Launceston Backpackers

Great place

Good experience

Check-in service was excellent with a very professional manager. He arranged for a very safe location for my bike, made sure I had everything I needed. The hostel is opposite a park and seemed perfectly safe at night, and a quick stroll to restaurants. The stay itself was probably what you’d expect at a backpackers - pretty dire. Two hours of sleep between when the partying outside my room finished at 230 AM and the 430 AM commencement of people making breakfast in the kitchen next door. Showers are dilapidated and not the greatest cleanliness. All this said, if you want a place to meet people and party and a really cheap rate per night, this is the place for you. Noise and party levels will depend on guests and on how booked out the place is.

Dust falling off overhead heater. Nearly locked in toilets by faulty lock. Glasses/cups not clean. Mattress ok. Owner sits outside in car flicking cigarette butts onto road - creept Don't stay here. Crappy everything. Couldn't leave fast enough.

I had booked two nights and was asked to leave after one. I get that some people may not want to hear the throes of passion outside my door, but anyone offended by such delicious delicacies as the Jordanian and Japanese man I had a round with that day, don't have to stick around to listen to be honest. I am an adult, and this establishment has only other adults in the vicinity. Even still I paid for a private room, and I have every right to that privacy, especially what happens within the confines of said room. The attendant did not give any reasonable grounds to remove me, and another female, who had decided to take up residence in my room for the evening. She had paid for her own room, but did not utilize it on this night because my energy was too delicious to refuse. He was very abrupt, abrasive and unprofessional in his dealings - I was actually quite embarrassed for all parties, especially the attendant. What a Prude! I would not recommend if you were just passing through for a good time. You might find their babysitter tactics a bit untoward, but hey different strokes for different folks. Workers or the elderly are more appropriate; especially welcome are asexual, as they will not howl at the moon at all hours of the night during a half waxing moon. It's more of a working hostel, that is a bit too strict. This was as fair as I could be in this review, because like.... really? LOL!!!!

I liked that it wqs close to,supermarkets. Beds comfortable. Kitchen huge but needs a facelift. Cupboard are grungy. Dining room is,huge which is a plus. Its a,requirement to call ahead to arrange check in. I rang about 5 times left messages and did not get a return call or an apology when i explained it. Very frustrating!