Arts Factory by Nomads

Since the hotel is located in countryside, there are quite a lot of insects outside, and mosquitoes can easily get into the room. There’s a pool outside where you can swim. Don’t expect too much from the budget rooms. By the way, the front desk staff were very friendly.

The hostel is a bit further from the city centre and beach but makes up for it with its great location in the rainforest. It has a very relaxed atmosphere and everyone is nice. It is however not the cleanest hostel I’ve stayed in. The kitchen was dirty and a lot of people left their dishes in the sink. And there were never enough (clean) towels to dry of the dishes as well. I still had a good time though so would definitely recommend and if you’re there do the Icebath! It was amazing!

Great staff and lots of things to do

Generally nice looking place with plenty of free parking (otherwise in very short supply in Byron) and a big kitchen. The room itself was fine apart from the thin foam mattress leaving something to be desired. Just make sure you arrive with the expectation that other guests will show minimal consideration in terms of nighttime/early morning noise and cleanliness in the common areas.

Arts Factory Lodge. I’d like to lodge a complaint. The positives, the bathroom was serviceable, and we got early check in and all the staff were really lovely. That’s where it ends. We booked the twin room so that we could get some rest and recuperation. We were wrong. It wasn’t a room, it was tent, a tent with mould and lots of it. There was no rest and recuperation because some tool would be playing bongos or wonderwall on the guitar at any and all hours. In addition to sharing a room with mould and all that racket, the hostel kitchen was war torn. I kid you not we opened the microwave and fruit flies flew out like bats in Dracula’s castle. It was dystopian. I made one meal in that kitchen and feared for my safety afterwards. Also the hostel was quickly dubbed farts factory lodge due to the sulphur smell from the soil that the fountains spread around the island accommodation, I’m sure it’s not bad in the shared rooms but unfortunately for us we weren’t staying there. This whole hostel could do with bombing and then building back up from scratch, Infact it would be cleaner and more hospitable as rubble. The worst hostel I’ve ever stayed in and if you stay here, Godspeed solider.

Worst place ever It smelled like **** everywhere and they played loud music, that made it impossible to sleep