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Mad Monkey Coogee Beach is your dream hostel in Sydney. We're located right on Coogee Beach, so you're just moments away from the sand and the surf, as well as tons of restaurants and bars. Mad Monkey has recently taken over this beach front hostel, so join the fun while we get up and running! Our friendly staff is happy to help with anything you need to make sure you have the best stay possible. Our unique accommodations offer everything from traditional dorms to apartment-style lodging with en suite living rooms and kitchenettes. We offer a clean, comfortable, and affordable place for you to call home in Sydney!
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HOTEL STYLE
Budget
Languages Spoken
English, French, Russian, Dutch and 1 more
Location
186 Arden St, Coogee, Randwick, New South Wales 2034 Australia
Mad Monkey Coogee Beach
48 reviews
Getting there
Great for walkers
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As a first time traveller, this hostel is perfect for me. After feeling a bit homesick this hostel and the people here made me feel at home. There is a full on family vibe when you stay here, everyone talkative and easy to become friends with. The staff are always amazing and friendly.
I don’t think I could beat this hostel if I tried. Just Perfect!
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Date of stay: April 2024
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Trip type: Travelled solo
Room Tip:Â Coogee beach is a prime location, only a cheap 20min bus ride into central Sydney and 20 mins the...
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Best hostel, so welcoming and friendly. Staff are lovely and the rooms are clean with a powerpoint and reading light at each bed. Met some great people in the common area and the BEST location right opposite the beach. 100% recommend.
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Date of stay: October 2023
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Trip type: Travelled solo
Room Tip:Â Book early to avoid missing out in Summer !
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Best hostel ! Met the most amazing people here, such a good vibe and so friendly. Would 100% recommend to anyone arriving in Australia looking to meet people. Has recently been renovated and looks great ! Photos on here are older - they should update them.
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Date of stay: October 2023
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Trip type: Travelled solo
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This is the worst hostel I have ever stayed at, And I have been travelling for 4 months backpacking and staying in hostels. The bathrooms are filthy and small and there are no hooks for your things so they are wet through. Not a single toilet in the hostel had a toilet seat that wasn’t broken. The room was filthy and boiling hot. No air con just 2 fans. There is no where to charge your phone just a extension lead in the middle of the dorm. You also have to rent a locker a floor above your actual room if you want to store your belongings somewhere safe. I would not recommend to anyone.
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Date of stay: January 2020
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Response from Passenger793381, General Manager at Mad Monkey Coogee Beach
Responded 13 Jan 2020
Hi 707Izzyp Thank you for taking the time to leave your review, we are sorry that you were not comfortable in the hostel and apologies for the inconveniences you experienced. We have recently upgraded one of our set of communal bathrooms and the second set is scheduled for this year. Our housekeeping works hard to ensure that the hostel is clean, sorry that you felt it was not up to standard. I will certainly review this with the team to ensure it does not happen going forward. We do have various room types to cater to all budgets and hope that we can find the right room for you on your next stay (our 12 bed dorms have individual reading lights, power points and lockers !). Safe travels till then. Kristy Baker General Manager
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This was probably the dirtiest hostel I stayed at along the whole east coast. I was really disappointed by it when I arrived because I had read great reviews on it, which leaves me wondering where the reviews came from. The staff on arrival wasn’t particularly friendly and the bathrooms were the worst I have seen in all of the hostels that I have ever been to. It was nothing like the pictures provided. Spoke to a girl I met there and she was also shook by the lack of cleanliness in this place, she was counting the days to leave the hostel. In addition to all of that, someone threw up in the room‘s bin and instead of the bin bag being exchanged, it had just been emptied by the hostel‘s cleaning staff and placed back in the bin for continued use. The people in my room were lovely, however there were always random people walking in and out of the room and people from the room next door we’re walking in and out too, as the rooms were connected via a balcony.
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Date of stay: January 2020Trip type: Travelled solo
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Response from Passenger793381, General Manager at Mad Monkey Coogee Beach
Responded 8 Jan 2020
Hi Cb Sorry to hear that you found the hostel to be dirty, our housekeeping team work tirelessly to ensure that the hostel is cleaned numerous times a day. Over summer we do understand there is additional cleaning required due to our beach side location and sand is our biggest enemy indoors. I am glad to hear that you managed to meet some lovely people and hope that you can come back and experience the true Mad Monkey Coogee. We have upgraded one set of our common bathrooms and the second is scheduled for 2020, you wont be disappointed. Kristy Baker General Manager
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I had a very pleasant 3 days at the hostel. Staff are friendly, everyone was nice, made a good German friend there who was staying in my room. Common room is chill, no ladders on bunk though, literally almost broke my back jumping out of bed aha. There’s a massive fridge for your food, but it’s really packed. They seem to do a few activities in the week. Pancake day was cool, someone makes them all for you, and it’s free! The beech is at your front door, and they have a lot of cheap and nice places to eat! Overall, I would recommend this hostel :)
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Date of stay: September 2022Trip type: Travelled with friends
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Great Staff. Good facilities and amazing location. The bathrooms are renovated just now so its great to have a good shower after a busy day. The hostel has a very good vibe. Many events take place during the week in the bar of the hostel - fantastic. I love Coogee! so many things to do. This is your best option in any Sydney Beach (I have tried Bondi and Manly...Coogee is much better).
Will come back for sure.
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Date of stay: January 2020
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Room Tip:Â Room 8 pax offers great value and has a balcony
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Amazing place. Great facilities and staff. What a tribe! Made friends for life ! So much fun and energy in this hostel. The beach is stunning! Tip: pay extra fee $ to get the front room for amazing views and balcony.
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Date of stay: November 2019Trip type: Travelled with friends
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We were going to stay at the property but after seeing reviews of it being dirty and no lockers in room ( says on booking it would have lockers) we choose to cancel our booking 2 weeks before and we still had to pay for the whole booking! Not good enough!
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Date of stay: October 2022Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Right opposite the beach which was ideal for the Coogee to Bondi walk! Dead easy to get into town too (for Opera House etc) with a bus stop right opposite - cost about $4 each way roughly. Looks like it has just been totally refurbished (in the last few months apparently) and clean and comfortable. The adjoining bar/restaurant was awesome too with some great meal deals!
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Date of stay: September 2018
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:Â The apartment rooms are much quieter and relaxing
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Response from KirstenM1618, Manager at Mad Monkey Coogee Beach
Responded 20 Sept 2018
Hi Chris! We are very appreciative of your kind review! We trust you’ll have an awesome time on the rest of your trip. Thanks again and don’t be a stranger :) Thank you for staying at our socially responsible hostel.
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Does this hotel close to any downtown area? If I go there, what transportation should I use? and how much does it take? Also, I wanna know how can I access the airport to this hotel. Sorry a lot of questions. I’m planning that going to Australia with my mom for the first time.
There are more places to choose from in the Coogee area.
PRICE RANGE
AU$186 - AU$233 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
surfside backpackers hotel coogee
LOCATION
AustraliaNew South WalesGreater SydneyRandwickCoogeeCoogee
NUMBER OF ROOMS
16
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