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Reviews of Urban Central Accommodation - Hostel

2 out of 5
Urban Central Accommodation - Hostel
334 City Road, Southbank, VIC

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 111 out of 366 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 153 out of 366 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 71 out of 366 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 21 out of 366 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 10 out of 366 reviews" "

8.0/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Liv

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2020
Response from Manager on 15 May 2020
Thank you for taking the time to rate your stay with us. Please contact us directly should you wish to discuss this further.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean for a hostel type accommodation. convenient location. I stayed in a 4 bed dorm with private bathroom, so can;t comment on the bigger dorms. YMMA It was rather loud thou on a sat night. Not sure whether the noise was from its own pub or somewhere else. there was only 1 double electrical outlet to serve 4 of us, thus knocking 1 star off the amenities rating.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2020

8/10 Good

Azizon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2020

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location for the Convention Centre and reasonable price
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Lisa on 7 Dec 2019
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us. It's great to see you enjoyed your stay. Regards

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2019
Response from Manager on 7 Dec 2019
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us.

10/10 Excellent

anthony

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019
Response from Lisa on 30 Oct 2019
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us. It's fantastic to see you rated us 10/10. I'll be sure to pass this on during our next staff meeting.

8/10 Good

Jordan

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from GM on 7 Sept 2019
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us. It's great to see you rated us so highly :-)

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean, comfortable and friendly
It was clean and comfortable. The staff were nice and friendly. It’ll be even better if they can specify on what terms WiFi will be free and otherwise how much it’ll cost before booking. Because I just saw “free wifi” on hotels.com but it wasn’t free for me actually.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019
Response from GM on 7 Sept 2019
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us. Free wifi is available on the ground floor and for a speedier and unlimited service the price is $3 for 24 hours. I'm be sure to pass on your comments to our staff in regards to cleanliness, comfort and nice and friendly staff. Thanks again for the feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Suzanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had a wonderful stay over night at the Urban, the reception staff were very helpful, the room was very clean and comfortable. Only complaint is that the outside noise was annoying! but other than that I really enjoyed the stay thank you.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2019
Response from Lisa on 4 May 2019
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us, I'm glad to hear you had a wonderful stay.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Lisa on 4 May 2019
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us. I'm so glad to hear your rated us 5 out of 5. Hope to see you again.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Lisa on 4 May 2019
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us at Urban Central.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2019
Response from Lisa on 4 May 2019
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us at Urban Central.

8/10 Good

Amit

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice and
Nice stay. Friendly staff. Good for family as they have a full fledged kitchen.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good location at a reasonable price. Rooms surprisingly quiet.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The central location was amazing for the price that we paid
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Hannah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2019

10/10 Excellent

Hannah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

8/10 Good

Monique

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2019

4/10 Poor

R., Western Australia.

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Disappointed in the quality of the room for what I paid for it. Very basic furnishings. Big crack in wall near window. Needs sprucing up. Bed very comfy, though. Bathroom nice and clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Drew, Brisbane

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
perfect position for PAX Australia convention. Would use again next year.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2018

10/10 Excellent

Belinda, Queenstown

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fantastic stay . Right from arriving we felt welcomed. So close to crown plaza . Supermarket 2 mins walk and McDonalds right across road . Room had evertything we needed . Central melbourne it was . Would reccomend for budget acccomodation 😀
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2018

6/10 Okay

Greg

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Faulty Smoke alarm went off 3 times between 3 & 4 am This would have not been so bad if there was not an extra $100 sur charge on the room because it was an event weekend in Melbourne
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018
Response from Lisa on 2 Oct 2018
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us. We do apologise for the inconvenience of the smoke alarm sounding during the evening. We have replaced the faulty sensor. Thank you for your understanding. Regards

8/10 Good

Glenda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from Lisa on 20 Sept 2018
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us at Urban Central. Great to hear you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Very convenient to the city and tram stops
It was good for what we wanted it for, BUT there was NO hot water!!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018
Response from Lisa on 20 Sept 2018
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us. Great to hear the price and proximity to the city were rated highly. We have just updated our hot water system and replaced a faulty unit so we're back on track to unlimited hot water 24 hours a day.

6/10 Okay

Cath, Victoria

Liked: Staff & service
Close to CBD, perfect for family weekend
Comfortable stay with a couple of issues that staff were more than happy to help with. Perfect family room.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

2/10 Terrible

TiredAs, Horsham

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Well if you book a fifth floor hotel room on a sat night and expect to sleep you won’t. The downstairs nightclub music goes through the whole building until 1am. The next room group came home at 530am and turned their own music on. No phone call answered at reception, went downstairs and found a security guard at 630am who shut them up. If it’s too loud I’m too old? No sorry. A building full of partying Millennials who were not smacked as kids don’t give a toss about other guests but themselves. Want to sleep, go somewhere else, want to party, great place to do that.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Next to crown great location
Very good overall will stay there again ................... ...... ... .
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2018

8/10 Good

Marguerita , Perth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Great location and the room was clean and spacious. Only thing the water for the shower was look warm.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2018
Response from Lisa S on 17 May 2018
Thank you for taking the time to review our property. It's great to hear you enjoyed our location and rooms. We look forward to your next stay with us.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Despite the 2 stars we decided to book the place because of the high rating from other guests. The room was small and the air con/heater machine is loud and not working well. Shower is timed.. so if you can afford paying some more I would not recommend staying here.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2018
Response from Mgt on 1 May 2018
Hi there, many thanks for taking the time to review Urban Central. As you said we are ranked high from previous guests, so we are disappointed that you did not enjoy your stay. If you had made us aware that you had an issue with your room, we would have moved you to another double room or upgraded you and maintenance would have fixed the problem with your unit. We do appreciate your feedback and this will be discussed in our next meeting. Many thanks, the Urban Central team.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Response from Lisa S on 8 May 2018
Thank you for taking the time to review our property, we're glad you enjoyed your stay.

4/10 Poor

Kevin

Response from Lisa S on 8 May 2018
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us.

6/10 Okay

Kevin

ok for a night
bad room, noisy and right next to freeway traffic
Response from Sarra on 16 Apr 2018
Hi Kevin, many thanks for taking the time to review Urban Central. Our windows are double glazed to keep out city noises, however we do apologise that your stay was not comfortable due to the noise you experienced during your stay. Again your feedback is appreciated and we will discuss with management.Cheers, the Urban Central team.

8/10 Good

kate, melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hostel close to the city centre
Although it was a good hotel, a close by night club made loud noises until around 5:30 in the morning. Hard to sleep with the constant thumping base
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2018
Response from Sarra on 16 Apr 2018
Hi Kate, many thanks for taking the time to review Urban Central. We are pleased that you liked our property. However I would like to apologise that your stay was not comfortable due to the loud noises from the club until the early hours of the morning. I have spoken to management and they will be speaking to the operators of the bar downstairs, so that this does not happen again. I have also asked maintenance to look into the hot water problem you mentioned. Again your feedback is appreciated. Cheers, the Urban Central team.

8/10 Good

Johan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good service
Very helpful staff and good facilities, a bit noisy due to the adjacent highway.
Response from Urban Central on 23 Feb 2018
Hi Johan, many thanks for taking the time to write your review. We appreciate your 4/5 rating. Cheers, the Urban Central team

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Lovely staff but I found it to be more a place for young people so as a middle aged woman with a child I found it not entirely appropriate. would recommend to my 18y/o friends happily.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
Response from Lisa on 30 Jan 2018
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with Urban Central. The Australia Day long weekend was one of our busiest times of the year, especially as the Australian Open final was on at the same time. We have dorm share rooms, private double and family rooms spread out over five floors. Thank you for recommending us to your 18 years and over friends. We hope to see you again another time. Regards

6/10 Okay

Ian, Canberra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Value-for-money but ...
The allocated room (501) represented value-for-money. However, it was a bit too noisy in the room due to the lift/lift door being next door to the room and ‘heavy’ motor vehicle traffic on the nearby West Gate Freeway evening, night and day. Sleep disturbances from these sources where tolerable for one night. I would stay at Urban Central again if a less noisy room were available.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018
Response from Lisa on 30 Jan 2018
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us. Our rooms are great value for money and sometimes you can hear the traffic, due to being in the heart of the city. I'm glad you enjoyed your stay and look forward to welcoming back in the future.

6/10 Okay

J, AUST

close to down town
it was ok and good enough to say Have a great time in Melbourne
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2018
Response from Lisa on 30 Jan 2018
Thank you for your review. We're glad to hear you had a great time in Melbourne and enjoyed our location in Southbank. It really is very easy to get around either by walking or taking the tram from our door step. Regards

8/10 Good

Ivan, Adelaide

Liked: Staff & service
The staff are very nice and helpful. Can’t expect much for this price. Very good location, got everything nearby. The air con was very noisy, but if we had the window opened, the car travelling on the highway next to the hostel was noisy too.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2017
Response from Lisa on 9 Jan 2018
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us. Our location in Southbank makes it very convenient to get around the city. We have a choice of all the major Supermarkets within the vicinity as well as the South Melbourne Market within walking distance. Crown Casino/Entertainment Complex is 3 minutes walk away across from the Exhibition Centre. I'm glad you also found our friendly staff to be helpful.

6/10 Okay

Gerild

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
there is no fridge and could have more than 1 chair
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017
Response from Lisa S on 9 Jan 2018
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us. Unfortunately our rooms do not have fridges in them. We do have a large communal kitchen with multiple commercial fridges for our guests to use. Thank you for your feedback.

6/10 Okay

nicole, Bendigo vic

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good value
Was really good value nice clean room fine for short overnight stay with my family
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017
Response from Lisa on 9 Jan 2018
Thank you for taking the time to review your stay with us. It's great to hear you found our venue good value for money and our rooms were nice and clean. Our family rooms are a great affordable option for families wishing to stay in the city. We look forward to your next stay with us.

8/10 Good

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
surprisingly good, the private room was large and quiet with all the amenities you would expect from a higher priced motel, apartment or hoter
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2017
Response from Lisa on 9 Jan 2018
Thank you for your review. I'm so glad to hear you had a great stay and found Urban Central to be great value for money and enjoyed the spacious room. We look forward to your next stay with us.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Nice Hotel, close to casino and city.
I was disappointed with the staff when checking in they were not very nice :(
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017
Response from Lisa on 9 Jan 2018
Thank you for taking the time to review our property. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed our location in Southbank which is close to all city attractions including the Casino. I'm sorry you were disappointed with your check in.

8/10 Good

Joanne, Tauranga

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness
Good Hostel Great Bar
Good if you don't mind a hostel, I had a private room with bathroom all you need when your out exploring wonderful Melbourne
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2017
Response from Urban Team on 3 Dec 2017
Hi Joanne, Many thanks for taking the time to review Urban Central. We are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us whilst exploring Melbourne. Hope to welcome you back when staying in Melbourne again. Cheers, the Urban Central team. :)

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very reasonably priced accommodation in a convenient area. Highly recommend if you’re on a budget... and you won’t have to sacrifice a private bathroom as well if that is a concern.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2017
Response from Groups on 16 Nov 2017
Hi there, many thanks for taking the time to review Urban Central. We are pleased that you enjoyed you stay with us and thank you for recommending us. Hope that we are able to accommodate you again in the future. Cheers, the Urban Central team.

10/10 Excellent

craig, Tumut NSW

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good value room in the heart of Melbourne.
Was a bit unsure at first by the hostel style but my private room was great.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017
Response from Urban Central on 18 Nov 2017
Hi Craig, many thanks for taking the time to review Urban Central. We are pleased you enjoyed your stay with us and we hope you will stay with us again in the future. Cheers, the Urban Central team.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Shame the bar is closed but overall good.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2017
Response from Groups on 2 Nov 2017
Hi there, many thanks for taking the time to review Urban Central. We appreciate your high star rating and we apologise that bar was not open when you were here. Our opening hours in the bar are Wednesday to Sunday from 5pm until 1pm. Monday & Tuesdays the bar is closed as we have free popcorn movie nights, however you can buy drinks from reception. We appreciate your feedback. Cheers, the Urban Central team.