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The Hostelz.com Review
HI - Brisbane - Brisbane City YHA Hostel is expensive but excellent, thus well worth the money. It's undergoing a renovation and growing in size, due to finish mid-2009, which is good because this hostel is hugely popular. Be sure to book your nights in advance!
The Location
Located on Upper Roma Street six hundred meters from the transit centre it's easy to reach and close to the attractions. All coaches terminate in the transit centre, trains stop there as do most of the local buses. There's no off-street parking available at the hostel and only a limited space out on the street.
YHA Brisbane is about a ten-minute walk to the Queen Street Mall and the leisure district on the Southbank. There's a Coles supermarket across the street and other amenities (post, bank) within a walking distance. The central location comes with a price though -- noise. YHA Brisbane is surrounded by heavy traffic on all sides and close by there's a bridge for trains to cross the river.
Rooms and Bathrooms
YHA Brisbane offers twin/double/family rooms and dorms. This hostel uses key cards for both room and bathroom doors. Dorms have only three or four beds, lockers (bring your own lock), desk and chair, and air con. Rooms are nice and clean, good size and mattresses have mattress protectors.
Bathrooms are located in the middle of the floor and have three toilets and three showers. Showers are very nice, bathrooms clean all in all.
Common Spaces
Common spaces in this hostel include kitchen, seating area/TV room, internet area, and laundry. Luggage storage is available for free. All common areas are brand new, clean, and modern. Kitchen is fully equipped and clean. Reception helps with all your travel questions and books tours.
Summary
True YHA style, this is no party hostel but a clean and safe place to spend your nights in the city. This hostel caters for older travelers who are willing to pay for a quiet night. Everything is new, clean, and well-maintained. Before the extension is ready, YHA Brisbane is still a cozy little place. After June 2009 they have three hundred beds more, a new rooftop pool, indoor and outdoor dining, and entertainment areas.
The Location
Located on Upper Roma Street six hundred meters from the transit centre it's easy to reach and close to the attractions. All coaches terminate in the transit centre, trains stop there as do most of the local buses. There's no off-street parking available at the hostel and only a limited space out on the street.
YHA Brisbane is about a ten-minute walk to the Queen Street Mall and the leisure district on the Southbank. There's a Coles supermarket across the street and other amenities (post, bank) within a walking distance. The central location comes with a price though -- noise. YHA Brisbane is surrounded by heavy traffic on all sides and close by there's a bridge for trains to cross the river.
Rooms and Bathrooms
YHA Brisbane offers twin/double/family rooms and dorms. This hostel uses key cards for both room and bathroom doors. Dorms have only three or four beds, lockers (bring your own lock), desk and chair, and air con. Rooms are nice and clean, good size and mattresses have mattress protectors.
Bathrooms are located in the middle of the floor and have three toilets and three showers. Showers are very nice, bathrooms clean all in all.
Common Spaces
Common spaces in this hostel include kitchen, seating area/TV room, internet area, and laundry. Luggage storage is available for free. All common areas are brand new, clean, and modern. Kitchen is fully equipped and clean. Reception helps with all your travel questions and books tours.
Summary
True YHA style, this is no party hostel but a clean and safe place to spend your nights in the city. This hostel caters for older travelers who are willing to pay for a quiet night. Everything is new, clean, and well-maintained. Before the extension is ready, YHA Brisbane is still a cozy little place. After June 2009 they have three hundred beds more, a new rooftop pool, indoor and outdoor dining, and entertainment areas.
— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
May 2009
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Great hostel I usually avoid HI hostels because of their surcharges for non-members, tendency to accommodate school groups, and strict rules, yet the Brisbane YHA breaks all those assumptions. I shelled out a little extra for a room with four females and an en-suite. The toilet and shower are separate and the sink is in an alcove between them, meaning that you can use the toilet and/or the sink when someone's in the shower and vice versa. I chose the hostel because it was the only one that was advertised as being air conditioned -- an important addition to a room in a Brisbane summer. Each bed has a corresponding locker, however you have to bring your own lock. There are plenty of lights, including one above each bed, which is fantastic when you're sharing with 3 other independent travelers (and sleepers). It's in a convenient location at the end of a strip of hostels only 5 minutes walk from Roma station, and it definitely looks like the least seedy and is the quietest out of the hostels. That said, I wouldn't ever stay in a hostel without earplugs. There's a tiny rooftop pool which was very hot when I was staying. I didn't use the kitchen or other social facilities as I was there for only a weekend of gallery visiting. The YHA hostel is about 5 minutes walking distance to the Gallery of Modern Art and Queensland Art Gallery. I was very impressed by the facilities and layout of the rooms, and I think they charge a fair price. My only complaints were that the staff were a little disinterested (bordering on rudeness), and that the 'bar' and cafe was closed on a Sunday. — Lucy , Australia (2010-02-27) Good I've stayed in YHA melbourne back in 2001. So i always have good impression of YHA. They're clean and reliable, most importantly friendly and helpful. I stayed in a private room with toilet. Very satisfied with everything. The staff were very helpful and always with a big wide smile greeting us. I was there two weeks ago, stayed for two nights. So it's in the midst of winter season, the heater wasnt exactly working, so was rather chilly at night though. YHA is also situated at the hilltop, so can be quite a distance to walk and pull your luggage when you first come out of the train station at roma. But YHA is the best hostel compared to the rest along the roma street. Pleasant experience, thumbs up! — Wendy , Singapore (2008-07-01) Pretty good but noisy from trains This hostel has obviously been renovated and the reception area looks very nice. I stayed in a 3 bed room -- beds were comfy enough although the room was quite small. The main problem was the noise from the passing trains at the transit centre. Its in a good location for transport although it didnt seem that close to the city centre -- i only stayed the one night tho on a stopover. — Hels , UK (2007-09-02) Ask for the new building... the front of the hostel is lovely, newly built, and warm in the winter, but the other rooms are dirty, freezing cold, and badly in need of refurbishment. the showers were the worst i've used in australia so far -- cold, dirty, and mouldy. if you decide to stay here, ask for a room in the new buildings as the place was a real disappointment to my friend and i. the kitchen and communal area were falling apart and dirty. it's a shame as most of the yhas I've used before have been lovely. — well travelled , uk (2007-07-22) Absolutely Awful!!!!!!!!! They have bedbugs, but they tell the staff to keep it hush hush so the guests don't get upset. If you want to sleep don't go here because noise complaints are laughed at. People smoke pot everywhere in the hostel. They double book rooms left and right, people are turned away at midnight after being guaranteed a nights stay. A girl was fired on the spot for being sick. The local management see backpackers only as money not as people, it was an absolute disgrace to be there. Definitely do not work there let alone stay there. You work ten hour days for three dollars an hour. It was brutal. I would not even send an enemy to stay there. — Keith (2007-03-02)