Sunny's Adelaide Backpacker Hostel

If Sunny's Adelaide Backpacker Hostel was any closer to the bus terminal, it would be in it. This is excellent if you are traveling by bus. It is also only a five-minute walk to the heart of the city and less than that to catch the tram that takes you to the beach.

Easily identified from the outside, you enter the property through a small door that leads to the reception. Should you be arriving at an unusual time and already have a reservation, all you need to do is call or email the hostel and they will supply you with the code for the door. The staff are ultra-helpful and nothing is too much trouble for them.

The kitchen area is small and can get crowded around meal times. It could do with some cosmetic repairs but the place was generally kept clean. The mens bathrooms are fine with four toilets and three showers downstairs and more upstairs. The ladies have more of a problem though. There is only toilet and one shower downstairs and the same upstairs (that seems a little strange). They are all clean, though.

You eat inside in the lounge area. This is next to a ping pong table though so watch out for balls. You can also eat outside on picnic tables. There is a small comfy chair area where you can watch the television. There are quite a few people staying long-term (working locally) who seem to have control of that most of the time. Everyone here is really friendly, though, and quite chatty. If you can overlook the few cosmetic letdowns this place is spot on. A real added bonus here is the free pancake breakfast between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Tea and coffee are free all the time.

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