Wally's Backpackers

Napier

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Address	7 Cathedral Lane, Napier North Island, New Zealand Map
Price	dorms from $20, doubles from $50

Location/Contact

Details

Online booking is not offered for this hostel, contact them for availability and reservations (any contact info we have is listed above).

Description

Features

Kitchen
Lounge / Common space
BBQ
TV
Movie Library/Rental
Washing Machine (laundry)
Clothes Dryer
Travel information provided
24 Hour Free Hot Showers

Ratings & Comments

3.2 Average from 5 Ratings

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Comment by CK from PDX, USA

March 2009

Terrible Owner -- Please avoid for the sake of other travelers!
We arrived after making reservations to find out that our room was intentionally given away. I've traveled internationally for over ten years and I've never had that happen to me! We were given a story that "that's how you run a successful business" with the attitude that you're just a stupid foreigner, so what do you know? This guy has some attitude, making blanket statements without any clue who he's talking to! Customer always right? Not at Wallys! So, although he was right, he had a full hostel, I ask you from one traveler to another, avoid this place! He should not be allowed to treat people this way and run a successful business.

Comment by Jane , UK

June 2008

Great
A really friendly hostel. English couple had just taken it over and they were really helpful and informative! Would recommend it to anyone, spent six days there. really enjoyable.

Comment by Paula, Ireland

March 2008

Recommended
I stayed in a double room in Wally's for five nights (originally booked for three, then extended). It is an excellent place to stay. There are new owners, an English family there about eight months now who keep the place running very smoothly and it is spotlessly clean. The rooms are very spacious, toilets, and showers are very clean.The kitchen is well equipped, very clean, and is big enough to accommodate quite a few people at a time. There is a decent TV lounge with coin-operated internet and a DVD player. Overall, highly recommended hostel about five minutes walk from town and Marine parade, ten minutes from supermarkets, fifteen to twenty minutes from bus.

Comment by Dan, New Zealand

January 2008

Very Impressed
As a full time professional sports coach, I travel the country with the sport I am involved in. I stayed here with a rep team and was very impressed. The place was undergoing a massive transformation after being recently purchased by a English couple. The kitchen and dining area is complete and it's now fantastic. We spoke about future renovations and I believe once complete, this will be an excellent venue for backpackers and sports teams!

Comment by Tanya and Ben

April 2006

This place was pretty dirty. Our lasting memory is the really old smelly carpets -- they are everywhere in the hostel and they had us close to heaving a couple of times. We stayed in one of the double en-suite rooms. The room was a good size and the bathroom was ok, but again there were the smelly carpets. And the bedsheets were covered in other people's hair. The kitchen was ok but a bit dirty. The plus points were two computers with free internet and the central location.

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