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SameSun Backpacker Lodges - Kelowna: Traveller Reviews

245 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y 6C2, Canada
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SameSun Backpacker Lodges - Kelowna
3.5 of 5 stars 9 Reviews
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Barcelona
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26 reviews 26 reviews
Reviews in 16 cities Reviews in 16 cities
6 helpful votes 6 helpful votes
“Not the place to be if you want to sleep well”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 16 October 2011

Stayed here on two separate occasions, both for only one night. I had a bed in an 8-shared dorm, the mattress is thin as, you can feel the metal bars underneath, the room is small as and dark, when we were 8, you can hardly move around. Being on the back of the hostel gives you a ton of noise from their patio, so besides a bad quality mattress you also have the noise keeping you awake.
The atmosphere seemed to be quite good in the hostel.

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  • Stayed October 2011, travelled with friends
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Liverpool, United Kingdom
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12 reviews 12 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
9 helpful votes 9 helpful votes
“Basic, fun and friendly”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 September 2011

Spent one night here in a dorm of 6 but it wasnt full at the time of staying. The rooms were basic bunk beds and the bathroom facilities were adequate and clean. The hostel has a great vibe and everyone I met was friendly. There is a patio area which is sociable and a massive kitchen area to chill out in too.
Basic, cheap and clean.

  • Stayed September 2011, travelled with friends
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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UK
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31 reviews 31 reviews
Reviews in 20 cities Reviews in 20 cities
14 helpful votes 14 helpful votes
“Adequate”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 June 2011
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I had a comfortable stay. It wasn't the best hostel I've stayed in, but the best SameSun hostel. I would return, because it was fine for my needs, but I would hesitate to recommend this hostel and the SameSun brand in general to friends.

Stayed November 2010, travelled with friends
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Brisbane, Australia
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 6 cities Reviews in 6 cities
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“Amazing Hostel with a few flaws that stop it for perfection”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 May 2011

I stayed here for 4 nights and found it to best about as good a Hostel you can get for layout and social activity. The kitchen, dining and outdoor back yard all link up to create an amazing social hub that is very relaxing and great fun. The back yard is the best I have ever seen in a Hostel with Ping Pong in the sun and a hottub and a BBQ and a heaps of tables. A great place to spend on a warm day. The Hostel is on the edge of the the Kelowna Downtown area and only minutes walk to most things and the massive lake.

The only real problems I had were the fact in 4 days noone replaced any soap in any of 3 of the 4 bathrooms. I am not sure if someone was just lazy or if the bathrooms even got cleaned at all. The rooms were also not cleaned or vacummed once in my stay. The overall feel of the place if very clean in its self but these are just some things I noticed.

About 50% of the staff were amazing and friendly and went out of their way and the other 50% seemed to not really want to be there and were very disinterested and just grunted at me a few times.

These very small probelms would not at all stop me recomending any one from staying here. Its a great fun hostel and about as good as anywhere I have stayed for a hostel. I would stay again for sure if ever back in kelowna.

  • Stayed April 2011, travelled with friends
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 2 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Calgary, Canada
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12 reviews 12 reviews
Reviews in 8 cities Reviews in 8 cities
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“Turds On Floor! Yuck!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 November 2010

My husband and I booked a private room. It was small. The bed was hard. The noise from the street was unbearable. The internet connection was lousy. All this, I could tolerate, however,...the kitchen area downstairs was FILTHY!!! (Moldy coffee pots, dirty dishes, unswept floor.) And, (here's the kicker) the shared bathroom had needles and syringes in the bin. I'm not saying our neighbours were junkies (perhaps they were just diabetic) but it is gross that they wouldn't put their stuff in a hazmat jar and that the cleaning staff hadn't emptied the bin in what appeared to be days! Okay, okay, but, here's the kicker: there were clusters of small, brown, ovular objects on the floor that looked distinctly like rodent turds!!!! And, I didn't notice them until after we'd already stayed one night!!!!!!! This was not the best pre-marathon experience to have shared and my night. Because we'd booked in advance, the staff refused to refund what we'd payed for the second night and made no apologies about the mess and insisted they did not have a problem with rodents. What a waste of money! I'm just glad I did not "catch" anything from staying there.

  • Stayed October 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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KelownaSameSun, Manager at SameSun Backpacker Lodges - Kelowna, responded to this review
29 March 2011
The review Turds on floor is something we have never had at our location and we hope we never do. We have a very clean hostel and we dont understand where the comments from November 6th came from. As a manager i have tried to contact this guest to appoligize for the bad experience but have had no reply which makes me wonder about the comments made. We have ORKIN pest contol check our building every month and we have never had mice problems in our rooms. The comment about the sryinges is pretty harsh we take credit cards and picture id from all our guests and dont allow locals. We monitor every guest that checks in with us because we do not want any problem guests staying with us. Our guests come first at SameSun Kelowna and we have great staff who care for our guests, building and company so please come and check out our great hostel. Cheers
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245 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna, British Columbia V1Y 6C2, Canada
Price range (per night):* 30 AUD - 116 AUD

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