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Elephant Backpackers

2.5 of 5
250 Flinders St., Melbourne, Victoria 3000 , Australia (Melbourne CBD)
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Adelaide, Australia
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17 reviews 17 reviews
8 hotel reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 April 2013

Absolutely vile, rooms were disgusting as was everywhere else in the hostel. Noisy! I booked for a week but stayed 1 night. That was more than enough! The walls don't reach the ceilings so you can hear everything! The staff were rude, and unhelpful! Read the reviews and find somewhere else to stay! The only thing I liked was a... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 April 2013 via mobile

This place is a joke!!! It's the 21st century!!! Please step into it!! And there was a very rude staff member in a NASA jacket how needs an attitude adjustment!! Rooms have no joining to the calling... Security camera looks into room I've the wall.. Staff rude and unhelpful.. Kitchen isn't a kitchen.. And a windows less basement with no... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 April 2013 via mobile

I stayed here for 2 nights in March and it was awful. I don't normally write reviews but felt I should for this place as it was so bad. The staff are rude, rooms are dark and dirty, the kitchen is filthy and all of the bathrooms on the third floor were somehow broken. I wouldn't recommend this place, there... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 March 2013 via mobile

My partner and I stayed here at the beginning of march......where do I start. We were on the first floor. We had a double room which had a bunk bed in and 2 lockers. There were no ceilings and it was so hot! There was mouldy food on the floor under the bed and many stains on the carpet and... More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 March 2013

I stayed 4 nights there and it was the worst hostel I saw in Australia... The kitchen is poor, dirty, location in the basement. The 1st floor is an open floor, so we can hear everybody speaking. My room was with a window on the street, it was very very noisy during the night. You don't have any power in... More

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2 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 March 2013 via mobile

Good location and really sweet people. Many of the people who stays here have been here for weeks and for weeks the staff havent been able to clean the room cause their stuff is everywhere. It is not so much the Hostel as it is the people staying there. Sweet people but messy and unsanitary.

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Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 February 2013

We've been told that our booking was not available in their system even we show them all the print out /documents / email showing the confirmation from their staff. This is TERRIBLE when we're travel in 8 family members and arrived late evening and what we get from the on duty staff was "The only thing I can say is... More

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Sydney
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 February 2013

Worst hostel I have stayed at ever, it was really, really dirty, dingy and squalid. Sick in all the toilet sinks, toilets were rank and it smelt. Bedrooms were genrally dirty and I really didnt want to sleep in there. Paper taped over the windows as 'curtains'. Loads of people hanging round the front door smoking which was intimidating. Literally... More

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Naarden, The Netherlands
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 January 2013

We have been traveling all around the world for the past 20 years and stayed in some poor places, but nothing comes even close to this very dirty, unfriendly, noisy hellhole! We arrived at 12 o'clock, but couldn't check in because our room was being 'cleaned'. We don't know what they cleaned in the 2 hours we waited, but certainly... More

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Guadalajara, Mexico
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 January 2013

I was stupid enough to book without reading the reviews and regret it every moment I was there. First thing we see are the bunch of guests standing outside the door smoking cigarettes and weed while looking like homeless people. Obviously, not a good first impression. The reception stank and there was rubbish everywhere. They couldn't find my booking and... More

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Also Known As:
Elephant Backpackers Hotel Melbourne
Elephant Backpackers Hotel
Elephant Backpackers Melbourne, Victoria
Address: 250 Flinders St., Melbourne, Victoria 3000 , Australia
Region: Australia > Victoria > Melbourne > Melbourne CBD
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Ranked #95 of 108 Speciality lodging in Melbourne
Price range (per night): 23 AUD - 74 AUD
Hotel Class:2.5 star (2.5*)
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