About

Located just a few steps from Central station, Home has everything a Sydney backpackers should have and heaps more, including free internet & WiFi, a cool terrace area, and a central location!

We offer comfortable budget accommodation right in the heart of Sydney and a jam packed line up of entertainment each night.

Our staff are a mix of travellers and true Sydney-siders who know the best places to party, eat, travel, see and experience. With Home Backpackers as your base you'll easily be able to see all what Sydney has to offer by day and soak up the nightlife, whatever your style.

Home Backpackers offers you a free tea and coffee, free internet & WiFi throughout entire hostel, entertainment through the week, well equipped kitchens, linen included, 24 hour secure access, cable TV, and backpack-sized lockers!

**Christmas and New Year 2019/2020**
7 night minimum during this special event period. All bookings during this period will be charged in full at time of booking and are non-refundable or transferable. If payment cannot be collected this may result in cancellation of the booking.

House Rules

Check In

14:00 - 20:00

Check Out

until 10:00

  • Taxes Included
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Facilities

  • Free WiFi
  • Free Internet Access
  • Jobs Board
  • Airport Transfers
  • Luggage Storage
  • Fax Service
  • Tours/Travel Desk
  • Postal Service
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Reviews

6.5Good(889)
  • Value for Money
    6.4
  • Security
    6.7
  • Atmosphere
    5.3
  • Cleanliness
    4.7
  • Staff
    8.7
  • Location
    8.9
  • Facilities
    5.1
Stayed in Oct 2025
2.9
M
Marcel
Male, 18-24, Germany
Everything is dirty, moldy or both. The kitchen is objectively too small for you and the twenty cockroaches living there full time and the entire place, specifically your sleeping quarters stink worse than a homeless person. I am pretty sure something died in the vents a couple decades ago and the filth of these bathrooms still haunt my nightmares. That being said I still fail to encapture the whole experience in words. If they offered me a private room for 5$ a night Id still take the parkbench
Stayed in Sept 2025
3.7
D
Davide
Male, 18-24, Italy
Not at all hygienic. Cockroaches everywhere, including the kitchen and bedrooms. Mold and dust everywhere. A place that smells and where people are creepy.
Stayed in Jul 2025
5.4
W
Wayne
Male, 41+, Australia
Staff were friendly and generously upgraded us, without us asking to a room with ensuite as we had two young kids with us. The first room we had I lay down on the bed and it had a lingering vomit smell. The whole place smelt damp and moldy and of cigarettes in other areas. Carpet was water stained throughout. There was black mould on the inside of the windows in the ensuite room and on walls and ceiling in bathroom. There were small cochroach type bugs on our beds at times. Not a healthy vibe.
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Location

238 Elizabeth St, Sydney, Australia
1.6km from city centre
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Hostelworld says

This is a cheap but utterly cheerful hostel right in the centre of Sydney. It's close to the city's vast selection of late-opening bars and it's just a little way from sights like the Botanical Gardens, Sydney Opera House and the Sea Life Aquarium. A favourite with backpackers doing the famed East coast tour, it's a brilliant place to meet other backpackers. They are big on entertaining their guests here and getting folks to mix, so you're unlikely to get bored. Also, don't worry about asking the staff for help, they're lovely.