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Reviews of Nomads St Kilda Hostel

2 out of 5
Nomads St Kilda Hostel
17 Carlisle St, St Kilda, VIC

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 55 out of 163 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 48 out of 163 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 33 out of 163 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 15 out of 163 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 163 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

7.4/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jenny

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Michael

Business traveller
Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Spiders!!
Spiders in the beds, yep literally.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Belinda Hui Yi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
All the staff were incredibly friendly and helpful for literally anything. I was new to the country from Canada on a working holiday visa and they were so kind to give me pointers for phone plans, health care, opening bank accounts, booking trips north of melb. Quentin from the front desk most notably was my favorite. He was the one who checked me in and out during my stay. He made me feel so comfortable and at home. Really recommend this place for an affordable stay and a place to meet people from all over the world. So perfect for someone new to the country and trying to find their bearings.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2023
Response from Isaac on 27 Jun 2023
Thanks for the awesome review! Quentin is pretty damn amazing!

8/10 Good

david

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Isaac on 27 Jun 2023
Thanks for the review David!

10/10 Excellent

Alexis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
best hostel ever to meet people!
the BEST hostel ever if you wanna meet people and have fun:) very social crowd and you can make such great friends it's amazing × boozy bingo is a must and the guy who hosts it with the cool leggings is a legend :)
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Isaac on 27 Jun 2023
Thanks for this awesome review!

2/10 Terrible

Niall

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Avoid
First hostel I have been in where no charging points, staff rude, it really is a free for all here..
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Grant

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
No hot water for a shower. I was looking forward to a nice shower. There was no soap either!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from Isaac on 21 Apr 2023
Hi Grant, did you let reception know about your hot water issue? Sometimes we have issues with the heaters tripping in heavy rain or wind and a simple flick on is all it takes from our reception staff :)

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from Isaac on 21 Apr 2023
Thanks for the review

10/10 Excellent

Colin

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 14 nights in Feb 2023
Response from Isaac on 21 Apr 2023
Thanks for your review!

4/10 Poor

Lauren

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pro comfy bed con filthy scum he everywhere dirty shower carpet filthy room stank blind had bad party stains the rooms are past tired
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing vibe. Friendly staff and guests. Highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

Fernando

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kirah-may

Travelled with partner
Great vibe. Clean nice private room and bathroom. Nice style and great bar. Perfect location.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2022

2/10 Terrible

Matthew

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
X
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Great staff!
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2021

8/10 Good

Azizon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2021

8/10 Good

Azizon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really chill environment, staff were friendly! Liking the fact that we can use phones as our keys
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2021

8/10 Good

George

Liked: Staff & service
Good
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021

8/10 Good

George

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2021

8/10 Good

Houman

Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2020

8/10 Good

Irvin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect location for tour
We chose the hostel because of it was close to the beach, places to eat and drink, and for our next day tour. The hostel was clean and had a great laundry facility. Breakfast was a typical hostel one. The staff was very helpful.We enjoyed our stay there.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2020

10/10 Excellent

Not

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Was CRAZY so that I had to have my second night at a hotel. It was a fun place but just too crazy for sleeping earlier than 2.00 am. Super friendly staff!!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020
Response from Stu - GM on 6 Mar 2020
Hey! We are thrilled that you had a great time with us. It's great that you had as much fun as we did at the Red Eye Bar. Can't wait to see you again!

8/10 Good

Maryanne, Balcatta

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great staff, good friendly vibe. water in shower was tepid not hot, air conditioner did not work. Double room did not have double bed
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good place to socialise and make friends! Good transport links to the city
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

FARHANAH

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Luna park hotel
Simple yet amazing room. They provided the ear plug, make use of it.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019
Response from Rich on 12 Aug 2019
Thank you for your review Farhanah! Great to hear you enjoyed your stay with us!

8/10 Good

Jacqueline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great service and location :)
Lovely service at reception. Great location! Rooms are clean and aircon worked well except to remote to control so if you turn it off you have to go down to reception to get them to turn it on again. The bathroom was quite difficult to get in and out of the shower due to the way the sink was really close to the shower the door couldn’t open all the way.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019
Response from BaseGM on 17 Mar 2019
thanks for the review Jacqueline, hopefully we get to see you again!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
VERY UNCOMFORTABLE mattress & pillows great friendly helpful staff
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019
Response from BaseGM on 17 Mar 2019
thanks for your feedback

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Okay ish
Each room has its own toilet and shower, so it's pretty convenient. The hostel has a bar that has activities late into the night that can be heard from the rooms, but reception provides free ear plugs. The bed is clean, but the room can be messy depending on your room mates. It takes some time to get used to, but overall it was an okay stay, not great, but not bad either.
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2018
Response from Jade on 21 Nov 2018
Thanks for your review, have a great time in Oz

6/10 Okay

Joy, Pomborneit North, Victoria, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness
For the amount I paid for a private room and bath I expected a little more than I was provided with. The window was locked so I could not open it to have air into the room, I was cold all night as there was no provision for an extra blanket and no facility for making a cup of tea unless I went down three floors, stairs and scrounged around for a cup to use. Other than that, the place is in an excellent position in St. Kilda and the staff were more than helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018
Response from Jade on 21 Nov 2018
Thanks for your review, see you again soon

10/10 Excellent

Alex, St Kilda Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was just loose af all the time. Come here if you like going out meeting people and partying
Stayed 5 nights in May 2018
Response from meggsy on 8 May 2018
Hi Alex! Thanks for the great review! Glad you enjoyed your stay with us. Safe travels

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

The room was ok, but I had to put up with the smell of marijuana. It was very strong, I had to get out and go for a walk.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2017

10/10 Excellent

Jacob, Sydney

Liked: Staff & service
Nice hostel close to the beach and trams.
Good hostel and good lively entertainment provided. Close to trams that get you around.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2017

4/10 Poor

Jackie

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location but poor standard
Check-in was a bit tedious as it requires self-service check-in on a tablet. Staff charges wrong amount on credit card which I later corrected. Confusing signage to the room. Staff often chat with each other ignoring customers standing waiting at the counter. Walls in the room are far from being sound proof. You can tell when they provide ear plugs. Pub on the ground floor goes off till early morning. Only redeeming qualities are the cleanliness and the location is good - close to shops, tram stops, and St Kilda Pier.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

2/10 Terrible

Helen, England

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Unless you don't like sleep, don't stay here
I didn't get one night of good sleep at the hostel. Despite the 'house rules' stating that once upstairs guests should respect others in the building and to keep the partying to the club downstairs, this did not happen. Every night there were people on the hallways, shouting, screaming, banging on doors and being rude, crude and disrespectful. If you asked them to quieten down or leave the noise just got worse. I will not be staying here again and will recommend anyone going to Melbourne not to stay here either. The staff tried to help but it wasn't good enough.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Did not like check in on I pad then re doing it
No tea or coffee available, just stayed at Flinders in city and was included. Staff were brusque. Check in procedure was stressful. Would not recommend and will not stay again. Lift was out of order. Had to lug suit case up 4flights

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome hostel!
It was great close to St Kilda beach. Clean, nice staff and also many awesome activities during the week.

8/10 Good

justyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
nye
Solo 2 nights was very comfortable an that

6/10 Okay

cas, Wangaratta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Close to Palais. Young adult hostel
Very loud til 3am. Tiny room came with ear plugs. Great shower with request to use it for only 4mins. Bed comfy. Suitable for party mad young adults

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Location by the beach. There are no daily activities. No atmosphere at all They said they have daily food specials on their bar, but their kitchen was closed during my stay which was 4 days (fake specials?) Would never stay there again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Close to tram, close to beach.
Easy to find, straightforward check-in, relaxed atmosphere. The place is actually great. Walking distance from St Kilda beach. Easy access to public transport. Supermarket & restaurants nearby. But despite staying on the 1st floor & on the far side from the bar, the noise was still very intruding. If you're easily disturbed by noise, you probably can't sleep before 1am.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Need a new dj...
Hotel is close to acland st, which is great, as you need to stay out as late as possible to avoid the terrible karaoke, and the even worse mix of music that the over excited first time backpackers were screaming too until 2am.. being awake all night is fine, backpacking is awesome, but there is never an excuse for playing probably the worst music that was ever made.. just around the corner are actual talented musicians and beautiful dj sets, then returning to the 'friends' soundtrack, viva las vegas and 50 other rubbish songs is a crap end to a great night. Just because you have a hostel full of 20 yr olds is no excuse for playing this commercial garbage.