Booked into the beachhouse for a week ending up staying longer, had loads of fun free breakfast, ensuited bathrooms, kitchen is a little small but you work with it. $4.00 pizzas cheap drinks and the best backpacker night on Fridays Pashing Pop on the Rooftop bar. Staff are so friendly in reception help you with everything and so close to... More

I stayed here for a few days as I was backpacking through Australia. There a few good things about this hostel. I met a lot of really nice people, most people are working or looking for work in Australia. The staff are on the whole pretty friendly and helpful. The en suite bathrooms are really clean and modern. Free breakfast... More

One of the night in this hostel, the bed bugs bite me so bad ! I went to the reception and told them about this. The rude girl told me that they gonna spray my bed and change my sheet. When I came back that night, they didn't spray the bed at all ! And during that night, the bed... More

I have no idea how places like this stay in business. Not only did they capitalize on the F1 Grand Prix weekend by suddenly doubling their prices, we were generously allowed to make up our own beds and were not allowed our key deposit back the next day until we returned to our room to remove the sheets and take... More

Do Not Stay Here Unless You Want To Be On Antibiotics For At Least Two Weeks After Being Bitten All Over By Bed Bugs!! ignore all reviews that it is clean or bright - IT'S DISGUSTING. I have stayed in cleaner hostels in Bangkok and would not recommend this hostel at all. 3 weeks after leaving this hostel my bites... More

I don't know what it is about TripAdvisor but it seems that reviews are written by older travellers with money to spend, hence the bad reviews of hostels and cheaper accommodation. On my 2nd trip to St Kilda I did not want to stay at the sterile and full-of-cliquey-groups-of-girls Base nor did I want to stay at the very grubby... More

I stayed here in January 2009 with a group of three friends. We liked: - that we were able to book a four bed 'apartment'; - the location; and - the bar downstairs (although there were more than a few unsavory characters around). We didn't like: - that our 'apartment' was downgraded (without consent) to a room, with less facilities... More

I was really disappointed with St Kilda Beach House. The location is excellent for seeing St Kilda and Melbourne but the hostel isn't what it is made out to be. The dorm rooms are very very basic (not even a mirror on the wall). The dorm I stayed in had no lockers and I came back one afternoon to find... More

St Kilda Beach House is the worst hotel we have EVER stayed in - and that includes all the hotels we stayed in around India. It is clearly not finished. We were woken up at 8am by sounds of building work going on nearby within the hotel. The carpet was cheap, the bathroom poorly designed with no edging or finishing,... More