Elephant Backpackers

Melbourne

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Address	250 Flinders Street, Melbourne Victoria, Australia Map
Price	Dorms from $19 per night, single rooms $40 per night. Check Current Prices by Date Here

Location/Contact

Details

Description

Features

Kitchen
Lockers
TV
Washing Machine (laundry)
Clothes Dryer
Phones (public or in room)
Travel information provided
Lounge / Common space
Free City Tours

Ratings & Comments

3.4 Average from 5 Ratings

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Comment by Fredrik, Sweden

November 2009

Clean and central but expensive!
The hostel has probably the best location in Melbourne, opposite Flinders station. It's fresh and clean with almost a hotel feeling rather then a hostel. However, everything comes with a price. The staff are friendly if you pay for it! I had to pay $5 for storing my luggage two hours! No breakfast or even free coffee. The kitchen is the downside, in the basement. Fairly big but noisy and not very nice to eat a dinner. Laundry, TV, internet, kitchen, everything is in the same big room. Way too small fridges also. If you are able to squeeze in one milk there you are lucky! People are alright but not so easy to contact, mostly closed groups unwilling to meet others. If you want a nice and clean bedroom with central location, this is it. If you want to meet many backpackers and live cheap, this is not!

Comment by Nathan , Australia

July 2008

Excellent value! Friendly! Fun! Fantastic!
Great atmosphere in an awesome location. yes its true that there are no roofs on the "rooms" which are more like cubicles -- a door and four walls but they are clean, the beds comfy, and the duvet lovely/warm in winter! bathrooms are of a good size and clean! The communal kitchen whilst not awesome is usable and the communal lounge room is a great place to meet other backpackers! if you have any questions or problems the staff mostly will bend over backwards to help you! A tip is to be flexible with when you cook/bathe/do your laundry. avoid peak times and theres never a problem! It's great -- would gladly stay there again!

Comment by FreshDude, german

April 2007

Well, I only stayed here twice for one night each. I quite liked the atmosphere, but what I liked best was the big laugh I had when I first saw the rooms. It's ridiculous...but funny for a night. No roofs at all. My advice: try it once, but not if u r planning to pull someone that night ;-)

Comment by meng

February 2007

what can i say. this place is run by two of the best people i've ever met in my life. they've always made me feel welcome every time i stop by. i stay at the elephant once a year and i've been doing that for the past four years. every time i'm there, the atmosphere is great. people are great. no troubles whatsoever. and it's affordable too.

Comment by James MEADE

March 2006

I stayed in a double room here for one night. Its clean, friendly staff, and all. But here's the thing -- all the rooms have no roofs, picture a call center and its just like that. You hear everything from other rooms even people moving in there beds in the other rooms, no joke. And the double was two single beds pushed together (and the gap always seems to get bigger).

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