The Hostelz.com Review
Point Break Backpackers is in a suburb of Christchurch and is much farther from the actual downtown Christchurch area than is advertised. But it's very easy to get to Point Break Backpackers from Downtown Christchurch -- just catch the correct bus at the Bus Exchange and it drops you off within a five-minute walk of the hostel.
During the day, the location of the hostel is great, with a lot of fish and chip places nearby as well as banks and little shops. Point Break is also extremely close to the beach (less than a five-minute walk). There's a gorgeous beach with tons of surfers and a great, huge library with a huge pier where you can watch the surfers up close or go fishing. During our stay, there was a sand art competition on the beach. The atmosphere at night around the hostel neighborhood is not so great. Most all the shops close down except the fish and chip places and it is very deserted and not very welcoming.
However, if you choose to stay in at night, Point Break has an amazing TV room with quite a few DVDs to choose from and cable TV with tons of channels and comfy couches! The hostel on the inside looks brand new, or at least it is kept clean and kept up very well. This hostel has the best furniture we've seen in any hostels. The rooms are sized adequately but does not have individual luggage storage in each room.
There is thirty minutes a day of free internet inside the cafe downstairs (the cafe is also very convenient with a lot of good food!). The staff is extremely helpful -- the husband owner actually carried my heavy luggage for me up to my room! The bathrooms are not as new looking and as clean as the rest of the hostel and have very limited lighting. Point Break advertises a free breakfast but all it really is is a big basket of cereal (no milk provided). The kitchen could have been a lot cleaner!
Overall the look of the hostel on the inside definitely exceeded our expectations. However, beware. The hostel is absolutely freezing -- we don't think they have a heating system in the building. Make sure to bring extra blankets with you. We luckily didn't have a roommate one night so we took all the blankets from both beds as well as wore just about all our clothing to bed -- and we were just barely warm enough. The windows are horribly insulated so you can feel the wind from outside coming right in. This also means that the bathrooms are extremely cold, especially when you get out of the shower. The bathroom has electric hand dryers -- if you get really cold, go stand under them for awhile and you will warm up at least a little.
During the day, the location of the hostel is great, with a lot of fish and chip places nearby as well as banks and little shops. Point Break is also extremely close to the beach (less than a five-minute walk). There's a gorgeous beach with tons of surfers and a great, huge library with a huge pier where you can watch the surfers up close or go fishing. During our stay, there was a sand art competition on the beach. The atmosphere at night around the hostel neighborhood is not so great. Most all the shops close down except the fish and chip places and it is very deserted and not very welcoming.
However, if you choose to stay in at night, Point Break has an amazing TV room with quite a few DVDs to choose from and cable TV with tons of channels and comfy couches! The hostel on the inside looks brand new, or at least it is kept clean and kept up very well. This hostel has the best furniture we've seen in any hostels. The rooms are sized adequately but does not have individual luggage storage in each room.
There is thirty minutes a day of free internet inside the cafe downstairs (the cafe is also very convenient with a lot of good food!). The staff is extremely helpful -- the husband owner actually carried my heavy luggage for me up to my room! The bathrooms are not as new looking and as clean as the rest of the hostel and have very limited lighting. Point Break advertises a free breakfast but all it really is is a big basket of cereal (no milk provided). The kitchen could have been a lot cleaner!
Overall the look of the hostel on the inside definitely exceeded our expectations. However, beware. The hostel is absolutely freezing -- we don't think they have a heating system in the building. Make sure to bring extra blankets with you. We luckily didn't have a roommate one night so we took all the blankets from both beds as well as wore just about all our clothing to bed -- and we were just barely warm enough. The windows are horribly insulated so you can feel the wind from outside coming right in. This also means that the bathrooms are extremely cold, especially when you get out of the shower. The bathroom has electric hand dryers -- if you get really cold, go stand under them for awhile and you will warm up at least a little.
— Exclusive Hostelz.com Review
May 2007
Their Description
• Quality modern renovated and clean facilities, enjoy a relaxed and casual atmosphere
• Located by the beach and in the heart of shopping mall
• Close to City Centre, QEII, Cowles Stadium and 20 mins drive from the airport
• 24 hour check in
• All double and family rooms include TV
• TV/DVD Room
• Hi-speed internet
• Fully equipped kitchen, Sunny dining area with a view of Christchurch's Port Hills
• Laundry facilities
• Free ample car parking and the bus stop outside our doors
• Luggage storage, bike rentals, Surf lesson package
• The cafe also offers internet, faxing, scanning and printing facilities
• Restaurant
• Agents for most attractions, tours, car&van rentals
• Group bookings or long term guests are welcomed
• Package deals
New Brighton offers banks, bars, cafe's, supermarkets, novelty and souvenir shops, etc.
On The beach front and over looking the Pacific ocean is the new library and world famous pier.
Activities around New Brighton : Surfing, kayaking, fishing, windsurfing, kite-boarding, hiking and mountain biking in the dunes and forest of Bottle Lake national park and there's more - golf courses, tennis courts, a skate park, bars, shops, sports centres.
Hostel Conditions :
Office hours 9.00 am to 6.00 pm daily
Check-in time : 1.00 pm
Check-out time : 10.00 am
If arriving after 6 pm please contact a hostel by email or phone to arrange a LATE CHECK-IN
Early check-in between 9.00 am to 1.00 pm will depend on room availability.
A copy of your confirmation paper and $20 key deposit are required at check-in time.
If you would like to be collected, please let us know beforehand and advise your flight number and arrival time, we will gladly book shuttle bus for you.
Shuttle buses operate Airport to Point Break OR Point Break to Airport services 24 hr 7 day.
One-way cost is NZ$27 for 1 person, NZ$32 for 2 people NZ$37 for 3 people...The more people the less you pay per person.
• Located by the beach and in the heart of shopping mall
• Close to City Centre, QEII, Cowles Stadium and 20 mins drive from the airport
• 24 hour check in
• All double and family rooms include TV
• TV/DVD Room
• Hi-speed internet
• Fully equipped kitchen, Sunny dining area with a view of Christchurch's Port Hills
• Laundry facilities
• Free ample car parking and the bus stop outside our doors
• Luggage storage, bike rentals, Surf lesson package
• The cafe also offers internet, faxing, scanning and printing facilities
• Restaurant
• Agents for most attractions, tours, car&van rentals
• Group bookings or long term guests are welcomed
• Package deals
New Brighton offers banks, bars, cafe's, supermarkets, novelty and souvenir shops, etc.
On The beach front and over looking the Pacific ocean is the new library and world famous pier.
Activities around New Brighton : Surfing, kayaking, fishing, windsurfing, kite-boarding, hiking and mountain biking in the dunes and forest of Bottle Lake national park and there's more - golf courses, tennis courts, a skate park, bars, shops, sports centres.
Hostel Conditions :
Office hours 9.00 am to 6.00 pm daily
Check-in time : 1.00 pm
Check-out time : 10.00 am
If arriving after 6 pm please contact a hostel by email or phone to arrange a LATE CHECK-IN
Early check-in between 9.00 am to 1.00 pm will depend on room availability.
A copy of your confirmation paper and $20 key deposit are required at check-in time.
If you would like to be collected, please let us know beforehand and advise your flight number and arrival time, we will gladly book shuttle bus for you.
Shuttle buses operate Airport to Point Break OR Point Break to Airport services 24 hr 7 day.
One-way cost is NZ$27 for 1 person, NZ$32 for 2 people NZ$37 for 3 people...The more people the less you pay per person.
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It was close to the beach and the supermarket (countdown) and had a few nice shops around.
— Christina Norberg (2012-01-27)
Hostelbookers
Clean, 5min to the beach, supermarket and library (free wifi). Nice people, big kitchen, lots of lockers free to use. Free pool table and tv room. Breakfast is really good for a free one! Thanks break point, would definitely come again!
— Mirjam Zeller (2012-01-27)
Hostelbookers
They offered free breakfast becuase of the re-furb, as well as 20mb free wifi per night.
— Customer review (2012-01-14)
Hostelbookers
Very good staff, close to the beach, good internet and possible to rent surfing equipment very cheap!
— David Hofverberg (2012-01-11)
Hostelbookers
It is close to the beach the staff are great and very helpful.
— Johnpaul Bates (2012-01-10)
Hostelbookers
Friendly staff, brilliant lady owner, free breakfast, great location to the beach. Penny was great during the recent earthquake and looked after us all - above and beyond the call of duty!
— Rebecca Fleckney (2011-12-26)
Hostelbookers
Nice comfortable beds! Not too far from centre with good bus links!
— April hart (2011-11-30)
Hostelbookers
Close to the beach, free wifi (20mb) p.n. kitchen was ok, you still could see the damage after the earthquake and some shops where still close.
supermarket 3 min walk (woolies) and you had to take the bus to get in the city.
friendly people.. good place to stay for a few days, also depends on wht you want offcourse ;)
— Danny van hulst (2011-11-12)
Hostelbookers
We stayed in the 4 bed familyroom which was gr8, it had its ownTV, tiolet & shower etc. We would happily stay there again, Thank you.
— Allison Hunter (2011-11-11)
Hostelbookers
Quiet location, close to nice beach, great tv room and pool table
— melina neufeld (2011-11-11)
Hostelbookers
It is clean and warm at night.
— Customer review (2011-10-17)
Hostelbookers
We stayed here for 1 night en route to Queenstown.
The hostel is located on the outskirts of Christchurch and is pretty central to several takeaways, bars, shops etc.
The lady who owned it was very helpful and friendly - rooms were OK by hostel standards. Standard facilities on offer. It was clean & and safe enough.
We had breakfast the next morning which was delicious - highly recommend and doesn't break the bank on price. :)
I would stay here again.
— Stephen Hewitt (2011-10-02)
Hostelbookers
Myself and my girlfriend stayed at Pointbreak backpackers for 3 nights and thought i was excellent. We booked a double room which came to around 50 NZD per night, the beds were really comfortable and the room had a TV in with a heater than warmed up the room really quick.
The bathroom facilities are really clean and the showers are AMAZING!!!, they are really powerful and can get nice and warm which was a bonus after coming from SE Asia.
Theres a nice big kitchen with over, grill, hobs, toaster, bread maker, huge fridges and a small freezer.
The TV room is a decent size and has a huge TV as well.
Theres internet access in reception which you get free time on depending on how long you stay and theres also a cafe there with nice sandwiches and cakes for a fair price.
From the hostel it is a 2 minute walk down to the beach and to the Countdown supermarket. Theres also shops, pubs and takeaways within the same distance.
Everything you need really, i really recommend staying here.
To get here from the airport you need to get the number 28 for 7.50 to the city centre bus exchange which takes around 15minutes and then catch the number 5 to the southshore for around 3.20 which is around 40minutes drive as you have to go the long way around due to the state of Christchurch city centre
— James Nolan (2011-09-12)
Hostelbookers
The staff were very helpful. Even when leaving they organised a cheaper form of transport than the local taxi service.
— Customer review (2011-08-10)
Hostelbookers
This is undoubtedly a fantastic hostel with an excellent hostess. The staff made you feel very welcome and were incredibly helpful at suggesting activities and general things to do. The hostel is only a short bus ride into town and there are several day trips you can book to places like Akaroa, Kaikora and Hamner. The whole place was cleaned regularly and the kitchen was well equiped. Internet signal was very good in all the communal areas and very cheap ($2.00 NZ for 50mb).New Brighton has all the basic shops you need e.g butcher, grocery store and supermarket and many of the locals are very friendly and easy to talk to.
Tess, the hostel dog, is an absolute treasure and possibly one of the cutest creatures (and best football players) currently on planet earth!
— Laurence Shillito (2011-07-04)
Hostelbookers
It had a big, bright kitchen which was nice as well as good common areas. And every guest got a free 20mins voucher for the internet which was also very much appreciated!!
— Customer review (2011-05-04)
Hostelbookers
big kitchen & plenty of toilets
— Customer review (2011-04-22)
Hostelbookers
The woman that runs and owns the hostel is so friendly and always willing to take the time to help you with whatever she can. Also the hostel attracted really great people while we were there so it was a great way to interact with other travelers. Kitchen facilities are awesome.
— Customer review (2011-04-18)
Hostelbookers
The staff were very friendly and helpful and the hostel is well located for New Brighton.
— Michael Aston (2011-04-07)
Hostelbookers
Excellent people, nice place, a bit fare away from the center, but across the street its the bus stop, so thats was not a problem! I firmly recommend it!
— LAURA CAPANO (2011-04-06)
Hostelbookers
Hostelz.com Guest Reviews
Cheap, closed to the beach Some of the rooms were without a window, you're feeling like in a tomb. But it was clean and friendly people. Many people stayed there for a long term. — Francis , germany (2011-10-11)