean after themselves and leave some dirty dishes, pots etc.... We always washed things before using them. EVERYONE has a work holiday visa like us!

Very bad location, out in nowhere. Dirty sheets, spiders and other creatures in the rooms. Toilet and shower in one room so there is always quite a big line waiting for the shower/toilet. Staff booked us in a 8 bed dorm instead of a double bed room, lucky there was still one left. NO LUGGAGE STORAGE!! No way you see us there again... Staff was not too bad.

Had a good stay, it would be nice if there were more bathrooms and showers.

It's a really good hostel to meet people. The hostel itself is'nt that good, but people are really friendly. The reception has a work list, so you can work, which is very good. Defiently a good place if you want to work and earn some money. A negative thing about the hostel is that there are way too few showers for the people, who lives here

It would be very nice there if it was clean and the facilities were better. The house is characterized and stuff was friendly but I think the owner doesn't take care of his hostel. I wouldn't go there again.

Dirty and old!

Quaint hostel in a tumble down terrace close to Central Station and Surry Hills/Darlinghurst (pity about the road noise!). A bit like an unkempt sharehouse with homely features like a living room full of books and tv/cd player and a nice garden courtyard -just a pity there weren't nearly enough bathrooms. My only negative is that the rooms go uncleaned for so long its ridiculous, it got to the point were we had to clean it ourselves. But otherwise i would highly recommend this hostel.

Bring your own toilet paper.

Noise until late at night, overcrowded kitchens, majority of guests live in the hostel so you wont make any friends! Some of these people because been there for a while think they own the kitchen or have the right to use it before you! On the other hand, location is good and price is usually reasonable, apart from when owner decides to increase prices by 300% as a Christmas treat!

Pleasant setting even with the Cockroaches and a great helpful staff.

I love this place. An acerbic American chick (sic) was, on the first morning, so absorbed in the one downstairs computer and my chic (!) comment about the traffic noise and forecast thunderstorms did not intellectually hold water with her - but fair enough, of course, because this is a really intelligent clientele in the Tokyo Village, as you will find. Man! The cable TV is so terrific - I whinged in the 6-sofa TV room for hours both days (and nights as well) accessing world news. I love it!